Pearls Of Wisdom

Pearls Of Wisdom
Roxi Sim & Caeli Fullbrite (7th House Publishing, 2008)

Review
I love a colourful deck, so I've definitely hit the jackpot here.

The inscription says "To spiritual seekers. May you find some of your answers herein." So I don't think it's excessive to assume this deck for reading as well as for artistic appreciation.

I really hope that someone is looking for incredibly busy art made out of spirals and rainbows. It reminds me of graffitti painted outside hippy boutiques- it's knowingly childlike without tipping all the way into twee, but reading from this deck exclusively probably means I'd have to start wearing tie-dye. And sunglasses. There is a little nudity, but it's surprising how many curves can be covered with spirals, so there's nothing terribly offensive.

The standout card here is Death. Oh, I know everyone has a take these days that differs from the bony farmhand, but this card is very clearly neighbour and sister to Temperance, showing a cheerful figure stepping from winter to spring. The Majors are all loaded with clearly-explained symbolism, and the Minors enjoy equal time and attention.

There's a few basic production problems- some of the squares corners on the cards haven't been rounded off. Still, this clearly isn't a deck interested in slick professionalism. It wants to be "gloriously optimistic," and on those grounds it succeeds admirably.