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Not your typical tarot deck, and not a tarot deck for a beginner. This deck uses darker and more challanging images, and reaches deeper into the psyche than the standard decks. However, it is wonderful for the adventurous reader.
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Valenza's highly stylized drawings are evocative, provocative, and fabulously unique. Each card is painstakingly illustrated but lacks the glitzy clutter of so many over-fluffed decks out there that lose themselves in dumbed-down beauty. This deck demands that you pay attention to the meaning of the card, not just how lovely the pictures are. As the author mentions in one of his interviews, there are no "filler" cards in this deck... and it shows.
The physical cards themselves are rather slippery, making them a tad difficult to handle without spilling them. But this made me pay attention to how I shuffle them, and I'm sure with further use it will be easier-- but just something to note.
So far, the readings I've done using these cards have been full of wry humour and straightforward truth. This deck has a crystal clear "personality" that refuses to compromise. Absolutely no fluff here, just an unabashed and incisive approach to "traditional" Tarot reading.
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To say The Deviant Moon Tarot deck is just another deck in Rider Waite Smith tradition would be an understatement. The deck takes you into another world of ying/yang insectoid creatures populating a bleak industrial landscape. Patrick Valenza subliminally inserted images from cemataries and an abandonded insane asylum into the images. My first impression upon my receipt of the deck that it was too dark for me to do readings with for people I ordinarily would read for; but for those whose tastes lean to the unusual I'm sure it would work fine. The symbolism of the images maintain traditional interpretations in most cases, but give it a new twist. I think this is an excellent deck for collectors as well as those whose tastes and insights gravitate towards dark imaginings. Valenza is a talented surrealist, and more than just in a deck of cards, the images belong in a museum as each are a unique work of art, making the old new again and reinterpreting it for our times.
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I enjoyed the fresh style but still it has enough of a historical approach that it's not completly like starting over, some of the images are funny others more serious. It has a good mix of both.
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I purchased this deck solely on the name and the pic on the box. The name "Deviant Moon" struck a chord with me and I knew I had to have them. After examining the images, I am in love with them! The images are similar enough to the traditional imagery to make them easy to read. On the other hand, the images have enough variety from the traditional images to develop newer and broader interpretations of each card. Now, we all know the Five of Cups is a card that is sometimes unpleasant to see in a reading, but the Deviant Moon version actually makes me giggle every time I see it. In traditional decks, the Devil card is usually pretty ominous and it's difficult to see the possibility of rebirth after the change, but in this deck, the rebirth aspect actually speaks louder. I find all of this refreshing and highly recommend this deck.
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