Favorite cards!
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| MattDouglas |
11 Jul 2003 |
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OK time for another survey-type post (oh no not again) that I hope hasn't been done before (I can't seen to find a thread dedicated to it), though I got the idea from the recent "cosmic tarot" thread in Talking Tarot.
It was mentioned that the High Priestess in that deck was one of the best cards ever.
So here my idea. What are each persons particular favorite version of specific cards Using the above statement as an example:
Best High Priestess- Cosmic Tarot (and I agree, which whoever posted that, sorry I'm trying to type this so fast I'm not looking back for who wrote it)
Some others of mine:
Best___
10 of Wands- Cosmic
Strength/Lust- Thoth
Star- Myhtic (Thoth close 2nd)
Princess of Wands- Rohrig
Lovers- Shapeshifter (Buckland Romani close 2nd)
Page of Pents/DIsks/Earth/etc- Osho Zen
(called Page of Rainbows in that deck)
Hanged Man- Black
10 of Pentcles- Bosch (it's sick, I know, but i like the
psychological symbolism)
Knight Pentacles- Black
Judgment- Robin Wood
Well, I'm getting sleepy, but I'll post more later. This should get y'all started.
Take care!
Love, understanding, and compassion,
Matt
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| Mimers |
11 Jul 2003 |
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This could be interesting.
best Lovers - Fey
best Temperance/Art - Thoth
best Hermit - Mary el
maybe not the best, but my favorite Empress - Gill
Best Death - Ancestral Path
all that I can think of right now. Of course these are my opinions and based on the limitied amount of decks that I own. I have never seen the Cosmic High Priestess.
Mimi
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| WolfSpirit |
11 Jul 2003 |
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Matt I agree with you on the Lovers card in the shapeshifter :) and the HP of the Cosmic. It was the only card I remembered of this deck, I did not even know the name so I started looking for the deck that had this card in it. Mimers - I think it is here at AT but i have not checked.
Other favourites:
Temperance - Greenwood. It has two sea horses with their tails intertwined.
Hermit - also Greenwood. A classical hooded hermit with a lantern in the snow near a huge tree. Lovely quiet image.
5 of pentacles - Glastonbury. A lonely person in a cave sheltering from the snow. Sheltering until things get better.
9 of swords - tarot of the spirit. The card shows monsters on a screen (like a t.v.) suggesting it is all in your mind. (love all the swords in the tos, that are not fully illustrated (no persons) but very suggestive IMO)
page of pentacles - Swedish witch tarot.
this card comes up in my own readings a lot and she even looks a bit like me, plus she is surrounded by lots of funny animals :)
Moon - is one of my favourite cards in most decks, I'll choose the Merlin and the sacred circle as a second (all those bats !!)
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| missmezzo |
11 Jul 2003 |
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Best Wheel of Fortune - Fey
Best Devil - Robin Wood
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| missmezzo |
11 Jul 2003 |
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gorgeous collection, felicityk - thanks for sharing the link!
missmezzo
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| ncefafn |
22 Jan 2004 |
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Here I go again, resurrecting an old thread.
I'd gotten so interested in the Pet Peeves thread, that I started wondering what everyone's favorites from various decks were. So here are mine:
Robin Wood - Page of Swords
Celtic Dragon - any Ace
Halloween - Temperance
Cosmic - High Priestess & The World
Witches - the Heirophant
Whimsical - Justice
Mythic - Empress
Roots of Asia - Temperance, the Lovers, the World, the Moon
Kim
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| Dark_angel |
22 Jan 2004 |
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For reading, my absolute favourite deck at the moment is the Ananda - it seems so perfect for me; the images completely click with how I feel about cards.
Although I think the Vertigo has the best ever Fool!
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| kelpy |
22 Jan 2004 |
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My favorite cards and best so far all come from the Quest deck
(only one of my four decks I'm working at learning for now)
Lets see they are:
The hanged man
Mother of wands
Alchemy
The lovers
Death
and The universe :)
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| Emily |
23 Jan 2004 |
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The deck I'm working with at the moment is the Morgan Greer so I'll post my favourites from that one:-
The Empress
The Moon
The Star
The Lovers
Death
All the Queens in the deck, especially the Sword Queen.
Ten Swords - love the feeling of suffering, and the pity you feel for the guy. Great inspiration.
Its hard to pick out my favourites because I love the whole deck. :)
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| Maan |
23 Jan 2004 |
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favorite world card: Fey tarot
favorite three of pentacles: spiral tarot
favorite strenght: cosmic tribe
favorite page of wands : Fey tarot
Favorite death card: whimsical tarot
favorite devil: whismical tarot
favorite lovers: phantasmagoric theater
favorite empress: phantasmagoric theater
o geez i think i can go on for ever...well 78 times actually ;)
Love
Maan
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| galadrial |
23 Jan 2004 |
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Kind of a long list- and this is just off the top of my head:-)
Fool: Napo, Fey
Magician: Secrets
Emperor: Cosmic Tribe
Lovers: Healing
Chariot: Phantasmagoric Theater
Strength: Greenwood
Hermit: Greenwood, Swedish Witch
Hanged Man: Haindl
Death: Nigel Jackson
Temperance: Fradella Adventure, Mary-el
Devil: Margarete Petersen, Crystal, Fey
Star: Hudes, Cosmic Tribe
Moon: Light and Shadow
All 4 Aces: Arcus Arcanum
Ace of Cups: Haindl
3 of Cups: Secrets
7 of Cups: Arcus Arcanum
3 of Swords: Secrets
6 of Swords: Secrets
5 of Pentacles: Fey, Timeless Truth
7 of Pentacles: Healing
9 of Pentacles: Blue Rose
Man (King) of Pentacles: Healing
Queen of Wands: Timeless Truth
Knave of Swords: Crystal
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| dadsnook2000 |
23 Jan 2004 |
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I would vote for Strength in the Tarot of Prague -- a conventional symbolism but beautifully done with a harmony of colors. Dave.
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| Riversea |
23 Jan 2004 |
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My favorite majors-
Fool- Goddess, followed by Greenwood and Universal Waite
Magician- Songs for the Journey Home, Goddess
High Priestess- Victoria Regina
Empress- Victoria Regina (I really love her)
Emperor- Thoth
Hierophant- Vertigo
Lovers- Kazanlar, Goddess
Chariot- Victoria Regina (Love this one for its wit!)
Strength- Victoria Regina, Old English, Tarot of Prague
Hermit- Kalevala
Wheel of Fortune- Tarot of Prague, Vertigo
Justice- Tarot for Cats, Victoria Regina
Hanged Man- Tarot of Prague (this is the card which made me
have to have the deck!) Tarot for Cats
Death- Vertigo
Temperance- Vertigo, World Spirit
Devil- Victoria Regina (scary clown!), but for a fun Devil- Halloween
Also, I like the Devil from the Russian Tarot of St Petersberg
Tower- Tarot for Cats, Amazing FortuneTelling Deck
Star- Tarot of Prague. followed by Halloween and Vertigo
Moon- Tarot of Prague, followed by Victoria Regina
Sun- Songs for the Journey Home
Judgement- Tarot of Prague
World- Tarot of Prague, Tarot for Cats
Aces- Victoria Regina
I'm not up to tackling the minors and Courts
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| Aerten |
23 Jan 2004 |
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Originally posted by Maan
favorite three of pentacles: spiral tarot
Definitely, I drew that card two days ago in fact!
Some random cards I love:
Death -- The Crystal Tarot
The Moon -- The Crystal Tarot
The Tower -- The Spiral Tarot
The Four of Cups -- The Universal Rider-Waite :)
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| Orion |
24 Jan 2004 |
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This thread is going to make me buy about a hundred more decks!!!
Felicityk... thanks for your link! I just purchased the Gill Tarot because of you! :)
My favorite cards? I don't have an absolute favorite "card". My favorite deck right now is the Robin Wood deck. I love everything about this deck!
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