Joie De Vivre Tarot

This deck is hands down my favorite. I adore the illustrations! The size is perfect (I always struggle with online purchases and hating the actual size) They shuffle beautifully and speak deeply with the little details in the artwork.

I bought this and Paulina tarot, after never having seen any of Paulina Cassidy's art... I don't tend to like the whimsical/mystical art, but I was incredibly surprised by how much I loved this deck (and Paulina as well). It is absolutely ADORABLE! I loved every card, pretty much all of them hit the mark for me, except for a few (mainly because they do not call out the traditional symbolism that i am used to from rider wait, however their art is incredible still and I enjoy the meanings that Paulina gave them in her book): 8 of coins, 10 of cups, 10 of coins, 4 of wands, 7 of wands. You can google the images to see what I mean. I do love her interpretation of the death card however, I think it is a really nice concept on "change" or "transition" (what the death card really stands for in my opinion). I did one reading for myself, my first time using the deck and her little white book of meanings... it was SUPER accurate to what I asked and the descriptions were really fun to read (each character on the cards is given a name! so cute and unique!). I love this deck, and it is actually my favorite at the moment!! I plan to use it a lot more, and even carry it with me so it can absorb a lot of my life energy :) Thank you Paulina Cassidy for such a fun, adorable, unique and artistic tarot deck!

I really like this deck! The cards look and feel very nice. The artwork is amazing, very detailed and whimsical which I really like. The messages are great and overall, I have enjoyed this deck.

I’m giving these 5 stars because I immediately connected with them but the box was a little tore up and the booklet that comes with it is less to be desired. You literally need a magnifying glass to read it. I have so many sets of tarot cards but these by far the art work is beautifully done but a wee bit dull. I still absolutely love them and connect with them. The cars are deck size and fit perfect in your hand, shuffle well but they are very, very thin. This has its pros and cons as they feel good in your hand, but they just feel somewhat flimsy. For me it’s really how the card speaks to me but I know these things matter to some. Still an absolute beautiful deck. Took a little bit longer to get to me was a day late, but worth it. Beautiful cards.

These cards are beyond beautiful & I was drawn to them, very easy to read intuitively. I recommend this card deck!🃏🪄

I have fallen in love with this tarot deck, I was gifted the Paulina Tarot deck by someone about a year ago,and I loved the art style Paulina uses, and when I saw this deck on sale on Amazon, I had to grab it! The booklet with card meanings is really fun, the card description actually give names to the characters you see in the images on the cards, and also gives an upright and reversed meaning for each card, though the reversed is reduced to a few terms that could potentially equal what the card is about. The deck has given me accurate and interesting readings and I recommend it to anyone who wants to upgrade from the classic Rider-Waite.

I am a user of the Paulina Tarot, and when the Joie de Vivre deck came out, I had to get it. HAD to! I was disappointed with the way Amazon sent me the package. The box had been opened and all bent up. During the product's voyage to my house, the cards slipped out of the box and the corners were frayed. When I took the shrink wrap off, I was disappointed that my cards didn't feel new at all. Whoever handled my package was definitely not careful with it. The box itself was opened and smooshed when I got to it. The box presentation is nice, very familiar to the Paulina Tarot. When you look at the Joie de Vivre cards, you immediately recognize they aren't matte and that the stock is thinner. They would be hard to photograph if you were to have a client overseas. They are easier to shuffle, but I worry about how easily they might damage over time. What bothers me the most is the us games copyright on the bottom right of each card. I don't think it was necessary to tarnish the design of each card with it. In a way, that copyright takes away the magic of the deck for me. It is very distracting, and not present in the Paulina deck. Are you looking for a whimsical deck in which the figures are expressive? This would be the deck. It features characters that tell you as much about the card with their expressions as all the rest of the elements around them. While the book has wonderful suggestions for what each card means, I feel that it is very important that you make a bond with these cards. Get to know them personally by sleeping with them under your pillow, looking at each card closely for recognizable symbols, and identifying the court with people you may know in real life. The archetypes are clear, and that is definitely a plus. The print quality is very nice, with more contrasts and brighter colors. The font option is also much, much nicer than the Paulina Tarot. Paulina Cassidy did an AMAZING job with her illustrations, but I strongly feel that the packaging and materials need to be better if the main distribution line is through Amazon/online retail. --- After reading with it for some time, I have found that the deck sings to you. It has become my regular go-to deck, and one that I appreciate very much. Something that I wish the publisher would have thought about, though, would be to make the backs borderless. There are many animals in the cards that help to interpret their meanings. Additionally, you can find that the figures in the cards will speak to you as old friends. I like the narrative and intuitive quality of the cards, but still wish that it was made from a semi-matte stock. What is the point of having such beautiful illustrations if the deck doesn't match the quality of Paulina's work?

I am not even a big fan of this type of art, as say framed on the wall, but as a tarot, I love it. The energy makes me giddy, joyful, like I could get caught in a fairy ring and dance for a thousand years. I may have said that before! Lol. I was not bothered at all by the business of the Paulina deck. It was like those mosaic find the item type pictures from childhood. If it did bother you this deck is an improvement in that, as the central characters do stand out more. I think Paulina is still my favorite, but maybe just because that was my first, of her decks, however I just love them both. I read for others and myself quite well, with either. There is nothing that really detracts from what I know of the standard RWS and where there is deviation, well I follow what the image is telling me anyway. If an expression doesn’t seem to fit the traditional meaning I go with the expression of the deck I am using. Often when a deck is not whimsical, I find proportions and ackward art figures annoy me and turn me off. With this being what it is, there is not one card that annoys me.

Un très joli tarot, je trouve qu’il dégage une énergie douce , on entre dans un monde onirique magique. Les cartes sont de bonnes qualités, agréable à brasser , de taille standard. Très heureuse de mon achat.

I could recommend this Deck to all fans of Paulinas Artwork. I feel the art inside this deck being stronger than in her Spirit Song Deck. The small little creatures are going trough out the deck and takes you inside a magickal fantasy world. The cardstock is fine. The cards are sturdy enough and still on the thin side. Reminds the Lo Scarabeo quality of the decks.

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I originally purchased the Paulina Tarot by Paulina Cassidy because I loved the artwork so much, but as a relative beginner to tarot, I was finding that deck hard to work with, so I decided to try this deck (because I do love her artwork) - and I do love this deck. The images are amazingly detailed, but they are clearer and far easier to 'read'. I find these far more intuitive and have been okay to work with, even as a relative newcomer to the art of tarot. These cards are beautiful, fairly easy to shuffle, even for my smallish hands, and have been a joy to work with so far.

Oh they're lovely, I just hope I could find the hidden meanings behind the playful energy. One thing to note: they're for innerchild healing and also very playful in nature. The heaviest topic can feel playful with them and they specifically target healing 🙌