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Dear forum visitors, I am opening this topic for fans of Patrick Walesa’s “Deviant Moon Tarot” deck.

Deviant Moon Tarot is an unusual deck. Unlike anything else, moon-faced images, frighteningly beautiful in their madness, are made in a surreal style. According to the author himself, when creating the deck, processed photographs of mental hospitals, tombstones, and cemeteries were used as backgrounds, elements/symbols of arcana and characters, which, of course, affects the energy of the deck...

The truth-telling deck cuts through the truth without hesitation and without trying to embellish reality, turns your soul inside out, looking into its most hidden corners. Despite the obvious psychological and psychedelic bias, it is excellent for viewing absolutely any questions, it is talkative, rich in details and, despite the apparent complexity, gives clear and fairly unambiguous answers.

Interpretations in my practice differ from traditional ones, according to RU, I won’t say globally (the key meanings of the arcana are mostly preserved, but they acquire their own shades, nuances, subtext, that very zest-deviation, which I personally lack in classical decks) .

Let's finish with the lyrics and move directly to practice.

Please note that the materials posted on my behalf are solely my personal opinion and my personal experience, do not claim to be the ultimate truth and may differ both from the author’s intention and from the practice/work of other tarot readers working with this deck.

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Best regards, Eugenia

And love is poison.
And love is hell
Where our hearts burn forever.

A. Vertinsky

Deviant Moon Tarot is an unusual deck. Unlike anything else, moon-faced images, bewitchingly beautiful in their madness, are made in a surreal style. According to the author himself, when creating the deck, processed photographs of mental hospitals, tombstones, and cemeteries were used as backgrounds, elements/symbols of arcana and characters, which, of course, affects the energy of the deck...

No matter how hard I tried to characterize it, I couldn’t find a more accurate word “deviation.” She is not just crazy, she doesn’t tell us about those crazy people who, in straitjackets in a room with felt-lined walls, try on Napoleon’s cocked hat. It is precisely deviant and shows us ourselves in our own irrationality, draws out fears and shadows, allowing us to see the other side of the coin even in the most seemingly ordinary everyday situations. And who knows if we are not even more crazy than those whom society is accustomed to calling that...

Lovers. The familiar name “Lovers” sounds too innocent and sanctimonious for this lasso, so I sweep it away with a clear conscience.

So what do we see? It would seem a rather laconic image of a man and a woman, whose naked bodies merged in a passionate impulse of love on the seashore. Mountains can be seen in the distant background. The full moon is shining brightly, and a small wriggling snake stings a man on the leg.

It was getting dark. The warmest southern night was coming into its own, enveloping the surrounding area in scattered moonlight. The calm, gentle sea slowly threw one wave after another onto the shore, creating a deceptively peaceful, blissful atmosphere, inviting one to indulge in love pleasures, which our heroes did not fail to take advantage of.

Who are they? How did you get here? Did you purposefully come to your favorite place or did you meet by chance on a deserted beach? Do you know a moment or an eternity? Will they then go their separate ways or continue to walk hand in hand together? This all becomes unimportant at the very moment when we step away from the role of the neighbor peeping through the keyhole and try to feel like one of them.

Closing our eyes, we plunge into passion. There are no more surrounding problems, it doesn’t matter at all whether someone sees you or not, decency, morality and other social norms imposed on us from childhood are completely abandoned. There is only you and me, and no one else, and all artificial taboos are sinking to the bottom of that same sea much faster than the titanic rammed by an iceberg.

It would seem, what could be more beautiful than this sensual madness? Can there be at least one but? But... Don't they really feel these poisonous bites? Don't they really understand how bitter the hangover of this passion can be? What makes their life so miserable? And this is also absolutely unimportant...

By plunging into the world of our lovers, we can feel such an altered state of consciousness that no drug can give us. The feeling of delight, ecstasy, joy from the merger, it cannot be fake. Yin-yang, and the banal phrase about two halves already seems completely meaningless. You begin to understand what it means to be one with someone else. And let all the snakes of the world bite you, you will give everything just to remain in this state as long as possible...

But let’s move from lyricism to practice and from the “empirical” feeling of the map to the mantic one and try to save our essay from pulp-novel epithets.

My Lovers say that the choice has already been made. Not once in my practice have they pointed out rivals, love triangles or doubts about whether it is worth moving from words to deeds, no. What flirting, what games? When this lasso appears, I can safely declare such a force of attraction that will destroy everything in its path. It is impossible to refuse this path. They are already poisoned by the very poison that Vertinsky wrote about in the epigraph to my essay, and the main mystery of the lasso is whether an antidote will be found in the future, when the spell of the night subsides, passions subside, and previously blinded eyes open.

Let's look at the girl. At first glance, it seems that she is absolutely dependent on the man. Bright, innocent, miniature against his background, thin wrists limply wrapped around his shoulders, head thrown back. However, no. A snake bites a man. Everything is not as simple as it might seem, and her power is much greater than it might seem in this apparent lack of will. The man grabbed her, pressing her to him, he was much more absorbed in her, although... in this situation the roles change quite often. Partners become so dependent on each other that these are really trifles (one of the frequent motives for me in this lasso is such a strong mutual need, even if only for a moment, which very easily develops into dependence).

The full moon only complements the overall picture, demonstrating the intensity of passions, the power of instincts and the loss of the ability to think rationally.

Our Lovers are not threatened by anything from the outside, the sea is calm, the mountains are in the distance. And the colors of the lasso themselves are quite static.

In personal life, the lasso, in addition to the storm of emotions described above with an admixture of poison, in a calmer everyday life predicts a fairly successful development of relationships, the acquisition of harmony, unity, and strength. Arkan only warns that even if a relationship is conceived as a light affair, it will not be possible to forget about it so easily (and, by the way, it very often shows the development of relationships that began with such a “no obligation” and “nobody does anything to anyone” must" into a rather serious and far from the calmest novel). Under this lasso, the ununitable is often united; partners from different social strata, different upbringings, characters, etc. begin to feel the wonderful illusion that they think the same about everything in the world.

According to Lovers, my partnerships are defined as quite successful due to mutual understanding, coherence of actions, trust and desire for a common goal. In scenarios for finance, business, and career, they talk about the need to unite, find a partner, and attract the necessary connection. Lovers endow us with attractiveness both for the opposite sex, if we talk about the love sphere, and for business partners, various kinds of projects and plans into which we are ready to plunge headlong.

In essence, this lasso of success, it in itself is dynamic, bright, means the birth of something new: feelings, relationships, projects, ideas by combining opposites into a single whole (remember the numerological meaning of six and the influence of Venus on it).

In the negative aspect, that same detachment from reason comes to the fore and our snake plays a fatal role. There is a risk of “getting stuck” on a partner, poisoning his life and one’s own, a kind of hang-up on the feeling of pain, an unhealthy manic passion. This is a relationship from which it is difficult to get out of with an undisturbed emotional background and psyche; it is becoming dependent and unhealthy. Lack of independence and inability to act alone. Epiphany can be quite painful.

One thing is clear with this lasso - it won’t be boring. Should I lose my head or not? I’m afraid, and here you will have no choice... So enjoy this state here and now, and do not forget that the best antidote to all these ominous “Buts” is located in the same place as the poison - and that is Love.

There is an opinion in the Tarot community that the Crazy Moon Tarot deck, or otherwise the Deviant Moon Tarot, is dark. However, not everyone thinks so; the artist Patrick Valenza himself confirmed that the Deviant Moon Tarot was never created like. Patrick explained that it was based on his childhood memories, an intricate world of youthful dreams and reverie, in which there are elements of humor alongside a little sadness and melancholy. Indeed, the fascinating and intriguing stylized images of the Moon inspire the imagination, they can hardly be called a dark deck. The Crazy Moon Tarot captivates with its originality and amazing power, drawing Patrick Valenza into the fantasy world. For some, this Tarot will seem too dark compared to ordinary decks, but this collector's dream is intended for those people whose tastes lean towards unusual decks, as well as those whose tastes and ideas gravitate toward dark fiction.

Major Arcana of the Crazy Moon Tarot or Deviant Moon Tarot deck

Valenz's unique and captivating creation is stunning and elevates it to the level of a work of art. The Deviant Moon Tarot deck has a little Dali, a little Picasso and a little Cirque du Soleil, yet the Deviant Moon Tarot has a distinctive and compelling beauty. Clean lines, crisp colors and textures create an almost hyper-realistic impression based on the photographic reproduction of reality in such a masterpiece of art as the Deviant Moon Tarot deck. All the more interesting is its bright contrast with the fabulous surrealism of the scenes in these cards and the strange figures that move in them. The Mad Moon Tarot cards are filled with bizarre and grotesque characters that seem to be inspired by a medieval bestiary or the imagination of a frightened child fearing monsters lurking under his bed at night. The symbolism of the images supports traditional interpretations of the Arcana in most cases, but gives it a new twist. In addition to the traditional symbolism of the Tarot, Patrick Valenza used additional symbols on these cards, including in them everything that could pull out his rich imagination from the depths of the subconscious.

So Patrick Valenza created a deck based on traditional Rider Waite-Smith imagery with a very personal creative touch. To say that the Deviant Moon Tarot is another deck in the Rider Waite-Smith tradition would be an understatement. The images of the cards in the Crazy Moon Tarot deck include images of tombstones of the century and drawings obtained by Patrick in psychiatric hospitals, which will take you to another world of insectoids - aliens with many legs and arms, mutant creatures inhabiting a gloomy industrial landscape. Patrick Valenza's drawings subconsciously transport us into a world of extreme opposites, yin and yang, symbolizing the interaction of the sun and moon, light and dark, day and night, sky and earth, positive and negative. Valenza, a talented surrealist, his images deserve more than just to belong in a deck of Crazy Moon Tarot cards, they belong in the museum as unique works of art, each of which in his interpretation makes the old new again for our time.

The imagery of the Crazy Moon Tarot is impressive, and one gets the feeling that such a deck has been needed for a long time in the world of tarot. Walenz's highly stylized drawings are evocative, provocative and fabulously unique. Each card is carefully illustrated and the colors of the designs are amazing. The artist's use of color is striking and creates a colorful feast for your eyes in each card, allowing you to notice the smallest details in the pictures, right down to the color of the characters' toenails. Valenza in the booklet gives interesting descriptions of the cards and their interpretations, upright and upside down. The symbols in the Crazy Moon Tarot deck are, for the most part, not manic or creepy, but unique and attractive, and not without emotion. When working with such a deck, one is struck by the folding narrative of the cards dropped in the layout, as if the artist designed the selected cards specifically to be together. You can truly have a conversation with the population in this world, and the characters in the Deviant Moon Tarot Deck speak clearly and understandably, they are full of humor and simple truth. This is a deck that really only requires card reading, not memorization, without any confusion. This deck requires you to pay attention not only to its beautiful artwork, but also to the meaning of the card that is shown in the image itself. The “personality” of the Deviant Moon Tarot deck is crystal clear and refuses to compromise. There is absolutely no fog here, just an unabashed and insightful approach to traditional Tarot reading.

Before the Deviant Moon Tarot deck and its Minor Arcana hit the market in 2010, the author had long posted several images of the Major Arcana online, capturing the imagination of Tarot enthusiasts around the world. Patrick Valenza created the first cards of the Major Arcana deck at the age of 15 and began redrawing them in 2004. Fans were desperately clamoring for news, images of other cards, and a final release date. And this joyful moment has come, now the American publishing house U.S.Games has released the long-awaited Deviant Moon Tarot, opening a wide path for him into the world of Tarot. While the exquisite, highly detailed images on the site only whetted the appetite, the deck itself actually exceeded all expectations. Among the vast variety of tarot decks created over six centuries, the Deviant Moon Tarot has no rival in originality, artistry and luxurious textures. In fact, this deck has so many cards that, due to their distinctive images, immediately stand out from any tarot deck as their best option.

Minor Arcana Crazy Moon Tarot or Deviant Moon Tarot

In readings, the Mad Moon Tarot cards are incredibly powerful and align equally well in readings ranging from the Fool to the King of Pentacles. They are dark on the surface and inside; images of photographs of cemeteries and tombstones are morphed and smoothly transition from one image to another and are intertwined in different elements of the map: in the decoration of clothing, hats and shoes. The figures on the cards with combined lunar face masks and wide-open eyes, bird-like legs and often elongated bodies are not human. Despite the absence of an ordinary human face and body, these figures are unusually expressive. This is a deck of the subconscious, nightmares and a difficult life path, a visual dedication of the artist to his interest in the “sadder side of life.”

The Crazy Moon Tarot deck is of very high quality with wonderful Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana of the Deviant Moon Tarot deck are distinguished by their originality and thorough elaboration of all stripes. All the Minor Arcana decks have frames of different colors on each suit, characterizing exactly the suit with which they are associated. Thus, the red frames on the Swords symbolize suffering, struggle and heartache. Black frames for Pentacles reflect the materialistic and mercantile darkness living in their souls. For the Wands, Patrick chose the color green, a symbol of earth and nature. The Cups are framed in blue, symbolizing the calm purity of the sea. The Aces in this deck stand out due to their extreme complexity. Instead of the usual depiction of a lone cup, wand, sword or pentacle symbol in the Deviant Moon Tarot, the Aces symbols are fully illustrated. Particularly captivating is the Wands suit of this deck, which is usually not very visually appealing. For example, the charismatic King of Wands does not sit on a throne as usual, but instead strides around with whimsical woodland creatures shackling his legs and arms, yet he is still perceived as a confident leader. All the scenes of the cards with the Moon rising above the pipes and bulky buildings in the boring and dirty skies are based on photographs from a mental hospital. The character backgrounds of the Deviant Moon Tarot cards are mostly open air urban and industrial landscapes, but sometimes there is a bit of nature thrown in.

Patrick's symbolism comes from childhood dreams and fantasies, and although it is inspired by the Rider-Waite legacy, it actually expresses all of his own feelings. So, for example, on the Four of Pentacles, the clock shows 9:40 not by chance; this is the time when Patrick learned about the death of his greedy father-in-law, a terrible curmudgeon and miser, whose death none of the relatives particularly regretted. Therefore, the symbol of time dangles in the mouth of the angel of death, leading the miser into the flames of cremation. In a last attempt to take at least something with him, the miser clutches several golden pentacles, looking around in fear at all his possessions, which he will never see again.

These additions allow the Deviant Moon Tarot images to be seen from a different new and disturbing perspective, while still keeping the cards faithful to the usual Tarot symbolism. While remaining true to the traditions of the Tarot, the cards depart from traditional elements of symbolism in many ways, but the meaning in the Tarot cards is still clear. Thus, in the Minor Arcana of the Nine of Cups, which is generally considered to be “success” and “fulfillment of desires,” Valenza very appropriately portrays a genie who has just emerged from the magic lamp of a surprised youth. Surprising comparisons correspond to the traditional meanings of the cards, such as the skill of the witch beating the blood from a dried tree bleeding with red sap in the Seven of Pentacles, the perseverance of the Knight of Pentacles as he assembled himself from spare parts to complete the task, and the independence of the armless woman walking with her beloved pet in the medieval anti-plague mask with a wheel on the left “leg” in the Nine of Pentacles. Residents of Deviant Moon talk and freeze in their strange dances, as if they have always done only this. The absolutely static figures of the Crazy Moon Tarot are depicted in the dynamics of the action they perform. The ugly but strangely elegant pregnant Death, with a red scarf wrapped around a horse's skull instead of its head, signals death's inherent transformations of an end into a beginning and vice versa.

The Deviant Moon Tarot expands on Rider-Waite's depictions from a gorgeously twisted perspective, reflecting shared associations in dazzling character art and vibrant colors. A little knowledge about the Tarot is always useful, but for this it is not at all necessary to use the Crazy Moon Tarot and its instructions - a brochure that gives descriptions of images for each card and a few keywords for the upright and reversed card. All the depths of meaning in the imagery of the card itself, the dark and strange beauty of the imagery of which is true enough, takes a new approach to tarot archetypes and is useful for moving readers from beginner to more experienced levels - as long as you are ready for a little excursion to the dark side of the moon and your subconscious. Deviant Moon aims only at the truth and strikes at the very heart of the problem with a quiet voice in the moonlit darkness of the night. Despite the unusual symbols that populate the world of the Crazy Moon Tarot, their messages are still true to traditional tarot card meanings, focused, and understandable to even the most discerning tarot reader.

Good morning everyone!

All the reviews on cosmetics, and on cosmetics... It’s time to write about another hobby. In this case, about tarot. I’ve been playing tarot since I was 19, although I used to love to scatter cards from kiosks. I like decks with clear and beautiful drawing, so that there is aestheticism in everything. But a year ago, while looking at various decks, I noticed the popular deck of Patrick Walesa - Tarot of the Anomalous Moon.

"What a freak." - I thought then. And from then on, the moon men still captured my imagination. We even dreamed about it. And then I decided to take it, especially since it was my birthday and New Year’s holidays.

I ordered from a Belarusian online store. Initially I asked for an edition without frames, but the supplier mixed something up and sent it with frames, which is why I was kindly offered to wait or agree to a framed edition at a discount. I decided to choose what arrived. And to be honest, the deck has become my main one at the moment. And there was another joke with the delivery - it arrived abnormally quickly from the store to the post office. I had to manage to pick her up on a day off, given that I worked on Saturdays.

The size of the deck is too big for women's hands - this is the only inconvenience. If only it were a little smaller... But you can get used to it.

The history of the deck's creation is amazing. Take a closer look - in addition to the little people, there are real images of abandoned places, tombstones, and so on. It turns out that the method of collage and overlay. The artist created it over the course of 30 years, and every detail here is worked out and in place. The values ​​differ from the standard ones. By the way, the MBK is in English, the Russian translation must be searched on the Internet. In general, Patrick also wrote a book with a detailed interpretation and elegant design, but again there is no Russian-language version and you must order it directly.

The best deck is for working out all shadow manifestations, for example, psychological portraits, neuroses, and so on. In addition, he has a habit of being sarcastic. You should perceive first of all the visuals, and not the usual meanings. I don’t know whether it’s worth recommending to beginners - it’s clearly not the first deck to master, but it can be counted among those that definitely deserve attention.

Also pay attention to the color of the face on the cards. There are both dark and light ones. The energy of the deck is very strong and involuntarily attracts attention.

Be sure to note that maps sometimes show different times on the dial. I especially liked the story on the Hanged Man card. The fact is that Walesa was then working at a job he didn’t like, but couldn’t quit. Therefore, the watch symbolizes a temporary sacrifice for the sake of good, lost time at an unloved job.

The frames also have their own color, thought out by the artist. But I like the edition without frames more visually, it creates the illusion of presence. The framework is being removed, although this may be for the better.

Have a nice day, everyone!

Each of the tarot decks is unique and answers specific questions, despite its universality. Before working with the Crazy Moon tarot, we recommend taking a closer look at your inner sensations.

If you like bright images, it would be better to work, for example, with the Lenormand tarot deck, or with the Valley of the Mirages tarot, and leave the crazy moon arcana alone. The artist who created the images used moonlight and photographs from cemeteries and tombstones. Although the cards come with a companion book, it is not recommended for beginning tarot readers. The images are based on unreal and asymmetrical images.

Interpretation of the major arcana of the mad moon tarot

Let's consider the interpretation of the major arcana, taking into account the specifics of the deck:

Mad Moon Tarot Deck Gallery

What questions does the Deviant Moon Tarot deck answer?

This deck of cards is specific in nature and is not suitable for standard layouts on love, relationships, financial issues and health conditions. She helps the fortuneteller look beyond reality into the area of ​​the subconscious, fears, doubts and look them in the face in order to win.

When working, you need to work through each lasso separately, so it is recommended for experienced tarot readers who want to create a psychological portrait of a person and determine what is preventing the client from moving forward.