Today I needed to play, so I selected the Deck of a 1000 Spreads and the forthcoming Anna.K Tarot (available May 2013, but you can pre-order it!)   Do you ever have those times when you want to play with your cards but don't have a question to ask? The Deck of 1000 Spreads is great for that. I shuffled the deck and randomly drew three cards to create the spread. I trusted them to know what I most needed to know right now. I got: Hobbies & Talents, Hopes & Fears, and Positive Influences. I laid them out, shuffled my Anna.K and drew three cards.   Tarot, as usual, always seems to know what is needed. I've been wondering a lot about my career,

Very soon (in May although it may be available at the end of April) Llewellyn will be releasing the Anna.K Tarot. This deck was originally self-published by the artist. I heard her on a podcast and was intrigued. I looked up her deck and bought one directly from her. Then I used it for years as my primary reading deck. I was smitten. That deck sang to me like no other (until my believed Steampunk Tarot was published). Because I was so in love with it, I wanted it to have a wider audience (although, honestly, Anna was doing great on her own!). So Llewellyn acquired publishing rights. I just received an advance copy of the deck and was so surprised by the difference between the two

Since this deck won't be available until May, it might be too early to start discussing it. But it is available for pre-order (HERE), and I am really excited about it. Some of you may know my tendencies as a reader. I am a serial monogamist. Although I own and appreciate hundreds of decks, I usually only consider one (at most, two) decks my "primary reading deck" at a time. I stay faithful to that deck until...I don't really know what happens. We grow apart. A new deck catches my soul. Sometimes my stint with a deck will be months; sometimes, years. The Anna.K Tarot was self-published. I heard an interview of Anna on a radio show and was intrigued, so I ordered her deck. For several