MerryDay
Cheerful Rider-Waite variant by Louisa Poole with whimsical illustration style.
by Louise Poole · 2000
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The record
I acquired this lovely deck a few months ago from another Aeclectic member, and I must say that it has proved to be not only a wonderful addition to my collection, but a very good reading deck too. The artist, Louisa Poole, whilst keeping largely to the Rider Waite and some Thoth meanings, has done a wonderful job of interpreting each card differently, often changing the images in the cards and sometimes the names of the cards, a change quite noticeable in the Major Arcana. For instance, the Hanged Man is titled the JourneyMan, and instead of showing the traditional hanging man, this deck shows a man with large white wings, meditating on what looks like a small bubble. His feet are limited by metal bars, and behind his is a spoked wheel. All the cards have keywords on them too, and depending on your view of the keywords, this could be either beneficial or limiting. Often when reading with this deck I find them to be beneficial, and most of the time the images overpower the keywords. The Minors in this deck are fully illustrated, and the artwork itself can only be described as colourful, detailed, and sumptuous. This deck is also a very multi-cultural deck, as Louisa uses people fro
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