Golden Tarot Deck by Kat Black Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Golden Tarot Deck
Book Review: A Golden treasure
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything about this deck is 5 star. I can only mirror Gita's feelings on the craftmanship and quality. And not just a pretty face this deck reads beautifully. I have a large collection and many sit on the shelf from lack of readability this deck I will USE. Kat Black's deck is true to Rider Waite interpretation and is an "Accurate Read" straight out of it's beautiful box.The golden guilding, the beautiful art work, and the truly useful little "big" book that comes packed in the sturdy lift top box is a work of art. Kat has done herself proud and so has US Games. The price is amazing. I don't think anyone could go wrong ordering this deck. I highly, highly recomend it.
It is fast becoming my favorite deck.
Book Review: A Lovely Deck - Executed in the True Spirit of Tarot
Summary: 5 Stars
This deck is a work of Art and was executed as such. It is not a bizarre mutation or some other attempt to push someone's personal agenda but is rather an tasteful expression of the blending of Art and Arte for its own purpose. The assembly of figures and symbols from different sources for collage is careful and well thought out. The blending of these images into seamless compositions is truly a treat for the eyes as well as for the Sight.Book Review: A Major Disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
I had seen the Golden Tarot deck advertised here and there, and I had read the customer reviews in amazon.com. I was impressed, and decided to order a deck right away.
After I received the deck and did a few divinations with it, I felt humiliated that I had thrown away twenty-five dollars on it.
The only positive thing I could say about the deck is that the guilt edges are quite handsome.
On the minus side, however, I have several things to say. First, U.S. Games always offers its books and decks either separately or as a set. That way, when you wear out a deck or bend or lose a card and want to get a new deck, you can purchanse one without having to buy an entire book/deck set. The Golden Tarot is an unfortunate exception to this.
Second, the deck is almost impossible to shuffle. The cards are just slightly larger than the standard Rider deck cards, making them just slightly more difficult to handle. And, the cards are made of thick, stiff cardboard. It is quite difficult bending back each half, and then trying to let the cards riffle cleanly off the thumbs. Most often, the cards interleave in clumps, making thorough shuffling quite difficult. The deck measures 1 1/8 inches thick, making it the thickest Tarot card deck in existence anywhere. This unprecedented thickness just adds to the difficulty of handling it.
I had previously heard about the magnificent artwork of the cards, and how the creator, Kat Black, had used numerous paintings of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance periods to create nice montages whose images approximated traditional renderings. The stiff cardboard that the cards are printed on, however, seem to be of a low-grade quality that creates low-contrast renderings of the original artwork. The pictures on the cards, in other words, are dull and muted in their coloration. There is no color saturation or aesthetic sparkle to any of them. The colors are not vibrant at all, but tend to be monochromatic.
I was also put off by Kat Black's comment in the Introduction portion of her instruction book that she personally uses the Tarot as a guide to "personal insight" rather than as a means of fortune-telling. The implication is that fortune-telling is somehow beneath her, and that "personal insight" and fortune-telling are somehow two different things. The vast majority of the people I do readings for ask me divinatory questions of the fortune-telling type. And through these fortune-telling divinations, these people obtain valuable "personal insight" about their problems. I find it both inexplicable and offensive that Kat Black tries to put down this most common and useful kind of divinatory questioning.
I do not see how this Golden Tarot deck is going to stay in print very long. No one but the most masochistic is going to want to try to shuffle the deck more than two or three times. Then they will put it in their dresser drawer where it will stay forever. Not too many people will want to admit they wasted twenty-five dollars on this deck, but I sure did.
Book Review: A USER FRIENDLY TAROT DECK
Summary: 5 Stars
The Golden Tarot is certainly the most beautiful of all the vailable Tarot decks. The author, Kat Black, has utilized the art of the late Middle Ages and early Rennaisance to put together a Tarot deck which reflects the familiar Rider-Waite
deck in content. The images and colors are of a very high standard. Ms. Black has exercised infinite patience and great taste in selecting the various art work for the cards. The accompanying booklet is succinct and comprehensible. I recommend this deck to the serious collector of Tarot decks as well as to the beginner. It is tops.
Book Review: A good purchase.
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this deck based mostly on the reviews I read here. The cards are rather good quality. The gold edges haven't flaked or chipped after 100's of shuffles. The paper is thick. The card art itself is a nice matte finish, and hasn't rubbed or chaffed away.
I only have a few minor complaints. The cards are large, the deck is heavy, and it can be abrasive to shuffle (the edges, not corners, are sharp). The book is small, and doesn't open well, and the information within is not as comprehensive as I would like.
Fortunately there's 1000's of alternative sources for information.
For what I paid, this deck is a steal. Easily my favorite tarot deck at this time.