Thank you for this walkthrough, Simon. I just preordered the deck, expansion pack and new smaller guidebook from their website. Delivery due in September. Can't wait to see it in person!
I love your walk throughs of decks you get. It helps me to decide if I really want them, in the middle or do not want. You are one of the people who is responsible me expending my tarot collection. I am not complaining but my husband is and says 'Clare, you have enough and you can open a shop'.
Lovely walkthrough again. Thank you so much. I much enjoy listening to your gentle voice and to the genuine, respectful reviews. And I learn something new every single time. You are going to get me into trouble though…… #simonmademedoit 😊
Pleased you finally got your hands on this! It’s wonderful isn’t it 😀 I put a few of the expansion pack cards in but also loved the existing ones so left them in too.
I loved your walkthrough of this deck. I've been on the fence with this one... But your walkthrough has made me more pro. I approve of your choices for the extra cards lol... pretty much same choices I would make. 😜
Was really nice to see you being happy about it! I have it with the expansion, absolutely love it, although the main deck is definitely plenty already. On days where I don't really vibe with either Devil card, I end up using Hubris instead because the fallen angel connection makes a lot of sense to me. The faint numbers work in my favor there, I can pretend it says "XV" instead of "XVI" at the top :D I use the leftover cards in different ways, they're too pretty to be kept in the box! With the expansion, you can make a seperate Major Arcana, but you can also just mix all the leftovers up for additional "seasoning" of a reading, like an oracle, it works surprisingly well. I've also used them individually as focus cards for readings before, similar to when you do a portrait spread in Lenormand and use a significator card. And I've had some out in a photo frame, just to look at the imagery. Right now I've built kind of a 33 card "masculinity oracle" with most of the leftovers that depict masculine figures. It has sparked a lot of reflection so far, lol.
Wow, some great ideas here. I like the idea of including a significator card! I’ll try that. I hope it isn’t too long until the expansion pack is back on the market.
Wow the new teas you just got must taste amazing. Really love thick tarot companion books specially if they are in color. Terra Bolatile is so well designed.
Great video Simon! I bought this deck a few months ago and then ordered the book afterwards. Both the deck and book are lovely but I must admit I haven't used the deck much at all so far. I too made similar choices and kept my deck fairly traditional and also left out the suit of vessels as I think there are quite enough with the other cards. After watching this video I now want to pull my deck out 😁
Expansion is definitely worth it, I got everything because I thought it was so cool. Love more cards to really get to customize your mood. I think their IG just posted they are restocking soon too 🎉
It's such a beautiful and interesting deck one could study for eternity. I've been so on the fence with this one since it came out. And since me and the deck both in EU, it actually would've been a sensible choice too. Always lovely to see a walkthrough of it and have a little venture into the deck myself, thank you! 🧚🏼♀️
The good news is.....there might be a collectors edition with extra cards in the making, and I think they were also suggesting a smaller guide book to purchase separately. The website only allowed 2 items at a time to be shipped to U.K, so I had to purchase in 2 parts anyway.
@@Out_on_a_Limb_Life they tend go in and out availability on the website. To UK, there was a restriction on parcel cost, which meant 1 or 2 items, slight oain in postal costs, but less taxes.
I have all three and personally don’t think you’re missing out by not having the expansion pack. It’s oddly done. Random cards and when finished deciding which cards one may want to replace Im left with the same amount of expansion deck cards I began with which I have nothing to do with except try and keep separated from deck. Like an extra from some of the suits, a few Majors but nothing cohesive that can be used.
This deck is one of my all time favorites! If you look closely, the female fool becomes the Queen of Cups! Also I think it's pretty neat that, if someone wanted to, they could have all 4 cardinal virtues (justice, fortitude, temperance, and prudence). Any for anyone that enjoys pairing oracle clarifiers with tarot, The Earthbound Oracle goes very well with it.
Got this deck direct from the creator, along with the guidebook. it currently is one of my go to decks. I have not really used the Vessels suit in it though. I am on the waitlist for the expansion pack, not sure if I will order it though. The creators are looking at making some, or a larger edition of this deck, which I like the idea of. And also a mini guidebook.
😍 oh you got it !!! I've not used mine yet ...I need to set some time aside for this deck, although I'm wondering if it would suit Keith more but I must play first as it was my Yule gift xxx
Really glad you like it, Simon; I’ve been waiting to see if you ever do go ahead. Like you, I was unsure about whether to invest given the costs - I paid €127.90 all in for book and deck, without expansion - and was worried about missing out, so went all in, once stocks started to really drop. It’s beautiful and the book is an entity all of its own. Keen to see how the Collector’s Edition extra large version goes and will be picking up the expansion when that’s republished, too. It’s great when indies get it so right, you can feel their passion, love and care - they get how we feel about decks. Those Somnia decks looks stunning, thanks for the look!
I have the deck , expansion and book 😍😍😍 I needed to get the expansion pack as there was cards which I wanted to switch from the orginal deck but if I could not ordered it - I would work with main deck and guidebook and that’s ok too 😍 now - I’m happy I did this month ago - before your review 🤣 otherwise it would be mission impossible to get all 3 🤣
