The Muse Tarot: A 78-Card Deck & Guidebook

This deck is beautifully crafted and has a nice feel to it. I love reading with it ♥️

First: if size is a concern for you these are tall but thinner in width than an average tarot card. Each has a meaning, a prompt and a bit of poem in the book, so the book is great especially if you are a creative. Finally, the renamed suits are more in line with the creative process. I will be recommending this deck to creatives from now on.

I wasn't sure about this deck. Watched several walk through and reviews, and purchased it because I loved the art and I'm definitely a fan of Chris-Anne.This deck isn't for beginners, but if you have even a very basic understanding of traditional card meanings you will probably be okay. The images in this deck are female. It's been criticized for lacking male energy. But there are times when, as a woman, it's empowering to work with a deck that doesn't pigeonhole women into traditional roles only. The Kings of each suit have been reimagined as female muses, this works really well for me.This is a deck that I've found works well for me during times I'm working on art or creative pursuits. I really enjoy the guidebook, which provides fanciful write-ups and bits of poetry for each card. It really helps you move put of the mundane, linear way of thinking. It's helped me experience certain cards more fully and deeply, at times illuminating aspects of them I had previously missed because they were more subtle.I have read some bashing on the mass market publisher of this deck regarding card stock and etc. I have to say, the card stock has been fine for me. I riffle shuffle my decks and once I got it broken in, it has shuffled and read perfectly well for me. The box is study, beautiful, not too bulky, and holds the deck and the guidebook perfectly. I'm very pleased by this addition to my tarot deck collection.

The media could not be loaded. To be honest, I am already biased and have not gone through the book yet get any of the readings so I will come back and update this review after I have gone through the guidebook and see what all she inspires differently in here than she does in the SACRED CREATORS ORACLE and the LIGHT SEERS TAROT. Chris Anne is so amazing and her decks are just perfect. This particular deck is to provide a little bit more umpf for the creators by including not only the card meanings but poetry and word prompts for simultaneously sparking your creativity fuse. As stated… Ignite the muse within. 🔥💡🔥 I will and I did not know that she only has these three decks but I am glad that I own all three I feel so privileged and blessed.

The cards are beautiful but I have two problems with them. The first one: they smell horrible. Not sure what the printing process is but they need to look into changing it. I'm assuming the cards will eventually "outgas" and air out, and no longer smell. But it's a terrible odor. Gives me a headache.The second problem is related to my own deck and causes me to have to return them. On one end of the stack of cards, it looks like something with a lot of force pressed down or fell on the cards. So about 5 cards have a deep indentation. Before I decided to return them, I wanted to give the deck every chance and started shuffling them. If I decided to keep them, I'll constantly be choosing the same 4-5 cards over and over again because they stand out / stand up from the rest of the deck. This is really disappointing.After I return them, when I get a new deck I'll come back and change my review. But right now...between the smell and the damaged cards, this is completely unacceptable. Someone needs to have a few chats with the manufacturing / printing company.---------Update: I got the new cards and the 2nd batch did not smell at all. I like they have a bit of a "tooth" on them, making them easier to shuffle. Now to be honest, I have small hands so will never be able to shuffle like a regular card deck. They are just too big for my hands. So the tooth makes it easier to shuffle (up / down in my hand) without them flying everywhere. The images are great and I love the website and extra book I purchased for the card descriptions.

The media could not be loaded. I was *immediately* drawn to this deck just from an aesthetic perspective but waited to buy until I’d spend a little time working with traditional tarot. I’m still learning and after a couple months, decided to go ahead and order this set. I am BLOWN AWAY. It’s obviously beautiful. But beyond that, every little detail about the deck and allllll the accompanying resources is just so intentional and thoughtful. The soundscapes and spoken poetry are such a gorgeous companion. And I also love so much how Chris-Anne has written the guidebook. It’s so conversational and PLAYFUL. I don’t know that I’ve ever purchased something so lovely. If you’re a creative or someone who is needing a sparkle of creativity in your life, this is the deck for you. 1,000%. 10/10, highly recommend.