Looking at Tarot cards...

I had a yen for The Labyrinth Tarot by Luis Royo, which I saw a month ago or so, and have been thinking about ever since. But when I tried to order it at The Tarot Garden, I got this message:

We're sorry. This item can't be shipped to your selected destination. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order by changing its quantity to 0 and clicking the update button below.

And at Amazon.ca they say:

Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.

I take it that it isn't licensed for Canada yet.

Drat. This saves me money, but makes me want it more.

I was pleased to see that the deck I got for Pim last year, The Legacy of the Divine Tarot, is one of the most popular decks on the lists. I chose it by browsing hundreds of decks online - a pleasant task - and narrowing my choices. I thought it the most visually interesting, and suitable for her.

Though if buying Tarot cards for myself, I should probably get a Rider-Waite deck. It's the one I learned with - that is, it's the one my teacher used, though I used the Hanson-Roberts. But Rider-Waite is cassic, and there's a Centennary Edition.

I find browsing cards to be fascinating. Did you know there was a Tarot deck of Italian football stars? A Tarot of Pagan Cats? A Prairie Tarot? Vampire Tarot seems to be popular these days - well, no surprise, vampires are the gout du jour - of which the best seems to be the Favole. Victorian styles are proliferating, too.

A few that caught my fancy in this browse:

1. The Fengshen Tarot
   
2. The Transparent Tarot - an interesting innovation in reading style
   
3. The Rabbit Tarot
   
4. The Tyldwick Taro
   
5. Mage the Awakening Tarot Deck - this had me going "ooh, ooh, ooh!", and then I was embarrassed to be excited by a deck based on a game. But then... why not? I wonder what the Queen of Swords in this deck looks like. I see it's by the same talented woman who did the Shadowscapes deck: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. I've come across her before, for dragon art. Sadly, this deck is currently unavailable, and if it were available, very expensive.
   
6. The Pirate Tarot

30 Days of Marvel: Events...

The 30 Days of Marvel meme:

( Day #30: Your favourite Marvel Event. )

Selfishness...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Oscar Wilde

Dauphin, Manitoba

I found this article about Dauphin, Manitoba fascinating. Thanks to dewline for bringing it to my notice.

I've always thought a guaranteed income would be a good idea - that it would work. But not unless people want it to.

I find it particularly interesting that the government was even looking into the subject.

I wonder what happened to those people - or what happened in Dauphin, in general - after they pulled the plug and there was no more money.

FIC: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Olivier's

Title: Olivier's
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Genre: Slash.
Characters: Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo
Challenge: from baronjanus, who wanted me to write something outside of my comfort zone - something about a character I've wanted to write, but haven't felt ready to.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of NBC TV.
Notes: 1,425 words.

( Olivier's )