I just picked this deck up the other day. I'm fluent in most tarot decks and like seeing new ones. This deck is truly a new challenge. I don't recommend it to the beginner, but rather to the advanced tarot student who is more visual - works with images and likes hindu~tantric~kali esque ideas... i can tell the deck is based on the traditional tarot deck but it's really hard to figure out...i'm finding this deck a challenge because there really aren't any directions or booklet. I think it's trying to be mysterious on purpose...- because it's a really intense beautiful deck, i'll invest in the book...blessed be