Review by Terri Clement
By Poppy Palin
Published
by Red Feather
Schiffer Publishing
www.schifferbooks.com
ISBN: 978-0-7643-5455-7
Retail U.S. $39.99
The Everyday Enchantment Tarot by Poppy Palin is a modern, colorful deck that is filled with movement.
The
book and deck are housed in a gradient sunshine colored heavy-duty
cardboard box with a magnetic closer. The box has a red ribbon pull
tab and stays. The deck, divided in half and sits in recesses inside
the box. The stacks of cards are held together with a plastic sleeve.
The
matte cards are large measuring in at almost 3 7/8” wide x 5 ½”
tall. Those who riffle-bridge shuffle may need to alter their
technique with this deck. The card backs are an explosion of color
featuring flowers, moths, berries, snails, and more. The cards backs
are reversible friendly.
The Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King. The suits are Wands, Coins, Cups, and Blades. Strength is numbered 8 and Justice is 11 in the book, but the Majors are not numbered on the cards. The Majors borders are black, Wands borders are done in red, Coins are green, cups are blue, and Blades are purple.
Though
the images are contemporary they do follow the Rider-Waite-Smith
tradition. For example, the Empress is standing in her modern
colorful kitchen, arms outstretched. She is reaching for a child and
a dog that are in the foreground. Like the RWS traditional Empress,
she is wearing a floral print dress though it is a current day style.
The book is well put together. It provides a good deal of
information. The book features one of my favorite things, the
artist's thoughts about their image.
The Star and Temperance cards also are a very good example of the modern twist on this RWS styled deck.
This
deck and book set would make a wonderful first deck, but could be
useful all the way through the professional reader.