It only comes with an LWB instead of the nice book for the New Mythic, though, so you’ll still need to get your hands on a guide. With images rich in psychological insight, the mythical legends they depict provide wisdom and guidance for seekers of personal growth. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. The Cups suit follows the developing relationship between the god Eros and mortal princess Psyche, from chance meeting and heartbreak to the happily-ever-after ending.

From the time of its first publication in 1986, The Mythic Tarot has sold over a million copies in dozens of countries. Juliet Sharman-Burke is an analytic psychotherapist, and has been practising tarot and astrology for twenty years. Back of New Mythic Tarot deck packet says: The New Mythic Tarot Deck depicts the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines of the Greek myths - familiar archetypal characters whose experiences perfectly mirror the shifts and patterns of our lives today.I totally agree with your opinion of the illustrations on the newer as opposed to the original deck! The Court cards are my least favorite part of this deck, but for me that’s pretty par for the course. For The New Mythic Tarot, these myths have been beautifully re-illustrated by Giovanni Caselli, a tarot artist with a passion for the classical world.

JULIET SHARMAN-BURKE is the author of several books and book and card sets including The Beginner's Guide to the Tarot, The Complete Book of Tarot, and, with Liz Greene, the The Mythic Tarot. Juliet Sharman-Burke was born in Nairobi, Kenya and has spent over 20 years practising astrology and tarot and has written a number of books on these topics, both for beginners and the more advanced.I find the alignment with heroes and heroines of Greek Myths very comfortable and the illustrations mostly fit with the traditional meanings linked towards Rider Waite. The story of Eros and Psyche, from meeting through struggles to happily-ever-after, makes up the Cups. So if you are looking for a good all-rounder, look no further, you have found what you were looking for. But instead of probing deep inside our skulls in pursuit of complex analyses, the deck uses Greek mythology to hold a mirror up to our lives, showing that – thousands of years later – we can learn a lot from the very human stories that can be found there.

The Mythic Tarot deck has a lot to offer – not only in terms of learning about Greek Myth, but also in terms of deeper understanding about the basic fundamentals and archetypes present within the Western psyche. I have particularly liked this deck because original higher arcana cards that I struggle to interpret such as ‘The Devil’ and the ‘Hierophant’ have a more palatable symbolism. Sure the labels are in German, but the art is so distinct and vivid you’ll rarely use the labels anyway, so who cares?Now even the layperson can explore the secrets of the unconscious to find its bearing on his or her personal life and growth.