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Inner Child Tarot Card Reviews
Sonia Reid
All Product Reviews
The Inner Child Cards are a fantasy deck which takes you on a journey into fairytale, myth and nature. The pretty colourful cards look like crayonned paintings, a nice touch that complements the child connection.
The cards are very large (5cm x 15.5cm) making them quite difficult to shuffle, but on the other hand the larger size helps you to see the detailed artwork very clearly.
The Major Arcana is designed to assist exploration of the mystery of the Divine Child who lives within each one of us. It takes us on a journey into a fairytale world inhabited by dragons,handsome princes, enchanters, big bad wolves and wicked witches, as well as many other traditional storybook characters.
These cards have rainbow hued borders, with the number of the card (Roman numerals) inset in a circle at the top. The title appears on the bottom border, but all 22 cards have been renamed, and I found it somewhat difficult to remember which of the traditional cards each one related to. It was easy enough to make the connection between the Fairy Godmother and High Priestess, Big Bad Wolf and The Devil, Sleeping Beauty and Death, Hansel & Gretel and The Lovers. But the connection between Three Little Pigs and Judgement, and Peter Pan and The Chariot was somewhat obscure and the connection not instantly made.
The design of this deck incorporates a very important change within the tarot, in that the Minor Arcana, projects a strong spiritual energy and presence. It is as though the magic and mystery of the Major Arcana has impregnated the Minor Cards, lifting them out of their usual supporting role.
The very pretty Magic Wands (Wands) show fairies and butterflies within borders of flowers and caterpillars. The Swords show children on adventures. Their borders show birds flying through purple skies bedecked with gold clouds. Winged Hearts (Cups) feature mermaids within borders of seashells, seahorses, turtles, starfish and goldfish. The Crystals (Pentacles) show gnomes in a border of acorns, oakleaves, toadstools, frogs and snails.
The traditional court figures have been renamed: the Page is now the Child, the Knight is called the Seeker, the Queen has become the Guide and the King is the Guardian.
Gaia, Caretake of the Earth appears as Guardian of the Crystals, with three Archangels as the remaining Guardians. Archangel Raphael, guardian to all travellers and people on religious pilgrimages and often depicted with a staff, is the Guardian of the Magic Wands. Archangel Michael who captains the heavenly hosts and carries the Sword of Truth is shown here as the Guardian of Swords. Archangel Gabriel, the revealer of divine mysteries to humanity is the Guardian of Winged Hearts.
Both Major and Minor Arcana cards have a sense of innocence and wonder about them and the borders give a sense of stepping into a scene from the pages of a storybook.
The Inner Child cards are a gateway to the lost innoncence of childhood, and are eminently suitable for reflective/meditative work aimed at contacting the wounded child within. I found them to also be a very accurate predictive tool, whilst projecting a sense of light heartedness and fun into readings.
A thoughtful and well written book accompanies this deck. There were several new spreads, charmingly named in keeping with the "child" theme. Simple to layout, and easy to remember, there was great depth to many of them. I particularly liked the 5 card spread entitled "Child", in which each of the cards represents an aspect of yourself. "C" shaped liked the crescent moon represents your receptivity to the world around you. "H" shaped like a ladder reveals how you climb higher within yourself to reach new spiritual undertaking. "I" is the central letter in the word "Child" and denotes a central reality or special goal. "L" stands for new life and represents the future, and finally "D" is for doorway which signifies the quintessential you - that unique aspect of your life that is hard to fathom and impossible to describe.
The Inner Child cards are a magical deck. Approach with childlike wonder. 4 stars.
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