Deck Review-The Westwood Tarot by Yasmeen Westwood, Written by Kalliope

Deck Review

The Westwood Tarot

By Yasmeen Westwood, Written by Kalliope

Publisher: Red Feather

78 card Gilded Tarot Deck with Full Color 254 page Guidebook, all come in a magnetically sealed decorative box shaped like a book

Release Date: September 28th, 2024

The Westwood Tarot is your traditional 78 card Tarot deck, but is filled with colorful, vibrant and whimsical illustrations for each card. Instead of people gracing the card images, animals do, deepening their meaning and wisdom in readings. I have long been open to use of animal symbolism, omens and the like in divination, having practiced augury for some time now. To combine the wisdom of the animal and plant world with the style of divination and wisdom of the Tarot is something I’ve not seen so completely done in a deck thus far, until I got my hands on The Westwood Tarot.

I chose this deck out of curiosity, as it’s not typically a style of Tarot I would purchase, but I’ve found over time doing reviews that those are the hidden gems you never knew you needed. This deck is no different, offering me a different perspective in my readings, and making it almost more relatable, each image more intuitive. The guidebook has so many meanings and interpretations for different areas of life, including finances, love and other most commonly asked questions in readings. The beautiful illustration and vibrant use of color and unique use of shading makes this deck stand out, not lest the attractive backing of the deck, coupled with the gold gilding of the cards themselves.

The guidebook, apart from having meanings for various areas of life, and general interpretations, also lists an explanation of the image of each card. The guidebook and deck of The Westwood Tarot will help new readers, or even someone who’s reading Tarot for the first time, get an easy grasp on reading the cards both with “by-the-book” meanings, as well as enhancing intuitive reading abilities. The meanings given in the guidebook do not differ much, if at all, from standard RWS meanings, making this an excellent deck for beginners, even though it is not marketed as a beginner kit.

Personally, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading with this deck, and I find the animal and nature imagery calming, assuring, positive and intriguing. The animal guides within have guided me to deeper, mystical meanings in my readings that other decks don’t seem to add. I have no critiques of The Westwood Tarot, and I give it a 5/5. It’s a lovely deck, and easy to read; it’s really the perfect deck for beginners and advanced Tarot readers alike!

Yasmeen Westwood is a self taught photomanipulation artist. She has won many awards for artwork and designs. Her first Tarot deck, The Tarot of Enchanted Dreams, has won many awards as well. Other decks Yasmeen has worked on include Hummingbird Wisdom Oracle, Angels of Healing & Hope, and Lenormand of Enchantment. You can find her at www.Enchantedsoulart.co.uk

Kalliope is named after the muse of poetry in Greek myth, possesses a deep connection to divination and magick. She has gone into Tarot’s wisdom since 1986, guided by Ancestral wisdom. You can visit her at: www.musekalliope.com

 

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Author Bio:

The Modern Merlin has been a Polytheist and Animist Pagan, Witch, Sorcerer, Wizard, Druid, Mystic, Ceremonial Magician, Occultist, Shaman, Seer and Soothsayer for 15 years, worshipping and casting magick with deities and spirits from many cultures, including Ancient Greece, Rome, Norse & Germanic, Celtic, Egyptian, Sumerian, as well as many Faeries, Nymphs, Dryads, Ancestors and other nature and land spirits and spirits of place. He has experience in the Left and Right Hand Paths, working with both hands as needed. He currently practices Necromancy and Deathwalking, as well as Traditional Witchcraft, Druidry, Hellenism and Ceremonial Magick, incorporating all of them into a cohesive practice, with some shamanic touches. He studies and practices Astrology as well as Tarot and other forms of divination such as Runes, Palmistry and Ogham. He has a personal blog where he shares Astrological, Pagan, and other magickal wisdom for free! He gives readings and other spiritual services on his Facebook Page, The Modern Merlin, as well other free informational posts for everyone to see!