Tarot of the Owls - Tarot Deck Review - Pamela Chen

User Level: Beginner Friendly

Contruction: 4/5

Shuffling: 4/5

Imagery: 4.0/5

Sooooooooo, to start off, I'm probably going to be little, aka a lot biased. Owls are personally one of my favorite animals of all time and having a deck, that is fully 'just owls' is just so right. At least for me.

Starting with this deck, and how I feel about it, this deck is a really good deck I feel for beginners and for those who have been reading for while. I say this because the themes and images. Once again, the majority of people I knew started on the Rider-Waite Smith Deck and this deck follows these themes very well, however in owl form. For those who have been reading a while though, there is also a lot to be found in the imagery of the deck that can and will pop out throughout the readings. An example that comes to mind is the Four Wands or Chariot Card has become my "RED FLAG" cards.

Going into the construction of the cards and their feel. This deck is great for people with smaller hands, and it shuffles well, as the cards aren't too thick. Aside from the cardstock, the imagery is beautiful, doesn't fade, and the edging has torn away or split from side (knock on wood). The deck I've also noticed doesn't bend a ton and it won't take a lot of time to break in either, making a good deck to keep on rotation.

The last part I wanted to go over was the imagery on the cards. For many readers, imagery is a huge part of reading tarot. For me what shines in this deck the most is the vibrancy of the cards and the use of colors. Most of my deck tend to be bright, bold and quite colorful. Most decks that I vibe with have that really good balance of color and there isn't a ton of blacks or gray. This deck does colors really well, and I personally love the imagery and how there are ton of little symbols and messages that I can get from the cards more so than just general messages and or keywords associated with tarot.

Overall, this is one of my favorite decks to use, as its bright, colorful (biases) has all the owls is good to get general meaning from the images alone if you struggle with remembering keywords. I highly recommend it to everyone who is either learning, has been doing tarot for a while (and for my fellow owl lovers out there).

Amazon Link: Tarot of the Owls (Tarot of the Owls, 1): Chen, Pamela, Alba, Elisabeth: 9780738768212: Amazon.com: Books