Neglected Decks of 2024 | inspired by

[@CedarMoonWitch]

I have Smoke, Ash & Embers and it’s gorgeous, but I only used it a couple times, partly because I don’t have a pair 😅

[@InnerMagpie]

I am hoping to begin more illustrative journaling. I have been dabbling with watercolors ( very abstractly) but I want to learn to draw creatively more than just stick figures. 😅

[@poweredbyteatarot]

The anima mundi tarot feels like a deck depicted at night. It feels like it would be a good deck for a New Moon reading

[@elementsoftarot]

Hi Christa! With the Terra Volatile, try using it without the extra suit! That’s what I do and it’s less overwhelming. The rest of it is pretty straight RWS.

[@Christa.Chronicles]

@@elementsoftarot such a good point!! I always tend to pull those extra suit cards when I use it!

[@tamipie]

Just let it be dragons... Smoke Ash and Embers is fabulous all by herself... Dragon.

[@marian9410]

Have used the tarot volatile for past life readings. The geometric patterns inspire time travel - like looking back through a portal...

[@Christa.Chronicles]

that is so neat!!

[@spambotful]

Some great decks in there! However, can someone explain this obsession with pairing decks?! When did this become a thing? Why do you need to pair decks? I don’t understand how a tarot deck with 78 cards plus reversals is not enough to get a full reading from?!

[@shaniakeddy3136]

Some people just like to pair their tarot with an oracle, it's not that you can't get a full reading, and many of us definitely do use just tarot all the time, but a pairing is nice too. Oracles can make for a strong focal point in a reading, and for some people that really helps

[@1976mcfarlane]

I was wondering about the pairing thing also. It's definitely become popular within tarot tube crowd .. even with two tarot decks at the same time not just an Oracle and a tarot.

[@RootsAndWaves]

I always use multiple decks in my readings (tarot and oracle). I am a layered reader. I also use charms in my readings. We all have different reading styles. I find, for me, adding more layers provides more detail and insight. 💙

[@TrioofWitchesTarot]

@@RootsAndWavesme too. Sometimes two tarot and two oracle. That's my max tho.

[@Christa.Chronicles]

for me it's not necessarily always about needing to add to a reading, part of the fun often for me is seeing how two decks relate to each other or not and also finding aesthetic patterns between the imagery! I also am a big oracle fan as I think having a main theme to center the tarot around is helpful when it comes to reading for myself. Interestingly, if I'm reading for someone else I find I tend to just go with one tarot!

[@whalesong813]

I pair Messages from the Spirits of Nature Oracle and Thistledown with Smoke, Ash & Embers. Two decks I neglected in 2024 were the Ritual Tarot and the Telezma Tarot, I love both of these decks and collage art is one of my favorite tarot styles. I think for my brain, they were more complex then I wanted to tackel in 2024. Now that my life is simplified, I hope to use them in 2025.

[@Christa.Chronicles]

OOOO yes ritual tarot was totally neglected by me this year as well! I have her new oracle coming in hopefully soon from kickstarter and will be curios if that sparks me to use the tarot again!

[@TrioofWitchesTarot]

With a large collection many decks are neglected. I've been super burned out this year as well. I devoted a lot of time and energy to the election. And then the results were so disappointing. I am still trying to recover from that.

[@Christa.Chronicles]

COMPLETELY get you on this- consuming much from the news lately feels important but also so hard. Something I've decided to try with my decks is hugely editing them down for the moment and storing a good chunk of them that don't feel particularly interesting to me at the moment. It already feels helpful to look at a selection of decks that feel exciting to me right now!

[@TrioofWitchesTarot]

@@Christa.Chronicles I always appreciate your perspective.

[@BohemianRoseTarot]

Garden Dragons Oracle is great with Smoke, Ash and Embers!

[@Christa.Chronicles]

oh I LOVE that oracle!! totally going to try that!

[@phillwernet9241]

So does Dreams of Gaia have a seperate guide book? Where did you get it from? This was my first deck and I freaking loooooovvvvveeee it! The full size book would be amazing!

[@Christa.Chronicles]

The full size book I mean is the one that comes with the original deck! The pocket version I have has a guidebook that is basically a cut-down version of the original