The Herbcrafter’s Tarot

Absolutely gorgeous tarot deck! Iv been a tarot reader for 20 years and this is one of my new favourite decks. I don’t think it’s a beginners deck in the traditional style of reading but is a wonder first intuitive deck, so if you already have a good idea of what the traditional tarot meanings are but are looking for a deck full of imagery and depth and can be read from the images on the cards this is wonderful. There is a book that comes with it which has all the interpretations and extra prompts which are friendly and inspirational. There is a little bit about the herbs but I feel this is a deck that will encourage you to research the meanings and uses of herbal magic and medicine yourself, each card is a jumping off point or an intuitive image that can be interpreted very personally. They each have the traditional tarot name of each card that they are inspired by so you can, if you know the traditional meanings, also read them this way. Each card also has a few ‘craft ideas’ in the book to help connect with the card, herb and natural environment around us. I really really loved this. - nice to use also for journaling prompts. (Iv added a photo of one of the pages, for bee balm, so you ca see what I mean) I can’t say enough about the stunning illustrations on each and every card! Whole worlds that you can fall into! I will be using them also for meditation and on my altar for daily inspiration. I will say that this seems to be a great deck for the cycles and archetypes of women and their journey through life. It would be fantastic for use in women’s groups and moon circles. I bought this deck more to use as a research and inspiration tool, picking one to three cards a week and researching all I can on the herbs that come out, then journaling on their magical, spiritual, practical and medical meanings and uses. The quality of the cards - thickness and sheen- is really very good. As is the box and book.

This deck is absolutely gorgeous; the artwork is beautiful and so inspiring! The guide book is written in a way that makes it easy to relate each card to it's basic meaning. I've seen some comments say it's not a readable deck, which I think is a little unfair. It's obvious at first glance that this is a niche deck and not one with the more recognizable imagery. If that bothers you as a reader, don't buy it! This deck is very readable and the detailed guide book makes it very easy to understand the connection to a traditional tarot deck and each card meaning. It also includes some crafting ideas for each herb, which is a nice bonus way of working with this deck. My only negative point is the card stock. It's not as thick as I like, but that said, it's about as good as it gets with mass market decks, so can't complain too much about that! A well deserved five stars; just gorgeous!

Beautiful and relaxing deck to work with. A great way to learn about herbs. Card quality is very good. The illustrations are very inspiring.

I'm over the moon with this deck, it's brilliant. It only arrived yesterday but I've spent all evening reading through the book and looking at the cards and it's just a joyful deck to work with. The guidebook is well written and inspirational. I asked the deck to give me one card to help me connect with it and I drew the six of earth, which is Pine, so later today I'll go for a dog walk in the forest and try to find some pine cones or even some pine needles and maybe make some tea from them. I love this deck.

I was very impressed with this tarot deck. It comes in a lovely presentation box which includes an instruction manual, explaining the meanings of the cards. Rather different from the standard tarot but it will bring a new dimension to your readings. I use it alongside the Rider Waite deck and my Oracle Cards and it works perfectly. The artwork on the cards is beautiful.

GOING by the great reviews of others, and all their pictures, I was very intrigued to try these. they really are lovely. breathtaking illustrations and a thorough guidebook. Unfortunately, I do not know enough about herbs and, as I need to read the cards fast for my business, I am pondering returning them. as someone suggested here, they may be excellent for journalling, or a novice herbalist or Wiccan. AS I am neither, They don't work for my purpose. I simply need to coME to a qUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THE CARDS'meaning. THE JURY"S OUT: I may persevere for a while... They. ARE incredibly unique and I'm truly impressed by them visually...

I am not one to normally write reviews but I made a distinct choice to come here and write one. These cards and the descriptions are amazing! I am so In love. They are very informative and beautiful.. through word and art. The correlation between the traditional tarot meaning and the herb of choice is brilliant! These are exactly what I was looking for and more. What are you waiting for, grab your very own! :)

Absolutely stunning artwork on every card, one of the prettiest decks I've seem, The matching of the plants to the Tarot cards is very well thought out and doesn't seem arbitrary (as it can sometimes do in decks where crystals or something are "matched" to form a Tarot deck.) The accompanying booklet is roughly 4" by 6" and a 1/4" thick. It's got an attractive clean layout with a page devoted to each card that talks about thge significance of the picture and the plant and what the card would mean in a reading. Lovely deck and I'm look forward to working with it and properly reading the booklet.

So I'm a tarot reader obviously lol but I wasnt always I've only been doing tarot for almost 2 years and honestly I wish I had this deck in the beginning. I like to pick fun decks that everyone can enjoy and not be offended by since I'm a youtuber and do asmr videos on my channel called tarotfortingles. Anyway I love nature and herbs and the combination of this deck is seamless. It can be used as it's own thing or you could use this deck like a tarot deck. But instead of the traditional swords and pentacles and cups and such you could use the elements provided but if you like that earth is pentacles water is cups air is swords and fire is wands. The water color pencils are beautiful but it's not the old English cottage style I thought it was. It's actually a Spanish style deck with some old english call Backs which I love the mix of culture you get in this deck. Plus I love that the only people in this deck are hands. So it could literally be anyone in the picture. It ranges from old to young and all different colors or people. So it could be the person that your reading for, you, or someone in your life lending a helping hand to you. Some of the pictures I just want to crawl into and stay for hours. And you could use these as a meditative deck like using the law of attraction and see yourself in a picture. So many uses for this deck. I love that each card gives you something you could do for the day as well and they give you 3 choices for each card to create a flow and make different routines. The creativity is endless with this deck. Plus they give you recipies on how to make insence and balms and oils which I have always wanted to learn. The cardstalk is really thick and it feels a little bit weird almost grainy like but not annoying and the cards fan out nicely do it's not glossy which I like. I could talk about this deck for hours but alls i can say is anyone can benifit from this deck young or old and the book is a super easy read so even if your reading skills are limited you can still understand the book but the cards just jump out at you and you can make up your own story which is what they encourage. Thanks so much for a wonderful deck and now my new morning routine is going to be pulling one card a day and trying to complete an activity with that card. Again thanks with love from your American friend.

Soy tarotista y terapeuta floral, este deck me ha resultado muy útil en mis consultas, es verdaderamente hermoso, la calidad de papel es buena, las ilustraciones hermosas. Lo recomiendo ampliamente

Si vous aimez les plantes et travailler avec leurs propriétés, esprits, ce tarot vous plaira. C'est un bijou, et l'angle de vue apporté par ce tarot est bleuffant.

All'inizio avevo acquistato il mazzo solo perché mi piacevano le immagini, mi trasmettevano un senso di quiete e connessione con la natura, non aspettandomi di usarlo come tarocchi ma semplicemente per contemplare ciò che veniva raffigurato e invece ...il libro è fatto molto bene, descrivendo gli elementi presenti sulla carta e spiegandone l'associazione con i significati classici dei rider waite! Pur non essendo particolarmente appassionata del tema "piante" sono veramente contenta di aver ascoltato l'istinto e averlo comprato lo stesso!...aggiornamento dopo uso più assiduo : amo questo mazzo!tanto di cappello alla US games per averlo pubblicato, il libro è scritto davvero bene, questo sottolinea come ciò che fa la differenza è il contenuto e non la dimensione del libretto!ed va detto:trovo che la cartoncino delle carte dell'US games sia una delle migliori ,se non la migliore! È decisamente la mia preferita e per questo mazzo sicuramente è la più indicata!

Mich überzeugt dieses Deck voll und ganz. Die Qualität von Verpackung und Karten lässt wie immer bei US Games keine Wünsche offen. Gott sei Dank hat Joanna Colbert diesmal nicht bei Schiffer publiziert! Das Begleitbuch enthält neben einer Einleitung und einigen Legesystemen eine Seite Text pro Karte mit folgender Aufteilung: Kartenname, Name der Pflanze in Englisch, Lateinischer Name, 3 Schlüsselwortsätze, ein Absatz mit Beschreigung der Karte, ein Absatz mit der Bedeutung der Karte und zuletzt 3 Vorschläge, was man mit den jeweiligen Pflanzen "anstellen" kann, z.B. ein kleines Rezept, eine Anregung zu Meditation, magische Verwendung oder Auseinandersetzung mit bestimmten Lebensthemen. Damit kann man wirklich arbeiten. Was hier außerdem sehr gut gelungen ist, ist die Zuordnung der verschiedenen Pflanzen. Diese sind absolut nachvollziehbar - nach Buchtext und wenn man sich einigermaßen mit Heilpflanzen auskennt. Das hätte auch schiefgehen können - wie schon bei manch anderem Tier- oder Pflanzen-Tarot gesehen. Die Pflanzen sind außerdem auf den Karten in Szene gesetzt, entweder in ihrem natürlichen Habitat, in einer Schale arrangiert oder in der Zubereitung auf einem Tisch. Man erfährt also bereits ohne den Begleittext gelesen zu haben, intuitiv einiges über die Bedeutung der Karte/Pflanze und ist nicht unbedingt auf das Buch angewiesen. Im Übrigen handelt es sich um Buntstiftmalereien, deren Vorlage eine vorab gemachte Fotographie ist. Einfach wunderschön!