Tarot of the imagination : comments.

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

samantha	21 Mar 2003
I noticed this deck today whilst out shopping . The images looked interesting ; slightly surreal , and maybe good for stream-of - consciousness type interpretations ? Has anybody used it ? And if so what did you think , or what have you heard ? I'm looking for a new deck , and as yet nothing much has caught my eye.

RiccardoLS	21 Mar 2003
Here are three interesting reviews. http://www.tarotpassages.com/imagination.htm http://www.tarotpassages.com/imagination-lb.htm http://www.spiritone.com/~filipas/Masquerade/Reviews/imag.html Personally, I like the deck very much, and sometimes I use it. Art is exceptional and it has depth. BUT I'm partial to it for many reasons. And I would not suggest it for conventional readings. If You want to explore something different, then it may be well worth a try :) Riccardo

Faerie Lin	21 Mar 2003
Hi Samatha! I have this deck and its amazing, mysterious, curious, different, weird... And how you are decribing it is how it is. Its calling to you!

Astraea	21 Mar 2003
Hi, Samantha! This is one of my favorite decks. The artwork is beautiful and dreamlike. Many of the cards are non-traditional (in reference to the RWS set of meanings), and in my experience this poses no problem in readings, as long as one does just what the deck's name suggests: allow your imagination to flow and approach the reading as you would the interpretation of a dream.

Khatruman	21 Mar 2003
Why do you all have to go and DO THIS??!!?? ~adding another deck to my Amazon wish list~ sighs.. gotta find a few new friends in the next couple weeks... neeeds some birrttthhhhdayyy presentsssss, my preciousssssssssssss })

Astraea	21 Mar 2003
Maybe this is one of the decks they have at Borders and you can get it this coming weekend? Hmmmmmm?

firemaiden	21 Mar 2003
I have this deck and love the art, the card which made me crack (and buy it) was the moon, being a white buttocks...hahahah I didn't know anything about tarot when I bought it and was able to read interesting things with it. But now that I know the conventional meanings, its a little harder for me to use. Also it is sooo dark... and scary sometimes. So I don't use it now. I am glad you reminded me of it, maybe time to pull it out again and play with it.

Khatruman	21 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by firemaiden I have this deck and love the art, the card which made me crack (and buy it) was the moon, being a white buttocks...hahahah LOL..yeah, I saw that, and it seems to make a wonderful silly humor to something that can be deep and serious... I mean, how seriously could you read with it when you tell your querent, "Well, let's see.. what to do about your boyfriend who just told you he likes living with you, but doesn't want to marry you. Ok, the advice of the tarot regarding what to respond.. you drew.. a Moon... ohh, and look... it's a Moon.. *s*... I think it is telling you to tell him he can kiss your butt"

Faerie Lin	21 Mar 2003
Have ya'll seen the King of Cups? Am I disturbed for thinking thats a cool card!?

firemaiden	21 Mar 2003
just remind me what it looks like so I don't have to find my deck... they are all cool cards.

Faerie Lin	21 Mar 2003
King of Cups is King Henry and his wives' heads.

RiccardoLS	22 Mar 2003
Try to let your thoughts wander about the connection between sentiment and power... about the conflicting desires, about marriage as love and marriage as society. As I told You the Imagination should not be used literally, but rather it should be taken from the other side. It doesn't give answer but poses questions. I ask myself... did Henry the VIII loved any of his wives? Did they love him? Why and how all things got to be that way. When Henry got finally old, did he missed poor Anna Bolena, and maybe regretted his action, when she was still young and beautiful in his memory? Did his seventh wife marry him out of convenience, out of a greter fear, or just she didn't realize? Was she "sold" out for political convenience. That's why Henry is the King of Chalices: because it forces you to rethink what you thougth you knew about love, sentiment, and power, authority, control. Riccardo

Faerie Lin	22 Mar 2003
Hey Riccardo! Yes thats how I look upon the King of Cups and the rest of the cards from Tarot of the Imagination, lots of questions to ponder about and things to receive. That is why I love this deck and have taken to reading with it quite fondly.

firemaiden	22 Mar 2003
Okay, I got Henry the 8th one day, when I had just met a jolly plump older man, and wanted the tarot to tell me who he was. I turned over this card and laughed, because it looked just like him. I thought that was a good thing. A man with many wives, a man who loves women... (I wasn't thinking about the chopped off heads part)

Cerulean	26 Apr 2003
for a good price to obtain this Lo Scarabeo deck and the large size Tarocchi Romantici from Keelan's list of those discounted decks. I was pleasantly delighted. It came in a few days. The Nine and Ten of Swords, normally so nightmarish, shows perceptions that can startle one's normal thoughts into a different train. 9 of Swords"The truce-the soldiers found that there was no need to fight." And I look at the papers and remember some weeks ago there was a massive relief, perhaps there was an end to a sad conflict overseas. The woman is old and hopeful; the child is startled and gazing at the viewer. 10 of Swords"Patience-to know the pain of the world without partaking in it." Fragmentary faces and open mouths--hungry or thirsty to finally give their own voices, they cry out. Almost like small birds in a nest clustered together. In slightly blurred distance, the person behind them observes with compassion, in a cardinal red wrap around their head. Help is coming or is it perhaps better, the distant person is departing? Perhaps after some years of poetry circle studies, this deck fits with my hopes to handle and touch on human situations with compassion. I guess I would recommend it to poets or writers who want pictures that help begin stories. This is evocative, dreamlike in its contrasts--perhaps you remember when your dreams have their own humor as well.. Anyone think of taking this out before bedtime to see if the images assist in dream scenarios? Or creative work? I'll not tell you it is of sweetness and light, but it does tip the imaginative balance where I would normally take historical personalities in only one context. I like Mark Filpas' very interesting comment "Perhaps it should have been called the Tarot of Western Civilization." I hope these suggestions encourage those who might like this deck...thanks for the review links. Mari Hoshizaki

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