Animal Tarot deck- Really cool!

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 20 Mar 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kiama	20 Mar 2002
Again, whilst I was surfing, I found this cool deck. http://www.tarotpassages.com/animalpg.htm Some of the cards are hilarious, like the Chariot, Tower, 10 of wands, Sun, 9 of Wands, and 10 of Cups, but they still al lhave really deep meaning. This really is an excellent deck. Kiama

Jewel	20 Mar 2002
~giggles~ very cute ... interesting that they put a male peacock as the High Priestess *LOL*.

Pollux	20 Mar 2002
Have you seen the Fool? :D And the Magician is just lovely! That Emperor is so royal! And those Pandas offering sweets to each other no the Lovers! Actually, I don't thing I could read it, though... and that Empress does puzzle me a bit... ;)

truthsayer	20 Mar 2002
i want this deck just for the tower card! it reminds me of my favorite birthday card i've ever received. the front is almost identical to the tower card except this cat is white. the caption reads,"that night the city burned." inside the caption reads,"happy birthday from me and the cat from hell." i call my twins the "cats from hell". you'd have to live here to truly appreciate what i'm saying. ;) as to the peacock for the high priestess, perhaps the author of the deck doesn't know it's a male not a female.

kayne	21 Mar 2002
Errrr...! Perhaps it could go in the running for tackiest deck of all time... Did make me giggle though...

Jewel	21 Mar 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer as to the peacock for the high priestess, perhaps the author of the deck doesn't know it's a male not a female. ~Giggles~ now that would be something *LOL*. It is funny how most female birds are pretty plain and not as flashy as their male counterparts. I do think the deck is cute and I once received that same b-day card you are talking about *ROFLMAO* it is histerical.

Kiama	22 Mar 2002
The male peacock is used in the HPS because that bird was sacred to Juno/Hera, who is usually representative of the HPS, and pictured in many of the older, pre-Golden Dawn decks. (1JJ Swiss is a good example of this.) It appears that male birds are flashier than females cuz they're the ones who have to do all the attracting, when searching for a mate. The females are attracted to the colourful plumage, and the more colour, the more likely the male is to get a mate! Seems humans do this too! (Initially, when we look at somebody for the first time, if they are very attractive we would generally like them or want to learn more about them, than if they were pit-ugly! Although, there has been various studies done which show that people are generally attracted to people of smiliar physical attractiveness to themselves. This could be due to the fact that we are scared of rejection by somebody much more attractive than us. But the similarity can be intellectual too: A very physically attractive woman may be attracted to a very intellignt man, and vice versa, as with Marilyn Monroe and her husband. This could be for genetic reasons... Who knows?) There, just a bit of an interesting side-track! Kiama

Jewel	22 Mar 2002
Kiama thanks for the info on the Peacock. As for your observations on the why the male birds are flashier than the female birds I do not believe that to be a mystery or a secret. What I find interesting, since you brought up the human race, is that we as women are the ones who are most often trying to make ourselves up (make-up, painted fingernails, hair styles, etc) yet in the animal kingdom it is the males that play this role.

Kiama	24 Mar 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Jewel What I find interesting, since you brought up the human race, is that we as women are the ones who are most often trying to make ourselves up (make-up, painted fingernails, hair styles, etc) yet in the animal kingdom it is the males that play this role. Could be a throw-back from earlier times, y'know, like the Medieval onwards, when it was the men who chose the woman they wanted to marry. The prettier you were, the more chance you had of getting a decent, possibly rich husband. Kiama

amyel	24 Mar 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Kiama Could be a throw-back from earlier times, y'know, like the Medieval onwards, when it was the men who chose the woman they wanted to marry. The prettier you were, the more chance you had of getting a decent, possibly rich husband. Kiama So what's changed????? Not only is beauty in the eye of the beholder, but so is love....

Butterfly	24 Mar 2002
I wouldn't say that males are flashier throughout the whole animal kingdom, but certainly with birds, I guess. I think it all depends on the mating rituals of that particular species. And the whole women dressing up more than males is probably more so a societal/cultural feature (think of the male flamboyance of past eras). Makes me think of that song- the female of the species is more deadly than the male....

Mermaid	25 Mar 2002
I think it's also got something to do with the fact that the female bird's usually the one that has got to incubate the eggs. She's got to be a drab colour to be camoflaged, coz sitting there all day she's prime tucker for anything prowling round. Don't know if I'd agree with the human thing though - I'm sure my bf has more toiletry products than I do! BB Mermaid

Jewel	25 Mar 2002
Mermaid excellent observation, I really like that theory.

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