tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post2072538586544440141..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Tarot twaddleSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-62496917098767369552011-07-12T12:21:22.328+02:002011-07-12T12:21:22.328+02:00I think the Rider-Waite Tarot retains more of the ...I think the Rider-Waite Tarot retains more of the Christian symbolism than some other modern decks, which have gone even more Pagan-y.<br /><br />According to Robertson Davies (one of my most favourite authors), the fact that the dog has bitten a hole in the Fool's breeches is really important, because the Fool's behind symbolises the need to get in touch with the unconscious. <br /><br />I love Tarot cards, but I don't use them for divination because to me, they are pictures and not windows.<br /><br />I suppose you could create a deck based on Orthodox icons... that would probably offend too many people though.<br /><br />I'd like to see a deck consisting of really good woodcuts.<br /><br />I am rather fond of the Aleister Crowley deck, actually, which was painted by Frieda Harris.<br /><br />T S Eliot's poem <em>The wasteland</em> has a Tarot deck in it with invented cards - rather intriguing.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-22109907648755013262011-07-09T15:08:58.788+02:002011-07-09T15:08:58.788+02:00Hah! Good one Steve!
Well, we all know that cardb...Hah! Good one Steve!<br /><br />Well, we all know that cardboard is not very bright, so I've almost exhausted myself telling people who I read Tarot for (two or three folks) that they should learn to read the cards for themselves.<br />Because it's more like a two-person mystical experience, reading cards for another- with the cardboard as interface.<br /><br />Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.com