Instructions and Help for Using the
WAKING THE WILD SPIRIT TAROT
(Llewellyn Worldwide Publications)
Created by Poppy Palin
E BOOK COMING SOON
Please see news for more details
What two recent purchasers said...
Maria, USA
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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
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As many of you may know, the Waking theWild Spirit Tarot has (sadly) been out of print for several years. Poppy has all the remaining new copies of this deck so please contact her for details.
The deck/book (boxed) set is very hard to find at a reasonable price and in tact but brand new single decks (without books) are available from the author. Please contact poppypalin@gypsymoondesign.fsnet.co.uk
for more details.
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.
As there are NO MORE BOOKS AVAILABLE (unless bought second hand from Amazon etc.at inflated prices) a very kind woman called Jennie has agreed to create the eBook version from the one remaining 'hard copy' Poppy has! The eBook accompanying the deck will be available to download here ASAP and it will only cost a minimal fee, plus a charitable donation to an animal related cause if desired by the purchaser. PayPal will be required for this in order to protect the purchaser.
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
To be updated
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
