One Card Draw follow-up

[wrenstarling]

Thank you, again, for making my first one card draw so wildly successful! Between this account and the mirror at LJ, we had 65 people get one or two card (TONS of you publicized my draw!) readings, and I received enough donations to give away another three Wings (3-card) readings! The winners have been announced on the original one card draw post, and I look forward to doing their readings!

Wren, amusingly, was the most drawn card, I believe, but there were few repeats, so a wide variety of cards were drawn. In general, people seemed very satisfied with their reads and the cards seemed appropriate and had clear interpretations for almost everyone. This was also a test of my deck, and I'm pleased that it passed with flying colors!

I thank you again for your patience; my children were really on a tear yesterday and that slowed down my readings considerably; I hope to be more prompt next month!

Feel free to ask any questions you may have. One person asked if the deck will be for sale, and I answered that I am currently not sure whether I will ultimately sell copies of it or not. I am designing the art (which is a work very in progress) with that possibility in mind, but I may end up choosing to keep the deck unique; time will tell!

Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I truly loved reading for all of you and look forward to doing it again next month!

Comments

[panda]

I'm curious about the deck. How many cards are in it? How did you choose which birds to include?

[wrenstarling]

It roughly mimics a tarot deck; there are 21 "major arcana" cards and four "suits" of fourteen cards each. The major arcana is based on the bird Ogham, as described here, with one addition of my own, Bat as a kind of "wild card". :)
The minor arcana "suits" are the four elements, fire, earth, air, and water, and birds were chosen to fit into each category. They were chosen both by "feel" and by research. I tried to be fairly global in my selections, and many birds were obvious as they were birds that have a lot of myth and legend linked to them already. Each suit also included one mythical bird (or, in the case of Gryphon, part bird).

[panda]

Cool!

[moonvoice]

Congratulations on the success of the one card draw! It is definitely deserved. You offer a unique service with a unique deck that has had a lot thought and time put into it; it definitely deserves to be popular. :D It's hard to publish a deck (I've been looking into it myself for some time), but the fact that it's workable now, as it is, is a great income supplement for you - and also gives other people the chance to encounter your magic. :)

I will use my fairy wren icon; because all wrens are just awesome *g*

[wrenstarling]

Thank you!

There is a fairy wren at my local zoo that I spent an afternoon admiring. :) Lovely icon!