benebell wen tarot reviews

Wen threads together western esotericism and eastern philosophy beautifully. In Holistic Tarot, author Benebell Wen provides a complete guide to using the tarot to foster personal development. The Psychic Tarot for the Heart oracle deck by renowned American psychic medium and author John Holland is keenly accurate. Noting where those colored circle symbols are in the card reveal the entry points of numen. Continue reading “The Lua Tarot by Maree Bento of DivineMuses” →. However, I found that I craved a book keyed specifically to the imagery of this deck, because it really is quite special and distinct from the traditional RWS symbols. I love the way Gonzalez draws the figures, and you can see that appeal I’m talking about here in the Queen of Cups. For example, here in The Hierophant card, notice the illuminated golden triangle on the hierophant’s face. Each and every card is going to feature a different style, created with a different medium, ranging from traditional to digital art. Brigit: You’re listening to the Biddy Tarot Podcast, and this is Episode 9: Tarot for Personal Guidance with Benebell Wen. This deck, along with Christine Payne-Towler, is going down in tarot history, mark my words, and while far be it for me to tell you what to do, I’d get a copy of this deck while it’s still available. If you’re programmed to read tarot and love tarot and eat, sleep, and breathe tarot, then I would surmise that the Psychic Tarot for the Heart oracle deck won’t be right for you. What comes to my mind when I see the illuminated shapes, such as the stars over each chalice here, and the circles hovering over the dangers’ feet in the Three of Cups is representations of the Taoist trinitarian energy concept of jing, qi, and shen, or, well, numen. Wen's down-to-earth, practical book has much to offer all tarot enthusiasts." I like to hand pick tarot readers that I feel are talented and interesting. What is going on?! And wow, that Seven of Swords! On January 12, 2015May 16, 2015 By benebell In deck review, tarot 5 Comments. It was self-published by her via Noreah Press. Continue reading “The Wooden Tarot Deck Review” →. It’s self-published and I’ve got to say, recently the self-published decks have been beating the traditional publishers. To order the White Numen Tarot Standard Edition from Liminal 11, visit here. Carré moved to Abd-el-Tif, Algeria and concentrated his body of work on Orientalist subjects. Written by Nicola Thompson. Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and creativity. I recently interviewed Benebell Wen who you know as the author of the amazing book called Holistic Tarot. Likewise, in what ways is the numen present in the situation I’m inquiring about, and what are the cards telling me about the nature and course of that numen? The Deck of the Bastard Tarot is a self-published tarot deck by Seven Stars and you’re going to love it. --Mary K. Greer, author of 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card The Tao of Craft: Fu Talismans and Casting Sigils in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition by Benebell Wen. Wen's down-to-earth, practical book has much to offer all tarot enthusiasts." Benebell is one of the belles of Tarot, certainly online. I also love that the High Priestess card is featured on the box, which is a representation of the Mystery of the Triple Goddess or, as the guidebook notes, “Mami Wata bringing devotees into the spirit world to gain Knowledge.” Oh, and as you can see from the photo, like the standard Thoth card backs, they’re non-reversible. Here is her web site: www.benebellwen.com I am reading her book at the moment and did want to include my review of it here but I am way far from finished so I have decided to… I’ve reviewed the Tabula Mundi Tarot before here. Many of the reviews for the deck that I read on Amazon complain about the non-illustrated pips, but that didn’t bother me. It is a book for the 21-century. This was the stage of humanity and our spirituality that she wanted to convey in this deck– representing a state of being when the numen is most palpably present. And wow. For me, the deck reads quite well, but I see how visual-spatial-right-brained readers are going to prefer the illustrated pips that you might find in other Gothic decks like the Dark Grimoire Tarot by Michele Penco also by Lo Scarabeo, or the Bohemian Gothic Tarot by Alex Ukolov and Karen Mahony, which sadly, is now out of print (I believe). He’s not surprised that this is happening. This symbolizes “the circular nature of time, [which] has been broken in order for a profound shift in development to begin.” The guidebook tells us that the Judgement card here is about something calling to us from “the abyss within to the infinite beyond.” The divinatory message here is to change and evolve. I think anyone who studies tarot is going to have come across Benebell Wen at some point, and most likely because of her brillinat book, Holistic Tarot, or her stunning deck, Spirit-Keeper’s Tarot. Continue reading “A Lenormand Deck Showcase” →. And thus paleolithic humanity revered animals as symbols of the gods and their divine messengers. It's a great book for both a beginner who's ready to dive in and someone more experienced who's ready to go professional. There’s this mystical-alchemical dream quality to her art style, and while Divine Muses was more mystical, Lua Tarot is more alchemical. Even non-tarot people (many from the fashion world) have been getting into the Wild Unknown tarot deck. This workbook, “Independent Shadow Work Cartomancy Session,” is a complimentary gift to you for participating in the 2016 Card Reading Summit organized by Tori Hartman. Zen. I’m so bummed. Thank you so much, Benebell! Continue reading “Review of the Psychic Tarot Oracle Deck” →. I believe both the Psychic Tarot and the Psychic Tarot for the Heart oracle decks have the same number of cards, but look at the thickness of the Psychic Tarot deck compared to the Heart one. The gilded silver edges are an exquisite detail. You can view all the images on the Prisma Visions website, here, though I’ll provide some samples in this review. It came like this! That said, I highly recommend this deck for gift-giving, especially to those who are not full-force into tarot but are looking for a go-to oracle deck that will answer questions succinctly and be really spot on in its assessment of a given situation. The full-color hardcover little companion booklet gives a single-page explanation for each card. Finally, she uses digital effects to add texture. Earlier I reviewed Psychic Tarot for the Heart here. . This becomes most apparent in the companion guidebook, which is a treasure trove of knowledge and impressively well-researched insights. Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen. These illustrations explore the supernatural. I remember first seeing an Instagram photo of someone’s tattoo and thinking, “That kind of looks like a tarot card” only to realize it was. And she’s the total package. Then a few weeks ago I set a goal for myself (unrelated to this deck, and totally unrelated to tarot) and said if I met that goal, I’d reward myself with the Wild Unknown tarot deck. The Wooden Tarot by A. L. Swartz of Skullgarden on Etsy is an animal lover’s dream tarot deck. Rate this post Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and creativity. The companion guidebook even talks about the three branches of authority here– the conscious, the subconscious, and the superconscious. The first stage is associated with the numen, when animals were praised as gods. And then it clicked– you really do see a distinctly East Asian animation style from her. I recently interviewed Benebell Wen who you know as the author of the amazing book called ... it here but I am way far from finished so I have decided to share the interview with you for now and then I can do the review of the book at a later stage when I ... Benebell Wen, Holistic Tarot 3 Comments. And then the imagery. If you’re a total tarot beginner, then you’re going to need to acquire another reference source for card meanings and learning how to read the cards. Read her blog post about it here. There are clear stories going on in the foreground, midground, and background. At 874 pages, Tarot Holistics now holds the record for the longest book I’ve read since my years in graduate school. Tarot folk can get very set in our ways, which isn’t a good thing, but because of how set we can be, sometimes getting such a person to try out an oracle deck like this one may be a hard sell. That was my first hypothesis, but the plastic wrap was clear. You see it under the right foot in the Three of Wands. You know how there is the writer’s writer, i.e., an author who is just highly lauded among the author community, or the artists that the art community itself is head over heels for? He wears a talisman with a hawk around his neck. Corporate law and tarot divination haven’t always gone hand in hand. Continue reading “The Deck of the Bastard Tarot: Review” →. Kim Krans renders the images in hand-drawn black ink illustrations, with just a touch of color here and there so beautifully and intuitively done that they are sure to activate chakras while you read with this deck. Kathryn Briggs is a graphic novelist, illustrator, and arts educator. When I was growing up in the tarot world, the only Asian I knew of in this field was Robert Wang. This deck is fantastic to whip out during public readings, and is quite easy to read with for any RWS reader. Review: Tao of Craft by Benebell Wen. Continue reading “Review of the Psychic Tarot for the Heart Oracle Deck” →. I recommend having it on hand, whether you know nothing about tarot and oracle cards or you’re a pro. Then after I learned more about it, the continuing narrative of the Minor Arcana cards forming four long, exquisite landscapes, and the bold symbolist-surrealist imagery in the Major Arcana, I knew I had to have it. As it evolved the genes of the Thoth parent proved dominant. The deck is based on the RWS tradition and while the deck does not come with a companion guide or LWB of any sort, Swartz does note to interpret The Wooden Tarot with any RWS-based tarot book. I’m glad I did. One of the things that made me think was how similar my experiences with creating my deck were to Meleen’s path with the Rosetta Tarot. Today, I’ve invited a very special guest: Benebell Wen. The White Numen Tarot illustrated by Alba Ballesta Gonzalez and published this year by Liminal 11 has been generating quite a buzz in the social-influencing sector of the tarot community. Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and creativity. [1] She is a certified tarot master through the Tarot Certification Board of America. Wen is the author of Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth, approaching tarot through an analytical context. I don’t think a deck collection will ever be complete without an M. M. Meleen deck. The card back with the heron and owl touching wings is a stunner of a drawing. Continue reading “Pistis Sophia (Majors Only) Goddess Tarot by Kim Huggens and Nic Phillips” →, “New Chapter Tarot by Kathryn Briggs (a Liminal-11 Publication)”, “Kimberly Tsan’s Spread Machine Cards and Oracle”, “Madhouse Tarot by Eugene Vinitski and Elsa Khapatnukovski”, “Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights Walk-Through”, “The Lua Tarot by Maree Bento of DivineMuses”, “Button Soup Tarot: A Cult of Tarot Collaboration Deck”, “Pistis Sophia (Majors Only) Goddess Tarot by Kim Huggens and Nic Phillips”. She has published several important books focussing on the history and practice of divination, a tarot deck of her own design and creation, and offers personal tarot readings and online practice courses. You begin with the Two of Wands, coiled around the human figure’s shoulders. But echoing what Meleen says about her experience, I also feel like the SKT ended up with a personality that’s predominantly Thoth. Continue reading “The Witches Tarot: Deck Interview (and Review)” →. I think Benebell has nailed it. The page is represented by a tall, thin teenage boy on a green plain. If you haven’t jumped onto the Lenormand bandwagon quite yet and you’re interested in learning a bit more about the system, I have a nutshell summary write-up from seven years ago, here (“The Lenormand: Nutshell Summary of the Petite Lenormand, from History to Practice“). This is a brand new deck mind you. Review: Benebell Wen’s ‘Your Inner Darkness and Inner Light Reading.’ This is an impartial review, I paid full price for the review and Benebell was not aware I planned to blog about it. I also like the moon phases iconography here, with the full moon on the Black Numen and the other moon phases, centering the quarter, on the White Numen. Of particular note is how she uses these colored circles over the crowns, beneath the palms or feet, or strategically placed corresponding to chakra points in the body. Sharing how animal symbolism plays out in this deck, the rooster in the Eight of Swords is chained to the figure, representing “the passage of time and untapped empowerment” (the guidebook). More importantly it’s not a huge dislocated work – it’s really well laid out and you could read it from beginning to end (if you’ve got a spare couple of months lol!) “An animal which could speak said: ‘Humanity is a prejudice of which we animals at least are free.’” (Nietzsche). The messages and affirmations in the accompanying Guidebook are empowering and I really mean it– it’s an extraordinary oracle deck [for someone not that into tarot] to consult everyday. I’ll be covering all three card sets. I’ve opted not to read with reversals when using this deck. If you’re plugged in to the online tarot community in any way, even minimally, then you’ve been hearing buzz about this deck. What a great review! She’s the real deal. She brings playfulness, kindness, and quirk to the world of cartomancy. I’ve already decided that this deck has become one of my go-to “workhorse” tarot decks (terminology I’ve stolen from Jenna Matlin over at Queen of Wands Tarot). In that sense, the Wild Unknown would work very well as a beginner’s deck, though such a beginner would have some work to do if she were to later try to learn the traditional Tarot de Marseille, Rider-Waite-Smith, or Thoth. These are decks that have been sent to me and for these types of collection showcases, I typically choose only from the decks sent to me for my collection. The light is illuminating from within, and emanating out. Two of my favorite things, together in one place! It’s the idealization and aspiration of humanity as animals because that’s when we are finally free of our prejudices. . That’s what happened with Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth. The Rosetta Tarot, published back in 2011, is a Thoth-based deck. The card feels competitive, aggressive, and the use of solid black in the negative space where the hands are versus the use of an ethereal white with wispy clouds where the sword’s blade is symbolic of a dual nature to this card, and that’s exactly what the card entry says in the guidebook– whosoever reaches out and grabs a hold of that sword will receive both a blessing and a curse. I’m intrigued by the strong opinions that tarot readers can hold for collaborative decks. From a compositional standpoint, Bento layers the imagery with seamless perfection. I was gifted the Witches Tarot, a deck created by Ellen Dugan and illustrated by Mark Evans. Swartz’s artwork seeks to express the esoteric dimension of flora and fauna, merging realism and surrealism, and you see that in the illustrations on The Wooden Tarot.

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