Tarot Deck Review - Angel Tarot by Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine

Will you keep and open mind and give this tarot deck a chance? A review of and reading with the Angel Tarot Deck by the soon to be removed from credit Doreen Virtue and the lovely Radleigh Valentine.
A guilty pleasure of mine, this tarot deck has pluses and minuses to me.
On the plus side:
It's a softer approach for our clients who do not resonate withe the harsher images of the traditional Rider Waite Smith deck (and yet done in the same tradition)
It gives a really clear perspective on the elements of the suits
It's great for a beginner to use as an Oracle or even as flashcards as it helps by giving a description on each card
It has a phenomenal companion book that you can purchase in addition to the deck which really does offer great insights beyond the surface - symbolism, numerology & astrology for each card
The border colors of the card make it easy to see if you have a predominance of any one or multiple elements in your reading
The minuses:
The cards are HUGE, hard to shuffle because they are also thick and rigid
The images while beautiful are difficult to read if you are an intuitive reader and when placed all together in a reading it's very difficult to discern if any one symbol or character is calling your attention
Overall, it's a wonderful deck for sensitive clients, and for beginners - especially if you are not yet comfortable with live readings and like to do written or email readings and spend time researching each card with a wonderful reference book. I am NOT recommending that you use that approach with in-person readings.
In the video you'll see how the deck is asking for us to keep an open mind and heart regarding the change in ownership and to allow Doreen Virtue the space to enjoy her own spiritual journey and not hold that against the merits of this beautiful tarot deck.
You can grab the deck on Amazon at: amzn.to/2Nes0gS
And the book on Amazon at: amzn.to/2wbXUnB
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[@GrooveYouVerse]

What I found out is that this deck becomes super honest and detailed if you combine at least three cards together to create your answers. It's really amazing.

[@GlindasGuidance]

I would agree that 1 card seems never enough. Especially with this deck. I do like to combine 3 cards or more. I do find it a little tough because of the size to do bigger spreads like the Celtic Cross BUT... sometimes the effort and space is worth it to get the gems from within. Thank you so much for your comment!

[@GrooveYouVerse]

@@GlindasGuidance thanks you for commenting too. I dont follow the traditional spreads. I just make my own that feels right.

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@GrooveYouVerse WONDERFUL approach!!

[@tinapodratz]

Thanks for the review. I just ordered this deck. I'm a newbie to Tarot (I've always had an Interest) but never looked into it before now. I'm even more excited now to receive my deck.

[@GlindasGuidance]

Tina how wonderful! I think you'll LOVE the practice of tarot & certainly beginning with this deck. It was,my entry to tarot & such a joy. Best wishes for your new adventure!

[@ChelseaMBeauty]

Thank you so much for this review! I bought this deck and can’t wait to use it!

[@GlindasGuidance]

You are so welcome @ChelseaMBeauty! I hope you'll love the deck as much as I have over the years. It does speak quite beautifully!

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[@tarotherway]

thank you for this review. I have this deck and simply love it. I am glad you showed the book, I will get that and familiarize myself better with these cards so I can use them more. I have been looking for angel cards and was drawn to these! Thank you!!

[@GlindasGuidance]

Ooh I think you'll LOVE the book then. It's really well written! And if you like Angel cards, do also check out Influence of the Angels Tarot - it's REMARKABLE. Really a beautiful deck and even the little white book that comes with it has wonderful information and great insights!

[@kaiaevert]

This was one of the first decks I purchased and have had it since 2012. I have gotten others along the way but have never connected with other decks like this one. I find I am able to tap into something very personal and accurate. I feel like I have a special link to these cards and it is definitely my go-to deck. I also recommend the bigger book that can be purchased separately, provides deeper understanding. Thank you for the great video!

[@GlindasGuidance]

Ahhh we are most alike! You are welcome for the video. I remain grateful to this day for this deck... got mine in 2013!

[@Susy24731]

I love this video, love yout energy. I am so excited to start working with this deck I will receive it Monday and this video makes me feel that I did a good purchase. Thank you so much

[@GlindasGuidance]

Thank you! And you are most welcome. I hope you'll love the deck for years to come.

[@GrooveYouVerse]

I found this deck in my mom's storage items. She let me keep it and I'm hooked! I'm using it for self spiritual growth and have fun with friends with it. So far, this deck has been spot on with everything I've asked it. I learned the traditional stories of the tarot suits, but they match very closely what the Angel's deck exolains. What I did was bend and flex ed d the cards to give them a used and old look to it. Plus it makes the cards wa asier to deal out and shuffle. PLUS having the cards in bent shapes make them clumsy to shuffle, which tells me to use in my readings. Great deck. Too bad for doreen, but at least it's still backed up by Valentine.

[@GlindasGuidance]

What a wonderful find! It truly is a charming and insightful deck. I still think eerily "spot on" with readings. There is just something about the phrases they chose to put on the images that really resonates every time I use this deck. And I agree - it's wonderful Radleigh is staying on and riding the storm with such grace and dignity. He's a very kind, compassionate and loving person.

[@GrooveYouVerse]

@@GlindasGuidance I agree with the size of the cards in terms of shuffling. However I like it like that because with a semi clumsy shuffle, I believe the vibrations may want to urgently push a card out for you to read right away.

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@GrooveYouVerse what a great perspective! And, we've both had such great insights with this deck that clearly the size has NOT been an issue for the messaging!

[@GlindasGuidance]

@Anthony Honciano what a great approach!! I do something similar. I start with a variation of the 1st operation (are you familiar with it?). That gives me a starting point, it shows what is MOST influencing my querent (or me) in the moment. From there I'll expand the reading using one of my "go-to" spreads, I have about 5 of them I use regularly. With this deck, I'd use a smaller spread 4-5 cards, to get some advice & clarity. I have one I use quite a bit, 4-cards: 1. What to avoid/leave behind 2. Present energy of the situation 3. The obstacle/challenge influencing the situation 4. What to do for the desired outcome and sometimes I'll add a 5th to that... 5. The trajectory of the situation what's next Thank you for your comment! It is a joy to connect & share ideas here.

[@GrooveYouVerse]

@@GlindasGuidance holy cow, that makes sense! If you don't mind, I'm going to adapt that to my spread, because i just let the cards do the talking and then i adapt my energy to ask "Can you clarify on that?" and then "Okay, what's next?" and/or "How do we fix this." I like your 5 methods, and will see if I can spin that around. I do have another question (thanks for taking the time to respond again :) ). I've been researching crystals to help open my third eye more, and undergo some healing mentally and spiritually (and physically). I was looking on amazon, and local stores, and I just have this fear from my feelings (and it's probably the universe telling me this too) in me that these are not really great places to build a stone collection for chakras and healing. I'm googling authentic psychic stones and found chakrazulucrystals.com, but would like to get your input (if any experienes from you) reliable stores to buy stones to build my collection. If you do get them from amazon, which seller do you get it from?

[@jameshunt6328]

Did a 3 card spread for myself and the message was very accurate as well. My first and only deck at this moment.

[@GlindasGuidance]

It's a brilliant deck to start with in my opinion. It speaks clearly even if you have no prior experience. It's really genius. I love that you've had. A good experience with it!

[@jameshunt6328]

Thanks

[@Ourladyrosaries]

Thank you for your video. The angel tarot by just Radleigh valentine is that exactly the same deck just with Doreens name taken off or is it different thank you so much xx

[@GlindasGuidance]

As far a I know it is exactly the same deck, just has Doreen's name removed from it. It looks like all the decks in the series are the same but have her name removed.

[@marilynmiller4032]

Thank you

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

Of course we have our very own path to walk, but going from Tarot and spiritualism to fundamental Christianity is going backwards. I left fundamentalist Christians years ago, and with Bible never shutting up about endless murder to advance one nation's agenda I just don't understand how someone (Doreen Virtue) coming from love, light and freedom of spiritualism can embrace such teachings. Oh well.

[@GlindasGuidance]

It is very difficult to understand other people's journeys. And I can't say what prompted Doreen to take the path she has. But I have another friend who has taken a very similar path and has now returned to a place where she has a relationship again with the tarot (Fundamentalist Christian - to Tarot/Spirituality - to devout Christian and cutting ties with tarot (and tarot friends) - back to Tarot). Now, more than ever, on our Earth it is time to have compassion and to try our best to understand that people have been deeply programmed and led by fears that seem very irrational to others. And to be resilient and allow others to change their minds and their experiences. We don't' have to accept them back into our lives if it's not right for us but, I like to think that we can take the pieces of that experience that resonate and still enjoy them. As I have with Doreen's decks. I wish she hadn't taken this path and in doing so spread fear and doubt into the minds and hearts of her followers but she has and each person's relationship with that experience is very personal and I don't think we should judge it. I do thank you so much for your comment on my channel! I really appreciate the discussion, especially since I got my start in tarot with this particular deck and from taking Doreen's course with Radleigh. I will forever be grateful for the experience even though I no longer resonate with her current expressions.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

@@GlindasGuidance The irony is that after ignoring all bloody military escapades of outright genocide (let's kill everyone who is not of our freshly baked Judaic religion) and outright fairytales that Bible consists of, and concentrating on "prophets" only, one can see how strikingly similar prophets' experiences of their premonition dreams are, including their conversations with spirit entities (so-called angels, although in many cases I think those were dark entities, ordering to kill), use of divination tools (urim and thummim), and later Christian practice of "expelling demons", or in modern terms spirit release of those who attached themselves to their victims who still live in their physical bodies (Carl Wickland's book "Thirty Years Among the Dead" is an example of such treatment), and so on and so forth - all this is so identical to what countless spiritualists across the globe do nowadays. But Bible was canonised, accepted as the only way for people living in the Northern Hemisphere and used to demonise anyone who'd have suchlike abilities in modern days. What Bible suggests that people with such "supernatural" abilities died thousands of years ago, and nobody has them anymore, and if they do - they have them from the mythical creature called Satan. Ironically, those who kill people in this realm go to the lower, darker spheres of Afterlife, called Shadowlands, because murder is inconsistent with Light, so we can easily trace the origins of the Biblical "God", who would not think much of ordering to exterminate entire nations, including innocent babies, at least 2.500.000 people as recorded in the Bible itself, and countless more by those who followed this religion in the last 2000 years. Again, writers of the Bible had very little understanding of Afterlife, and they strike me as someone who has more of a Darwinian "you only live once" concept, creating passages that I assume Doreen refers to, where Bible says that those practicing divination should be exterminated from the face of earth. Charming. Also, completely pointless, as all you'd do by killing is simply discarnate individuals from their physical bodies, as it is impossible to kill anyone in a real sense since we are immortal, therefore all these threats of Biblical God and Christ coming back and killing all unfaithful is an empty threat, as all you'd be doing is just speeding up their transition to Afterlife, where they proceed according to what kind of personality they had, not beliefs they've held. It's very perplexing to see how Doreen didn't grasp very basics of Afterlife to fall for Bible controversial and oftentimes cruel doctrines. These are very serious facts and questions that we need to pay our attention to if we want to be supporters of Light, love and compassion, and we ought to be honest while at it.

[@LaKiaTheSeer]

Thank you!

[@GlindasGuidance]

Always my pleasure!! ADORE YOU and wish you the Happiest New Year!

[@jaimehudson760]

Great video! Love them, can pick a deck up for like £10 right now,(both Virtue and Valentine named) probably because of all the controversy! Do you know if the card deck and the big book are the exact same after the dropping of Doreen virtue's name? Can get the big book with only Radleigh Valentine's name on it (the reissue) cheaper, just wondering if they are the same?

[@GlindasGuidance]

I've not compared both versions to be able to say for sure. My understanding is that the deck is the same (a little strange since I'd think they'd re-work the 9 of Cups/Water to remove Doreen's portrait?) If you can get them so inexpensively... I'd NOT hesitate! It really is a wonderful deck to read with. Let me know what you find.

[@jaimehudson760]

@@GlindasGuidance Yea cool I will. I am a bit weirded out about buying used decks from people I dont know but we shall see.

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@jaimehudson760 I've done it a LOT. I think the right deck will find you & you'll connect with it! If it comes to you and doesn't feel right, you can clear it with your favorite ritual or send it on to its rightful owner as you look for your right match!

[@jaimehudson760]

@@GlindasGuidance Never had to do a ritual of any kind always bought new, but I think I will take the risk and work something out. Thanks.

[@jaimehudson760]

@@GlindasGuidance Bought them used really cheaply, (Doreen Virtue named deck+small book) cleansed them with sunlight and meditation. Bought the big book very cheaply used. Cleansed in sunlight, touching every page and meditating, asking for protection (Radleigh Valentine named only) Both fully compatible. Shuffling is not great, and I have huge hands. I find them very good and amazingly accurate. I still prefer oracle decks from Collette Baron Reid, or Steven D. Farmer, and my Spanish playing cards. Love these cards though, pulling for myself has been a revelation, extremely intuitive, though could be confusing for those learning traditional Tarot. Thanks for introducing me to them, great video on this subject.

[@sashashanelle]

I absolutely enjoyed this review, very insightful! i just got gifted this deck yesterday and really excited to begin. When you spoke on the reversals not being done in this deck did you mean that the cards have never been in the reversed position when you gave a reading or even when they did reverse you just chose to read them as the non reversed way

[@GlindasGuidance]

First what a brilliant gift you've been given! This was my first deck, also a gift AND it is what has me loving Tarot to this day! I hope you'll love it. What I meant by reversals not used on this deck is that the breadth of meaning is described right on the card in the upright position. So, you need not turn the image upside down to see the more challenging side of the messages of a card. With this deck in particular the images are very detailed and would be difficult to see clearly if they were upside down. If the message you are meant to receive has a delay, resistance, opposition, etc. you will see that right in the description. It's a nice, simple way to see the potential messaging in the card without distorting the image to do so. That said, if you are more comfortable with reversals, then by all means use them. With this deck you could reverse some cards and if they show up in your reading, make note of them and when you turn them upright, read the message as a delay, resistance or the opposite of the message on the front. I think it really depends on your reversal reading style. I've never personally found reversals necessary for full messaging with this deck. Great question and thank you for the comment. All the best to you with this deck. It's a real charmer! VERY clear!

[@sashashanelle]

Glinda's Guidance Thank you so much for clearing that up! Makes so much sense! Blessings to you🙏🏽

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@sashashanelle You are so very welcome!!! I'm glad it was useful to you!

[@juliekadams]

Well that's the second time in 2 days that someone has said, "You're missing an opportunity." Yes, probably 7,000 of them. Wish they could give me a big, fat, obvious blinking, neon glowing clue.

[@GlindasGuidance]

Oh my gosh! Isn't that wild when that happens? And so frustrating to hear you're missing out on something when you really would like to accept it. Sometimes were just focusing on the wrong thing as our guides try desperately to get our attention. Or the thing we notice is not what we "expected" to see so we miss it as the "obvious sign". One of those 7,000 options is certain to "bop" you on the head soon. Keep the faith ;)

[@Lft887]

I actually had this deck before (the one that you have). The newer version (currently the one that I have) I'm not sure why....but the artwork is not as glowy? Like you can see the faces clearly now but the vibrancy has deemed down....sadly it's what I like about the deck. So I'm a bit disappointed with the change on that area.

[@GlindasGuidance]

Oh no - I'm so sorry to hear that. I love the images on the original deck and have even told myself several times that I would buy a back up one to have just in case but, it's disappointing to hear that recent runs don't have the same glow?

[@Lft887]

@@GlindasGuidance yes...I'm thinking of returning mine....and buying one that's from the old printing.

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@Lft887 Ohh if there are any "originals" out there I'd say grab them! It really is a deck worth owning!

[@Lft887]

@@GlindasGuidance I know! I'm deciding actually it's a bit costly....somehow I feel like my guides are telling me to stick with the one I have, it fits my purpose and my savings (lol!)

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@Lft887 They are outrageously pricey now... so sad. But I'm sure you can work with what you have. It's just a matter of choosing to fall in love with it as is!

[@weekendsareforwitchery]

What is the drama about Doreen leaving rights to this deck? I don't get it?

[@GlindasGuidance]

Hi Tani. When Doreen left the divination community and became born again Christian she denounced our community and even asked us to burn our decks and to never use them again. She was one of the first to help bridge the way from religion to spirituality and divination and helped so many to find this practice only to turn around and burn that bridge and make many folks question themselves. I have great respect for what she has created and contributed to our community but, it was really difficult for people to understand her 180 turn to say the very practice she was so much a part of was evil. I have no ill will toward her at all. That is the basis of the controversy though.

[@katherinemahlum178]

@@GlindasGuidance I am sad to hear that Doreen left the divination community. Her work is incredible! I could actually see where Doreen is coming from. I do not want to freak people out but when my significant other bought this powerful deck a couple of years back and we were using it to know about our futures. During my reading, my spirit guide came to me and told me to never use tarot to know about our future. It made me a question for a while if using Tarot/ Oracle is a wise idea to use after all. Now I use oracle and or tarots as a tool to look into the problem or situation that I am facing. Once I know what it is it is up to me to move forward. I plan to do this as well if I am going to use tarot/ oracle cards to help others.

[@GlindasGuidance]

@@katherinemahlum178 Doreen is a lovely soul and I wish her prosperity, joy and peace on her newest adventure. I agree that her decks made a huge impact on the industry and have always been some of my favorites for their spot on insights. As far as reading the "future", I don't think that any of us can "know" that very well. We can have ideas of the probabilities and see where the trajectory of the present is heading IF we stay the course but, the future is always mutable and influenced by the collective consciousness and the Divine. I too use these divination tools as a reflection of the present moment and a peek at the current energy and where that might take us. Much like a weather forecast, I find there is nothing wrong with seeing a possible storm up ahead and bringing an umbrella. If the storm doesn't show up, we won't be unhappy that we have an umbrella. If the storm does show up, we'll be happy we were at least a little prepared. Best wishes to you and your clients as you divine. And thank you so much for your comment I truly appreciate it!

[@katherinemahlum178]

@@GlindasGuidance your so welcome. I too wish for Doreen peace, joy and prosperity! Thank you for making this video.