Hi,
This is my first post.
I got interested in tarot in 1988 after reading an article about it. I felt particularly drawn to the Thoth deck, so I started out with this one. As far as accompanying books, at that time, there were only Crowley's BoT and "Mirror of the Soul" by Gerd Ziegler available. About the value of the former I don't need to say much here; the latter got a lot of negative press on this forum, however, I feel it definitely has its merit in a psychological context, but I would recommend using it in conjunction with others. I also greatly enjoyed reading Sallie Nichols' "Jung and Tarot". I then got other decks as well and studied them, along with more books, but kept mostly using Thoth for readings. When in 1993 I started working as a certified Bach Flower therapist (mostly in a psychiatric practice), I was also doing tarot readings (as well as astrological chart readings and other things) for my patients.
Since I am interested in many esoteric sciences (partially introduced to me by way of the Thoth deck originally, in fact), later, I did not pay so much attention to tarot in particular for some time. Rather recently I found my way back to tarot in general, and the Thoth deck in particular. Meanwhile there is more literature available (Banzhaf, DuQuette, Snuffin, and others), plus my English got considerably better. It is also easier for me now to make sense out of the kabbalistic, astrological, alchemical, numerological etc. attributions of the deck, since I have more background knowledge on those topics. I'm encountering it on a new level, and it's very enjoyable.
I also look forward to talking about Thoth, tarot in general and related topics here with you knowledgeable people.
Best,
Michael