skytwig
Thanks, jmd, excellent reading!!!
I'm saving this one!
I'm saving this one!
Good choice.Bernice said:Bumping this interesting thread.
This is not *all* people, of course!Bernice said:However I'm dismayed to discover that people are incorporating RWS meanings in non-senic pip decks for the elements, and even linking the pips to RW-meaning trumps!
What frustrates me is people who, like a particular personal friend of mine, will browse through my collection at times, find a deck that they love and desire, only to realise that it has unillustrated pips and completely disregard it.Bernice said:These non-senic pip decks existed long before RWS etc. and I cannot understand why we, with access to all the historical research findings via the internet, have not grasped the original 'element' meanings and applied them to our 'historical' tarot decks, or at least given them some consideration, some recognition.
This is one of the things I was ranting about because they arn't the original meanings of the Elements, these are the popular/modern 'elements' of the last century. And due to 'new age esoteric tarot' exposure, it's become like second nature for many of us to equate the element names (Fire, Water etc) with their physical counterparts, and is even spoken of as 'traditional' - note that I don't exclude myself here.Nisaba: I went Coins = Earth/material, Cups = Water/emotional, Swords = air/intellectual and Wands = Fire/activity.
Well, that depends. Are you interested in an ancient deck (plain or lavish), or a modern, contemporary-styled deck?Dexter said:I do not own a deck with non-scenic pips. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.