Winnie-the-Pooh is my childhood, and up to now stays certainly one of my favourite characters and accompanying collection of tales. To see some of the fantastically produced tarot tributes to Pooh come alive by Rue & Vervain is an unbelievable honor.
The manufacturing high quality of this field set is prime tier, whether or not you’re speaking indie or historically printed. Not simply manufacturing worth, however Amsel’s paintings, staying true – concurrently – to the spirit of what Milne and Shepard created and to the spirit of the RWS tarot is not any small feat, and few up to now have achieved it with a themed deck.
Additionally I simply seen the compass within the map — it spells out POOH!
The Special Edition Christopher Robin Box Set comes with two sibling decks, the Commonplace in a magnetic clasp field and the Mini deck-in-a-tin.
Nonetheless, you may also purchase both the Standard ($82) or the Mini ($52) individually.
The set additionally comes with a Wisdom of Pooh tarot spread cloth and a matching drawstring bag.
For a restricted time, you may also get a complimentary Pooh “The Fool” plushie together with your Field Set!
The memento field for the Christopher Robbin set has this fold-out design that instantly begins you in your immersive journey into Pooh’s and Christopher Robbins’ world. And right here you possibly can even see how tarot symbolism will get translated into the world of the Hundred Acre Wooden — the ankh half-buried within the floor subsequent to the tree stump and the detailing of the snake with its head simply at Pooh’s toes. Piglet, given his character’s character, within the place of the Leo lion is just too cute!
The above photograph exhibits a measurement comparability between the Commonplace and the Mini, and likewise a better viewing of the cardboard again design, which is reversible.
My favourite cardstock for tarot decks is a matte, nearly papery-canvas end edged in gold to present it that additional elevated aesthetic. And that’s precisely how this deck has been achieved.
Sidebar remark: In case you do get this deck, might I like to recommend that upon opening your field of playing cards, learn Serefina’s Blessing aloud to your self. I discovered doing so to be a wealthy, lovely expertise earlier than beginning my journey with these playing cards.
This can be a linen cardstock with an expensive really feel to it. As a tactile expertise, dealing with these playing cards simply feels elevated.
Knowledge of Pooh Tarot is faithfully keyed to the RWS system. You’ll see within the subsequent pictures that it’s a really readable deck.
Psst… absorb that imagery of The Idiot card to match with the alternate bonus Idiot card you get with this deck!
I imply come on now, take a look at that Three of Swords! How cute is that! Additionally, in a few of these pictures, should you look intently, you possibly can see the feel of the linen cardstock, including loads of classic character to the playing cards.
The character of Pooh Bear was impressed by a stuffed bear toy that the creator, A. A. Milne, purchased for his son Christopher Robin, and I like that you can get a limited edition plush bear in tribute of that. The plushie is of “The Idiot” Pooh, based mostly on the paintings within the Knowledge of Pooh Tarot.
The original map of the Hundred Acre Wood, or The Woods, where Pooh and friends live, featured in the 1926 first edition of Winnie-the-Pooh seems within the fold-out lid of the field that the playing cards are available. The caption — “Drawn by Kat (i.e., the illustrator of this deck, Kat Amsel) and Mr. Shepard Helpd,” spelled and written in a really Pooh-esque voice.
Click on on the cardboard unfold pictures for a close-up viewing of the illustrations. Like that Hierophant card, or how Key 6 The Lovers has been renamed to Valuable Mates.
The artist Kat L. Amsel labored from the traditional E. H. Shepard’s Nineteen Twenties illustrations within the Winnie the Pooh books. You may see Amsel’s background in wildlife biology come to life within the deck artwork.
Love all of the little methods Amsel translated RWS symbolism to suit the Pooh world, like in The Lovers card (renamed Valuable Mates) and The Chariot. I like the extra hints at card meanings this deck gives the reader, just like the addition of a forked path in Key 6.
That Satan card with Pooh Bear carrying Halloween horns having eaten all of the sweet is just too cute. Does the clock in The Satan card learn 4:00 or does it learn 12:20? =)
The World card is everybody having a tea occasion. Within the background you see the signal, “Welcome House.”
The swimsuit of Cups is renamed Honey Pots, so within the courts, you’ll see Web page of Honey Pots, Knight, Queen, and King of Honey Pots. With the theme of friendship and togetherness sturdy within the Winnie the Pooh tales, I like how they reinterpreted the Eight of Chocolate Pentacles (sure, that’s the swimsuit re-naming, which is adorbs!), displaying the characters placing in crew effort quite than simply the only particular person within the traditional RWS.
How whimsical is the above nod to the RWS 9 of Pentacles! The snail is now a throw rug! I can’t with the cuteness overload! =)
You’ve bought the enduring astrological blankie within the 9 of Swords, with Pooh dreaming of Christopher Robbin and Piglet sword-fighting a Heffalump! If I recall accurately, Heffalumps solely seem in Pooh and Piglet’s desires.
One other tweak I respect is within the Queen of Swords, a tarot courtroom that’s historically related to one who tends to face alone, however right here, we see Kanga because the queen, surrounded and help by Christopher Robbin, Pooh Bear, and Piglet. Owl because the King of Swords is ideal.
I’m additionally loving the interpretive distinction between the Two of Wands and Three of Wands right here, with Christopher Robbin targeted on discovering his approach per the map in his fingers within the Two of Wands, after which within the Three of Wands, utilizing the telescope to look outward.
The methods the creators and artist depicted tarot card meanings and symbolism with Winnie-the-Pooh tales is sort of genius, proper all the way down to the selection of characters to be featured for conveying that card which means, like Eeyore within the Ten of Wands —
— or depicting video games and competitors within the 5 of Wands with the potato sack race, that includes Christopher Robbin, Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, and Roo. The creators of the Knowledge of Pooh Tarot totally memorialized the voice and imaginative and prescient of the Pooh tales, and that’s what I like most about this themed deck — it went above and past in reaching its purpose.
Needed to zoom in to that Seven of Wands card to learn the quote: “He climbed, and he climbed, and he climbed, and as he climbed, he sang slightly tune to himself.” It’s sourced from Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter 1, “In Which We Are Launched to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Tales Start.” I’ve pasted for facet by facet comparability the unique E. H. Shepard illustration and Kat Amsel’s. Kinda cute that within the scan of the e book web page I’m displaying, it’s web page 7, and this artwork is featured on the Seven of Wands card.
Particular to the Knowledge of Pooh Tarot is depicting the courtroom playing cards as narrative scenes, displaying the Web page, Knight, Queen, and King in context, whereas extra usually you’ll discover tarot courtroom playing cards depicted as portraits. And that’s vital for this themed deck due to how the Winnie-the-Pooh tales constantly discover friendship, togetherness, inclusivity, and the magical energy of group creativeness.
There’s an alternate Key 0: Idiot Card in Spanish with a barely completely different illustration. We nonetheless have Pooh and Piglet wanting skyward, however as an alternative of the bindle over the shoulder, we’ve bought a strolling cane and fanny pack, with Pooh carrying a hat. Nonetheless bought the white butterfly on the tip of his nostril although! =)
The Majors are prolonged on this deck, with the bonus Key 22 titled Pure Pleasure, Key 23 titled Bravery, and Key 24 titled Togetherness. Thus the Majors in Knowledge of Pooh appear to observe the Biblical 24 Elders motif and the Throne of God.
For the Bravery card, I learn that as a message to embody fearlessness within the face of an imminent hazard or adversity the querent is presently going through. It’s difficult the querent to push previous one’s consolation zone. I like that within the keywords-at-a-glance playing cards that include every deck additionally ascribes the phrase “Spunk” to the Bravery card. There’s a stronger bodily “name to motion” on this new Key 23 in comparison with Key 8, Energy, which exudes the braveness to embody compassion whenever you’re tempted to really feel in any other case, and power via Grace.
The Pure Pleasure card is in some methods a polarity to the Bravery card — it’s the absence of worry and fear, and the embrace of the delights this world has to supply us. Evaluating that to the standard Ten of Cups within the tarot, which is likely to be construed as extra thematically family-oriented togetherness or symbolic of completion of an emotional cycle, Pure Pleasure as a brand new Key 22 is the delight and good vibes that come from a collaborative crew effort, the cooperation of various sources and skills towards a shared mission.
Although “togetherness” is a listed key phrase for the Ten of Cups (I’m citing from the meanings at-a-glance playing cards that the deck comes with), it’s additionally its personal standalone card and thus area of thought on this tarot.
How would possibly the Togetherness card be distinguished from, say, the Three of Cups (or on this case, the Three of Honey Pots)? There’s a extra celebratory vitality to the Three of Cups, whereas the Togetherness card could also be extra indicative of cultural togetherness, being individually distinct and but having the ability to unite and share a typical sense of values, beliefs, inclusivity, and belonging.
The deck is created by sisters Serefina and Angel Mesa, who I had the nice alternative to fulfill in particular person on the Northwest Tarot Symposium in Oregon a couple of years again. Their vivacious vitality and radiance resonated strongly with me. One other tarot colleague-friend of mine, Jessi Huntenberg, is the Government Director of Rue & Vervain. I’m thrilled to see this collaborative effort from the tarot group, proper in step with the core theme of Hundred Acre Woods world — the theme of collaborative creativeness and togetherness.
I like how Rue and Vervain provide a wide range of merch to associate with your Knowledge of Pooh Tarot, just like the tarot stickers set, which additionally include stickers of the moon phases.
My set got here with a hefty collectible gold coin dated 2023. One facet options Pooh with the phrase, ” A day with out a buddy is sort of a pot with out a single drop of honey.” Awww! The reverse facet options Christopher Robin, Eeyore, and Pooh, plus the phrase “Oh trouble” and “It’s not a lot of a tail, however I’m form of connected to it.”
There’s additionally this spiral-bound Knowledge of Pooh Tarot Journal for jotting down all of your readings with the deck! By the best way, there’s a whole series of videos on the Rue and Vervain YouTube channel for you to deep-dive into the Wisdom of Pooh Tarot.
If there are any Winnie-the-Pooh followers on the market, you’ll wish to get this deck, and notably, the restricted version field set. A wave of nostalgia comes over you as you look via Amsel’s illustrations. The care with which the creators took to remain true to RWS imagery means it is a totally useful deck of playing cards for tarot readings, as a lot as it’s a treasured collectible.
A pitfall that themed decks can run into is such deal with the supply material that it compromises the performance of the deck as tarot, and the Mesa sisters avoid that pitfall. That stability of staying true to the supply materials and likewise truly designing a tarot deck for sensible use is what’s most unbelievable about this challenge.
FTC Disclosure: In accordance with Title 16 of the U.S. Code of Federal Rules Half 255, “Guides Regarding Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Promoting,” I acquired this field set from Rue and Vervain for potential evaluate. Every thing I’ve mentioned right here is honest and precisely displays my opinion.
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