I know many of you have been waiting for this lovely deck and it is finally here! And you can see more HERE. I also know that sometimes people are disappointed in a long-awaited deck for various reasons. One is that sometimes it feels like the Minors were given short shrift and lack the detail and richness of the Majors. That is definitely not the case with this deck. Every card is like a peek into a richly and fully formed scene. Here are some of my favorites:

Julia Jeffrey's Tarot of the Hidden Realm is an incredibly emotional and evocative deck. Working with her on it and in particular writing the book and finding the voice of these cards was an adventure. Because of the nature of the art, which felt deeply elemental and shamanic, I used shamanic journeying techniques for some of the images. My intent was to journey for each and every card, but some of the journeys were quite exhausting, so I only did some of them that way. I wanted to share a range of images here, from incredibly intense to very calm, so you can get a sense of the depth of feeling Julia portrays.

Not long ago, I asked some of my peers and friends if they had any beliefs or practices regarding tarot that might be considered controversial by their fellow tarot readers. Some interesting items came up. The question was sparked by a controversial thought that has been bubbling in the back of my mind for several months now. This month, I'm going to talk about some of the specific items my friends mentioned. I'm going to save my controversial issue for later in the month. Although I know that different readers had different ideas about shuffling, I didn't realize that some thought their particular belief would be considered controversial. Specifically, some people felt that their

I can hear the cat lovers out there saying, "There can never be too many cats!" But I have heard some of my fellow tarot lovers remark on the number of any sort of themed decks. "How many fairy-themed decks do we need?" Or "How many cat decks are possible?" What do you think? As a deck creator and as a tarot lover, I don't think that any one deck can be the end-all-be-all exploration of any theme. Every artist and creator will present different ideas, both in images and in deck structure. In addition, people are drawn to tarot not just by themes but by art. If there are several decks exploring a theme, all with different artistic styles, then a person can use whichever appeals most to