Hello there,
I have met people who are collectors of Tarot. Please help me understand(I am new to this site and over 2 months old in the tarot world), I do not see the point of collecting so many, taking the away that the art is absolutely thrilling.
It's exactly about the art, as well as the fact that different decks have different feels and thus inspire us to read slightly differently.
Back to art - how else could I own and store 160x78 artworks in my home, and get to enjoy them all?
According to my research, you need to give every deck you own your attention to continue the connection or some will go stale.
I don't know where you did your "research", but it absolutely does not fit with my experience. I can pick up a deck I haven't used for two years, and it will be perfectly fine, eager and reading well.
It sounds too over whelming to own so many and give them the same equal share.
You don't have to.
I read publicly. I always have about five different decks on the table, and ask my clients to choose one quickly, which is the one I then read with. When one client has had a reading, do I hide that deck? No, the next client can choose from the full array. I have had days where I have had several clients and they have all chosen the same deck. The others still work absolutely fine.
I also read that must either be handed to you as a gift or you had to steal it(well then later, I read that if you steal a deck, they become negative)...my husband bought me the deck(love him so).
The belief that a deck had to be given to you was, I believe, started by one the the major publishers, in the hope that friends would give you a deck that didn't quite suit you, so the\n another friend would buy you another deck. It was a marketing ploy. I first saw the stealing-thing in action about fifteen years ago when I was reading out of a new-age shop, and people stole decks because they felt they shouldn't buy them and they didn't have a friend with them to buy them when they fell in love with a displayed deck.
How is stealing something going to do anything other than create bad energy?
Buy your own decks.
Only you will really know the right deck to buy - it can't really be left to friends. And stealing is always a bad idea.
The deck is not your traditional type. Swords have been turned into Orbs, Fire=wands, Crystals= pentacles and chalice=cups ect. I had to do A LOT of research to know what the translation was, now I have my cards down.
<grin> Chalice is a word for an ornamental cup, Wands have always been associated with Fire, crystals are rocks which come from Earth which Pentacles represent ... it really isn't too hard an act of translation if you think about it for a moment.
NOW COMES THE Question
. So I just read that is better to own 2 decks rather than 1.
It depends. I started learning on one, and I think that's a good plan. But if you over-use a deck, the symbolism of it can lose meaning for you. And different decks are good at different things.
I also read that you don't want to become TOO attached to your deck, so you know how to work with other cards.
I'm deeply attached to my whole collection. It hasn't harmed me.
I'm also a bit worried about the person or source who has been putting many of your ideas in place as you've done your "research". Some of your ideas sit uncomfortably with a lifetime of Tarot practice.
In your opinion.... do I need to own another deck?
Do you feel as if you do? Then yes. Do you feel as if you don't? Then, no. Only you can answer that question.
Signed- new, confused and happy
<grin> clear up the confused, but keep the happy. You're at the beginning of a learning-curve that will last the rest of your life and bring you much joy.
