Astrological sign and deck preference

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Dec 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

jumptothemoonyea	12 Dec 2004
Hi Everyone! Do you think there is a relationship between astrological sign of the reader and the tarot deck they use? Or maybe there is something else in our charts that determines our deck preference? What is it? I am Aquarius and like Thoth. I am wondering... Thanks

Moongold	12 Dec 2004
No I don't :). What makes you think there is? Just curious.

dadsnook2000	12 Dec 2004
I haven't ever noticed any such links. But, as far as that goes, I don't like much of effort to link astrology to tarot -- I think a lot of the connections are "stretched". The two systems have some similarities but they are two totally different systems. Knowing astrology as I do I don't believe there is a simplistic link to any particular deck. Dave.

jumptothemoonyea	12 Dec 2004
moongold wrote: What makes you think there is? I think there is, because each deck has it's own personality. I thought if we could find a way (I am sure it is not simple) to describe personality of the deck using planetary forces, we could run compatibility charts for readers and their favorite decks and find why they are compatible.:)

Moongold	12 Dec 2004
Hi jump....... 'Each Deck has its own personality' ........ Do you think it might be hard to ascribe one personality to a deck of 78 cards containing 22 Major Arcana, perhaps 16 Court cards and pips? Within the deck itself you have four suits with elemental associations. All of the cards have astrological associations as well. I reckon it would be quite difficult to convincingly attribute just one personality to all that and a simple set of planetary associations too. As well, dear colleague, you have the themed decks and the beautiful art work adding to the mix. Possibly you are a better lateral thinker than I am :). I guess I am wondering why you would want to do that in the first place. I have 25 decks now. My favourites change. What would that mean? Some people like "dark" decks; some like gentle decks; some like the Marseilles; some like the Buddha. You have chosen a really hard project :D PS: Welcome to Aeclectic .........

Thirteen	12 Dec 2004
Moongold wrote: 'Each Deck has its own personality' ........ Do you think it might be hard to ascribe one personality to a deck of 78 cards containing 22 Major Arcana, perhaps 16 Court cards and pips? Hey, Moongold! Actually, I'm in agreement with Jump that decks have pesonalities, and I don't think it hard to ascribe them a personality given 78 cards. Those 78 cards are usually done by the same artist/creator (harder if each card is done by a different artist). So you look at ALL the cards and see what most have in common and derive a persona from that. Is the style realistic or impressionistic or symbolic? Are the images cluttered or clean? Are the colors bright or dull or non-existent? What kind of art is it anyway? What theme and how did the creator try to focus on that theme? From all this, I think a reader can get a feel for a deck's personality. From the reviews I've read of certain decks, it would seem that this personality often comes through loud and clear. Tarot of the Moon Garden, for example, has a very distinct personality--playful, sweet, light (how else with unicorns and fireflies?)--and very much into blues and violet colors. Sacred Circle, on the other hand, is often seen by readers as a "cold" deck. Why? Probably because every card has a stone "boarder" around it, like a window. The reader is seperated from the action, and there's never more than one figure--if that--in any of the images. This makes it feel a little distant, but solid, a good deck for Earth signs, perhaps, as almost all images involve looking at hills, mountains, fields, rocks. Getting to the question at hand, is there a relationship between deck and the sign of the reader? Sure. But, IMHO, even moreso between deck and querent. I have a lot of decks as well and I like them all, but when I read for someone, I usually pick a deck that I feel will suit their astrological sign. How well does this work? Well, I once did an impromptu test with my Zerner-Farber deck. I read for people at a party, anyone and everyone. After each reading, I'd ask the querent their sign. Turned out my Z-F deck was remarkably atuned to water signs. When the person was some other sign, it became a little snide; for example, it usually wouldn't asnwer the question asked, but rather go onto some other subject in the querent's life which it thought was more important (and it was usually right). But when the person was a water sign, it was nice as nice can be. I mean the deck bent over backwards to answer their question--or so it seemed to me.

jumptothemoonyea	12 Dec 2004
Thirteen - yey, I love what you saying Moongold... 78 cards, 78 archetypes, many characters (read: planetary forces) combined into one complicated personality of a deck now lets look at us, homo sapiens - cute little microcosms, containing in each and every one whole universes; it did not take more than a few thousand years to describe our personalities in astrological terms, and what about almost a 1000 of bones and muscles, millions of cells and chemical reactions, each doing it's own little astrologically associated job? Moongold wrote: I am wondering why you would want to do that in the first place. I have 25 decks now. My favourites change. What would that mean? After observing some hot discussions here on the forum, about which deck is better, and why, I want to understand why we connect to some decks and repel by others. A composite chart of a reader (or querent, thanks Thirteen) and the deck would show it. Your 25 decks just confirm that your astrological personality is changing, conjuncting/oppositing you with different decks through the time. ohhh, hard project, indeed :)

CloeCat	12 Dec 2004
Well maybe if we give you some info you can get this going. I'm a Pisces with moon in Gemini and rising in Libra. I tend to like and pick decks that are colorful, non-traditional, have lots of animals, and that spark my intuitive side like: the Gilded tarot, Waking the Wild Spirit tarot, Celtic Dagon tarot....I'm thinking you could also look though the profiles and get alot of starter info there. good luck, CloeCat

Moongold	13 Dec 2004
Thirteen wrote: Actually, I'm in agreement with Jump that decks have personalities, and I don't think it hard to ascribe them a personality given 78 cards. Those 78 cards are usually done by the same artist/creator (harder if each card is done by a different artist). So you look at ALL the cards and see what most have in common and derive a persona from that. Is the style realistic or impressionistic or symbolic? Are the images cluttered or clean? Are the colors bright or dull or non-existent? What kind of art is it anyway? What theme and how did the creator try to focus on that theme? From all this, I think a reader can get a feel for a deck's personality. Hi Thirteen ~ I haven’t thought about this at all until today and then it seemed as though with all the Major Arcana and the Courts the deck is just brimming over with personalities (plural). I hadn’t actually thought of the deck as one entity but that actually makes more sense conceptually. What you suggest about the deck suiting signs make sense too. I think I often intuitively assign decks to people when I read with them. So there you go . I often choose the deck according to the question, no doubt, and that is almost the same as the personality thing too. It is quite a fresh perspective, so logical when you think about it. Thanks! jumptothemoonyea wrote: 78 cards, 78 archetypes, many characters (read: planetary forces) combined into one complicated personality of a deck now lets look at us, homo sapiens - cute little microcosms, containing in each and every one whole universes; it did not take more than a few thousand years to describe our personalities in astrological terms, and what about almost a 1000 of bones and muscles, millions of cells and chemical reactions, each doing it's own little astrologically associated job? Well, jumptothemoonyea, you’re dead right. Where to from here? I think of my Shining Tribe as being Australian because of the colours and the art work. It just evokes the desert and also the multiculturalism of Australia. I think of my Ancient Egyptian as being our MeeWah here because it is always spot on. And for some reason, Thirteen, I often think of you when I use the Ancestral Path. I think the latter is because you used it in that fantastic Past Lives Reading with Marion. It was the first deck that I actually began to hear intuitively as well, so perhaps I might choose it for intuitive people who like narrative. Thoth is for dark and tortured souls bursting with creativity and the Tarot of Prague is for bright chatty extroverts. It literally talks then down :) You’ve really started something here How about the Ancestral Path for you, Cloecat, or the Baroque Bohemian Cats?

lunalafey	13 Dec 2004
I'm game for any such study! Me- I'm a Capricorn Sun & Moon (mercury too) and have a Virgo rising (along with 3 planets) so I am very earthy as you can see. My first deck I picked out of a basket of about a dozen. I only remember what two of those where. A Native American and Cat People. I choose the N/A. Currently, besides the N/A, my ultimate favorites are Legends & Fey. Other favorites of my collection are Cat People, Waking the Wild Spirit, Infinite, an oracle deck, Medicine Cards......I could go on with the kinds of decks that I have, but I can tell you that they are all pretty earthy in thier ways

Moongold	13 Dec 2004
jumptothemoonyea wrote: Thirteen - yey, I love what you saying. Your 25 decks just confirm that your astrological personality is changing, conjuncting/oppositing you with different decks through the time. ohhh, hard project, indeed :) Hey jumptothemoonyea ~ My chart is full of fire and mutability. But I have one of the smallest collections on Aeclectic. :D

Fudugazi	13 Dec 2004
I'm a Pisces with two other key Pisces positions in my chart (Mercury and Saturn). My moon's in Sagittarian and my rising sign is Gemini. All mutable, no earth...In fact I don't have a single earth planet in my chart, just fire and water (call me a geyser!). Like Moongold, I have very few decks - just four, soon to be five. I think I STUDY the tarot with my Sagittarian side (love of philosphical study, of varying disciplines of wisdom, both traditional and non-traditional) and read with my water signs - intuitive, informed by study. In terms of which deck - the Tarot of Prague, which I love, is full of water (I think it was Gardener, on another spread, who pointed out the Tarot of Prague was a water deck) - I just find it beautiful and full of eccentric little touches - like the hermit carrying a lit sandclock - lantern or clock? - which makes reading and studying it delightful. I don't like the Rider Waite, I find it clunky and muddled. I am discovering the Marseille Tarot, but for the moment it is appealing more to my Sagittarian side. Maybe the Pisces will get a look in when I know it better ;) I like the Mythic - all those stories, and plain naïve drawings, and Dionynos in his rags is my favourite Fool of all. But it's hardly traditional. The Robin Wood is kitsch, in my view, but several of its cards really speak to me, and their imagery have penetrated my unconsious (I dream of them!) - The Empress, the 2 of Pentacles, the 3 of Wands (all those lovely ships sailing in the sunset), the 4 of Wands (gorgeous, reminds me of a mix between a Jewish wedding and a ballet), the Magician (that horned headdress). On the other hand I hate Robin Wood's Death card, it's such a cop-out.

WhiteRaven	13 Dec 2004
I'm a Capricorn with Moon and Mercury in Capricorn as well.... I hold a lot of my Native beliefs and Shamanistic ties quite sacred and I've always been drawn to decks with the association of aboriginal culture...such as Native American, ShapeShifter, Shaman Wisdom Cards, and of course my sacred "Medicine Cards". I have yet to acquire a Tarot deck with such imagery as the ones mentioned above though. But they have caught my attention in a very big way. Again, I have to wonder, because of my heavy "Earth" element in my natal chart, if that has anything to do with drawing me closer to the base of Earth Spirituality, which, in my mind, would be rooted from the Native American beliefs. Just a thought...

Keslynn	13 Dec 2004
I'm a quadruple Leo (Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter) with Sag rising. I'll admit it: I'm a color whore. I love decks with bright, bold, rich colors. Muted just doesn't do it for me. I traded my Hudes because it was so darned melancholy. My loves are the Gilded, World Spirit, and Fey. I also find the Sakki-Sakki and International Icon deeply appealing. Yet I also adore my decks that speak to me on a completely spiritual level - the Triple Goddess and the Ironwing. Interesting thread... :) Kes

ihcoyc	13 Dec 2004
I've both Sun and Moon in Gemini, with Capricorn rising. I suspect that my fondness for traditional or historical decks has more to do with Capricorn than with Gemini.

Thirteen	13 Dec 2004
lunalafey wrote: A Native American and Cat People. I choose the N/A. Currently, besides the N/A, my ultimate favorites are Legends & Fey. Other favorites of my collection are Cat People, Waking the Wild Spirit, Infinite, an oracle deck, Medicine Cards......I could go on with the kinds of decks that I have, but I can tell you that they are all pretty earthy in thier ways And very Shamanistic. You seem to like decks that epitomize the magic in the earthly--in nature, for example.

Thirteen	13 Dec 2004
Moongold wrote: And for some reason, Thirteen, I often think of you when I use the Ancestral Path. Though I like the Ancestral a lot, it's more my favorite for querents. I tend to think of it as fiery, being that it explores different times, lands and peoples. Adventurous. It's really popular with querents who can always find a favorite card to identify with. I, myself, am a Cancer with Sag rising and Gemini moon. One of my oldest faves is my first real deck, the The Aquarian which I always think of as an Earth deck--solid colors, conservative images. I find it very calming and reliable. Earthy decks attract me because they have what I lack, right? ;) Among the other two in my top three are, yes, the Zerner-Farber--which, obviously, I count as a "water-sign" deck. That deck and I get along like old friends. My other top fave is David's Tarot--which is, to my mind, a pure air sign deck. Concentrated communication, images that are so simplistic, yet so layered in meaning that they're almost mathematical equations. I adore David's, but wish it had been put out by a company rather than the artist. He prints them up himself and so they can't be used often, the card stock isn't laminated and so they're easily smudged and bent. What is the absolute perfect deck for me? Ah. One I don't have. The Kashmir by Nicolaas Van Beek. This is one of the few images I can find online of cards from the deck: http://www.tarotpassages.com/kashmir.htm It's only the majors, otherwise I'd probably have saved up the money for it. It's a rarity--the artist printed up a limited number and so it costs, well, a lot. But oh, my. Talk about the deck of my dreams.

Melpomone18	13 Dec 2004
I love this question! I'm a Virgo with a Libra rising and a Taurus moon. My first tarot love was the Hanson Roberts, and I still go for variations of traditionl RWS. I have to admit that my inner child has a strange fascination with quirky decks like the Halloween. I am also fond of decks with a dreamy or fantasy edge like the Fey and the Moon Garden, both of which incorporate many shades of blue and purple, another thing that I often go for. Also, my eye for the aesthetic always seeks out elaborate and fine art-inspired tarots such as my deck du jour, Kat Black's Golden.

jumptothemoonyea	14 Dec 2004
this is what we have so far for deck personalities vs. our personalities a summary... Thoth - air, for dark and tortured souls, bursting with creativity [jumptothemoonyea - aqua sun, scorpio rising, taurus moon] Zerner-Farber - attuned to water signs The Aquarian Tarot - calming and reliable, earth conservative deck David's Tarot - pure air deck, simplistic, like mathematical equitation Kashmir Tarot by Nicolaas Van Beek [thirteen - cancer sun, sag rising, gem moon] Ancient Egyptian - our MeeWah, because always spot on Shining Tribe - desert and multiculturism of Australia Ancestral Path - reminds about Thirteen and other intuitive people, adventurous [moongold - sag sun, pisces moon, cap rising, lots of fire and mutability] Tarot of Prague - for bright chatty extroverts, full of water Rider White - clunky and muddled Marseille Tarot - appealing to Sagittarius side Mythic - all those stories, and plain naïve drawings [helvetica - pisces sun,merc, saturn, sag moon, gemini rising, no earth, all mutable] Native American, Shape Shifter, Shaman Wisdom Cards, Medicine Cards - native believes, sacred shamanistic ties, associated with aboriginal culture, base of Earth Spirituality [whiteraven - cap sun, moon, merc] Native American, Cat People, Waking the Wild Spirit, Infinite, an oracle deck, Medicine Cards - earthy decks [lunalafey - cap sun, moon, merc, virgo rising + 3 more planets in virgo] Gilded, World Spirit, and Fey, Sakki-Sakki and International Icon, Triple Goddess and the Ironwing - bright bold rich colors, no melancholy please [keslynn - leo sun, moon, merc, jup, sag rising] Gilded, Waking the Wild Spirit, Celtic Dragon - colorful, non-traditional, lots of animals [cloecat - pisces sun, libra rising, gem moon] fond for traditional or historical decks [ihcoyc - gem sun and moon, cap rising] Hanson Roberts, variations of traditional RWS, fascination with quirky decks like the Halloween, dreamy or fantasy edge like the Fey and the Moon Garden,elaborate and fine art-inspired tarots such as du jour, Kat Black's Golden [melpomone18 - virgo sun, libra rising, taurus moon] some more food for our thoughts :)

lunalafey	14 Dec 2004
Infinite could fall in the colorful catagory. It's also abstract-impressionistic sometimes.

Baneemy	15 Dec 2004
I use the Jodorowsky-Camoin Tarot de Marseille, I'm a Pisces, and I think astrology is bunk.

Sophie-David	16 Dec 2004
I do agree that a deck reflects the personality of the artist, modified and channeled by the deck's theme and type. So I see decks as having a particular overall personality. jumptothemoonyea wrote: After observing some hot discussions here on the forum, about which deck is better, and why, I want to understand why we connect to some decks and repel by others. A composite chart of a reader (or querent, thanks Thirteen) and the deck would show it. Your 25 decks just confirm that your astrological personality is changing, conjuncting/oppositing you with different decks through the time. I just wanted to return to this thought because for me I see decks as appealing to particular parts of the personality, which of course may be emphasized by specific transits. I am new to Tarot and only have four decks so far.:) My first deck is the Connolly Tarot which I am still the most comfortable with, overall. Capricorn Sun and Ascendant liked the clearcut lines, bright colours and conservative approach. But in a series of deep meditations on the Majors (a Fool's Journey), Connolly let me down on at least three occasions. After going through a near death experience at The Transition/Death card, seeing a blasé aristocrat emerging from his tomb and nonchalantly considering the scenery just didn't cut it. Then there was the Materialism/Devil who was much too nice - I actually needed an extra day of study to realize that it wasn't at all Materialism that I needed to confront, but my own Capricorn conservatism and control. And lastly, the Sun card was meaningless, and the meditation actually substituted the Rider-Waite child-with-white-horse-under-the-sun imagery. But anyway, Connolly reads very well, so I'm quite happy with it in that sense. The Second Deck was Tarot for Cats which again appealed to a broad spectrum of personality. I really needed a good dose of humour to lighten up, especially when considering the "big questions" that Majors Only tend to be used for. This deck appealed to Capricorn's quirky humour, and to the more outlandish humour of Aquarian Moon and Aquarian Venus (both First House). They read very well, with playful and ironic humour, but - at least for me - they would be entirely unsuitable for meditations. Third Deck is Julie Cuccia-Watts' Blue Moon Tarot. I was mesmerized by the Magician, which depicts a mother and child, just after the mother has delivered. What more powerful magic can there be? I bought the deck on the strength of that card alone. Blue Moon is a pagan and feminist Majors Only deck, and I see it as appealing most to my Aquarian Venus and to a somewhat lesser extent my Aquarian Moon, which is where I see my reading skills as being centred, in Creativity and Intuition. Fourth Deck is Legend: The Arthurian Tarot, which I bought thinking that it would help balance my masculine energy (Mars conjunct Saturn in Saggitarius, Tenth House). It became clear to me that for this deck I needed to study each card and read the accompanying text before sleeping, as a stimulation to archetypal dreams - a less energy draining Fool's Journey, but this time through the whole deck. I was quite surprised at the muted colours and spectral skin tone of these cards, as if it were a mythic world viewed under the moonlight. So I realized that this was a deck for my Aquarian Moon energy (personified as "Sophie"). I find the pictures at times unnerving or frustratingly hard to pick out in details, but yet Sophie seems to take exactly what she needs from them. They may yet be for my Mars energy - I had two wonderful and profound dreams relating to the Chariot last night. So what I'm suggesting in this verbose way is simply that different decks can appeal to different needs within the psyche, and can therefore be quite diverse. Sun sign or Moon sign may give a typical indication of how one might respond to a particular deck but they do not convey the whole picture.

jumptothemoonyea	16 Dec 2004
Quote: different decks can appeal to different needs within the psyche, and can therefore be quite diverse. Sun sign or Moon sign may give a typical indication of how one might respond to a particular deck but they do not convey the whole picture. Sophie-David - great analysis of your tarot decks vs. your astrological self. I agree that 'different decks can appeal to different needs within the psyche'. The more different characters reader has, the more decks they need, the more whole their personality, the less decks will be needed to reflect their needs, to build the 'whole picture'. And again, some decks do have complicated, multifractional personalities. It is a matter of finding a perfect match. (there is also diffrence between collecting decks and using them) thanks everybody for participating in this study :)

Sophie-David	16 Dec 2004
jumptothemoonyea wrote: Sophie-David - great analysis of your tarot decks vs. your astrological self. I agree that 'different decks can appeal to different needs within the psyche'. The more different characters reader has, the more decks they need, the more whole their personality, the less decks will be needed to reflect their needs, to build the 'whole picture'. And again, some decks do have complicated, multifractional personalities. It is a matter of finding a perfect match. (there is also diffrence between collecting decks and using them) Hi jumptothemoonyea, Hmm, I don't think I can quite agree that "the more whole their personality, the less decks will be needed to reflect their needs", just that some people have more diverse personalities. I see wholeness as being a measure of the awareness and integration of the Self, not whether or not the Self is diverse. But perhaps by "more whole" you mean "more uniform", i.e. "less diverse" and I am misunderstanding you?

jumptothemoonyea	16 Dec 2004
oh, but I don't mean wholeness here to describe awareness or Self; in the tradition I follow, Self is perfect, undivided, whole immortal part of us. It is our astral personalities, defined by astrological-planetary forces and the corresponding personalities of tarot decks viewed from their astrological associations are being compared here. Does Self need Tarot to be more aware? our astral personalities, from other hand, which block direct connection to our Self, require a tool - tarot deck in our case - to balance our astral energies, to a degree, when we can see through them our true Self ( I never thought I would be talking like this :)) interestingly, I think the more astrologically balanced the deck, the more popular it is, the more people can connect to it

Sophie-David	17 Dec 2004
jumptothemoonyea wrote: oh, but I don't mean wholeness here to describe awareness or Self; in the tradition I follow, Self is perfect, undivided, whole immortal part of us. It is our astral personalities, defined by astrological-planetary forces and the corresponding personalities of tarot decks viewed from their astrological associations are being compared here. Does Self need Tarot to be more aware? our astral personalities, from other hand, which block direct connection to our Self, require a tool - tarot deck in our case - to balance our astral energies, to a degree, when we can see through them our true Self ( I never thought I would be talking like this :)) Hi jumptothemoonyea - my that's a mouthful!:) Sorry, I didn't mean to put you on the spot, I was just trying to understand what you meant. I really appreciate you "talking like this", and I don't think that's a bad thing at all! I thought that we probably had a difference of understanding on that word "wholeness". If you don't mind me asking, do you see the astral personalities as capable of surrendering to the Self and of the Self as extending to take them in? If so, what word do you use for this process of growth, for this ascent of the soul? Or do you see the Self as a static and pure entity whose role is to guide or influence the rest of the psyche or soul - perhaps to do good works - but the Self remains pure, perfect and unchanged during its incarnation? Anyway, I quite agree that Tarot is a tool for helping us to relate to the Self. I would tend to say, relate at the Self-level. And personally, I would also see the Tarot as helping us draw wisdom through the Self from the divine (one could call the divine the super-Self or collective Self).:)

jumptothemoonyea	17 Dec 2004
to answer your question in very simple terms (these waters are too deep for me, HELP!!!): I was told that before reincarnating into physical world, our immortal Self selects It's karma, which is defined by the astrological energies at the time and place of birth, parents and other factors, you name them this means our Self is not static, but evolving quality, choosing the kaleidoscope of astrological visible and invisible energies as means to grow regarding the interaction of the Self and astral layers - surrendering vs. absorbing - I guess it is possible, and happens, but there is still so much beauty in manifested world - tarot cards being part of it if you pull me deeper, I'll sink :)

Sophie-David	17 Dec 2004
jumptothemoonyea wrote: I was told that before reincarnating into physical world, our immortal Self selects It's karma, which is defined by the astrological energies at the time and place of birth, parents and other factors, you name them this means our Self is not static, but evolving quality, choosing the kaleidoscope of astrological visible and invisible energies as means to grow I don't use that particular word "karma", but this exactly how I see it too! jumptothemoonyea wrote: regarding the interaction of the Self and astral layers - surrendering vs. absorbing - I guess it is possible, and happens, but there is still so much beauty in manifested world - tarot cards being part of it I think this is where we have a difference in emphasis which led to me misunderstanding your word "wholeness". In my current understanding (who knows what it will be next month:)) I see the astral layers as being intended to belong to the Self and be included in the self, that they are part of its natural assets. For me, the life journey is an opportunity for the Self to grow to include them, and for the astral layers to surrender to the Self. In a perfect life, the astral layers at last completely include the Self and the Self completely includes the astral layers. In the psychological sense, the Self becomes the Persona, the Self becomes the Ego, the Self becomes the Shadow, etc. - and the Persona becomes the Self, the Ego becomes the Self, the Shadow becomes the Self, etc. All layers fuse into fully manifest humanity, and that is perfect beauty, and absolute wholeness. And that's deep enough for me too! :) jumptothemoonyea wrote: if you pull me deeper, I'll sink :) No deeper, I promise.:) Thank you so much for sharing this. It helps everyone grow!

Webwitch	22 Dec 2004
Okay, well, I'm Gemini with a Capricorn rising sign and my moon in Aquarius. My decks? Coleman Rider Waite De Angelis Universal Gilded Tarot Robin Wood I hope it helps with your study. Cheers, Webwitch :)

jmd	22 Dec 2004
I suspect that one's astrological chart gives more a sense as to how each will use, research and sense into their various decks, rather than what deck they initially get, or predominantly use... but still, for the purposes of the exercise: Sun in Aquarius; Moon conjunct MC (in 10th house) in Capricorn; & Aries Ascendant. ...and nearly forgot the obvious (to me, of course!): Marseille

kwaw	22 Dec 2004
Sun in Aries Moon in Cancer Asc Pisces Marseille

jumptothemoonyea	22 Dec 2004
Webwitch wrote: I hope it helps with your study we are very far from building the composite charts for us and our decks still we mostly use our feelings, our inner vision to see the connection on the planetary level between us and our decks every time we tune into somebody's planetary personality and then holding this feeling tune into their deck(s), this, hidden in darkness, nebulous relationship becomes a little lighter, alittle closer thanks everybody for sharing with us

blaster	27 Dec 2004
sun,moon, venus,mercury - pisces asc- scorpio favorite decks: - crystal tarot - gothic tarot of vampires

Flavio	27 Dec 2004
I'm Leo, ascendant Virgo and Moon in Virgo I like colorful decks with interesting art that give the impression of dynamic movement... samples of those are the Arcus Arcanum, World Spirit and the Hanson Roberts, during Christmas discovered the Jodorowsky-Camoin TofM and for what I've read so far is the TofM version which uses more colors altough the art look "slow motion".

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