To Trim, or Not To Trim

I’ve been watching a bunch of videos on trimming decks. There are so many decks to which publishers seem to insist on adding very wide borders, maybe to increase the overall size of the card. Do they think that makes it more desirable? I don’t know. Nobody needs or wants 1/2″ borders on cards. Two…

Skip the Gurus

Ok, so, today on YouTube, I had a ‘video suggested for you’ that I watched part of because it was about someone discovering that a former ‘teacher’ of theirs who is well-known in these circles (of Tarot, spiritualism, oracles, etc.) was actually full of shite. It was a long video, detailing her attempts to contact…

Darker Moods Tarot

So many decks, so little time! I know there are people out there who do not care for the original RWS coloring, however inexplicable that may be (tongue firmly in cheek, everyone’s entitled to like what they like for whatever reason!) and there have been many recolored versions of the deck: Carol Herzer’s Illuminated Tarot…

Some Rider-Waite-Smith Geekery

Discovering the world of Tarot YouTubers has been incredibly dangerous for my bank account. But by gum, it’s damned good to find other Tarot-obsessives. I don’t know anyone in real life who reads Tarot, so there’s no one to talk with about it. Seems like there are a lot of us in the same boat….