Cerulean
I remember my first Thoth deck was by AGM and it came with a neat set of instructions for a layout by an unidentified "Tarot Hermit".
I believe the Fourth Dimension website gives free readings using this layout as well as samples and meanings of all the Thoth card images.
http://www.fourthdimension.net/thoth/
I hope I am not dreaming, but I think the spread from the AG Mueller deck is the same?
Can anyone tell me where these original instructions and layout came from?
The booklet says it was taken from the Equinox Volume I, number 8, and it is 'traditional'. I think it is more unique and modern, certainly very involved and gives the reader a very tactile and hands-on approach to getting a feel for their cards.
I know of two people whose Thoth decks had a different instruction booklet then the AGM Tarot Hermit booklet and they read their Thoth with a different layout that came with their booklet--I think their set was distributed by U.S. Games and their layout is the one suggested by James Wasserman?
It seems to me that somehow my friends may have read their Thoth differently than myself--good readers, acknowledging the Thoth deck as giving 'deep' readings...but they didn't use their Thoth deck for their own daily readings or friendly getting to know you spreads--rather they reserved their Thoth as a specialized kind of divination, even reverently 'magical.'
I was wondering if the different booklets also influenced their Thoth perspectives...or perhaps your booklet or your feeling for your Thoth deck influenced your own way of reading this deck?
Hope my question is clear. I've actually gone back and forth in using my Thoth cards--some periods I would use it exclusively for daily draws and getting to know self/or personal readings, sometimes I'd use it for reading for others or comparing with a Thothlike deck (Via for example)...sometimes I'd just not use them to delve into other decks or study.
I'm starting to think of different ways to use them again...
Cerulean
I believe the Fourth Dimension website gives free readings using this layout as well as samples and meanings of all the Thoth card images.
http://www.fourthdimension.net/thoth/
I hope I am not dreaming, but I think the spread from the AG Mueller deck is the same?
Can anyone tell me where these original instructions and layout came from?
The booklet says it was taken from the Equinox Volume I, number 8, and it is 'traditional'. I think it is more unique and modern, certainly very involved and gives the reader a very tactile and hands-on approach to getting a feel for their cards.
I know of two people whose Thoth decks had a different instruction booklet then the AGM Tarot Hermit booklet and they read their Thoth with a different layout that came with their booklet--I think their set was distributed by U.S. Games and their layout is the one suggested by James Wasserman?
It seems to me that somehow my friends may have read their Thoth differently than myself--good readers, acknowledging the Thoth deck as giving 'deep' readings...but they didn't use their Thoth deck for their own daily readings or friendly getting to know you spreads--rather they reserved their Thoth as a specialized kind of divination, even reverently 'magical.'
I was wondering if the different booklets also influenced their Thoth perspectives...or perhaps your booklet or your feeling for your Thoth deck influenced your own way of reading this deck?
Hope my question is clear. I've actually gone back and forth in using my Thoth cards--some periods I would use it exclusively for daily draws and getting to know self/or personal readings, sometimes I'd use it for reading for others or comparing with a Thothlike deck (Via for example)...sometimes I'd just not use them to delve into other decks or study.
I'm starting to think of different ways to use them again...
Cerulean
