got ananda and peterson decks today!

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 17 Jul 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

truthsayer	17 Jul 2002
i took a risk that i would like these decks even tho i don't speak german. i'm so glad i took the risk. these decks really speak my visual language. THEY ARE SO MARVELOUS!!!!! thank-you Tarot Garden!! i swear i practically left my body while meditating on the ananda cards. i certainly was pretty dizzy for a while afterwards. that's never happened before w/ a deck. the margarete peterson box and deck are exceptionally well made. they are a little large for my hands but i can deal w/ that b/c the art is such a spiritual eye fest. the ananda fits comfortably in my hands but i wish it were bigger so i could see more detail of the art. however, it might be better off as it is so i can hope to stay in my body when i read w/ it. the ananda has a very spiritual feel to it, too. the book to the ananda is better made and bigger than the peterson. i didn't like the ananda packaging very much. it's like the osho zen box. the peterson deck comes w/ a sturdy cardboard box that's perfect for storing it. of the 2, i think the ananda is the most beautiful. i think these 2, templar, and my neferteri are the most beautiful decks i own. :) but the ananda is #1 in beauty. i sure hope i can read it! so happy! jewel? faunabay? ***whistles***here's what you need to get next!!!!!!!! :D

divinerguy	17 Jul 2002
I'd love to see these decks, is there a link to any images?

truthsayer	17 Jul 2002
the only sites i know of are at tarot garden and their server is temporarily down. try the european amazon. i'm pretty sure that the MP is there but i don't know if there is any pictures. i think there is a thread somewhere here that gives a german website, too. but they are too lovely, DG!

divinerguy	17 Jul 2002
Thanks Truthsayer, I'll check it out right away.

divinerguy	17 Jul 2002
It this the one? If so, I want one too! http://www.pagangraphics.com/compare/german/anandaebay1.html Here's a Petersen - http://www.rhiannon.de/nonbook/petersontarot.htm

Starfish	17 Jul 2002
Thanks for posting those links, Divinerguy. Truthsayer, they are both stunning - I love the Ananda; WOW. (scribbling them both down on my wishlist) :T7W Starfish

Liliana	18 Jul 2002
ARG I cant take it, when is my Ananda going to get here, maybe today :) Ive never seen those particualr pics, I so love the Ananda Death card, its stunning But now I have this Margaret Peterson deck, which I want as well, Im not as much in love with it as Ananda but certain cards are amazing. Why are Germans such great artists? I still want to know lol But theres some other things i need to take care of first, and one other deck Higher on my list, but I will get to it eventually :) :THP

Jewel	18 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer i think these 2, templar, and my neferteri are the most beautiful decks i own. :) but the ananda is #1 in beauty. i sure hope i can read it! so happy! jewel? faunabay? ***whistles***here's what you need to get next!!!!!!!! :D Okies *LOL*. I have the Ananda and the Templar. I agree with you on the beauty of the Ananda. I think it is probably the prettiest deck I own as well. I have not had time to work with it ... I have not had time to really work with any of them in the last month :(. I have been considering the Margaret Peterson, and with your blessing I will probably order it next month. The Neferteri does not really speak to me, I have the Ancient Egyptian and I love it so I will probably pass on the Nefertari. The Templar is a fabulous deck to study Truth, do a comparative study of it using 78 Degrees of Wisdom. Kaz and I had a lot of fun with that. I am so pleased you love your new treasures :) ... so what's next on your list? ~giggles~

truthsayer	18 Jul 2002
what's next on my list? hhhmmmmm...i've gotten so many via purchase and trades recently that i just want to settle down and enjoy what i have for a while. i am looking for an amber and a pomo deck but no rush. the main thing i want is to get vol. 3 of the encyclopedia of tarot. meditating on the ananda for me is like staring at one of those computer designs that show a 3D picture if you let your eyes get squinty. if i let my vision blur the images really do seem to become 3D! i tried this w/ other decks but it only works w/ the ananda. has anyone else ever had this experience? ***WARNING***don't ever meditate on the ananda and then play w/ a hot glue gun immediately after.

Starfish	19 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer ***WARNING***don't ever meditate on the ananda and then play w/ a hot glue gun immediately after. Oh, no Truth! What happened? ;) You didn't glue any cards together, did you? Start making Tarot crafts? :T3C Starfish

truthsayer	19 Jul 2002
no, i badly burned my finger tips. i even accidentally let hot glue drip on my leg. i have a few blisters now. that's a lesson to me to be focused and grounded before i start another project here on out. no! i'd never let those cards out in the presence of a hot glue gun!i probably would accidentally glue them together. before i started glueing, i put them back in their shrine in my file cabinet. ;)

Jeannette	19 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer ...meditating on the ananda for me is like staring at one of those computer designs that show a 3D picture if you let your eyes get squinty. if i let my vision blur the images really do seem to become 3D! i tried this w/ other decks but it only works w/ the ananda. has anyone else ever had this experience?... Truth: YES!!! The first time I opened the Ananda and looked at the "Magician" card, the effect "hit" me right away! I looked at that card for the longest time before I realized that it was not a holographic image. I don't know why or how my eyes were in just the right "focus mode" at the time, but the whole experience was extremely weird and thrilling. I can't explain it, but if the artist didn't intentionally design the cards that way, it's an amazing coincidence. [btw, the Tarot Garden website and database is now back online. Our sample scans of the Ananda and the Petersen, respectively, can be seen at: [url]http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=ananda[/url] http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=petersen+tarot+cards Sorry for the inconvenience!] -- Jeannette http://www.tarotgarden.com

Starfish	19 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Jeannette and/or Lori BTW, the Tarot Garden website and database is now back online. Yea! I was going through withdrawal... Now off to go and check out those Ananda cards... ;) :T3C Starfish

truthsayer	19 Jul 2002
Whew!!!!!! thanks jeannette! i was hoping i wasn't the only one to have this experience. i experimented w/ a bunch of the cards and i could duplicate the same effects on every card. i wish i could ask the artist if this effect was intentional. and you are right--it's an extremely weird feeling but thrilling! i mean those images just seem to take a straight shot for my subconscious mind. the cards feel so soothing that i don't mind at all.

Lee	19 Jul 2002
But how is the Ananda to read with? :confused: -- Lee

truthsayer	19 Jul 2002
i haven't tried that yet, lee. i'm still oooohhiing and aawwwwwwing over the cards. i post it when i do!

faunabay	19 Jul 2002
awwww man!!! I've been thinking about the Ananda for quite a while - hadn't even put it on my wishlist yet! It's there now though!!! LOL

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Lee But how is the Ananda to read with? :confused: -- Lee i finally tried reading w/ it today. it's very different reading experience than reading w/ a more mundane deck like the hanson roberts. you need to be in a quiet room w/ no distractions to really get into the experience. it speaks in a visual language of the trials and joys of the spirit. it's difficult to explain but yes i can read it even tho it's in german. in the thread where i described how i learned to trust myself to read w/o a book explains it best. there is nothing to tie you into your current tarot reality. ananda creates her own rules. i felt like i walked off the edge of a cliff and found i could walk on air w/o any sense of boundaries. you really can't trust any old understandings you've read about tarot. you just have to step into the void and trust ananda to carry you wherever you are going. does that make any sense? i was also reading about the margarete peterson deck in my tarot encyclopedia. evidently, when the book was done the MP wasn't available. it said the deck came out around 1981 and that MP had spent nearly a year on all of the cards. i found that incredible to believe. she can't possibly still be living if that's the case considering there are 78 cards. anyone know???

Lee	28 Jul 2002
Truthsayer, in the review of the Ananda on Tarot Passages it says the Minor cards are basically decorative pips. Do you feel they're suggestive of any meaning? -- Lee

Jeannette	28 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer ...i was also reading about the margarete peterson deck in my tarot encyclopedia. evidently, when the book was done the MP wasn't available. it said the deck came out around 1981 and that MP had spent nearly a year on all of the cards. i found that incredible to believe. she can't possibly still be living if that's the case considering there are 78 cards. anyone know??? The listing for the Petersen in Kaplan's encyclopedia refers to the original 1983 "postcard" edition. At that time, images had not been published in "deck" form. In addition, Ms. Petersen had only created illustrations for the major arcana. The postcards were originally issued in 1983, according to Kaplan. Subsequent editions of the postcards were released in 1999, and again in 2001. The full 78-card tarot, finally in "deck" form, was published in 2002. You can see images from both the 1999 edition of the postcards, and the 78-card deck, using this link: http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=petersen Since Kaplan didn't indicate anything about a 78-card deck, and since tarot wasn't as "hot" a market in the 1980s as it is today, I would venture a guess (just a guess -- don't re-report this as fact!) that the minor arcana cards probably weren't created until the 1990s. A reviewer on Tarot Passages mentions attending an exhibition of Petersen's work in 2000 -- although that doesn't guarantee that Ms. Petersen was still living at the time... ...But I wouldn't bet against it. It's been 19 years since Kaplan reports that the original major arcana illustrations were published. If Ms. Petersen was in her 20s at that time, she wouldn't be much older than me now... and I'm not exactly feeling as though I've got one foot in the grave... LOL! -- Jeannette http://www.tarotgarden.com

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Lee Truthsayer, in the review of the Ananda on Tarot Passages it says the Minor cards are basically decorative pips. Do you feel they're suggestive of any meaning? -- Lee well, they have meaning to me but they may not have had meaning to the reviewer. i don't know how to explain it but the cards are readable including the pips. i'll experiment some more and let you know what i think.

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
i guess i wasn't clear enough about what i meant about the margarete peterson. "a german painter, margarete peterson has dedicated a ALMOST A YEAR to EACH CARD her tarot series..." so what i'm saying is if she took almost a year to each card, wouldn't that make her a very old woman? afterall, there are 78 cards. if what the book says isn't literally true b/c she was in her '20's when she published then she couldn't possibly have spent nearly a year on each card. then the book is wrong b/c taking a year for each card would make her around 100 years old if she started the deck b/t the ages of 18 to 22.

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
i printed out the review b/c i think it explains some of my impressions of the deck plus i at last have an english explanation!! i think a lot about the deck and why i relate to it so well is summed up here: "the art is very intuitive and i find it is very typical for a pisces artist--the dreamy and emotional style..." i am a pisces just like the artist. she doesn't say the minors are decorative pips. she said,"the pips show the appropriate # of suit symbols, though they are not necessarily identical. the swords suit is the least imaginative, showing swords flying through dreamlike landscapes.cups are sometimes long-stemmed wine glasses, sometimes silver chalices. spheres, to show their relation to the material world, show often not only landscapes, but also buildings and other architectural structures. the suit of flames doesn't show flames but all sorts of rays, stars, and rainbows. they are very beautiful pips, but still pips!" i acknowledge what she says as true but the pips here remind me of the pips in the wheel of change deck. there's the representatives of the suit in scenery suggestive of a deeper meaning. i see a pure pip being like one from the renaissance deck. i don't see these as pure numerologically oriented pips. another thing that rings a bell w/ my experience is the creator's description of the fool. "pilz says that while the fool is tradtionally depicted at the border of an abyss, he is actually already one step further: for him, laws and borders are simply non-existent." i had not read this review before i said what i said about the cards but what the creator said is practically what i said about my experience w/ the ananda. i'm looking forward to using this review to go thru the deck. are there anymore out there? i guess since i see something piscean in this deck, i need to give the piscean perspective of ananda.

Jeannette	28 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer i guess i wasn't clear enough about what i meant about the margarete peterson. "a german painter, margarete peterson has dedicated a ALMOST A YEAR to EACH CARD her tarot series..." so what i'm saying is if she took almost a year to each card, wouldn't that make her a very old woman? afterall, there are 78 cards. if what the book says isn't literally true b/c she was in her '20's when she published then she couldn't possibly have spent nearly a year on each card. then the book is wrong b/c taking a year for each card would make her around 100 years old if she started the deck b/t the ages of 18 to 22. Ah -- sloppy me! I missed the part about requiring almost a year per card. I read it as a year for all of the cards she'd created at the time of Kaplan's writing. So, that would obviously make a huge difference! BUT -- what also makes a difference is that again, Kaplan is referring to only the 22 card postcard set. At the time that the third encyclopedia was published, Petersen had only created the major arcana cards. This is a point that Kaplan does not make clear in his text. The minor arcana cards were not painted until later, and it seems safe to assume that Ms. Petersen did not spend a year per card. So, if Petersen was in her 20s when she began work on the major arcana, she would have been in her 40s when the original "postcard" images were completed, which would put her in her 60s now. Still potentially a "spring chicken," if it's true that "you're as young as you feel..." :D -- Jeannette http://www.tarotgarden.com

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
okay! now i understand what the encyclopedia's saying! i didn't realize that vol. 3 hadn't been updated as far as this being more than tarot postcards as it is now. that makes a tremendous amount of sense. that's why so many of the decks i've looked up that were printed in the 90's weren't in there. uh oh!! epiphany!!! LOL so when i looked up the mountain dream and it referred back to vol. 1, it's referring to the 70's original deck not the current printing. so maragarete peterson has lived to see her deck published in its entirety!!!!!!! if she's spent-- what 40 years?--just creating a unique tarot deck, it's no wonder the imagery is so profound. i particularly like the fool card. i think it's my favorite fool of all. ;) i was amazed when i read alexandra genetti spent 10 years on the wheel of change. now i've gone to another whole level of astonishment as to what an artist/creator can put into a tarot deck that's a work of love. she had to love doing it. how else could she have spent so much of her life painting it? if you ever learn more about her, let me know. my curiosity is totally peaked out now!

truthsayer	28 Jul 2002
btw, after spending 40 years painting a tarot deck and getting it published, what could you possibly do for an encore?

Jeannette	29 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer okay! now i understand what the encyclopedia's saying! i didn't realize that vol. 3 hadn't been updated as far as this being more than tarot postcards as it is now. that makes a tremendous amount of sense. that's why so many of the decks i've looked up that were printed in the 90's weren't in there. uh oh!! epiphany!!!... Mr. Kaplan has been working on a volume IV for some time now, which will presumably contain as many decks from the 1990s and the 21st century to date as time and space permits. There's no way it could ever be 100% complete -- there's just been too much of a "boom" in tarot over the last 15 years. The current estimate from Kaplan himself is that it will contain listings of between 600 - 800 decks. Quote: ...so maragarete peterson has lived to see her deck published in its entirety!!!!!!! if she's spent-- what 40 years?--just creating a unique tarot deck, it's no wonder the imagery is so profound... It's too easy to think of a tarot deck as a "single" work, rather than as a compilation of 22 - 78 individual works -- at least, as a non-artist, I often "catch" myself thinking about tarots in that way. But considering that it is not uncommon for any creator of works of fine art to spend months or years on a single painting, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising to learn how incredibly time-consuing it is for an artist to create an entire deck. In fact, it ought to be surprising to hear that it doesn't take longer in many cases. When I stop to think about it, it really is quite moving to consider how much effort and love goes into so many of these beautiful decks, so that the rest of us can enjoy and be enriched by them. -- Jeannette http://www.tarotgarden.com

truthsayer	29 Jul 2002
no, i do think of it as 78 different paintings probably on large canvases. i paint so i have an idea what goes into the creative process. some cards prob got done more than once. it's shows how focused and prolific MP has to be. she prob had other pieces going on at the same time. some artists just live to paint. i don't think i've got the self-discipline to paint toward the same goal for that long.

purplelady	30 Jul 2002
I just got back from browsing through tarotgarden. The Ananda Tarot was one of the first that I looked at. It went straight onto my currently very long wish list! I thought it looks beautiful , and I've never even noticed this deck before, or been aware of it's existence. Then I just discovered this thread! I definitely want the ananda. I noticed that I could immediately and easily discern what each card was even though I don't read German. I really want this deck! The peterson deck I'm not so sure of. Some of the majors look beautiful But my problum, just from looking at 6 cards on the internet, is that I don't understand German. And I'm having a difficult time understanding what minor card I'm looking at. I cannot understand the minors from what I've seen. Perhaps you can clue me in here truthsayer? For instance, one card may look like just swirls and shapes in a reddish color. Maybe this is wands , I say to myself, but don't even have a clue what number? ! And one looks bluish so Maybe it's cups.............maybe ;) . p.s. if I got both these decks at once I might be swooning! :D .

truthsayer	30 Jul 2002
purplelady, i glanced thru the margarete peterson just to see if i could divine a meaning or figure out which card. i must admit it's difficult. the ananda seems so clear which card is which. even tho i don't speak german, i have been able to read w/ the ananda . the MP is beautiful but it's more abstract than the ananda. i would really have to work at reading it. the major arcana is readable. it's got one of the best death and devil cards i've seen. if i could only get one of these decks, i would choose the ananda. is this what you wanted to know?

Kaz	30 Jul 2002
enough people here speak german and can translate the cards for you, don't let that stop you if you like the deck. kaz

jade	30 Jul 2002
did anyone else notice jim morrison on one of those cards? i love reading with decks that take you beyond the 'tarot' understanding and experience and into a new place without boundaries or limits. that's why i love the soulcards because they have no set meanings. i think i NEED the ananda deck. jade

truthsayer	30 Jul 2002
yes, the knight of flames is jim morrison in the ananda. while i like the music of the doors, i really don't like associating jim morrison w/ that card. it makes me think of a creative person who consumes himself in the fire of his reckless living. i'd rather not have a known person to connect to. the rock and roll tarot and cosmic are the exception. i prefer to have my own impression instead of one given me. supposedly there are other known ppl in the ananda. jesus christ is the king of cups.

truthsayer	30 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Kaz enough people here speak german and can translate the cards for you, don't let that stop you if you like the deck. kaz kaz, for some reason the german on the ananda doesn't throw me. the MP it does. the only reason i can fathom is that the imagery is too abstract for me to figure out unless i memorize the german words. i did ask for translations in another thread. i just have problems remembering them. i'll probably have to make a copy of the translations i got until i memorize the words. it conflicts w/ my reading style to refer back to a list instead of letting it flow out. when things are more quiet here, i'll be able to concentrate on learning those words. is there any kind of tape that i could put over the german w/ the english translation that won't damage the cards when i pull the tape off? i think first aid tape will work. i've used it on pictures in the past w/o significant damage. on these cards, i want NO damage!

Kaz	31 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by jade i think i NEED the ananda deck. jade, you will love it, do yourself a huge favor and get it. truth, i see what you mean now. i haven't seen enough cards of the peterson deck to judge, so far i like the deck, so i probably will get it in future. i hope you will get along, otherwise you might consider trading it to me....... kaz

truthsayer	31 Jul 2002
kaz!! how are you feeling?? do you have a fever?? i thought for a moment that i read you wanted my margarete peterson in trade!! ;)

Kaz	31 Jul 2002
hehe, lol @ you truth :P though IF you would, i am game kaz

truthsayer	31 Jul 2002
okay, if something happens and i decide to liquidate my collection, your name is on the MP. :)

Jewel	31 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer what's next on my list? hhhmmmmm...i've gotten so many via purchase and trades recently that i just want to settle down and enjoy what i have for a while. i am looking for an amber and a pomo deck but no rush. the main thing i want is to get vol. 3 of the encyclopedia of tarot. meditating on the ananda for me is like staring at one of those computer designs that show a 3D picture if you let your eyes get squinty. if i let my vision blur the images really do seem to become 3D! i tried this w/ other decks but it only works w/ the ananda. has anyone else ever had this experience? Well it has certainly taken me long enough to get back and read this thread! *LOL*. Vol. 3 of the Encyclopedia is awsome (and thick too!). I guess I need to really see a Pomo deck in full to see if it attracts me. The Amber ~giggles~ looks as though my fiance wants to get it for me for my wedding present (that and bookshelves *YIPEE*!!!). I almost fell out of the car when he said "why did you think I would not get the deck for you?, if it is really what you want as your wedding present then I will get it for you, and the bookshelves you want too!". Anyways I need to get him all hooked up with Tarot Garden now *LOL*. The Ananda is fascinating for meditating. I agree about the 3-D effect! Those cards are fabulous for doing the entering a card exercise, they just draw you in. Lee I have not tried to read with the deck, but the I find the minors to be "moody minors". I think I could probably read with this deck if I made the time to get to know it just a little better. Faunabay, you need to order your Ananda as soon as you get settled in *LOL*

Jewel	31 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer okay, if something happens and i decide to liquidate my collection, your name is on the MP. :) ~waves hands and jumps up and down to get Truthsayers attention~ hey send me a list of all your decks so I can get my initials posted next to certain decks in the event that you go insane and trade your collection *LOL* ... at least that way if you trully repented you could get some back ;)

truthsayer	31 Jul 2002
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jewel, you make me laugh. here i've had a migraine 2 days and nauseated and you can still make me laugh. :D :D :D :p :p ;) ;) OMG but aeclectic is wonderful!! (truth composes herself) jewel, i will consider your generous proposal on the chance that i lose my mind and decide to give up my collection for foster care. i don't think that will happen BUT one never knows. i keep thinking about selling my TY beanie baby collection and haven't done it yet. if that goes then there will be reason for concern about the decks.

LeoLady	31 Jul 2002
Not sure I like the reference to the mundane Hanson-Roberts!! I have to say, perhaps I'm just not in tune with something you guys have, but those decks do nothing for me..perhaps cos am a newbie still and struggling!

LeoLady	31 Jul 2002
And Jewels post WAS very funny! Had a giggle myself.......You go girl! (can i have a look at your list too?)

truthsayer	31 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by LeoLady Not sure I like the reference to the mundane Hanson-Roberts!! I have to say, perhaps I'm just not in tune with something you guys have, but those decks do nothing for me..perhaps cos am a newbie still and struggling! where is this reference? i looked thru the thread and didn't see it. hanson roberts is my favorite reading deck. if i called it mundane it wasn't meant as an insult. i should have called it a more practical deck that i can easily read for querents and give me good results. but in comparision to decks like the ananda, it's a mundane deck b/c the ananda or the MP are SO ABSTRACT that they are in a different catagory of readability. i could recommed hanson roberts to a beginner. i would NOT recommend the other 2 to a beginner. does this clear up your concern? i happen to love HR.

purplelady	31 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer purplelady, i glanced thru the margarete peterson just to see if i could divine a meaning or figure out which card. i must admit it's difficult. the ananda seems so clear which card is which. even tho i don't speak german, i have been able to read w/ the ananda . the MP is beautiful but it's more abstract than the ananda. i would really have to work at reading it. the major arcana is readable. it's got one of the best death and devil cards i've seen. if i could only get one of these decks, i would choose the ananda. is this what you wanted to know? Yes, I was simply commenting that from the 6 cards I've veiwed from both decks over the internet, I could easily tell which card was which and what the minors were on the ananda. And on the peterson I can not discern the minors. So..............I was wondering if you had the same "problum" and apparently you do! I too have come down with a headache today. It is probubly from running around in the intense never-ending heat. I just found out it is 102 degrees here today! I don't know if it is a "tension head-ache" or a migraine , I seem to have symptoms of both . Going to sleep for the night in a darkened room is the only real cure. Too bad I cannot afford the ananda right now. $50 is a bit pricey for my empty pocketbook these days! Can I still be a charter member of TA (tarotholics anonymous) based on the bunch of decks I've already managed to aquire and the huge list of decks I still want ? ! :D . My tarot-a-holism buying days are in temporary suspension. Besides , my s/o would kill me!

truthsayer	31 Jul 2002
you only have to have the fire and thirst for tarot and knowledge for tarot to belong to TA. we'd never consider turning you down for membership. we're insane but we aren't snobs.

purplelady	31 Jul 2002
sigh! gorgeous new tarot decks being created and discovered at an ever multiplying rate. Money in wallet not even close to multiplying fast enough to catch them all!

Lee	01 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by purplelady $50 is a bit pricey for my empty pocketbook these days! ! Don't feel bad, I want the Ananda too, but $50 is too pricey for me as well. -- Lee

LeoLady	01 Aug 2002
YOU DID!!!! Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer . it's very different reading experience than reading w/ a more mundane deck like the hanson roberts.

truthsayer	01 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by LeoLady YOU DID!!!! well, as i said HR is my fav reading deck. i would never intentionally insult my fav reading deck. HR is simply a very practical and very usable deck. mundane means,"of or relating to the world." there is a second meaning that i didn't mean,"having no concern for the ideal or heavenly". HR does concern itself w/ those issues but in a practical fashion. i can pretty easily verbalize what i see. MP and ananda are abstract,"expressing a quality apart from a particular object. having only intrinsic form w/ little or no pictorial representation". you can't just look at these 2 and come up w/ divination. they aren't everyday working days. i put them aside for meditation. what i see in them isn't easily verbalized. what i see is from a nonverbal language that is quite difficult to relay to others in a reading. HR is great for what i need on an ordinary day. it has images that represent something w/ meaning to me. i don't have to study it to divine meaning like i do w/ the other 2. is that better now?

LeoLady	02 Aug 2002
Will Let you Off truth!!!!!!!!!!

WolfSpirit	09 Dec 2003
I must have had the same brain wave truthsayer had, I ordered both decks too (before I knew of this thread). Neither are necessarily for reading, I get them for the artwork and it will be a bonus if I can read with them as well. But I think I will try reading with both (when I am used to them). I know German, not perfectly but enough to understand the books I think. I am most looking forward to the MP, and am also very curious how it will be to do something with this deck instead of just looking lustfully at the on-line pictures. I ordered both at the German amazon and I got a mail today they are both shipped. From Germany to the Netherlands is not so far, so they could be here in a few days :D Really looking forward to my new decks !!

yve	09 Dec 2003
I can't seem to access that Ananda deck site

WolfSpirit	09 Dec 2003
You can see a few cards of the ananda here at aeclectic and www.tarotpassages.com you can read a review. I am not sure what site you mean, the thread started more than a year ago so maybe some of the links in it are old.

firemaiden	09 Dec 2003
HI WolfSpirit, I sure hope you will join us in the Margarete Petersen Study Group!

WolfSpirit	09 Dec 2003
YESSSSS !! I already had a "sneak preview" , I know I can see all the cards of the MP on-line but somehow it does not really work for me if I can't have the cards in real life... A taroholic needs his/her deck ! :D

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