I had a dream where I met myself and they told me to learn the ways of Tarot. It freaked me out at first, but I really want to give it a try. Your video is so well made and informative! a sub from me ^^
Some great choices. Love Tarot of Oneness which I found on your site! Oddly one of my favorite decks to learn from was Deviant Moon, because it's quirky and the images, though matching RWS, are so memorable they helped me memorize the card meanings. The 5 Cent Tarot is also useful if you like keywords for upright and reversed. And I find Shadowland to be another RWS (but weird) deck that gave me something fun and different than the RWS's lovely (but dated) artwork and the book is awesome. Thanks, Lisa!
Sapphic Witch here. ;) I'm currently working on a Chinese Ghost Bride Musical, and I'm studying Mandarin, so it was with great delight that I discovered "The Way of the Panda" tarot deck on your deck reviews today! I immediately popped over to Amazon and ordered both the deck and the book. I do love synchronicity!! Thank you so much for all of your work preparing deck reviews for us. It is an invaluable service.
This is so timely! I’ve seen lots of posts on FB groups and friends asking about finding a good beginner deck. Can’t wait to share this with them. Also Penguin RH is releasing a pocket/tin version of Light Seer in August. 🤩 Thank you for going into so much depth for each deck!
this might hurt is my go to deck. I absolutely love it. I have the black holo edged I love it. I would also suggest the tarot of the divine. dirt cheap a cool linen texture and very easy imagery for my newbie friends to grasp
This was a great video. I've been learning Tarot and collecting decks for a couple of years now, but I was unfamiliar with some of these decks and pleased to learn about them. I loved seeing the Robin Wood Tarot included, as that was the deck I began with, and I have found it such a joy to read with no matter how many more decks I get.
My daughter loved the everyday witch tarot. (She is now 19 but started at 17) I have the lights ears. The art is so pretty and I've found the deck uplifting and intuitive too. Great video.
The decks from this list I use and have found helpful as a beginner/collector: Robin Wood, Everyday Witch, Light Seer. I also like the Awaken Tarot for a more traditional take on the Waite Smith with modernized imagery.
Oh gosh, my dream deck doesn't exist (and probably won't ever exist), but it'd be super awesome if Rachel Pollack would ever release a Doom Patrol tarot; especially if it'd have input from Grant Morrison and Richard Case. Until then, an item which exists in the Library of Dream :D Awesome video and awesome list (and a new sub, ha ha).
Had I known that I was going to become a tarot nerd, I definitely would have started with the original RWS, so I absolutely second your choice for #1. Again a super video for beginners and advanced learners that are looking for an easy reader!
I'm do glad you have put traditional deck on top of it. For me it was SO DIFFICULT to learn Tarot with art deck, having tiny book and no resources to understand deck better. My frustration was ON TOP. I have bought later on Golden Art Nouveau deck wich is very similar to traditional one and I was finally able to read tarot. Months of frustration! 🥲
HeARTful Spirits Tarot With Hints, Way of the Panda Tarot, Apprentice Tarot Deck, The One World Tarot, and Light Seers Tarot -- these are all great decks for beginners
I absolutely love Light Seer's Tarot with the Sacred Creator's Oracle. You just convinced me to go ahead and purchase the Unfolding Path Tarot. It was between Unfolding Path and This Might Hurt 😊
I hurried to order the Anna K. Tarot after seeing this and reading the comments! 👍❤️ I kept putting off buying this deck for whatever reason, but now I have to before I can't buy it anywhere. 😥❤️ Thanks for the video, Lisa!
Nice list! The Anna K helped me so much with understanding the court cards when I started out. And the Tarot of oneness, wow so beautiful 🤩 I have never seen it before and I need to learn more about it! Maybe it will be my first independent deck.
This is cool. Every day witch and light seers I use for my clients. It's easy for them to wrap their head around. I think that's a good idea for another video. Thank you❤❤,
Wonderful list here. I have also suggested Everyday Witch as well as Light Seers decks. They were both decks that really made the difference for me early on! Thank you for sharing Lisa. 💖
I'm not a beginner but I bought the Good Karma after you spoke about it some time ago, and I enjoy it. It practically reads itself and it's very optimistic and warm. The Anna K. is among my all-time favourites, it looks to me like a story book, and the stories pop from the cards. One thing about the court cards: I read somewhere that the young girls on the Aces are either daughters of the royal couple or the queens as children. That's an interesting thought, and it connect the Aces with the Courts which makes sense since you can put each suit in a circular motion, and then the King connects to the Ace. Lovely lovely court cards, so expressive and easy to understand. The Light Seer's Tarot is also wonderful, it's so clear and vibrant. I don't know your other recommendations but they all look very interesting. Looking forward to your Unicorn deck. I'm sure the journey of this unicorn will be enlightening and empowering.
I never noticed about the aces in Anna K. Had to take them out and look. The ace can be the young queen or a daughter for sure! Can add another level to a tarot reading. Thanks for mentioning it 🙏
Awesome video. I agree with you in the the original RWS deck is the best to start with. That’s where I started. The I bought the Good Karma Tarot and the Everyday Witch Tarot shortly after that. Those were the base decks I learned the RWS system on. I love the Tarot of Oneness. It’s close to my top favorite deck overall. I would also Highly Recommend your Tarot with Training Wheels course. I learned so much from that and your tips during the course. 🌟🌟🌟
The tarot vintage by lo scarebeo is my favorite version of rws. The guide book is better than the da brigh one too. Although I love the linen card stock on the da brigh one.
Hi, thank you for the video. I have to say that they all look so beautiful! I have already Curious Creatures by Chris Anne which is stunning and colourful! So I think I am going to go with the Lighters one. Panda one also looks amazing!! Only one I don’t like is Everyday Witch. I can’t connect with it at all… i don’t like the pics, as they are too cluttered, not diverse as everyone is white which I find boring and some of the characters wear white fur. Usually witches tend to be highly connected to animals, so am I… and that fur disturbs my readings. I don’t even feel like giving it away… so it just sits there unused. Has everyone ever tried Ask The Witch? I have read great reviews on that tarot deck
@@Lisa_Papezit is! My copy is so beat up! But…now that i think of it, i think its my hug deck. I have the inde version which im selling (signed copy) never used it! …and i just received 2 more MM copies yesterday. I will leave them sealed for now. Im ready for them to go OOP. 😢
I wish so much that your unicorn tarot could become a mass market deck 😭 I would have purchased it right away. Unfortunately indie decks are way too expensive and adding in the shipment cost as well. Just too much Regardless. It's looking absolutely amazing and I'm wishing you the best with it ❤️
Hello Lisa!!! Such a helpful video thank you so much!!!! I want to ask you if I buy, let's say, the Everyday witch Tarot could I pair it with the Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom book??? ❤❤❤
You absolutely can - but I will say that 78 Degrees of Wisdom does reference RWS imagery - it goes far beyond that though and I think it's worth a read regardless of which deck you're using (as long as your deck is RWS-based). :)
Oh lol, I thought this was gonna be an April Fools video and you were gonna pull out the Spirit Keepers & the Thoth 😅
I had a dream where I met myself and they told me to learn the ways of Tarot. It freaked me out at first, but I really want to give it a try. Your video is so well made and informative! a sub from me ^^
Some great choices. Love Tarot of Oneness which I found on your site! Oddly one of my favorite decks to learn from was Deviant Moon, because it's quirky and the images, though matching RWS, are so memorable they helped me memorize the card meanings. The 5 Cent Tarot is also useful if you like keywords for upright and reversed. And I find Shadowland to be another RWS (but weird) deck that gave me something fun and different than the RWS's lovely (but dated) artwork and the book is awesome. Thanks, Lisa!
I taught myself on The Goddess Tarot deck. It was almost identical to RWS and helped me learn quickly.
Sapphic Witch here. ;) I'm currently working on a Chinese Ghost Bride Musical, and I'm studying Mandarin, so it was with great delight that I discovered "The Way of the Panda" tarot deck on your deck reviews today! I immediately popped over to Amazon and ordered both the deck and the book. I do love synchronicity!! Thank you so much for all of your work preparing deck reviews for us. It is an invaluable service.
I was surprised not to see The Monstarot (for beginners).
This is so timely! I’ve seen lots of posts on FB groups and friends asking about finding a good beginner deck. Can’t wait to share this with them. Also Penguin RH is releasing a pocket/tin version of Light Seer in August. 🤩 Thank you for going into so much depth for each deck!
YES! I saw that about the pocket/tin Light Seer's - that's exciting!
I effing LOVE the robin wood and way of the panda!!
this might hurt is my go to deck. I absolutely love it. I have the black holo edged I love it. I would also suggest the tarot of the divine. dirt cheap a cool linen texture and very easy imagery for my newbie friends to grasp
This was a great video. I've been learning Tarot and collecting decks for a couple of years now, but I was unfamiliar with some of these decks and pleased to learn about them. I loved seeing the Robin Wood Tarot included, as that was the deck I began with, and I have found it such a joy to read with no matter how many more decks I get.
My daughter loved the everyday witch tarot. (She is now 19 but started at 17)
I have the lights ears. The art is so pretty and I've found the deck uplifting and intuitive too. Great video.
This is such a good list, Lisa. Thank you so much for your hard work and thoughtfulness.
Cannot wait for your deck, Lisa! But also, love this list.
Me tooooooooo!!!! Hehe and thank you!!
This was so beyond helpful because I wanted a panda deck and couldn’t find one thank you!
I got my Tarot noob friend Tarot of the Owls. I love Pamela Chen’s writing. It’s a good one ❤ 🦉
That deck is SO cute!
The decks from this list I use and have found helpful as a beginner/collector: Robin Wood, Everyday Witch, Light Seer. I also like the Awaken Tarot for a more traditional take on the Waite Smith with modernized imagery.
I was waiting for the Mons Tarot to show up! ❤
Oh gosh, my dream deck doesn't exist (and probably won't ever exist), but it'd be super awesome if Rachel Pollack would ever release a Doom Patrol tarot; especially if it'd have input from Grant Morrison and Richard Case. Until then, an item which exists in the Library of Dream :D
Awesome video and awesome list (and a new sub, ha ha).
Had I known that I was going to become a tarot nerd, I definitely would have started with the original RWS, so I absolutely second your choice for #1.
Again a super video for beginners and advanced learners that are looking for an easy reader!
I'm do glad you have put traditional deck on top of it. For me it was SO DIFFICULT to learn Tarot with art deck, having tiny book and no resources to understand deck better. My frustration was ON TOP. I have bought later on Golden Art Nouveau deck wich is very similar to traditional one and I was finally able to read tarot. Months of frustration! 🥲
HeARTful Spirits Tarot With Hints, Way of the Panda Tarot, Apprentice Tarot Deck, The One World Tarot, and Light Seers Tarot -- these are all great decks for beginners
I absolutely love Light Seer's Tarot with the Sacred Creator's Oracle. You just convinced me to go ahead and purchase the Unfolding Path Tarot. It was between Unfolding Path and This Might Hurt 😊
The Tarot of Oneness is one of my absolute favorite decks
Same! It's crazy good.
I hurried to order the Anna K. Tarot after seeing this and reading the comments! 👍❤️ I kept putting off buying this deck for whatever reason, but now I have to before I can't buy it anywhere. 😥❤️ Thanks for the video, Lisa!
Nice list! The Anna K helped me so much with understanding the court cards when I started out. And the Tarot of oneness, wow so beautiful 🤩 I have never seen it before and I need to learn more about it! Maybe it will be my first independent deck.
Tarot of Oneness is awesome! One of my top fave decks. Highly recommend! 💙
Oooooh it's totally worth it in my opinion! Really well done!!!
I also would like to mention the Spirit Within Tarot.
This is cool. Every day witch and light seers I use for my clients. It's easy for them to wrap their head around. I think that's a good idea for another video. Thank you❤❤,
Wonderful list here. I have also suggested Everyday Witch as well as Light Seers decks. They were both decks that really made the difference for me early on! Thank you for sharing Lisa. 💖
That oneness was so pretty
I'm not a beginner but I bought the Good Karma after you spoke about it some time ago, and I enjoy it. It practically reads itself and it's very optimistic and warm.
The Anna K. is among my all-time favourites, it looks to me like a story book, and the stories pop from the cards.
One thing about the court cards: I read somewhere that the young girls on the Aces are either daughters of the royal couple or the queens as children. That's an interesting thought, and it connect the Aces with the Courts which makes sense since you can put each suit in a circular motion, and then the King connects to the Ace. Lovely lovely court cards, so expressive and easy to understand.
The Light Seer's Tarot is also wonderful, it's so clear and vibrant.
I don't know your other recommendations but they all look very interesting. Looking forward to your Unicorn deck. I'm sure the journey of this unicorn will be enlightening and empowering.
I never noticed about the aces in Anna K. Had to take them out and look. The ace can be the young queen or a daughter for sure! Can add another level to a tarot reading. Thanks for mentioning it 🙏
Awesome video. I agree with you in the the original RWS deck is the best to start with. That’s where I started. The I bought the Good Karma Tarot and the Everyday Witch Tarot shortly after that. Those were the base decks I learned the RWS system on. I love the Tarot of Oneness. It’s close to my top favorite deck overall. I would also Highly Recommend your Tarot with Training Wheels course. I learned so much from that and your tips during the course. 🌟🌟🌟
Aw thank you!
Excellent list! So many great decks… thank you for sharing
Can you do a video where you go trough your mass marked decks that you could recomend 🎉😊
IF ONLY Everyday Witch Tarot would be more diverse it would be perfect. That's why I prefer Tarot of the Witch's Garden 🙏
The tarot vintage by lo scarebeo is my favorite version of rws. The guide book is better than the da brigh one too. Although I love the linen card stock on the da brigh one.
I bounce between the Vintage and the Albano-Waite deck. They're couldn't be more different. 😊
I would love to see a comparison flip through with witching academy and the Buffy deck with RWS in the middle. So all 3 decks at once 😊
Love it ♥️
Hi, thank you for the video. I have to say that they all look so beautiful! I have already Curious Creatures by Chris Anne which is stunning and colourful! So I think I am going to go with the Lighters one. Panda one also looks amazing!! Only one I don’t like is Everyday Witch. I can’t connect with it at all… i don’t like the pics, as they are too cluttered, not diverse as everyone is white which I find boring and some of the characters wear white fur. Usually witches tend to be highly connected to animals, so am I… and that fur disturbs my readings. I don’t even feel like giving it away… so it just sits there unused. Has everyone ever tried Ask The Witch? I have read great reviews on that tarot deck
Hi lisa. The Anna K is available but its also OOP. Or will be soon. (According to Llewellen)snap them up while you can
I heard that! So sad! That deck is such a gem!
@@Lisa_Papezit is! My copy is so beat up! But…now that i think of it, i think its my hug deck. I have the inde version which im selling (signed copy) never used it! …and i just received 2 more MM copies yesterday. I will leave them sealed for now. Im ready for them to go OOP. 😢
OMG, where is the deck from St. Soleil Lucid Dreams, saw your video on that deck and ordered it, so I missed it here. Would love your feedback
I wish so much that your unicorn tarot could become a mass market deck 😭 I would have purchased it right away. Unfortunately indie decks are way too expensive and adding in the shipment cost as well. Just too much
Regardless. It's looking absolutely amazing and I'm wishing you the best with it ❤️
Totally understand!!!
Aww I cannot find Anna k anywhere? Anyone else
Hello Lisa!!! Such a helpful video thank you so much!!!! I want to ask you if I buy, let's say, the Everyday witch Tarot could I pair it with the Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom book??? ❤❤❤
You absolutely can - but I will say that 78 Degrees of Wisdom does reference RWS imagery - it goes far beyond that though and I think it's worth a read regardless of which deck you're using (as long as your deck is RWS-based). :)
@@Lisa_Papez Thank you so much!!!! 🤗🤗🤗💖💖💖💖💖
I have 4 of these decks
Which ones? ☺
Just purchased the tarot of oneness because of this video 😅😅😅
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