New Year Books.....

I received a couple of books and calendars in the post recently, which I got with Christmas money from my awesome amazing sister :) I do miss her, especially as last year we were together for Christmas. It is very hard for me not to be constantly checking for cheap flights at this time of year, when the heat of summer gets me down. I am a true Winterchild, not just by name.

Anyway..... I got a wonderful calendar by Major Tom Schick his calendar is called The Tarot Lovers Calendar and is full of wonderful spreads and photo's of cards from the more unusual and arty decks.

In this photo I wanted to share the page for September, which features the Itongo Tarot for Transformation by Robyn - Anne Pollard. I immediately loved this Moon card, and going to the authors website the deck looks very intriguing, I shall have to read more about it.

Tarot Lovers Calendar 2013

Other decks I loved that were featured in the calendar are Beth Seilonen's Tarot of the Red Jester , which I have wanted for ages, and I was quite interested to see that Pamela Steele of The Steele Wizard Tarot is currently working on a Wizards Pets Tarot which looks absolutely enchanting! I don't have a Steel Wizard.... another one on the wishlist, maybe this year! The Wizard's Pets deck is aimed at children but I can see a few older kids (!!),  adding it to their stash.....

Books.... my darling daughter Pollyanna bought me Good Faeries Bad Faeries by Brian Froud, which I have wanted for ages... I love his work, still remember how fascinated I was back in the 80's when I got his first Faeries book. This past year I fell in love with his Faerie Oracle too and it reads like a dream.. this book delves more into the featured faeries, and seeing the artwork on the cards much larger is fantastic! Thanks Polly xoxoxoxox

Christmas Books

I also got Llewellyn's Witches Date Book for 2013 and their Moon Sign Book for 2013. I usually buy a specially written diary and calendar for the Southern Hemisphere, but this year my brain did a flip and I totally forgot that these books would be upside down and back to front! Anyway with time conversions and turning the year inside out I should be able to make sense of it. At least the Moon phases are the same the world over, as long as you convert the times correctly. Its nice to be able to reply on something being constant. If I see the usual diary I buy I will get one, but meantime... I will work with what I have. Anyway.... as I have been thinking so much about moving back North, there may be some reasoning in this lunar madness......