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I'm just starting to learn to use TdM, and I have to admit that I still visualize the RWS scenes when reading the pips.
If it works for you, why not? Some TdM users are ex RWS users. They may (like some fanatical ex smokers, ex drinkers, and ex carnivores) be on a passionate mission to convince the rest of the universe that the use of anything RWS-like will (metaphorically) put you in league with the devil. You certainly should investigate different TdM reading methods if you wish, but pay the fanatics no heed. They are a noisy nuisance, no more than that.I'm just starting to learn to use TdM, and I have to admit that I still visualize the RWS scenes when reading the pips.
Finally, I feel the same way about odd and even numbers, although unlike, say, Jodorowsky, I wouldn't want to understand even numbers as feminine and odd numbers as masculine: personally I see it as kind of stereotypical . But yes, considering whether a card is odd or even adds an extra layer for me too (as if we hadn't enough )
If you want to learn how to love unillustrated pips, pick up a deck that is gorgeous and irresistible and seems to have been designed for you personally - and has unillustrated pips. You'll find a way to read with it, you really will.
So true. My "aha!" moment occurred a couple of days ago when I opened up the Fournier Marseille.
It seems that for many people the pip cards are a big stumbling block to reading with a full TdM deck. I'm curious – what about them turns you off? Do you think you can't read without a picture to free associate on? Do you think you need to use numerology and that feels too mechanical? Do you believe you need to memorize key words? Do the images just leave you cold? Something else?
What do you think it would take to get you over your inhibitions?
If you've learned to feel comfortable with the pips, what helped with that?
People like it because you just observe things and use your intuition. You don't have to learn anything. It suits our modern penchant for instant gratification with minimal effort. It seems silly to me, and I trust it about as much as I would a Magic 8-Ball, but that's just me, no reflection on those who do it that way. I like mechanical way better than silly, provided it works (assuming that numerology and astrology are mechanical and not silly )......I've read about the eye rhymes, looking for movement and patterns between cards, etc. My problem is that while I can talk about lots of visual stuff I see going on, I have a hard time converting those descriptions into meanings that are useful.
Okay, so that flower seems to become that disk over there, which becomes the shield in the last card. That cup is being surrounded by the vegetation, that mass of woven batons looks intimidating. The energy of the cards seems to go from high to low to high, the flower between the swords appears serene. All of the figures are looking at something red, or down and to the left. Okay. But what does it all mean? I suppose I lack imagination!......