Marseilles Deck and Reversals

[eugim]

1-In the French Tarot as a game all the cards has double figure.
2-So another reason to love ours TdM as unique my friends,different from this one.

gryphon

[Rafaël]

Hi everybody,

I like the idea that the codes for using the TdM are in the cards themselves, (since there isn't any manual that came with it).
With this in mind, there seem to be at least two cards saying reversals have a signification: LE PENDU and LA MAISON DIEU. Especially Le Pendu. Being upside down for a while can be a very usefull experience.

For the record, I use only the Camoin-method and I nearly never use the minors.

Rafaël

[yaraluna]

i use the reversal as per Camoin/jodo method. however, i usually go with my intuition rather than set 'methods' that someone else invented. that is their way of intuitively seeing the cards, which makes my own intuitive way of seeing the cards as valid as anyone else.

cheers

yara

[SolSionnach]

Originally Posted by Melanchollic

Hi mosaica,

Hadar left the Cups alone, as they can be reversed as is.

With Coins, he changed the four pedaled flower in the center of each coin to a five pedal flower, so one pedal of each flower will point up.

On the Batons and Swords, he colored certain details, leaves, sword hilts, etc. blue for for left, and pink for right (or vice versa, I can't remember which way he recommended.)

His deck is lovely, but I hate the back design, and the card stock is 'average'. I like my card stock heavy duty like the Piatnik or the Grimaud.


Cheers

M

I have to disagree with Mel (though I bow and scrape to his superior knowledge!) on the cardstock. I'm finding that the cardstock of the Hadar is perfect for my smaller hands. On the backs? Well, it is quite a busy, non-traditional back, but I think it works.

[Code Warrior]

Not sure of too many folks that use reversals with TdM. Some of the cards are both horizontally and vertically symetrical so without 'marking' your deck, it would be difficult to do.

CW

[Rusty Neon]

Originally Posted by Code Warrior

Not sure of too many folks that use reversals with TdM. Some of the cards are both horizontally and vertically symetrical so without 'marking' your deck, it would be difficult to do.

CW

TdM Tarot author Corinne Morel has an interesting way of dealing with this. She assigns upright meanings and reversal meanings for pip cards that are reversible, while having only a single set of meanings for pip cards that aren't reversible. (She conveniently ignores the fact that some TdM decks may have copyright symbols on the front or back of the cards that could aid in determining whether or not a card is upright.)