Debra
I was really psyched by the radiant, but disappointed that all the people look to be no more important 20 years old, and eventually found their expressions disturbingly bland.
........I notice it also doesn't say "Kabbalah & Alphabets" on this forum but that doesn't stop anybody. Just saying ...
The Tetragrammaton יהוה is a Bible word. It occurs 6,807 times in the Tanach (Hebrew Bible). It is frequently written as Jehovah in English Bibles (for a technical reason which is unrelated to the true pronunciation). Something like Yahweh is thought to be closer to a correct pronunciation.
......References to a zodiac symbol aren't just kicked off to the astrology forum, and Kabbalah as it applies to the RWS is discussed here. "Study of the symbolism and detail of the original Rider-Waite Tarot." doesn't need to be so rigid, does it?......
Where did you get the idea that the colors are an issue? Have I missed something? The problems arise when copies of the RWS leave out symbolic details of the original. Colors are mainly just a matter of taste......Perhaps too many of us are becoming just that, purists, the original has to be the one everyone believes to be best just because it was the first
Where colour is concerned, when the original deck was produced there were nowhere near as many colours or shades available, perhaps if there had of been then the original deck itself would have been a great deal brighter
How many versions of the RW are there?
I seem to be discovering different versions almost daily
It is difficult to compare deck because there are so many to compare with
My 'Tarot in a Tin' is Radiant RW and because of it's smaller size I believe it benefits from being brighter, especially as I take it with me when I go out in the evenings and read to friends in dimly lite places
So far everyone who has seen my Radiant RW has praised the colours. Of course they are not card owners nor RW purists
Perhaps too many of us are becoming just that, purists, the original has to be the one everyone believes to be best just because it was the first
Where colour is concerned, when the original deck was produced there were nowhere near as many colours or shades available, perhaps if there had of been then the original deck itself would have been a great deal brighter
Where did you get the idea that the colors are an issue? Have I missed something? The problems arise when copies of the RWS leave out symbolic details of the original. Colors are mainly just a matter of taste.
There is a brightly colored version which appeared long before the Radiant, the Albano-Waite, and none of the details were missed because it uses the original RWS line drawings. The Albano-Waite is an excellent deck, whose colors are thought by many to be a definite improvement over the original coloring. It has been in print since around 1968. It has always been one of my favorite decks. http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/albano-waite/
Thanks for your list of current RWS decks. However some of the categories can be broken down even moreThere are a lot of variations, but many of them aren't as common.