Boy oh boy, has it been a long time. My life has been a whirlwind lately, but here we are, still doing that witchcraft every day, and today I want to share a tool that I started using that has surprised me a great deal: I’m talking about the Neopets: The Official Tarot Deck, by Aimee Scholz, Anthony Conley, Crystal Rice, and John Taylor. Thanks to Andrews McMeel Publishing for the deck to review!
- Publication Date: February 27, 2024.
- Page Count: 176 pages.
- Card Count: 78 cards.
- Dimensions: 3.5 x 5.5
Your favorite Neopets—now on a full deck of traditional tarot cards. This tarot deck features an all-new box and card layout with a Faerieland theme, so you can channel faeries like Jhudora, Illusen, and Fyora for guidance. With an illustrated guidebook to help you interpret your cards, this officially licensed Neopets deck will inspire you to reflect on life and its many quests.Neopets: The Official Tarot Deck is perfect for returning fans and neo-stalgic players. Originally published by Geekify, this new variant of the Neopets tarot deck focuses on Faerieland and its faeries, with an all-new box design and card backing by artist Aimee Scholz that's exclusive to this edition.Impress your friends and family with your fortune-telling skills. This officially licensed Neopets tarot deck features 78 of your favorite characters from Neopia, as well as a guidebook to help you thoughtfully interpret your cards. Each illustrated card combination will offer guidance, insight, and reflection with the help of the Neopets faeries. The deck contains all of the traditional major (22 cards) and minor (56 cards) arcana. It can be read as you would a Rider-Waite deck.
This was such a funny tool! Neopets was an integral part of my childhood, all the way up to my middle school years. I even got back into it a bit after getting this deck again, and I cannot tell you enough how powerful the nostalgia was. It is a powerful element in these cards because it shows you your past while still working towards your present and future.
In a way, it helps you reconnect with your inner child, see things from a different perspective. Not only that, it also allows you to disconnect from everything in a therapeutic way because of the distance it puts between you as the querent and the answer to your questions. It is much more objective, but it doesn't mean it is hard to accept. Quite the opposite.
The art is gorgeous as well. You don't need to be as familiar as you might expect with Neopets' lore and plots to interpret the cards because the booklet gives you enough insight. However, as you become more acquainted with them, you can see beyond what is explained in each of those pages. It is as gentle as it is direct, which is another good aspect to it.
All in all, this is a beautiful, adorable deck that reminds you of an innocent time that feels so far away, but that truly lives inside. It provides you with the clear guidance of a child, without the complexities and problems of adult life. Although the folklore is internet-born, it is just as effective as the centuries-old myths and legends we all study since we became baby witches.
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