Aeric
I don't think dateable decks are so bad. Heck, my favourite deck the Gay Tarot can be easily dated to the early 2000s because everyone in it's using computers with large bulky monitors, corded telephones, and not a cell phone in sight. No smartphones or earpieces; someone who uses the deck in ten or twenty years will definitely notice the difference.
I think my hangup with M-G is that it chose to present Waite cards from the perspective of the faces, but reinterpreted others almost on whim.
The Devil card completely loses the human side of what Waite represents and converts the Devil's influence to an entirely spiritual, malevolent force.
The 9 of Swords originally showed mental anguish or nightmares; M-G physically binds the person in a way that makes the 8 of Swords almost superfluous, were it not for the fact 8 is visibly blindfolded but 9 might not be.
5 of Pentacles shows a Mary-like consolation. There is compassion and comfort where the Waite is starkly bleak.
I don't get the reason for some of these changes.
I think my hangup with M-G is that it chose to present Waite cards from the perspective of the faces, but reinterpreted others almost on whim.
The Devil card completely loses the human side of what Waite represents and converts the Devil's influence to an entirely spiritual, malevolent force.
The 9 of Swords originally showed mental anguish or nightmares; M-G physically binds the person in a way that makes the 8 of Swords almost superfluous, were it not for the fact 8 is visibly blindfolded but 9 might not be.
5 of Pentacles shows a Mary-like consolation. There is compassion and comfort where the Waite is starkly bleak.
I don't get the reason for some of these changes.