One less card or One more card?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 30 Nov 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

ros	30 Nov 2003
If they were to make the Tarot decks with one Less card which one would you have them remove or would you have them add one more card? RWS (Can't believe I would ever think of a question like this)lol

fairyhedgehog	30 Nov 2003
Not one less! No, no, no, no, no! But one more might be interesting. Trouble is, most of the ones I can think of are already in there. Teacher (hierophant), Mother (Empress), Lawyer (justice). How about Accountant? Or Computer Programmer?

Diana	30 Nov 2003
Just one more.... the one beyond the Fool. But if we knew what that card was, we probably wouldn't be here to wish it were there. We'd have reached enlightenment and moved on.....

full deck	01 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Diana Just one more.... the one beyond the Fool. But if we knew what that card was, we probably wouldn't be here to wish it were there. We'd have reached enlightenment and moved on..... This is precisely the point and I agree very much with this. I sometimes wish I had a "get out of jail free" card though or a nice coffee card where the tenth time I draw the card I get a nice espresso.

skytwig	01 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by full deck I sometimes wish I had a "get out of jail free" card though or a nice coffee card where the tenth time I draw the card I get a nice espresso. :joke: that is funny!!! :laugh: Maybe it would be the infamous Wyrd card, Diana...... blank..... or is that totally FULL? :D

Mystic Zyl	01 Dec 2003
I agree with Diana, maybe one more card to show the Fool at the end of his journey. But really isn't the World sort of that card?

DeLani	01 Dec 2003
Skytwig, I agree...my Osho Zen has one extra card, that is blank, and I use it like the rune "Wyrd," to mean there is no telling, it's up for grabs, the variable... I love it. I wish all decks had one. (for those of you who know the Osho Zen, I switched "The Master" with the blank one, so "the Master" #5 [the hierophant] and the blank one is outside of the numbering system)

Majecot	02 Dec 2003
Never Less!!! How could you possibly make a choice ?? Quest actually has two extra cards.. the infamous blank card, and the Multi Universe

Nevada	02 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Majecot Never Less!!! How could you possibly make a choice ?? You can't. Just when I start to think I don't need a particular card, suddenly it becomes essential and yanks me out of my foolhardiness. But I like the idea of the one beyond Fool, and Wyrd is a good name. What would the image be? Nevada

jog1118	02 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by fairyhedgehog Not one less! No, no, no, no, no! But one more might be interesting. Trouble is, most of the ones I can think of are already in there. Teacher (hierophant), Mother (Empress), Lawyer (justice). How about Accountant? Or Computer Programmer? i see accountants and programmers in the knight of pentacles already :D in my opinion...never a card less!!!...and never a card more, even one representing the fool at the end of his journey; seeing that card may take away one's passion to see what is beyond the world/fool... :smoker:

Star Spirit	03 Dec 2003
For some reason I tend to think that the classic number of 78 cards is for a reason, and it's just right. Then again, a few more could make things more interesting.

Indigo Rose	03 Dec 2003
[quote]Originally posted by jog1118 ...in my opinion...never a card less!!!...and never a card more.... MY EXACT THOUGHTS! TO ME THE TAROT OF 78 CARDS IS AS IT SHOULD BE.

Alissa	03 Dec 2003
I reckon you could add a "Happy Squirrel" card ... but then you'd risk having clientele run screaming from the room each time it came up. I'd run.... It's almost *too* dark a concept - the idea that there's one card that says, "It's going down ... everything's gone to hell and you're life's going with it ...." Myself, I like it just the way the deck just the way it is.

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