First Impressions: Ceccoli Tarot 

It was only after making a video about this deck for a friend that I realized how I see this deck as one for survivors. I loved this deck from the start and didn't really see the darker aspects and I believe that as a survivor of childhood trauma I saw more of a kinship than something disturbing. To deal with such issues as a child you have to learn to incorporate ugly truths into your life in order to live as a survivor instead of a victim. Beautiful girls surviving horrid acts and sometimes fantasizing about turning the tables, it's just my take but it explains my instant connection to this deck and also explains why some people may have a very scary, emotional response to certain cards without knowing why. That's why I stopped carrying the deck with me to whip out in bars and festivals to get interest in my business, I ended up counseling woman who would break down in the middle of a fun little spread. It's not for everyone but it is one of my "soul" decks.

Although these images were not painted with tarot in mind, they do deal with some of the deepest parts of human nature...fears, hopes, dreams, fantasy. It's not a deck for everyone, but I find it very moving, and very beautiful.

This deck for me represents my childhood in so many ways. There was happiness, but there were also too many times when I was forced to deal with adult issues that should not have touched me at all. When I look at them I am pulled back in time and not in a wholly bad way, but the cards remind me of what a child's mind can do to them in order to make sense of a world turned upside down. I see myself in every card and they are beautiful..... even the terrifying ones for with every one of those we grow, we learn and become.

This was the first deck I purchased just because I was so drawn to the art. I also purchased the Oracle deck which I am completely in love with.

I find it hard to believe these were not made specifically as tarot art. The art matches with the meanings perfectly in my opinion!

The high priestess makes me think of a Selinite tower. Which also makes me want to get one.

Oh goodness. A deck I didn't think I'd care for, is now probably going to be ordered for SAME DAY DELIVERY!! Enabler! ;)

I pre order this deck when it came out. I was really anxious and when it came in I was fascinated but then I couldn't connect. That makes me really sad. But when I saw this video i get my deck again and lot of things came up. Someone wrote that is a survivors deck. And maybe it is. My father died when I had almost 7 years. I draw a card and the 8 of swords came up... and that was exactly like me in those years... it really makes me cry... it s very deep to me , know that I am working more with it.

Love the cards and art work . Disappointed with the little booklet ( if we can call it that ). Hope she makes a real book to accompany these beautiful cards - that would make me so happy as this is one of my favorite Decks for inner child work.

Thank you for sharing this. It's so beautiful!

Ooo I want this deck now 💜💜 thank you so much. Your channel is helping me learn and develop so much. Learning at 51 is a joy. Thank you for being part of my journey 💜

Just ordered mine. Was so drawn to it. I was going to buy another tarot, but I couldn’t take this tarot away from my mind. It’s like I connected it to it. The other tarot cards I was not so sure to buy, but with this one..i knew I wanted it. Anyway, at the end I decided to purchase it, aside with another deck, that I’m not sure about, but we’ll see when I get it. It’s such beautiful cards, I’m glad I got it. Now time to learn more about tarot ;)

I fell in love with this deck the first time I saw this review. On second watching I love it even more! I really like the meanings assigned to the cards, which I will take the time to learn. I just hope the cardstock is sturdy enough for my standards! Thanks Kelly xx

I enjoyed the video so much. I had fun many times when you find things odd or disturbing and I was on this side like wowowowo! I love it! Thank you!

I just love this deck for my personal shadow work, it's perfect for me 👍🏻👍🏻😊🐞

I wasn't sure about this deck but as I watch the walkthrough I think I'll get it for inner child work, thanks Kelly for your awesome walkthroughs.

Absolutely loved ur review! I bought this and u interpreted it in a way that touched me.

Oh my gosh I am so glad that this deck review is here! I was shown this deck at a store and it just stuck with me, mainly because it WASNT RWS and I didn't KNOW what it was all about. Also, haha totally get the creepy children thing--hilarious! Love your videos!!

It's one of my favorite decks, my top 5 list. Thank you for this video.

Great review!! I can't wait to buy this deck

Very interesting artwork & I really enjoyed your review ~ of course! Although this wouldn't be a deck for me, I really do appreciate your reviews! Blessings to you!

I felt the same way as you prior to getting the deck but each time I use it I find more things out that are healing for me. I combine with the Ceccoli Oracle deck and have amazing readings. Thanks for this review as it made see some of the cards in a completely different view. Happy reading. :-)

Super informative video ,I have just ordered this deck after watching this video,just love it Thankyou so much for your always very honest opinion and sharing this very different deck. Blessings galore to you☻. ?

Wonderful review, thank you, convinced me that I should buy the deck and do some readings with it. It seems like the majors do very much follow RWS guidelines, but the minors veer a little far. As you say this is fine because with the minors perhaps a little intuition goes a long way and we should not be "stuck" with Pamela Colman Smith being our forever guide regardless of how wonderful her images remain.

This is a very unique deck and gives me Alice in Womderland vibes which I love. I really like it! I'm not sure I'm intuitive enough or an advanced enough reader for it yet but when I am, it'll be going on my wish list. Do you know if the mini version comes with a guidebook?

I have this deck, and after watching your review of the John Bauer tarot and checking out Ethony's Story Tarot Spread that you mentioned and linked, I think they'll work together wonderfully! Thanks! :)

Thanks for this i just ordered this and was going inbetween this and the deviant moon tarot and was so drawn to this one instead your video shows me i made the right choice! Super excited now my first deck which i have had for years and is a little destroyed is shadowscapes even though she damaged they treat me well so this one will be a whole new vibe

I was absolutely drawn to this deck as soon as I saw it, I never realized it was seen in a triggering way to people until I saw more reviews of it, it makes me think of why I want this deck? Definitely a good one for shadow work. I just absolutely love the eerie and unfamiliar vibes that this deck gives off and i am just so drawn to the unfamiliar familiarity of it idk if that makes sense

I loved her work since I was 3

This deck takes me back to when I would dissociate as a child.. it became a comfort for "anything" it was trauma, stress, newness... I had a fictional horse and would watch myself ride my horse better than you'd see in any western.. I rode him from Manchester to Glasgow on more than one occasion keeping up and often flying by my dad's car. Every footstep of my horse I saw and knew, every breath when he was getting puffed out..this was something we were skilled at though we could go any distance...it was a pleasant woken dream that took me away from the distress I felt often..this deck sung to me ❤️

This has been on my wish list since it came out but have put off buying it because people kept saying it was no good for beginners. I have to say, seeing all of the cards and hearing your impressions on the deck, I think it looks rather readable to me. I will have to wait a little longer before picking this up though as I have just bought the Zombie Tarot deck (have you seen it?). Thank you, as always. Your videos are a joy. x

I love this deck. I finally got it a month or so ago. I had my eye on it for a while.

This deck is actually very intense. 🌴

Just received this desk from Amazon. I will explore for myself, but had to watch this video again...lol

This is a very cool looking deck. The backing is beautiful. I always trust your reviews bc we tend to look for similar things in the cards. I also am not a fan of baby sun cards. They say nothing to me other than maybe a pregnancy is on the way.There is a lo scarabeo deck called wheel of the year which really has that yang masculine aspect of the sun that I think really connects well with what you look for in that card. Its a lovely deck with really fun artwork and reads nicely. Anyways, i will now stick this one in my cart, lol. Thanks!!😁

I really like your interpretation on this deck because I felt attracted to the art in a strange sort of way but felt kind of iffie about the deck. I like the Alice in Wonderland, dream sort of fantasy that the images invoke. I've thought about purchasing the deck many times but I just didn't know exactly how I really felt about it. I can see how this deck could help you work on your inner child, or even childhood abuse or experiences. You know how to bring out the best interpretation of the cards. Whenever I'm on the fence about a deck I can come to your channel to get the best meaning of the deck. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us you are very intuitive and spot on in your views.

Loved this! Finally I did see all the cards :D I´m quite fascinated by it, I have to say. I don´t feel like it´s a deck for me personally (too much Alice in Wonderland), but I really could see what you meant saying it was poignant. And I found a lot of humor in the cards as well. Giggled a lot watching this video. :)

Great review Kelly as always,I like this deck for journaling to see more in deep for all theimages ,because some cards I find disturbing showing the shadow side within ,I dont see like reverse deck.I guess,I hope make sense.

Sold!

I would love to see you doing review about Ceccoli oracle =]

Hey Kelly, thank you for the review. First I wasn't interested, but I can now see I would be able to use this. I was wondering: don't you think it is bothersome that there are no boys/guys in this deck?

Yay so glad you also like this deck! There have really been two camps in the tarot community with this one. ;) I am definitely a fan. I find it unique, beautiful, and it evokes a lot of emotions and thoughts in me. At first it confused me a bit but you are right, one really needs to let go of traditional meanings and kind of let the cards speak for themself. Fantastic review, even though I have it already I loved hearing your thoughts on some of the cards :)

I love it. It was recomended to check this one out after dealing with sweet twilight that i adore . So i didn't think this will impress me much now. But it's great. Thou ST is more broader in themes..this one seems mostly for inner child work.. and oh boy that My inner child feels like slashing that carrot thing in 5swords :D &so the reading make sense also. U were, unusually to yourself, cheerfull with this deck. so i hope it serves you well. Tnx

The lovers card could be lilith and she chose to love herself more, rather than submit to Adam. 💜 (And then to offer that same choice of independence/disobedience to Eve.)

The first vid of yours - I think - that I didn't watch from start to finish, stopped at the Star. Strange complete disconnection, even stranger cause I do adore many of the pictures. IDK. But great you liked it, it's nice to unexpectedly like something. :)

Love this! Do you know if the images are pre-existing and fitted into the tarot system later on? Or were they created especially for this deck? Thanks for sharing!

My desk is only 3 x 1.5 inches...tiny, not mini, but what I wanted for the portability factor-and I’m a weird guy.

I have the Oracle and it reminds me of a cross between Alice In Wonderland and Stephan King's It. With a smattering of Supernatural (the TV show). Now as to the movie/book It, I started to read it once and threw it across the room. I can't with It. This deck gives me a bit of that feel but doesnt make me want to exactly throw it across the room. It makes me feel like I'm right on the edge of what I can deal with. So many cards have a predatory and/or sinister feel. I'm dedinitly planning to work with it for a while and see what happens. Ps. I've never had food talk in my dreams.

I love this deck but I am fairly new to tarot. The guide book doesn't give much info. Any other book I can use as a guide?

When I found out the art wasn't created specifically for a tarot deck, I initially wrote the deck off but the art is so unique and compelling that I finally caved in and bought it. I am totally under its spell. It feels very wintery and hauntingly beautiful. I have been thinking about buying a second copy to crop off the borders and use it just as an oracle deck with no tarot titles to influence me.

I love her work. I never thought of those interesting beings as children. I thought they were dolls or fantasy creatures, lol.

Some images are ethereally uplifting, others ethereally disturbing. It's one of those decks I have to really put on a scale, weigh both qualities, and in this case it just doesn't make it to my collection. Can't get past some of those images. I loved what Zennistar said about these cards though (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mE9vSjLryew.html). It is an interesting deck for sure, even if the images were picked and imposed as cards.

I don't care for decks which take existing artwork and try and force them into a tarot format. Seems to work better for oracle decks. Thank you for this review:)

When I look at the Devil card all I see is a creepy carrot 🥕🥕😂😂

This deck seems very dark in means of interpretation. The creepy kids however, and creepy they are, are capturing me. I think if I were to use them it would be sort of a reading adding balance when using multiple decks instead of using reversals, giving me the Ying Yang, especially with pick a card reading for youtube. I'm intrigued.

Oh dear. I didn't thought I would like this. Have the same feeling with spokey children haha but oh dear. My body reacts to the images and meanings. Thx for showing

Is it weird that I feel drawn to this but also feel like throwing up at the same time?

Small deck. Big meanings.

nothing creepy about it-I just find it hauntingly beautiful with amazing artwork and colours use*but I guess everything is subjective

I love the 6 of coins. I have pet rats

'cause thats a creepy worm......devil' hehehehehehe

I wish so much I could get this but my parents think Tarot cards are demonic and a scam.

Thanks to you the first time I saw this video. It’s all your fault. 🍀

I love the art of Ceccoli, but I did not buy this deck, because it came in one of those irritating cheap tuck boxes, with only a hint of a manual. The lack of production value in Lo Scarabeo decks is starting to annoy me, more and more. I wish U.S. Games Systems had released this deck.

I am with you. Children with big heads, huge eyes and small bodies are creepy and I wouldn't read with that deck. Creepy and it doesn't work for me, either.

The devil looks like a carrot to me...

Nope!.....definitely not to my liking.