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.
@Sophia_astarotКүн бұрын
The Slow Tarot 😍😍😍
@KatieSeasCards4 күн бұрын
I liked your video, thank you!
@tangytarot6 күн бұрын
Listening to people talk through spreads on camera is so satisfying 💙 hope you do more of these!
@CrescentDreamsTarot6 күн бұрын
Awww thank you! I do want to do more of these, I just got to think about which spreads/decks I've been wanting to try out.
@simply_han9 күн бұрын
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
@RobynsReflections10 күн бұрын
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 😂😂😂😂
@CrescentDreamsTarot10 күн бұрын
@@RobynsReflections Yeah, I hope more people do this one! It was fun to try to think of them in terms of emojis.
@EddieinReadingland10 күн бұрын
This tag is so fun! I'm definitely going to do it! Thanks loads for sharing, I really enjoy watching your videos.
@tamipie11 күн бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarot11 күн бұрын
@@tamipie If Baba decks weren't so expensive AND didn't have the cold stamping I'd be interested in them. But, I've seen videos where people shine the cold stamping and I don't like the effect.
@tamipie11 күн бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot yeah, I freakin hate the new Bogo. 🫣
@linda42tarot13 күн бұрын
Always love when amazing pairings are shared!❤
@CrescentDreamsTarot13 күн бұрын
@@linda42tarot Thank you for watching, and glad you enjoyed seeing the pairs! I was pleasantly surprised by how many decks went with it.
@chaneldays15 күн бұрын
Le Fay was great But I also hated what happened romance wise
@CrescentDreamsTarot15 күн бұрын
@@chaneldays I mean, I knew it was bound to happen because I remember he had a bad fate in Le Morte D'Arthur or one of the other tales, but it was just sad.
@chaneldays15 күн бұрын
I think most of us ASD folks have gut issues because living in a neurotypical world stresses us out
@CrescentDreamsTarot15 күн бұрын
@@chaneldays Well that too 🙃🙃🙃
@tamipie15 күн бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarot15 күн бұрын
@@tamipie Lol YES I remembered it was Everyday Witch right after the video 🤣
@EddieinReadingland15 күн бұрын
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.
@haresbreathtarot16 күн бұрын
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 😭
@tangytarot16 күн бұрын
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!!
@tangytarot16 күн бұрын
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
@CrescentDreamsTarot16 күн бұрын
It's literally the California experience in the worst way 😂
@TheScreamingElf21 күн бұрын
Three Tree puts out some wonderful decks.
@CrescentDreamsTarot18 күн бұрын
They definitely put a lot of attention to detail that I appreciate, I just wish they did more smaller sized decks!
@TheScreamingElf17 күн бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot they did make some mini decks for some of them. I wish they had a legitimate US distribution agent so the shipping wouldn't cost so much.
@InnerMagpie22 күн бұрын
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.
@dk744222 күн бұрын
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
@RobynsReflections24 күн бұрын
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! 🥰
@CrescentDreamsTarot24 күн бұрын
@@RobynsReflections I bought the zine after this video and I do like it a lot! Her stories are fascinating.
@EddieinReadingland24 күн бұрын
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.
@vibeearthh24 күн бұрын
@ 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
@grumpyschnauzer24 күн бұрын
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?
@CrescentDreamsTarot24 күн бұрын
@@grumpyschnauzer Not a bright light, just natural sunlight that came in at that time of day. I don't personally find the images dark, but it's the 4th printing so it's possible the artist lightened it since then due to feedback.
@CocoMoonshineTarotRoom26 күн бұрын
Hi 👋🏼 enjoyed your video very much🤩 and I love this beautiful deck! Thank you ☺️
@-NiamhWitch-26 күн бұрын
The stone looks like sodalite. DEEEEEffffinitely interested in getting this deck! *keeps tab open*
@CrescentDreamsTarot26 күн бұрын
@@-NiamhWitch- I definitely recommend the zine that's on her website. I bought it after this video, and it's only $5. It's got some nice additional info, especially for the minors.
@chelle125626 күн бұрын
I have the first edition was tempted to buy the 2nd 💛
@CrescentDreamsTarot26 күн бұрын
@@chelle1256 Is it much different than the 1st? Or pretty close?
@chelle125626 күн бұрын
@CrescentDreamsTarot 2 cards have changed. I can't remember maybe the emperor and empress, but don't quote me.
@saltedmoon26 күн бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarot26 күн бұрын
Yay, glad you got a hold of it! After this video I did in fact purchase the zine, and 100% agree that it helps deepen the knowledge of this deck.
@simonejackson619626 күн бұрын
I was wondering if you bought this 😂 Mine came Friday.
@CrescentDreamsTarot26 күн бұрын
@@simonejackson6196 I diiiid lol, it's been one of my unicorns for so long. I am seriously in need of doing a video where I chat about all the decks I thought I'd never get my hands on.
@simonejackson619626 күн бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot I haven’t finished watching your video, but the lack of information on what’s depicted in the cards was a bit of a bummer. I found if you go back to her website and purchase the $5 digital zine, it has a little more information about the cards and her choices. I just downloaded it.
@CrescentDreamsTarot26 күн бұрын
@@simonejackson6196 After filming this I bought the zine and it was for sure enlightening and made more sense.
@simonejackson619626 күн бұрын
I think Addi said she’s updated 7 cards in this edition but I’m not sure which ones they are. I haven’t read through everything yet.
@tangytarot29 күн бұрын
Ahhh this was super cool to watch!! Those album cases look so satisfying. I'm imagining them click-clacking together 😋
@tangytarot29 күн бұрын
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
@CrescentDreamsTarot28 күн бұрын
I honestly love it too! Overall PJO was fun, just those timeline plot holes that had me pause lol. But I do love middle grade fiction a lot.
@astralxpriestess927029 күн бұрын
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,❤
@CrescentDreamsTarot29 күн бұрын
Man, sometimes the cards are brutal, but I'm glad you got through the rough period. I've definitely been there before.
@simply_han29 күн бұрын
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.
@anonymousanonymous850Ай бұрын
how to deal tarot is still in print
@CrescentDreamsTarot29 күн бұрын
@@anonymousanonymous850 Thank you for the correction, I thought only the book was.
@EddieinReadinglandАй бұрын
Thanks loads for sharing!!! I really enjoy watching your videos!
@seasighАй бұрын
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!)
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@seasigh Thank you for watching, and glad I'm not the only one who is particular about cardstock!
@themoreintuitivemeАй бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@themoreintuitiveme Oooh I could see that! They're both brightly colored.
@JonSkyeTarotАй бұрын
I had no idea The Slow Tarot was available, I'm off to get a copy now, thank you so much
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@JonSkyeTarot Yay, glad you have a chance to snatch it up!
@EddieinReadinglandАй бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@EddieinReadingland I am definitely fine with VRs but thank you for the insight! I do believe in seeing a light side out, so it's good that you pull oracle cards.
@EddieinReadinglandАй бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot Thanks loads! I feel that this needs to be out there.
@chaneldaysАй бұрын
That five of swords is DEFINITELY the coolest fn thing I didn’t know it was available again!
@RobynsReflectionsАй бұрын
So many goodies! Thanks for sharing 💕
@tigerlybalmАй бұрын
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!
@tonie4271Ай бұрын
Hello friend! Could you possibly share where we can find this re-release? ☺️
@ccoleman8017Ай бұрын
hi! what's the name of the etsy where you are finding these great decks, if you don't mind sharing?
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@ccoleman8017 Oh shoot, thank you for the reminder! I'm almost home, so I can add the link to this video's description in about 30 minutes.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
Link is added!
@ccoleman8017Ай бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot thank you so much! that is very helpful.
@wyomingwynneАй бұрын
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.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
Luckily I do have photo evidence of my readings, but yeah, some combinations are brutal.
@AM-ji5piАй бұрын
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.
@khan7459Ай бұрын
Very good video! Thank you!
@azi-reviewsАй бұрын
I kept getting tower and 5 trees literally damaged my house adter a lightning and storm … so … ya
@-NiamhWitch-Ай бұрын
I LOVED this video! This is the kind of tarot tube content I want to see. 🙂
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@-NiamhWitch- Oh! Thank you for watching! I was a little afraid to post this one because I wasn't sure how people would respond, but so far it's positive so I'm pleasantly surprised.
@BohemianRoseTarotАй бұрын
I'm so so sorry for your loss. 😢
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@BohemianRoseTarot Hey, thanks! Again, I think I said in the video that I wasn't incredibly close with the individual, but had been at one point in time, so it sucked in that way.
@Nicole-zr1meАй бұрын
Thanks for talking about this topic 🙌 I've wondered when it means these things more literally.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@Nicole-zr1me It can be scary, but there's ways around it certainly.
@BohemianRoseTarotАй бұрын
May I make a VR to this video? This is such a great topic.
@CrescentDreamsTarotАй бұрын
@@BohemianRoseTarot Oooh yes, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts!
@BohemianRoseTarotАй бұрын
@@CrescentDreamsTarot thank you!!!!!
@tamipieАй бұрын
I almost made this video a couple of times. I will totally do a vr. 🎉