Dewrust
Hey, I was browsing through the reviews of the decks here at Aeclectic Tarot and I happened upon the review by Solandia on the Amber Tarot. She really didn't agree with the pips in the deck.
Lately, I've been thinking pips would be really good for me. I think pips are lacking in my life. One reason I really want to get a pip deck is because I think they would be hard to read. Isn't that reason enough? I really want to tackle a pip deck. Being able to sit down and give a great reading using a deck with a deck that raises curiousity in the minds of viewers or in the deck reader. Sometimes, when I read for others a sort of rubber-necking effect comes up when someone sees a really ugly depiction of pain in a card.
The effect a plain, for lack of a better word, pip card upon a curious observer would be completely opposite. For one, none of my relatives would snort out a comment about a card being ill fate and thus infusing their own preconceptions into the atmosphere. I usually shrug those comments away. Two, the pips would have me working with a completely different approach to the card and my interpretation of their meanings. I think that a pip card would highten that questing atmosphere.
Sure, they're not as spectacular as some other good decks that are largely favored over the pips. But, It's my next step, decidedly. I know there are other readers out there that feel the same way I do. I've seen readers like these. I won't forget the time I saw a woman in a coastal shopping center (Seaport Village, San Diego) reading a very plain deck of playing cards. From what I spied, she had very good reactions from the people that were brave enough to stop at her t.v. tray table and large red-white stripped sunshade.
What decks do you pip-card-readers read? Is it your favorite or one of the favorites you have? What do you get from the readings with pip decks that are different from your readings with all-around painted decks?
Lately, I've been thinking pips would be really good for me. I think pips are lacking in my life. One reason I really want to get a pip deck is because I think they would be hard to read. Isn't that reason enough? I really want to tackle a pip deck. Being able to sit down and give a great reading using a deck with a deck that raises curiousity in the minds of viewers or in the deck reader. Sometimes, when I read for others a sort of rubber-necking effect comes up when someone sees a really ugly depiction of pain in a card.
The effect a plain, for lack of a better word, pip card upon a curious observer would be completely opposite. For one, none of my relatives would snort out a comment about a card being ill fate and thus infusing their own preconceptions into the atmosphere. I usually shrug those comments away. Two, the pips would have me working with a completely different approach to the card and my interpretation of their meanings. I think that a pip card would highten that questing atmosphere.
Sure, they're not as spectacular as some other good decks that are largely favored over the pips. But, It's my next step, decidedly. I know there are other readers out there that feel the same way I do. I've seen readers like these. I won't forget the time I saw a woman in a coastal shopping center (Seaport Village, San Diego) reading a very plain deck of playing cards. From what I spied, she had very good reactions from the people that were brave enough to stop at her t.v. tray table and large red-white stripped sunshade.
What decks do you pip-card-readers read? Is it your favorite or one of the favorites you have? What do you get from the readings with pip decks that are different from your readings with all-around painted decks?
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