4。5 rounded up。 You can read this review with images at https://readandreviews。blogspot。com/2。。。If you grew up in a certain era， you have definitely seen Labyrinth。 If you haven't seen it， you're missing something。 One of Jim Henson's non-Muppet movies， this was a who's who of talent at the time， with George Lucas， David Bowie， Terry Jones and Sarah Connolly all involved。 There are only two main human characters and a couple of side characters who are human。 Everyone else is a muppet of varying 4。5 rounded up。 You can read this review with images at https://readandreviews。blogspot。com/2。。。If you grew up in a certain era， you have definitely seen Labyrinth。 If you haven't seen it， you're missing something。 One of Jim Henson's non-Muppet movies， this was a who's who of talent at the time， with George Lucas， David Bowie， Terry Jones and Sarah Connolly all involved。 There are only two main human characters and a couple of side characters who are human。 Everyone else is a muppet of varying complexity。 And although it wasn't specifically planned at the time， they map very well onto the traditional archetypes of Tarot。The box is a little larger than standard Tarot card size。 The lid fits down over it from the top， and although you can't see it in that picture， the owl and the word Labyrinth are slightly raised。 The sides feature different characters from the movie。 The sides of the inner box have a labyrinth design。 When you lift the lid off， the first thing you see is the guidebook， which fits perfectly in the box。 The pages are a lovely smooth feel and the text is very legible。 The cards themselves sit in a cutout inside the box， with a ribbon to help get them out without bending。 The cutout is patterned after Baby Toby's romper suit。The back of the cards feature an eye catching design， patterned on the shields carried by the Gate Guards。 It's not reversible， so you would know if your cards were reversed。 Personally that isn't a big deal， but I know that some readers prefer not to know until they turn the card over。The cards themselves have a nice， slightly smooth feeling。 The last deck I got from this company had an issue where the cards clung together， making it very difficult to shuffle。 These cards shuffle better， but still need a little concentration when you're picking one up。 However， I can already feel the difference after a few days of handling and shuffling， and I think with enough use they'll be perfectly smooth。The characters are really cleverly folded into the traditional Tarot illustrations。 They're really done very cleverly。 I didn't know how they'd depict some of the cards， but they were able to do it with such little effort I can't believe I was ever worried。They did slightly alter three of the names to make them fit; The Lovers are now The Dancers， Death has become Fate and The Devil is The Demon。The Minor Arcana are pips， rather than illustrations。 It's the first deck I've tried with fully pipped Minors， and I wasn't sure how well I'd like them。 However， I really like these。 They're on a lovely creamy background and the pips are all a little bit different from each other， it's not just the same item repeated over and over。 As with the only other deck by Minerva I've tried， the Minors have specific names; Wands are Poles， Cups are Pots， Swords are Feathers and Pentacles are Junk。 This all suits the Labyrinth aesthetic very well， as all of those items are in evidence throughout the Labyrinth。 It takes a short time to get used to the suits， but I just about have it down now after maybe a couple of hours study， so it wouldn't be a big deal。 The Aces and Court Cards in the Minors are illustrated， but all the rest are pips。I spoke briefly about the book already， but I'm going back to it。 It starts with a foreward by Brian Froud， the designer on the movie and the man who created all of the characters and props used。 There's a brief intro to Tarot and an explanation of your deck， and then it moves into explaining the cards。 The Major Arcana each take two pages， one with a full page image of the card and the other with a brief description and explanations of the meanings both upright and reversed。 The Minor Arcana （arranged with Court Cards first） have the image and meanings all on the same page， so the image is smaller。 I love that it has the images， as it means I can study a meaning without having to look for the card in the deck if I just want a quick check。 The Courts are described mostly as people rather than situations。After the meanings there's a section on taking care of your deck and preparing for readings。 It emphasises that the rules only count if they work for you and that you should feel free to experiment and find your own style。 I love a guidebook that's easy like that。 There are three spreads designed for this deck; Things Aren't Always What They Seem， You Have No Power Over Me， and The Door Knocker's Conundrum。 These are important moments in the movie and it's nice to see them recreated this way。The only， very tiny issue I have; a couple of cards are based on characters who did appear in the movie， but weren't given a backstory there。 Brian Froud wrote a book giving many of the characters stories and personalities and Minerva has used those instead。 It makes them a little less intuitive， but I'll get used to them， and it would be hard to do a whole deck with only featured characters。All in all I love this deck; it handles nicely， the images are wonderful and clear enough that my mild face blindness didn't kick in， the guidebook is great。 I'm going to keep coming back to this deck for a long time to come。 。。。more