Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer my question.
Except for Rusty who posted a thread and made me cry.
But then I noticed he wasn't talking to me so I blew my nose and kept reading.
You have all made me feel so much better.
Mimers ~I have that book but I never thought to use it with the Marseilles.
I'll try that and see how it goes.
Also thank you for explaining how you go about seeing the Ace of Cups.
Your use of color and number.
All of those things get registered unconsciously when I read intuitively.
So I'm doing that with my scenic tarot already.
You're right I feel like I'm in a good place Spiritually with my tarot.
And I'm very happy with that.
I won't ever feel as passionately about Marseilles as I do for my other RSW type decks.
But I still am curious as to what it's all about.
So that is what made me ask the question.
Moongold~ its all about expanding and learning. That is so true. When I stop learning and asking questions I'm dead.
I got caught up in thinking that there was some magic right way to read with the Marseilles and that I just wasn't seeing it.
Thank you for the beautiful compliment about my reading.
What a confidence booster for me today.
But I think they could have drawn those swords a little better. Hey?
Lee~ I have read with interest the thread you didn't post
Your post was very comforting to me. I think along the same lines as you in this whole Marseilles issue.
My main problem is that the picture opens the intuitive prosses for me and I find Marseilles limiting.
I'm not going to beat myself up over it any more.
It's just the way my brain works.
I can read with Marseilles on an intuitive level and I will continue to experiment with it that way.
One of the women at the Spirit Fair keeps saying to me "Katherine you know you don't even need those cards."
And I understand what she means and what Umbrae means.
It could just as easily be cold cuts or jellybeans or pumpkin seeds.
But like I said the picture sparks it for me.
The tactile feel of the cards the comfort factor of there presents.
Nothing can replace that for me.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question.
twent-one~ here's a big (((((hug)))))) for you.
You said it didn't matter how I access the information just that I do and it makes sense for me.
That is how I will look at the Marseille from now on.
With a sense of freedom.
Not from a strict historical tradition.
But I still like my RWS decks best......
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