JAMES RICKLEF CERTIFIED TAROT MASTER

James Ricklef is a Certified Tarot Master - a Tarot reader, teacher, lecturer, and freelance writer. In May of 2005 he was one of the featured speakers at the New York Tarot Reader's Studio, which is an annual three- day event hosted by the New York Tarot School. His deck Tarot of the Masters can be purchased at his online store.

To see a complete review of this deck, please see James Ricklef's website here.

A few days ago I found myself wondering when my copy of "Affirmations For the Everyday Goddess" (AFEG) was going to arrive. It had been about a week since Pamela Wells had notified me that she was mailing it to me, so I was anxiously anticipating its arrival. Then no sooner had these thoughts trickled through my head than the doorbell rang. It was the mailman – mail-woman actually, a substitute for our regular letter carrier, who is male – and she was delivering the package I had been thinking about. These "coincidences" were too auspicious to ignore, so I decided to review this book and deck set without delay, and here it is.

My first impression of this deck is of its artistic beauty. Not only are the card images all quite lovely, but with their golden borders and the exquisite card back image (which is of a spotted leopard in a lush jungle setting), the cards as a total package are a visual delight. I've tried to pick my favorite painting in this little art-gallery-in-a-box, but I really cannot choose just one.