guy bannik
I was wondering: is tarotist an official titel or can anyone call themselves a tarotist?
tarotist title
Golden Moon
I believe so. It would be as saying, psychologist or pathologist. Tarotist would not sound right. But if you give this title to yourself, you'd have to explain to people what it means. Cartomancer would be appropriate.guy bannik said:
Yasmin
Just don't say it at the airport 
pandan49
Just don't say it at the airport
or you could wind up as the Elmer Fudd tewwowist
or you could wind up as the Elmer Fudd tewwowist
Grizabella
ROFL! Good thought! I wouldn't have thought of it and would probably end up sitting in jail. That's if I flew----which I don't----but if I did----
starrystarrynight
Yasmin said:
!Golden Moon
Yasmin said:Just don't say it at the airport
LOL
Rosanne
Hi guy bannik!
I think you ask an interesting question (all jokes aside)
If you look at the suffix ist there are several ways to look at it.
I personally do not like cartomancer,because that appears only to show Fortune telling with playing cards generally.
So if you use a thing like Violin you become a Violinist, or a car- a Motorist- mostly in English these things do not end with T. Somehow Tarotist when read looks like taro-tist, when, spoken is is Taro-ist. It is also used when expressing an adherence to a creed and more likely accepted outside this forum that way; communist- Marxist-liberalist etc. It is also used when you identify yourself with a product like Tobacconist- note none of these end with T. I think although it is generally accepted- especially amongst those who use Tarot, I personally think it clumsy.
I wonder if it is more useful to say Tarotcian
Cian as suffix means having a skill or art as in Beautician or Physician
That's my thoughts anyway. It sounds so much better.
~Rosanne
I think you ask an interesting question (all jokes aside)
If you look at the suffix ist there are several ways to look at it.
I personally do not like cartomancer,because that appears only to show Fortune telling with playing cards generally.
So if you use a thing like Violin you become a Violinist, or a car- a Motorist- mostly in English these things do not end with T. Somehow Tarotist when read looks like taro-tist, when, spoken is is Taro-ist. It is also used when expressing an adherence to a creed and more likely accepted outside this forum that way; communist- Marxist-liberalist etc. It is also used when you identify yourself with a product like Tobacconist- note none of these end with T. I think although it is generally accepted- especially amongst those who use Tarot, I personally think it clumsy.
I wonder if it is more useful to say Tarotcian
Cian as suffix means having a skill or art as in Beautician or Physician
That's my thoughts anyway. It sounds so much better.
~Rosanne
nisaba
I'm thinking of making myself a tee-shirt especially for visits to airports, military bases and such-like places:
WARNING!
Tea drinking
Soy-milk using
Hippy oldie
Peace junkie
crocheting
Terrorist
(Hippy, of course, refers to my hips).
WARNING!
Tea drinking
Soy-milk using
Hippy oldie
Peace junkie
crocheting
Terrorist
(Hippy, of course, refers to my hips).
tarotmama
I like "tarot consultant" or simply "card reader" myself.
Tarotist and cartomancer seem to confuse the general public.
Tarotist and cartomancer seem to confuse the general public.
