Major and Minor Arcana
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Feb 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Ho Kok Hong |
15 Feb 2005 |
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In some tarot readings,minor arcana is put to side and does not involve in the reading, and all kinds of reading needs major arcana.What is we break the rules and use all the major and minor arcana?Will the accuracy of the spread will be lost? Or it may be affect to the future readings that we may ask?
Any suggestions?
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| caridwen |
15 Feb 2005 |
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In some tarot readings,minor arcana is put to side and does not involve in the reading, and all kinds of reading needs major arcana.What is we break the rules and use all the major and minor arcana?Will the accuracy of the spread will be lost? Or it may be affect to the future readings that we may ask?
Any suggestions?
What rules? Are you getting a spread from a book that only requires Majors? There aren't any rules as far as I know, you can make up your own spreads, stick to Majors or only Minors if you wish. I don't know what you mean by it affecting future readings, you won't be cursed if you disobey some 'rule' you found somewhere. Find your own rules and follow them, whatever feels comfortable and works for you:)
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| Fulgour |
15 Feb 2005 |
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You may want to think about using another deck?
Your deck is very unique and has special changes.
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Michele Jackson writes: I'm not sure whether I should call this deck a "Tarot" deck. It does have 4 suits, and 22 Major Arcana cards, but the deck has only 74 cards, due to the removal of the Pages. Maxwell states "There has been much debate and difference of opinion among scholars of the tarot about the Court Cards. There is argument about their names, their meanings and even their number." I must have missed the arguments about their number. Maxwell gives the following reasons for his change: "This reflects the tradition which has prevailed in playing cards, and also allows each one to clearly represent one zodiac sign." ~ Review
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The Universal Tarot by Maxwell Miller
Published by Samuel Weiser, Inc.
© 1995 Maxwell Miller
http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/universal.htm
(Ho Kok Hong: This site has the letter you posted.
To see your letter scroll down below the images.)
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| caridwen |
15 Feb 2005 |
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Oh I see - the rules regarding the deck. The deck creator can write and make up any rules they want - you don't have to follow them;)
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| Ho Kok Hong |
19 Feb 2005 |
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Thank goodness that not all rules on the spread must be followed.
By the way,I don't have any intention to buy or use other deck,Fulgour. This is my only deck and I can only use it(can't afford to buy more deck).
Since the spreading rules have it's own meaning, then will that means everyone can create a spread that can use on the question that the spread is created for? Or we must have some sort of knowledge like the Cabala or any other kind of mythical knowledge to create a spread?
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| Fulgour |
19 Feb 2005 |
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Create your own spreads, exactly as you choose to.
You can decide on the number of cards and each of
the positions and what they will mean in your spread.
Spreads designed for different belief systems use the
details that work for them, but you are free to choose.
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| tarotbear |
19 Feb 2005 |
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The first rule of Tarot is that there are no rules chiseled in stone!
Always feel free to adapt, defy, or ignore anything ... even me! :)
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| Thirteen |
19 Feb 2005 |
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Think of spreads as works of art, like you're painting a pictures or building a structure. When you use a spread that someone else created, you're getting a recommendation. The creator is telling you what works best for this canvass, what type of paints will give you the best results. The creator is saying: "I think this spread looks best if you use primary colors instead of pastels."
The world won't end if you decide to use minors as well as majors, or toss in court cards for that matter instead of just using majors. But the results might not be as neat and pretty as the creator intended.
On the other hand, you might find that if you do use the minors as well as majors the picture might, to your eye, turn out even better. Aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder.
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The Major and Minor Arcana thread was originally posted on 15 Feb 2005 in the Using Tarot Cards board, and is now archived in the Forum Library. Read the active threads in Using Tarot Cards, or read more archived threads.
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