Freddie
1. Not everyone in the Grimaud has blonde hair.
2. It does not look plastic or too perfect.
3. It is the part of the holy triad of Tarot....Rider-Waite, Thoth and Grimaud Marseille.
4. It is the Marseille deck used in most books on the subject, especially in Europe.
5. The colour symbolism is easy to understand and visually less confusing than the so-called improved decks.
6. The facial expressions are more true to the original Conver decks...some look grumpy, thoughtful, happy etc...
7. The pip cards feature the suit symbol in a large size with bold drawn lines e.g. see the three of cups or 4 of coins.
8. The colours are very pleasing and look magnetic on the white background. I have found the latest Grimaud decks to age very nicely into a very light ivory colour. The overall blue gives the deck a warm friendly feel.
9. It holds no fixed system of religious belief, so it is used by many different people in a variety of different ways. Witches, Christians, Atheists....
10. I think the only extra symbolism ever added are some dice on the table of 'Le Bateleur'. Hmmm... no extra bubbles, hands ,shoes, body parts, bees, better drawn lions.....
Any other ides or thoughts on this people? I am just sharing this as I have spent a small fortune trying to so-called get a better version of this deck. Besides the Fournier Marseille deck, which is a copy of the Grimaud with different coloured backgrounds, I grew tired of the other decks real fast.
Freddie
2. It does not look plastic or too perfect.
3. It is the part of the holy triad of Tarot....Rider-Waite, Thoth and Grimaud Marseille.
4. It is the Marseille deck used in most books on the subject, especially in Europe.
5. The colour symbolism is easy to understand and visually less confusing than the so-called improved decks.
6. The facial expressions are more true to the original Conver decks...some look grumpy, thoughtful, happy etc...
7. The pip cards feature the suit symbol in a large size with bold drawn lines e.g. see the three of cups or 4 of coins.
8. The colours are very pleasing and look magnetic on the white background. I have found the latest Grimaud decks to age very nicely into a very light ivory colour. The overall blue gives the deck a warm friendly feel.
9. It holds no fixed system of religious belief, so it is used by many different people in a variety of different ways. Witches, Christians, Atheists....
10. I think the only extra symbolism ever added are some dice on the table of 'Le Bateleur'. Hmmm... no extra bubbles, hands ,shoes, body parts, bees, better drawn lions.....
Any other ides or thoughts on this people? I am just sharing this as I have spent a small fortune trying to so-called get a better version of this deck. Besides the Fournier Marseille deck, which is a copy of the Grimaud with different coloured backgrounds, I grew tired of the other decks real fast.
Freddie