Instructions and Help for Using the
WAKING THE WILD SPIRIT TAROT
(Llewellyn Worldwide Publications)
Created by Poppy Palin
NEW RE-WRITTEN BOOK AVAILABLE NOW!
Please see news and below for more details
Above: The original book cover front and back
Below: The reprinted./re-written/second edition cover front and back as designed by Poppy and published in 2011 by
This new version of the
Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot companion book entitled
STORIES OF THE WILD SPIRIT
is available either:
a) On its own to accompany a deck you may have already bought.
b) As part of a limited edition book and deck set. There are only eighty decks and book sets to be had there will never be any more sets after these sell out. The books will be signed and numbered and come with a specially designed EXCLUSIVE greetings card...
Thy Garland Green
Above: This image is exclusive to the limited edition Wild Spirit Tarot deck and book set
Available from
This image, entitled 'Thy Garland Green' gives a taste of the style of Poppy's next Tarot, called 'The Everyday Tarot'.
It was inspired, if inspired is the correct word, by the terrible devastation wreaked on the English hedgerows every autumn and winter by brutal cuttting machines. These machines slash and hack at the bushes, leaving only broken brittle branches behind, branches that are then far more susceptible to disease.
Above: And this is one of the less brutalised hedges, often used as a repository for litter by passers by. When so little respect is blatantly shown to a living creation then the precedent of abuse is more readily established.
These denuded bitter boughs have no fruits and seeds to see the wild birds though the cold months. Nor do they provide adequate cover for them to take shelter in. 'Thy Garland Green' borrows a phrase from an Emily Bronte poem and suggests that we feed the birds and other wild creatures. It is not only the birds that suffer, such brutality affects many other species who, in their own ways, have dependecy on the hedgerows for shelter and sustenance. And to the earth, denied the seeds for renewal and husks and leaves for compost.
We live in a world where those who have the privelidge of being the custodians of the land seem the least caring. But we can, at least, keep our own garland's green.
GET YOUR SPECIAL CARD OF 'THY GARLAND GREEN' FROM SLIPPERY JACKS
To find out about the book or limited edition book and deck set please contact:
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Poppy has ONE new and sealed original boxed set of the cards and book if anyone is interested please email her:
poppypalin@gypsymoondesign.fsnet.co.uk
To find out about a single deck please contact Poppy at the above email.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
Above: A selection of the Major Arcana cards
What recent purchasers of the deck said...
Riitta, Finland
The deck arrived safely on the 19th and I have really enjoyed it even more than I had expected. You know I came across it quite by accident and I am really surprised it hasn't received more attention - I really love it and cant wait for the book download.
Maria, USA
I received the deck today! I love everything about it. I love the way it feels in my hands, the way it fans out...and of course, the art is breath-taking. I share your love for earth and animal. I know this is strange, but I can practically feel your soul in this deck. It is very rich, pure and warm
Kelli, USA
This is my favourite deck of all time. the colors and images speak through me with an ease that no other tarot has been able to do. If I could only have one deck to read from for all time this would be it. As an oracle it will tell you what you need to know.'
Lisa Silver Crow Perrault, USA
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Below is a link to a new tarot site that will take you directly to Poppy's tarot
http://www.myDivination.com/index.mdv?SetTarotDeck=60dcc9418fd30fbc013716b21990f1ff
Above: Poppy's first jacket design submitted to Llewellyn for consideration. It was sold in a charity auction for Happy landings animal sancturary.
What follows are the basics for using the deck without a copy of the book. The cards were originally designed as a Divination Pack but the publisher wanted to call it a Tarot (thus offending Tarot purists, and perhaps rightly so) as it isn't strictly a conventional pack. Saying this the cards can be used following a traditional tarot system if prefered. Here's a very brief introduction to the Wild Spirit deck as the book was huge (with stories for each card's 'character') and this can only ever be a synopsis of the full work. A little of your own precious imagination is required to fill in the gaps and make the cards into a cohesive system that works for you as an individual. That's the wild spirit, after all, it was never meant to be that prescriptive!
MAJOR ARCANA CARDS
This is just an initial helping hand for those who own the deck only.
Each card of the Major Arcana card has a detailed story about the character or 'energies' depicted. These stories were given in the 280 page book STORIES OF THE WILD SPIRIT, now out of print. This book's size was the reason why the deck was so expenisve and therefore was not so popular to buy at £32 when most decks cost under £25! In time I hope to scan in each story in here or at least write a synopsis for each card for users of the deck to have access to. The cards need their stories...in this they differ from other decks.This reflects Poppy's own need to always combine words and images.
MINOR ARCANA
These cards are more succinctly explained and only had a page each to decsribe them - 'snapshots in spirit time' as the editor aptly called them. Here is the synopsis from the book of their meanings
POLLUTION - Eight of Water
Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot
