About a Big and Beautiful Book
On special occasions (and sometimes not so special) I like to buy myself a gift, mostly because I do not want to externalize my little obsessions on my loved ones, plus, it is nice to have surprises from them.
So now, for my birthday I gifted myself something that I had been circling for sometime, but did not decide to part with the money.
When to spoil yourself if not on your birthday?! The anniversary of the first moment I clapped eyes on the world.
So I bought myself a big, beautiful book about the tarot. It is more than a book though, it is a nifty set:
A cloth covered box, with an actual tarot card stuck on top, in which we find the amazing book, also cloth bound and with another real tarot card stuck on it.
The set also contains a facsimile of Waite’s work The Key to the Tarot and a facsimile of the deck of cards Waite and Smith created in 1909- 1910.
The set is stunning, but my favorite from it is the big book. The main author Johannes Fiebig did an outstanding job, and the Taschen quality just takes this to a whole new level.
The box is lovely to touch and to look at, and it is great that you can keep everything in it nice and protected. Waite’s book is lovely quality as well, and the cards are nice, I cannot say that they are outstanding, I have sets that are better than that, but they are good. The advantage of them not being amazing is that I am not tempted to take them out of their little box so they will keep well.
I did say at some point that it is a wonderful time to be passionate about tarot, as the information and the cards we have now access to is just mind-blowing and outstanding.
People with hobbies and passions are blessed to be fair. To have something that you can dedicate yourself to for hours on end and just find joy in something is truly a gift.
Back to the book though:
It has a hefty 444 pages of great quality and color:
I always wanted to find a book that explains the individual details and colors on the cards and this delivers. It is amazing!
Must say I am not an affiliate of the book so I have nothing to gain from this post except the joy of sharing with you something I truly like.
One of the things I like to do, when I have time cause I don’t always, is to draw a card and then read in a few different books about it. You learn a lot that way, but I have to say, the symbolism of the cards does not necessarily need to be studied that way, I just do it because I love books and learning things.
I do think that intuitive tarot readers can deliver really impactful readings also.
So yeah, if you have a gift pending, are ok to part with the money and like the tarot this is quite an astounding thing to have in your life.