The Wild Unknown Tarot Deck and Guidebook (Official Keepsake Box Set)

My mother, who passed away when I was only 12 years old, had a deck of Tarot cards she had purchased and begun studying shortly before she died. I remember being mystified by her interest in reading the cards and it instilled this insatiable desire inside of me to eventually figure out how to read them as well. I acquired her deck and kept it all these years as I battled through hardship after hardship after hardship...I never used them and never researched how to use them even until I was in m my late 20’s. I dabbled a bit. Lacking confidence to give anyone a reading besides myself and although I have always felt closely connected with the spiritual realm, I never felt like I was doing it right and the documentation offered to explain the meanings of each card and the layout have been anything but helpful: it feels like you’re trying to read something written in an old world language and that doesn’t produce the best outcome. As I gained more and more spiritual insight and began using what I believe is my talisman and gate key to the unknown, the mystic eye-an antique game I found at a shop many years ago, my interest piqued and I found myself missing cards from my beautiful mother’s deck and hankering for a deck to call my own...This deck spoke to me the very second I laid eyes on it. It actually makes me feel electric when I hold it. It is beautiful...absolutely STUNNING. It is so dark and eerie-it has almost a sad air about it as well. Countering that dark, dusky sadness hand drawn by this beautiful soul, Kim Krans are pops of color on almost every card. Rainbow serpents, fire in the most vivid oranges and yellows I’ve ever seen engulfing the feet of the goat on the devil card. Up against the wall of black it is absolutely breathtaking and entrancing. At the very LEAST, these Tarot cards are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I am so proud to own them and call them mine. Thank you, Kim, for your attention to detail and your perfectly balanced marriage of darkness and light in this deck. It makes me want to meet you and hug you to be perfectly honest!Beautiful deck aside I want to talk about the thing that makes these cards stand out more than any other deck on the planet for me, and that is the guidebook that comes with the cards. This little book is so easy to read and understand. It is beautiful and VERY STURDY! The last deck I bought I didn’t know what the hell it meant. I even googled “Reading Tarot For Dummies” and still didn’t get my questions truly answered. In Kim’s little guidebook she words the explanations so simply and so easily that you cannot help but understand how to begin and how to journey on without making it too complex or too stressful. I desire for this to be a calming, peaceful, enjoyable experience for myself and those around me that I read cards for and I feel like I am well on my way down the right path now as well...with a bad ass deck of cards tucked in my back pocket.Thank you Kim. You’re an inspiration. The forward you wrote gave me chills as my life is busy busy busy and anxiety ridden and chaotic and I find solace in creating. I just have no time to create with all the chaos I am trying to tame...I knew from page one that this was a divine choice. And I thank you for that.Buy this deck. Honestly it is priced too low in my opinion. I would have paid double for the beautiful attention to detail and the excellent instructions to begin your journey. You won’t be disappointed. It’s in the cards. 😍

The Wild Unknown Tarot cards excel on many levels. Buying Tarot cards without first holding them in your hand is a risk as things do not always arrive as they seem. I’m hoping this review will help. Traditional sized cards are made from a smooth, flexible laminate and boxed with their well-planned guidebook in a beautiful package. Mid priced and high in quality, if you’re buying “the one deck,” purchasing a gift or collecting it is an excellent choice.There are many levels on which to become attracted to Divination cards and just as many reasons. This deck is rich in archetypes and symbolic imagery; hand calls on integrating a wide array of world sources. If you’re a beginner and would like to develop your skill with symbolic interpretation, another deck may serve you better; the Rider/Waite or Marseille Tarots are more consistent. On the other hand if you are looking for an intuitive and rich interplay of emblematic imagery Krans’ will draw you deeply into intrigue and mystery.The Major Arcana, 22 cards that hold sway over the suit cards, is developed in such a way that they soften some of the original archetypal focus. For example, Death in the earliest examples of Tarot is emblematic of the Grim Reaper. Krans image of a departed bird is gentler. Like the former, it calls for change and clearing, but it doesn’t evoke a foreboding of divine combat, largely a Judeo/Christian concept, which emphasizes a deep contrast between life and death. Hers takes on an indigenous lilt with a portrayal of cyclical time, and nature as deity.She keeps the traditional elemental symbolism in the Minor Arcana but includes specific animal icons. As with her Major Arcana, Krans does not employ human representation leaving out the impact afforded by body language and gender, powerful aspects in traditional Tarot. Animal symbolism such as in the Devil/Goat and the Chariot/Horse are consistent, although the converging forces lack physicality to go along with their materialistic and spiritual vitality. Krans replaces the page, or Knave of the court with a daughter, turning the court into a family, this creates a more equal court.I find The Wild Unknown to be a beautiful and well-presented addition to the Tarot tradition, philosophically and artistically, despite what I have indicated as potential challenges with symbolism. I prefer to approach the Tarot for intuitive self-guidance as well as symbolist complexity. I find Krans’ imagery to be particularly compelling for journeying and dreaming as well as gleaning psychological and spiritual insight. This is not my only deck and as a reader I see the benefit of having several to work with, but currently it is my favorite, and I spend a lot of time studying it.