Mystic Dreamer Tarot Book Cards

Vague, excellent for dream
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
How beautiful this deck is! I have been in a lot of struggle to buy this or not. Finally, I cannot resist anymore. The cards are slippery and easy to shuffle. i wish the picture could be larger because some of the symbol is so small my eyes hurt. The book is easy to read and stick to basic interpretations. Clear and concise. I like the part on spreads, a lot of useful love spreads, but the part on intuition of each card does not surprise me, I can do that myself. On reading, I find the message is a bit vague. Seems like the message can change anytime. Hence, I will not ask this deck for advice on important manners. But on dream interpretation, it is excellent and can generate many insightful message of the unconscious because of its freedom in definition. Overall, I hope this deck’s message could be clearer so I can use it more often since the image is really so breath-taking I almost fall in love with the figures like the Empress.

Beautiful artwork
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This was the frist Tarot deck I ever got. The cards are beautiful and don’t have any nudity(ecpect for a little on the lovers card)

The book that comes with it gives you these little notes on each card that ask you something to think about when you look at that card.

Though Some thing did anoy me, how small the pictures are so its a bit hard to look at all the deatails, and the cards do get damaged easyly I had ny cards for a week and they were already starting to show damage on the bottom. And I found it a bit hard to shuffle them(but thats probably just me)

All and all it is a good deck but I wish they would have printed them on stronger stuff.

beautiful artwork, mostly. artist got lazy on a few cards
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
(this is my moms account just so you all know)

The Mystic Dreamer Tarot was my first tarot deck even though i have recently bought two more decks but i mostly use this deck.

First off i’m going to say, overall, i love these cards. (my favorite is the judgment card at the moment) there are two cards i dont like: the queen of wands and the strength card. the queen of wands was not well done, her crown is a complete afterthought and, to put it simply, the girl on the strength card looks like a slut. (and i have to say the high priestess looks like the white witch from narnia)

i use these cards almost daily. they can be a little hard to get used to, but with the help of the companion book (which is great and very thought provoking by the way.. see lower) its easy to catch on quick.

To anyone who is interested in this deck, i would say, they are a great buy for divinatory use and most of the cards for art purposes. they are full of mostly blond and brunette females and when it comes to guys, its not great. but like i said before, they serve more purpose for divination than art.

On a practical level, the mystic dreamer deck is fairly easy to read once you use them a bit. the companion book includes intuition questions for every card. you can really find the story behind the card. for example, in the death card, there is a young girl in the background and one of the intuition questions asks something along the lines of if she sought out death or stumbled across this place. i looked back to the card and instantly thought, she doesn’t know what she is looking for but she was drawn there after being lost (mentally or physically or both).

These cards are very easy to relate to everyday situations and very accurate. just give them love and appreciation and this deck will make a great tarot companion=]

It’s a love hate with this deck, for me.
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I’m not really a beginner with Tarot cards, but till recently, I haven’t branched out of using my Rider Waite and Thoth decks. This set called out to me, for a few reasons.

Here’s what I love. I love the collage look of these cards, and the dreamy darkness. They’re dark without being spooky, or too doom and gloomy. Some of the imagery is straight up gorgeous. I love the book, and how insightful it is. I love the questions to ask yourself about the cards, and some of the spread ideas, I like how she handles reversals, too. I got some great ideas from the book. I like the edges and backs of the cards. The look of them immerses me into the feel of flipping through a magical tome. I also love how easy they are to shuffle. It’s a small thing, but an easy to shuffle deck makes a big difference. I love some of the models, using people of varying shapes and sizes was nice, and in some cards they really added to the overall meaning.

Some of the things that trouble me with this deck, now. I sometimes like the imagery of the moon and ravens, but I feel that it was overused. Those images showing up on every card somehow dilutes their meaning, and became distracting to me. I read in the book, that the artist used birds to allude to intuition and imagination, which is great, I think every card in every Tarot deck in the universe should be interpreted with intuition and imagination. I found myself hung up on trying to figure out the different formations of the birds, and if they meant anything, or the position of the moon, and ulitmately I got a little bit frustrated at these elements.

My one other main complaint is the use of the figures. Like another reviewer, I felt that many of them were disconnected from the card, from what was going on in the card, or didn’t do anything to represent the complex meanings. There were a handful of cards, where the people in them seemed an afterthought. I got a lot out of the background, but the models were window dressing. I too, would have liked to see more diversity in their age, and ethinicity, but that’s sort of a personal thing.

I feel, because of these two things, a beginner would have a tough time with this deck.

I like the look and feel of these cards, I like the theme, and I genuinely enjoy flipping through them, doing small readings, and spending time with them. There are a few things that I wish were different, but overall, I like it, and would like to see more from the creator of this deck.

EDIT UPDATE: Ok, I was a bit harsh, at first. This has become my constant companion. It’s like a warm, fuzzy black sweater. Dark, but totally nonthreatening. I’ve done a mess of readings with it, and it even makes the bad news easier to handle. Very comfortable deck, flaws and all. I guess I can relate to it on many different levels.

Nice artwork stifled
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I waited with anticipation for this deck to come out, watching it’s progress on the artists website. The artwork is lovely, unfortunately you still need to go to the mentioned website to appreciate it. The cards have an awful greenish-brown border which makes the images smaller, so that much of the detail is lost. The colors also seem muddy in comparison to the original art. For instance on the Star card, the detail of the rocks is completely gone and looks like a black mass. On the 4 of cups card, there is a castle, burro and stag in the background but you need a magnifying glass to see them. Unfortunately, this is true of quite a few other cards. This could have all been fixed by Llewelyn, who should have eliminated the border entirely and perhaps even made the cards bigger. Barbara Moore is an excellent writer, but I find her “use your intuition” questions in place of the cards interpretation rather bothersome. This is an art deck, with design based on the artists aesthetics and the availability of stock photography. There is no huge deep meaning behind trivial details such as yellow flowers. Which is really OK; there are plenty of traditional Tarot decks where the details truly are significant, so if that is what you are looking for, this is not the deck for you.

Beautiful deck
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The title of this deck really suits it. I was struck by how much the photos of cards available on the internet to advertise this deck really reminded me of my own dreams; because of that, I was pretty sure I would be able to interpret them without needing a book. Of course, when I did a reading, I checked my impressions against the book’s descriptions, and they were the same.

This is one of the prettiest decks I have seen, and it does seem to read rather well, too. The other reviews here pretty much say it all. Like another reviewer, I wish the borders were slightly smaller, so the pictures could be larger — but the borders are still lovely. My only real complaint is that the cards are very thin, and I feel I am going to have to be extra careful not to damage them or wear them out.

Gentle, Insightful deck
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Of all the decks I own, I get the best readings from this one. From the first up until now this is my most reliable by far. I am using Mystic Dreamer in a presentation to teach tarot and my readings are amazing, accurate, and easy to teach with in a classroom setting. I like the images on the cards and the dreamy feel to the landscape. The big moon and birds flying in the background gives me a sense of peace.