Random Update - Where are the Deck Reviews?!

Okay darlings, I'm a horrible person. I have not at all wrote or reviewed any of the new goodies I've bought recently. I've been on a buying spree lately. I've bought 2 Oracle decks and 2 Tarot decks in 1 month. (That's a LOT on a student's budget.) and I've pre-ordered and am having a shipment of 6 decks coming in, 7 if my Tarot of Sweet Twilight can come in, for some reason the store I order from  has a problem with ordering decks that are older than 3-4 years. Since Tarot of Sweet Twilight is 6 years (it was released in '09) I'm keeping my fingers crossed to have it in a month or 2.... 3. If not, I can only order it from Amazon and it costs extra to order it instead of ordering it from the publisher itself from the store I order decks from.
If I can't get my Sweet Twilight from my local store, I'll have to go on to order online and order it myself, not through the bookstore. 

Pro: I'll get it in a week or so, along with some other decks I can't order from my local store like; Dream Enchantress Tarot, Tarot of Mermaids, Manara Tarot (Yes, I find that an interesting deck!) Tarot of Sexual Magic (Yes, that too.) Tarot of New Visions, Dark Angel Tarot and Universal Fantasy.

Con: It will tempt me to get more than just Sweet Twilight, since the shipping is gonna be killer anyway, might as well add more decks to make the shipping worth it. Which means I need more money to shell out as well as the shipping! Ughhhh. :C
Not only that, the whole process is complicated. Don't ask.
Living in Asia is hard when all the good decks are half way across the world. Sigh.

For now, the Cons outweigh the Pros. I just need to be patient and enjoy the decks I already have (not to mention I need to do some sewing, I have nowhere to place or fit my precious little babies in!)

So anyway, as much as I would love to give reviews on my decks, it's not gonna happen any time soon. This week's been really hectic and I've had a serious mental block. For the most part, I'm just thankful I can write a bit on this blog, I love writing and it's always been so therapeutic for me to voice out my thoughts through words like this. Tarot has helped me so much to be able to express myself and I'm super happy about that.
I promise, as soon as I get a good enough quality camera, worked with my decks enough and have had the time, I'll get to those reviews! Heavens about knows one of the reasons I even started blogging was because I'd love to write up reviews  for my decks. Help out others who would want those decks and are probably on the fence about it.
That's all for today, I guess. Gonna write up my blog of the day now. Hopefully I can before this day ends, my head's all dizzy. Need more sleep, even if I've already had a full 6 hours of sleep. Meh.

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna

Luna's Card(s) of the Day - RWS

This'll be short today but I was just messing around with my deck, shuffling and stuff and I decided I'd take a few cards out, I got 6 of Cups with the Shadow (bottom card.) being 8 of Swords. I didn't really delve deep in that set of cards so I just kept shuffling and went back to pick another card after shuffling it around in my hands.
Then I get this, Magician and 7 of Cups. I had to laugh when I got these cards and said to myself "I need to post this!"

The Magician is a man who has the resources, the skill and the experience to do the job, combine that with the 7 of Cups and it is blatantly saying, I may have all that, but I'm having too many ideas up in my head, having too many thoughts and ideas, but never really making it into a reality. It's within my reach, yet still so far.

I want a lot of things in life, especially for my writing, but I still can't get it done the way I want it. It's ironic. Heh.

That's basically it, it's not really long or delving too deep but I just had to share this and I don't feel all that well today, been so busy and doing so many things for so many people, I WANT TO SLEEP! Boohoohoo!

Anyway!

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna. 

5.) Luna's Card Quotes - Mystical Cats: Lovers.

"I want to sleep with you.

I don't mean have sex.

I mean sleep. Together.

Under my blankets. In my bed.

With my hand on your chest

and your arms around me.

With the window cracked

so it's chilly

and we have to cuddle closer.

No talking, just sleepy,

blissfully happy silence." - Unknown.*

[To me. I know, I know, it's a common quote around the net, but when I saw this cute little scene, I couldn't help myself!]

4.) Luna's Card Quotes - Hanson Roberts: Star.

"Never stop believing in hope,
because miracles happen everyday."

I know people have a lot of problems with sayings like, either for their religious beliefs or their personal opinions. I have a sort of indifference to "Miracles" but I do believe in hope.

Someone in my life helped me gain my hope. My hope for a future for myself, hope for the dreams I have, hope for the good in people.

Even though I don't trust a lot of people, I do know and hope for people to learn and improve themselves. Sometimes, it's nice to hope, sometimes, it's bad.

But having hope is never bad, don't ever let anyone take that away from you. 

Just learn to differentiate from having hope, to just holding onto something that is hurting you. Have strength, darlings.

Positivity and hope come hand in hand. I mean, you can't exactly be negative and be hopeful, right? Haha! It's why I keep those two words in my farewells. It's my two favorite words and feelings, sometimes it's hard to have those, so I have learned to hold them close to me, to cherish them.

Never let anyone crush your hope, they don't have the control, you do. Never stop believing in hope, for sometimes, that's all you have.

2.) Luna's Reflections - RWS: 2 of Cups

In Tarot, the 2 of Cups, is a card of Connection and Union between two people.

It could be business, friendship or even romantic. This card is usually a card signifying two people in harmony together, syncing up their energies and also a deep connection... Or a beginning one.

Today I'll be talking and delving into the Connection between people. Between friends mainly. I think.... Whatever my ramblings will head to, I guess. Moving on.

I thought about this for a while, isn't it interesting to be able to have a deep, meaningful and just insightful talk with someone? Doesn't it feel refreshing?

It's been an awful while since I've had a deep, meaningful conversation with any of my friends. Since my Hermit Phase has come, it makes it harder and harder. The deepest conversations I've had, weirdly enough, has been with myself. When I try to plan on what next to add to my... Well, the best way to call it is my "Series". I think deeply of the cards, trashing ideas, storing some ideas away and I get a topic, card or theme and make sure I have 2 or 3 fall back plans that interest me in case I get no inspiration to write or feel any grounded interest on the original idea. I currently have 3 ideas to use on this particular Series. Interestingly enough.

You know what? It's the simple pleasures in life that makes life worth living half of the time. Those small, random and sometimes even insignificance memories makes it all the more memorable.
Here's what I mean; when I was younger, I remember talking nearly every night with my best friend. She and I would just talk of the most randomest stuff. I don't even have the faintest idea as to what it was. It's been so long ago, we were so young. I remember us even color coordinating our clothes for the next day so we could match or even look good. Blue for me, Yellow for her. I remember that.
Thinking about that makes me wish and yearn to re-live my childhood again, just for a bit. To remember and feel those emotions I had, it makes me chuckle at how clueless and obnoxious I was as a child. Embarrassing but still kind of funny. Heh.

Anyway, back on point!
I've been thinking lately on the subject of deep conversations. It's been so few and far in between since the last time I've had any sort of deep conversation with anyone, it's quite sad, really. You never know how refreshing and exhilarating it is. For me, it's the connection, the feelings way deep inside that connects us. In my own description of it, it feels like being on the same page, reading the same book and synchronizing so much, you're reading it word for word, sentence for sentence. You can't help but smile and just nod enthusiastically and say "Yes! Yes! That's it! That's exactly it!" and afterwards, you can't help but smile more and think of your conversation. It keeps popping up in your mind for a long time to come.

I think it's even more amazing to bond over that type of connection with a near complete stranger.
I'm young, not even a full grown adult to some people, but I'm not also a child. Funny, how that works.
My interests are few and far in between, I'm the 4 of Cups most of the time when it concerns my interest. Nothing holds my attention long. So when I met someone who shared my love and passion and interest in Tarot: That lived close to me, was almost the same age as me and  connected with me on a deeper level? I was like "YESSSSSSSS! FINALLY!" the thing is though, it was more than that, in a way. Emotionally, we were on fairly stable ground. We had a lot in common in that sense. I could interpret my friend's feelings as if they were my own, in the sense I understood my friend's plights and problems and their feelings behind their actions and as to why they felt like that. It was very eerie to be able to do, I feel.

After a short time of knowing each other, we would meet regularly and it felt like we knew each other faaaaar longer than we did. It was amazing, to have a friend like that. We had numerous deep conversations about Tarot, we did readings and we interpreted it together, when we wanted advice or another Reader's opinion, we went to each other. We studied the cards together and we learned together. Tarot was what brought us together and I guess, in a way, Tarot is what connected us to this day, not that it's a bad thing. Even without Tarot, I would still be there, I would still be their friend, no matter what. I would still care for them deeply.
So many late night chats, so many sessions where we would just squealed and gushed over Tarot... But alas, the excitement wore off, the anticipation went away and we came away with a routine.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my friend. I really do and I care for them deeply. I just knew it was too good to last for long and I accept it. Sometimes it happens and it's okay. It happens in relationships all the time, Romantic or otherwise. The thing is, to always be open to each other and make the effort to keep strong together. To make time for each other, to help each other, to be there to lean on when the other person needs it. To trust and care for each other.

Every relationship is a two-way street. Remember that.
We give because we care, we take not to simply take. We give not to simply give, but because we want to. We take because we know it's that other person's way of showing they care.

Every relationship is unique and special. A relationship, friendship, is like a garden filled with flowers and plants, you have different kinds of flowers and plants in your garden. Each representing a relationship or friendship, they all look so different, but you care for them the same, maybe some more than others, but the care is still there. Sometimes you need to water them only a few times, their care only a bare minimum, some others need more tending to and it's okay to tend to them more. Others can be just right. Sometimes it fluxes and the ones with the bare minimum need more attention, and the ones who needed so much attention before doesn't need any tending to for a while. And the others that are "just right"? They can flux between either state.
In the end, you're fine with doing all that, because you care and love each of those relationships you've tended to.
Sometimes though, you forget to tend one or two of your plants and flowers, your relationships. Sometimes it wilts away and no matter how much you tend to it now, it will still wilt and die. You will mourn, sure, but you will still move on.
Others though, there are others that are like weeds or just plain poisonous to you, sometimes you wouldn't even notice them. They can wrap around your healthy flowers and choke the life out of them and you.
Such poisonous type of people will go out of their way to suck the life out of you and you wouldn't even notice, some will be like weeds and they will go out of their way to ruin your garden. Sometimes they will succeed, but hopefully most times they will fail.
You need to learn to cut away such weeds. To be able to remove poison. And to be able to take care of your garden properly.

Each and every relationship is special, even the weeds and poisonous ones, they help you grow, to mature and to experience life better.

Relationships... Such fickle things. They can be there for a life time, but will the quality be any good? They can be temporary, but mean so much in that short time. They can be deep and meaningful or they can be carefree and easy-going. So unique and sometimes so hard to care for. Whether it's a new relationship or an old one, it's always gonna be hard. Though I have to say, there are some relationships that are just so easy to be in, to handle, it almost seems like a sin. I don't know whether there are just plain exceptions to the rule... Or it can just mean that it's only for now that there hasn't been a rough patch to cross for them. Heh.

I've written a damn long post. I hope you guys enjoy this! I've never been good at organizing my thoughts or ramblings. Haha!

This was an interesting subject to hit upon, I'll probably get back to this later to further touch upon the subject again. I've been too rambly on this.

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna

Post Updates!

Gosh! I haven't posted anything in the past few days. So sorry! Been out of town and haven't had the proper inspiration to write anything as of late. I've had a few ideas floating around for my post "Series" and now I finally wrote one up! I'm hoping to at least post once a day, even if it's just a quote pertaining to one of the cards in the Tarot. Or even with an Oracle [will need to start working with my oracle cards to make that happen though.....]
It's so frustrating, so many ideas up in my head, yet I've neither found the inspiration to write them down, had the heart to write or even found a way out of procrastination [*cough* Laziness *cough*] to write anything down. My head has such a block to it. It's not even writers block! At least, I don't think it is... Hmm.
Tarot is just too interesting.

Anyway! That's all for this update. I don't even know if there are any people reading, but still, being able to update for anyone who reads on my blog is nice. C:

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna.

3.) Luna's Card Quotes - RWS: 6 of Cups.

"It's ironic, isn't it? That someone who was the most important person in your life...

Who shared the highs and the lows with you.

Who shared the good and bad parts of your life with you.

Who held your hand in your roughest and saddest times.

Who smiled and gave you a great big hug during your accomplishments.

Who was there in all the important times in your life.

Who you shared your life and your love with.

Who knew that most important person in one point of your life...

Could just end up as a stranger you pass by like nothing."

2.) Luna's Card Quotes - RWS: Devil.

"Stop blaming and start being! We attract what we are. We attract who we are. If you don't like something in your life, look only at who you are. Who you are is why you choose the friends and situations in your life. Who you are is why you choose poorly, or fail to choose wisely. Stop being a victim! If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you. The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves."

— Bryant McGill


It's ironic, isn't it? The good must go with the bad, the negative must go with the good. It's all about appreciation, in a way, when the good and positive comes, appreciate the hell out of it! Enjoy it, feel blessed and be in bliss when those times comes.
When the bad and negative comes, be strong and keep your resolve, do not let it control you, you are the master and your feelings are yours to control! You are not bound by them. Be strong and keep faith. Believe in yourself and don't let yourself become someone you're not.
Improve and admit your mistakes and try to be better. You must accept the good with the bad, the negative and the positive. All things go hand in hand. One thing cannot live without the other, if not, how can we appreciate what we have?

Take life by the horns, don't play the blame game, don't hold on to things you shouldn't, accept things for what they are, even if you don't want to. You need to. Don't disillusion yourself.


With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna.

1.) Luna's Reflections - RWS: The Hermit

So, the other day I was with a friend, I brought a deck of cards with me, because I always, always bring at least one deck with me when I go out or meet up with a friend. Just for something to do and in case I'd like to do a random reading or if I'm bored and want to look through the cards or do random self-reflection.

Anyway! I was randomly looking through my cards, my trusty old Rider Waite Deck, and I decided to pick out a card, I wasn't really thinking of anything nor did I ask anything from the cards. I just shuffled the deck and picked a card from the very top and I got....

The Hermit.

I had to chuckle at that one. Second time I've got that this week. Heh.

I've mentioned before that I had to accept my Hermit phase of my life.

I've always been awfully shy throughout my life, I was a bit more outgoing as a child, boundless energy and mischievous nature every child goes through, you know? But as soon as I hit pre-pubescent age, and after moving so much as a child and losing friends and not being able to keep a friend for long for one reason or another. I never did develop my "social skills" properly.

So you can guess that I spend a lot of time on my own. A lot of time on my own.

There was a time that I spent a lot of my time yearning and waiting around for the few friends I had to call me up and invite me out. I did this a lot and my pride would always fall and wound itself. I was never one to go out and make the initiative to invite someone out. I always felt like I was bothering them so I would creep back into the shell I kept around myself.

Now enough anecdotes! Hehe, kinda embarrassed to share all that. Oh well. c:

Anyway, my reflections towards the Hermit card: This card has always been known as someone who willingly takes the road most people don't take, this card is always about that person who doesn't follow the crowd but instead seeks fulfillment inside himself, this card is about the person who would rather have his own company than those of others. Basically this card should be called the "Introvert" card of the Major Arcana, haha!
I don't know, I would consider myself an introvert for the sake of that I'm quiet, I DO like my own company and I'm very shy. But I've come to learn that being introverted isn't just being shy, it's about liking, being fond and content being on your own. And I see that a lot in this card. I can see myself as the Hermit... But the thing is. It's lonely. It's lonely always being by yourself and having no one to talk to and sometimes, your own mind can be your worst enemy... And by being by yourself, your mind is almost always the only thing you have for company. It's just a matter of how you spend your time alone, I guess. I think what the Hermit card is trying to say to me is exactly that: To accept myself in my entirety. To do things I like, to do things I love, to do things I am passionate about... To reconnect with myself. To love myself. To be able to be content with my own company. I am me and I deserve to love myself, as any person should.

With this blog, I've been beginning to see that and it fills me with such warmth  and satisfaction. This site is my baby and this site has helped me so much this past week. Who knew writing would be so blissful? [Rhetorical question, hehe! I've just never experienced it to this extent I suppose.]

Well, that's all for now.

I'll see you on the flip side, darlings.

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna.

How Luna got into Tarot

I've been exposed to Tarot a LOT actually. I've seen it in passing on shows, movies and even played a VERY important role in a video game I LOVED as a teen. Yet, in all those times, I've never had the interest in pursuing it in any shape or form. Never had the compulsion to search about it and learn about it.

But one day, I was reading this random little short story on Reddit as I do regularly. The story wasn't even that good. Not compared to a handful of other stories I've read on the site, but the thing is... The protagonist mentioned knowing a medium, a psychic, that read palms and Tarot cards... And then it was like something missing was finally found.

Once I read the words "Tarot" I thought to myself.... What were those things? So I went onto trusty Google Search and read up all I could about 'em! I finally realized that I've seen these and read about them and even played a video game about them!

I fell deeper and deeper into the Rabbit Hole known as Tarot. I fell in love with the Art, the Symbolism, the History and the Lessons it has taught me.

Nearly a year later and 20-Odd decks in my possession and I still love it more than I did 8 months ago and more than I did yesterday. There's so much to learn and experience with Tarot. I can't wait! C:

[I did this in response to the Group Tarot Together and I'm loving this group! Really helps prompts me in my writings. So thank you everyone!]

Intro to an amazing group I'm in!

I'm Luna Oracle, I recently started doing a blog, a first ever for me, it's mostly Tarot related but mainly just about me and my thoughts.


Tarot has been something I've loved for nearly a year, it's something that helped me cope with some things over the past year and I have to say, Tarot makes me happy. It helps me express myself and it gets my mind going.

Right now I'm using Tarot as an exercise to help me with my writing and to get pent up energy released. In real life I'm very much the Hermit but I've always wanted to be the Empress, nurturing, loving and wanting to help others to grow. I don't always get the chance to do so however, so I'm learning now to accept and further pursue my "Hermit" phase in my life. c:
There is one thing I've always believed in: There will always be meaning behind an action. Subconscious or not.


Now why would I choose the Tower? It's such a scary card! The Tower is crumbling, everything you've worked hard for or have ever known has crumbled beneath your feet.
I've always felt like I needed to rebuild myself. Change friends, change locations, change myself. I admit, that's not a good thing to do, but sometimes it's needed. Sometimes you need to destroy, to find out what's truly inside. Sometimes you need to destroy... To start over a better beginning.
The breaking down of walls between people, of seeing each other in a new light, good or bad. Of deepening the connection because you chose to let the walls down so you can better get to know each other deeply. That's beautiful.

To be honest, I've always loved symbology, learning the meaning behind things and learning how to interpret that. It's why I loved psychology, body language and the like. I love the idea of knowing what goes behind a person's actions, feelings and thoughts, just for the sole reason of finding it fascinating, as humans, to be able to be so different, yet so the same.

Now for my favorite card: It is the Tower from the Dreaming Way Tarot.

I chose the Dreaming Way Tarot because I've always found this particular Tower card, the most impeccable, most beautiful and most well made Tower I've ever felt such a connection to.

3.) Luna's Quotes

"He was my Devil. I was his Temptress.
We swayed, twirled and danced under the Vampyres Sun.
We were Lovers in the deepest pits of Hell.
Not even Death could tear us apart."

2.) Luna's Quotes

“I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.” ~ Laurie Helgoe

1.) Luna's Card Quotes - Wisdom of the House of Night: Honesty.

Today I used my new Wisdom of the House of Night Oracle.

I got.... The Honesty Card!

To be honest, I got nothing out of this card. I mean, the art is beautiful, the card's meaning that it's trying to portray? It slips over my head.
But the word "Honesty" it really got my head moving because the other day I stumbled upon this quote that really moved my soul.

"I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can't change." -Simon Van Booy, The Illusion of Separateness.

This quote really moved me for the fact we not only refuse to be honest about our feelings or about ourselves, we hide behind masks, we make up persona's about ourselves to other people, but also because  it's one thing to be honest, it's another thing to be honest and hurting other people.
When we're being honest, ask yourself this "Will this help someone improve? Will this help me? Is this needed to be said? Can this hurt someone? If it does, is it worth it?"
If you do end up hurting someone with your honesty, own up to it. Talk to them, communicate and speak openly about your feelings and their own. This is why we have mouths and hearts, you know! C:
Sometimes we need to be blunt and end up hurting someone, even if we don't want it to happen. So learn to be gentle and sensitive, communicate with them and help them. Listen to them.

Respect them and their feelings, be sensitive to their feelings and be sincere.


With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna

Luna's Card Quotes - Introduction.

In Luna's Card Quotes, we will see me finding quotes or me making up and writing up my own quotes or descriptions, that best fits or describes the card or situation that the card is trying to portray.

I'll be using random decks that I think would resonate well with the day and moment. Tarot or Oracle, whichever works.

That's... Basically it! So I hope you guys enjoy that. C:


With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna

Card(s) of the day - Dark Fairytale Tarot

I was planning to do just one card spread, but as I was shuffling, halfway through before I felt I was done, three cards slipped out and laid face first on my lap. I decided to read them since I felt a resonance with them.

I used the Dark Fairytale Tarot, I bought this deck around half a year ago and haven never used it since.
It is made by Lo Scarabeo.

The cards were, in order: The Hermit, The Star, The Fool.

Hermit: Today I will be spending time on my own, and I have been spending a lot of time on my lonesome. In the picture, we see a hooded figure, but in this particular card, the Hermit is turning sideways to stare right at us, or at least, past us. At first you'd think it was a woman with long white hair, but if you look deeper, this "woman" has a beard. A flowing, white beard. I was kind of surprised by this, as I said before, I never used this deck much but a few times.
As I look deeper into this card, I feel as if it is asking me to look deeper within myself, not only that, but to make a balance with my male and female side, to make a perfect balance between mind and heart, soul and body.
With the high, snowy mountain in the background, and the cold snow surrounding him and his lone wolf companion, I feel like it is asking me of be more level-headed and to be methodical in my personality, to not allow myself to panic and drown myself in my feelings.

Star: With such an otherworldly scene before us, millions and billions of stars above us, we instead focus on what's before us, a lake that is reflecting the gorgeous lights in the sky. An angel sitting by her lonesome with an elegant silver jug, not the usual two jugs, and she is pouring the water on what looks like the rock in front of her, not directly onto the lake itself.

This is an interesting intuitive take on the Star card, what is usually a card of Hope, Miracles and Wish Fulfillment, I see this card as a nurturing card, first and foremost.
I can imagine her watering a hard, cold and dry rock, the fact this angel is pouring water onto the rock signifies that something in my life needs to be rejuvenated. To be able to let that part of ourselves shine like the stars above and for what is inside to be healed and revived.

Fool: Ye old stumbling, bumbling fool. Naive, immature and not very experienced. That's what we come to know him as, but he is also so much full of potential, the potential to grow and improve and be everything and whoever he can be. The potential is always there.

Here I see her with a mask of a fool. Blank faced but with the jingling bells of a hat, customary for the fool. There is a sort of hidden wisdom behind this particular fool. Hiding behind a mask for so long, maybe I've forgotten something about myself..? Forgotten an experience and the lessons I've learned throughout my life?
With the red background, the dark, red burning sky above the fool and the roses in her hands: Passion
Have I lost my passion? Have I spent so much time being someone else... I've lost something so precious to me as that?





Final Thoughts:
The fact that all three cards jumped out are of significance, but not only that, having three Major Arcana cards pop up in a reading means that this is a "Major" part of my life that will have some sort of change or significance to me.
This will be the type of change or major occurrence that will happen in recent times as well as it being more internal, than external, with how the cards are being shown. Hermit, Star and Fool. Lone figures.

*Sighs* This bodes more questions than answers.

Anyway, thanks for reading and take care!

I'll see you on the flip side, darlings.

With love, hope and positive energies

- Luna

1.) Luna's Quotes

"If I could start all over again, I would. If only just to feel the whole process of loving you and experiencing all the things we did before, the good, the bad, the ups and the downs. I'd do anything to re-live it again. With you." - Luna Oracle.

Original Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck: Quickie Review

Hmm, this is mainly supposed to be a Tarot & Oracle related blog, I seem to have forgotten to mention that in my earlier post. Time to rectify that!

Today I'll be doing a "Quickie Tarot Review" on the Original Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck.

This here is the Deck only version.

The Deck comes with 78 fully illustrated cards, a small LWB with instructions on how to use the cards with a sentence or so of interpretations on said cards with some keywords.

The tuck box is kind of flimsy, but with handled care, can last a while. Mine jumbled around inside my bag with all my other stuff and is still in fine shape a year later! C:

And this one is the Tarot Pack version. It's much more larger than the deck only version, since it has more room for a small little book that is the same size of the cards, roughly. It has a small diagram pamphlet of the Celtic Cross spread, I believe, showing on how to do the spread.

The book is useless though, it's basically saying the same things as the LWB (Little White Book) from the Deck Only version, but in an actual small booklet, not made of pieces of paper  flimsily stuck together with staples.
But if you're into that kind of thing for collections' sake, not to mention having a fairly sturdy box to store your cards in whilst inside your bag or purse, than have at it.


The quality of the cards:
The cardstock is amazing!...
If your preference is sturdy, thick and you want the cards to last a long time? Then this deck is for you!

The cardstock is nice and thick, not at all glossy or shiny, it's easy to side shuffle, it's not too slippery and it has a nice matte finish.

This will be hard to riffle shuffle for those with small hands, seeing as the cardstock is thick and not very bendable or flexible, you'll really have to force it a bit to bend as you ready to riffle. Because of its thickness, those with small hands will have a hard time getting the whole thing, even if split, to fit into their grip when they're getting ready to riffle shuffle.

The cards are the normal size of any standard RWS type of cards.

In terms of the art, people either love or hate the Original Rider Waite Smith,
The ORWS has a fairly murky coloring, out of maybe all of the recolorization of the Rider Waite Smith, the ORWS is the most unclear, foggy and the colors are quite darker.
It is the most evident in the King of Pentacles, you can barely see his face with how... Well, the best word would be "pixelated" it is. I don't have a picture of it right now, but if you do have the deck or know someone who does, you can see for yourself. It can be quite hard to read with it for some people because of that.

This should not be confused with the Standard, yellow box Rider Waite Smith, though.
The Standard Waite is a more thinner, but papery feel to it, from what I hear, the Radiant Waite is more glossy and thinner as well, along with the Universal Waite, but the Commemorative Waite Smith has the same cardstock as the ORWS, but the Commemorative's art is more of a tea stain type of coloring with more subdued but clear pictures.


Final Notes: A nice beginner deck, sturdy cardstock and works well as a general deck.

Illustrated by Pamela Coleman Smith

Cardostock: Thick, matte and not at all glossy or slippery.

Packaging: Deck only tuck box is quite flimsy while the Box Pack is quite sturdy.

Card Size: 2.75 x 3.75 in.

Cardbacks: Blue and white Tartan backings, non-reversible.*


*(The flower in the middle is 5 pointed. So if you remember which petal is pointing down correctly, you'll know if it's reversed or not. But if you simply ignore it or forget, it can easily be reversed.)

Well, that's all for today, darlings! Sorry if I'm a bit rambly, I've never been good at organizing my thoughts on paper. Haha! I know I said this would be a quickie review, and it is, however it's more of a "Technical Review" more than anything, it would be a more full blown review if I gave out anecdotes and more of my own opinions of this deck, but I didn't so much so this is a quickie-ish review.

I hope you enjoyed this and gleamed something from it.

I'll see you on the flip side, darlings.

With love, hope and positive energies.

- Luna.

Welcome to my blog.

Hello and welcome to my little blog. To be honest, I don't know how quite to start this off, I've never really did know how to start things like this. Ever. I've always been the type to say that I will, but as I tried at the beginning, there were always things that blocked me off, a sort of self-sabotage, you could say.

I've tried many times to try and start up a blog for myself, I've tried countless times to write in a journal, even if it wasn't a daily thing, but just enough to fill up a notebook in time, but nope! I never could. I've always either stopped before I even began, or stopped just as I started.
A notebook's first pages were filled, then it was just used as scrap paper.
Sites were made up, but with how much I loath to admit that I am horrible at web design and figuring things out online, it never started up, I'm very particular with design, it needs to be just so with the right colors and right fonts and the right sort of "decoration." So it was always hard for me to stick with it if sites didn't satisfy my tastes.

But I decided, not today, not this site and the notebook I have? I'll fill it up more than any other notebook I've ever had in my life. Even if it's just filled with Tarot spreads, Readings or just random thoughts. I want to see how I grow, I want to come back and experience and re-live the time I had, the feelings I had and to know that I've GROWN from that. That I matured, that I changed or how much I haven't changed, to see what I've improved on or what I could improve on more.
I want to see all of that. I want to see the stupid, the immaturity, the ridiculousness, but I also want to see the insight, the maturity, the wisdom I'll have and gain and I want to see the heart and soul I have in my young life on this blog. In that notebook. Even just a little.

Let me give you a small story, I've tried making up a site on wordpress before this, I had to delete it because I didn't like the site and in a fit of frustration, (after spending 5 hours working on said site and researching on how to customize the damn thing.) I had the account and site deleted, along with the NEXT site I made.... On blogger. It is why I have the name and url of "LunaOracleBLOG" instead of simply just "LunaOracle" but I guess it's not so bad. It's still my name and I guess it gives my blog a little more "oomph", no? Heh.

I've put some blood, sweat and tears on this site so far, and I haven't even made one post yet! Haha. So, I've made this site to fit my tastes, just so and I'm happy with it for the most part. It fits my style, my personality and my tastes. I'm satisfied and I'm happy. Hopefully this will further help me motivate myself into writing more for this baby of mine. To help it grow and flourish......
Who am I kidding, I just want to come back in a year's time and see how many posts I'll make and be all giddy at how many they are and just enjoy going through it all and seeing all the funny, stupid and fond things I've said and done and wrote.

This is it for now, darlings. I'm all tuckered out and I've wrote a quite a bit, tonight.
I just want to say, this is not just simply a blog for me, this is a journey of self-improvement and self-love. I'm writing for myself and myself alone. I'm writing done my thoughts, my feelings and my opinions, both good and bad, because I'm human and I'm a writer and this best expresses who I am and how much better I can be and how I can become.
But I know I'm not alone in that respect, and I'm glad! I also know there will be some people who will stumble upon my blog, read and browse through, they'll either like it or they won't or they'll just forget about it and that's okay. I just hope for one thing; that they take something with them, whether it be a certain thing I said and wrote, that can help them or make them feel better, that will help them improve and help them in their life journey. I want to show you that there's always something better in life, that you can always improve and love yourself, no matter what. That there's always room for loving others and yourself. Your heart is big enough for it all. I also want you all to know that we're all human, we make mistakes, we make bad choices and decisions, we hurt others and ourselves, whether we like it or not, and it's okay as long as we improve and have the balls to say when we're wrong and that we can become better and do our very  best to not repeat our mistakes.
There's always something to be positive about in our lives, as long as we keep an open mind and an open heart.
I guess what I want to say is I just hope some people can take away something from my life, from this blog and keep it in their hearts, no matter how small it is and even if they don't remember where they got it from.
I want to share love, life and positivity with you all. Even if it's a little, I'm happy.

I'll see you all on the flip side, darlings.

With love, hope and positive energies I want to say:
Welcome to my life.