Using court cards as significator based on look and age doesn't imply that those cards represent caracter traits. Personality simply doesn't matter in this way of choosing a significator, so it doesn't apply to accuracy. Some people see benefits in choosing a significator for various reasons, for example because the spreads seem more harmonious overall, but for many it is enough just to have a choosen card representing the seeker, therefore the selection is made on the basis of superficial similarity. For this reason, there are hints on how to match court cards to people based on superficial external characteristics. There are three basic approaches to significators - the one I just described, choosing the card that someone identifies with the most, or (like mine) not using them at all. I advise you all to look for solutions that suit you best and not let yourself be convinced that you should work with the significator in a strictly defined way.

The Slow Tarot 😍😍😍

I liked your video, thank you!

Listening to people talk through spreads on camera is so satisfying 💙 hope you do more of these!

Hi there! Thanks so much for doing a VR to my tag! I loved all your responses! I like that little square deck at the end -- I like squared shaped decks, too; they're just so handy

I love this tag so much! They are so fun to watch. Loved hearing your picks! Also thanks for the heads up at the end cuz you already know 😂😂😂😂

This tag is so fun! I'm definitely going to do it! Thanks loads for sharing, I really enjoy watching your videos.

Tyldwick is sooo introspective. I have had it since the first edition came out, and I am still finding new stuff. I got the mini edition of Bohemian Gothic Tarot first. It has the coolest cardstock. It's still my favorite Baba deck.

Always love when amazing pairings are shared!❤

Le Fay was great But I also hated what happened romance wise

I think most of us ASD folks have gut issues because living in a neurotypical world stresses us out

Everyday Witch Tarot...😅 I just paid for a reading last week, I asked for a general read, she did a great job, totally connected with me, and even though I had never met her before, she was able to intuit some on the nose stuff. I can't believe how much you read. Very impressive. I am always inspired by my readings with This Might Hurt. But I don't use it that often. I am using Three Trees, Smoke Ash, and Embers Tarot right now, as I'm a (Chinese horoscope) Dragon and my newest grandchild, due any day now is also, a Dragon. I am pretty sure Stephanie said she's doing minis of the other two tarots in 2025. I am in Hawaii for Spooky Season, so I brought a bunch of oceany decks.

OMGs! Thanks loads for this amazing video! I just love listening to you going over your reading list and the Tarot you used. Oh, and being able to speak Spanish, I have to agree that people are not checking translations on books, at all! There's so much nuance to translation, I can't tell you the amount of times I've been reading a novel where they have some Spanish language dialogue using Spain Spanish and the character is Latino, and from Mexico... or we have a Mexican character speak Spanish from Argentina... Sigh.

I Have the How to Deal Tarot, i got it in a sale from Urban Outfitters! Thst was a few years ago. Its a very cool deck and a great reader. One of my unicorn decks is the Persephone Tarot by the same artist, it is very very very out of print 😭

Dragons!!! Omg what a cute idea & execution. I’ve never seen this deck before, so it’s cool to see it in action 😮 Also LOL “Dragon of Stupidity” 😂 i actually love that dragon!!

This is great!! I didn't realize how many emperors are just stagnant/sitting down until you pointed it out. That pose in Goblins & Gardens Tarot is really cute! 😂 And the Tarot of Echoes Emperor is beautiful! Definitely goes with that idea of being/providing a strong foundation for other things to grow & thrive. Almost all of the Hierophants you chose have ties to nature, which I thought was a pretty cool pattern. Also, I was chuckling every time there were sirens or car alarms 😂 Why does that feel so california LOL

Three Tree puts out some wonderful decks.

I love that shop. I have bought sooooo many decks there. I bought the French version of the This Might Hurt. I wanted the b & w backs.

Heey I a the creator and I soo grateful that You noticed my cards and You did this review! About the box- I’m aware of it being too delicate and I’m working on finding better solution for my small one person buisness. Love Enkaeil

The stone looks like it could be sodalite or maybe even blue quartz. I just got mine yesterday. I never thought I would get it either. I bought the zine too, haven't looked at it yet but I am thinking I'll have it all ready and ready to go by Feb. This feels like a Feb deck. I am opening it now so that I can go through with you! 🥰

Hey, Livi, thanks loads for this video! I always enjoy watching your vids. (I did an Unboxing, as well). Addi did create a separate Guide for The Botan Tarot, she called it a "Zine", I've read it and it completely made an impact on the Art from the cards.

@ 27:16 I love the herbcrafters deck I modified mine and now it’s pocket size. It’s more of a Oracle/tarot i love how the images flow together without boarders

Do you know if the artwork on The Slow Tarot was brightened? At the time I bought it, a few years ago, some people commented on it being hard to see because the printing was so dark. Do you have a bright light on it during filming?

Hi 👋🏼 enjoyed your video very much🤩 and I love this beautiful deck! Thank you ☺️

The stone looks like sodalite. DEEEEEffffinitely interested in getting this deck! *keeps tab open*

I have the first edition was tempted to buy the 2nd 💛

I’m so happy to have this deck and I enjoyed your walk through! I’m not a fan of pip decks so I was worried about Botan. But, I bought the zine a long time ago (since I didn’t think I’d ever have this deck at least I could enjoy the illustrations), and the explanations makes this deck completely meaningful, even the pips. She’s written stories (based on traditional myth) for each suit that weave together to create a lovely narrative for the entire deck. The pips each represent a portion of the story. So when I see a pip it’s not just a few items to me, I see the story behind it. I’m so grateful she reprinted this deck! It is one that I will always treasure.

I was wondering if you bought this 😂 Mine came Friday.

Ahhh this was super cool to watch!! Those album cases look so satisfying. I'm imagining them click-clacking together 😋

Peculiar Pathways looks BEAUTIFUL! And that guidebook looks so thorough 😮 I reread the PJO series and the sequel series this year! I even noted down plot summaries in my commonplace book, 'cause I wanted to remember which deities & creatures they met and what adventures they all had. I never attended summer camps, but they would've been so fun for me to read about & imagine as a kid. I half want to read the Trials of Apollo series, but I'm enjoying other fantasy books for now. I've been reading other fantasy series from Rick Riordan's imprint this year! I read the Aru Shah series (centers around retellings of Hindu mythology, featuring middle school Indian girls), and Sal & Gabi duology (Cuban characters). Middle school fantasy is FUN to read I love it

The cards kept showing me the tower and the death card and the three of swords. But mostly tower and death. I’d definitely say it was the largest tower moment of my life. I kept seeing it coming and I kept acting like I was seeing the negative. I thought I was doing a self fulfilling prophecy but it was more fate than anything now that I look back at it. That’s what for me into tarot. Those big readings that kept telling me the same thing almost every reading month after month it was like a slow countdown and in the back of my mind I knew it. Thanks for this video, it’s amazing,❤

Full disclosure: the How to Deal tarot has been passed over by me because the title and how it *seems* to appear. It would normally not be my style or something I'd be interested in. However, after seeing it showcased here, the artwork is definitely up my alley. Thank you for sharing! I would have continued to miss out.

how to deal tarot is still in print

Thanks loads for sharing!!! I really enjoy watching your videos!

Thanks for sharing! The art in the Cosmic Wisdom Tarot is stunning! 💖 The use of color is wonderful, and I really like the various symbols I glimpsed from the cards you showed. I might have to pick it up one day. I considered preordering the Slow Tarot when it was made available last November, but there are a few cards in it that I don't think I can really get along with, so I didn't in the end. It was a bit difficult to say no to because the art is beautiful, and the Knight of Cups in the deck is one of my most favorite Knight of Cups ever. (The Knight of Cups & Queen of Wands are kind of my "significators" with the water/fire elemental combo, lol! Or at least those are the elements I use for the courts.) But I just printed out a polaroid of the Knight of Cups to keep tucked in my journal cover, and that lessened the temptation considerably. I may end up getting it one day, though, who knows! Regardless, it's always nice to see decks come back in print so that others can enjoy them. 💞 Lastly, I just want to say: After one bad experience, I'm now really particular about cardstock, too, so you're not alone! I also went out of my way to buy an indie copy of a mass market deck because I knew I wouldn't like the cardstock of the mass market version. (I bought it from the same Etsy store, too, haha!) If the deck isn't a good shuffling experience, I just can't be bothered-this goes for both indie and mass market decks. Thicker cardstock isn't always better, and I have medium-large hands! I'm not sure why 400gsm cardstock is needed when I have decks that are 350gsm (or less) and have held up wonderfully. (I don't have many decks-IMO, this is certainly subjective-so they all see a fair amount of use, and I'm a riffle & bridge shuffler, too!)

Love the deck selection. I've watched Sonia's videos so many times and I don't think I knew she had an oracle deck. Looks like it might be a good pair to Mystic Mondays.

I had no idea The Slow Tarot was available, I'm off to get a copy now, thank you so much

Thanks loads for sharing this video with us; these and some other uncomfortable cards need to be explore better. I do agree that the more literal meanings of these cards are more prevalent in negative/disadvantageous positions in a spread, it's our responsibility as Tarot readers not only to explore said meanings, but also to speak out loud as they are, not sugarcoat your speech or your thinking, let our intuition tell us these negative events, not try to block these feelings and immediately go to toxic positivity, not everything is positive nor does it should be. When I read for my clients and these situations happen, I'm committed to be honest with them, but I do like to pull an extra card at the end of the Reading (usually from an Oracle deck) as an advantageous message for them to move forward. Are you comfortable with others creating a VR to this video? I'd love to participate in this message you're wanting to illuminate to others.

That five of swords is DEFINITELY the coolest fn thing I didn’t know it was available again!

So many goodies! Thanks for sharing 💕

Writing to confirm here that the How to Deal Tarot by Marisa de la Pena came BACK mass market a few months ago! And also that the cardstock is honestly EXCELLENT. It riffle shuffles like a dream, feels buttery and smooth, not plasticky, not sticky, bendy and snappy and delicious!

hi! what's the name of the etsy where you are finding these great decks, if you don't mind sharing?

Loved this video, and sorry about your friend. Encountered this as well, and unless you journal or snap a pic of readings, it may go unnoticed, i.e. Chariot + Tower = car accident. I know Chariot doesn't literally mean a car, but if someone was trying to convey something important to you via the tarot about a vehicle, of course it would be the Chariot card. Also not to say that combo always means that, but it is very interesting. The other one that slaps me in the face is the Temperance card, akin to how you were describing the Devil card, in which case it's probably good to have two cards in the deck telling me to literally get my sh*t together.

When my father was in hospital last year, and (literally) in the process of dying, I kept pulling the Death card (with the Emperor or one of the Kings on its side). Ironically, when I used the Shadowscapes, a deck that depicts Death as a rebirth (a phoenix in very bright colors), that card didn't show up, it was the Judgment instead. I say "ironically" because when decks do this, when they twist the meanings in order not to scare people, in fact they use the Judgment's meaning (rebirth) instead of Death (ending of something). But Death doesn't disappear, you can't avoid it, the meanings are just flipped.

Very good video! Thank you!

I kept getting tower and 5 trees literally damaged my house adter a lightning and storm … so … ya

I LOVED this video! This is the kind of tarot tube content I want to see. 🙂

I'm so so sorry for your loss. 😢

Thanks for talking about this topic 🙌 I've wondered when it means these things more literally.

May I make a VR to this video? This is such a great topic.