Hush Tarot Cards – January 15, 2020

I will say I got this deck when I was a beginner didn’t know there were different artwork depicting the tarot. For awhile I hard time connecting and thought if I should rehome the deck but something kept me from doing so and after couple of years with more experience this deck became my most favorite decks on my shelf. It’s not traditional at times can be confusing but in a good way, it helps me with shadow work, the artwork gives me a very nostalgic feeling of those old vintage children’s storybooks with similar art style. The combination of animals, insects, and people it’s very much like a children’s book. It is dark as I said but not disturbing just unique and represents how nature is connected to us, how nature is growing over remains of the material world. That’s how I see it personally, I love the Key symbols as someone who is working with Hekate it’s really nice deck. The backings give me a classic poker card vibe to it.

This tarot card deck, by Jeremy Hush, is unique. The illustrations for each card are beautiful and mysterious.The Major Arcana cards have the traditional number and written description. The Minor Arcana cards are numbered and symbols at the top to identify the four suits. The symbols for the wand and the swords are a bit similar. I find I need to double check those suits in a reading. I’m happy that I purchased this deck.

This has to have been an incredible amount of work. No illustration style here, every image is dense and detailed.I probably wouldn't choose it as a very first tarot deck, as a lot of the symbology is kind of opaque.And this isn't a light, friendly deck. It's not antagonistic in the way that I've found some other decks to be; it doesn't "feel" mean or anything like that, but it also doesn't "feel" particularly inclined to baby the reader or take them by the hand to a conclusion. You're not going to have to fight this one, but you aren't going to be spoonfed either.I don't really approve of the concept of "shadow work" or the like; you are a complete person and whole unto yourself, and I think that if you get into the mindset of considering yourself to have a "dark half" and a "light half," what you're actually going to have is massive vulnerability and cracks that unsavory sorts can get their fingers in. but this is definitely not a lighthearted deck, and if you get it you should probably expect to have a warming-up period with it.

This deck uses animals to represent humans. It is an amazing piece of artwork as the creator is an artist and curator of a gallery in PA.The pictures, for the most part are very intuitive, but I would recommend learning on another deck. As a professional tarot reader, I found them to be a totally different way of reading then even I am used to.I love the quality of this deck and the cards do draw me in. I believe these will be a collector's item shortly.Here is some information I found about the cards and creator which I found amazing.Hush Tarot beckons readers to explore an alluring world where animal and human spirits are unified, and even the smallest creatures like ravens and hares have great significance. At times, they appear lost in the weeds but there is always a hidden clue guiding them to the way out. The fascinating characters and landscapes are illustrated with lush detail inspired by a 19th century aesthetic that explores natural forms in various states of life and decay. Hush Tarot offers a shift in perspective that reveals profound answers to life’s mysteries.Includes 78-card deck and 68-page guidebook.Jeremy Hush begin his creative career in the underground world of punk and metal bands, designing album covers and flyers, as well as booking bands and traveling around the world. He is now a designer, painter and woodworker specializing in GildedAge techniques. Jeremy currently lives in Philadelphia, hiding and working in the Convent Gallery where he is the curator and renovator. He spends his evenings painting in his studio, preparing for gallery exhibits. His art has been shown around the world.

I'm an intermediate reader and I find this deck pretty easy to read. I think intuitive readers particularly will enjoy this deck, and new readers will do well with it too. I thought (and later heard another reader say the same) that this deck is a bit feisty in the way Froud's Faerie Oracle and Heart of Faerie decks are. It breaks the rules and says things you maybe weren't asking to hear at all. For example, I've had it tell me to put it, as in... the deck, away, and go pay attention to someone that needed my attention.😂I deeply dislike complainers who whine a deck is too white or male (it's the maker's art so it's not up for discussion, imo..go make your own if you don't like it), so I won't complain but just say there are only one, maybe two, human men in this deck. If I could say anything negative I guess it'd be that. Otherwise it's a great deck. Cardstock is great and the guidebook suffices too.