Gothic Tarot of the Vampires

annik

desertreader said:
annik, I may call on you with questions. I'll have to look at the Vargo deck again. I can't recall the impression it made on me now.

You're right about the Gothic Vampire -very primal


I will be glad to be of assistance (if I can!). WolfyJames also have the Vargo.
 

desertreader

Yurikome said:
Oh do ask questions, please :D

Well, this is the only deck of mine I trimmed so far. Since the backs aren't reversible anyway the assymentry of the picture after the cut doesn't bother me at all. (HA, if I were to be bothered with the backs at all I'd be mostly irritated by their bland, washed out color). If you feel you're harming the cards in a way obviously don't do it. For me they're just pictures on paper for me to make use of, and I find I make better use of them without the borders and signs - just the picutre, no distractions. But then again, I'm the intuitive type. I don't go "hmm ace of swords.. well, aces mean beginnings and swords mean this and that etc". I go "hmm why is this guy pulling at the sword instead of running away from the fire? Or is he pushing? There's no blood spilled... yet" etc

Another thing, the borders, for me, were too hmm "technical"? Sort of clashed with the watercolor illustrations, as if I was looking at the pictures on a monitor. Like this they're almost the size of standard playing cards (a bit longer), so that's another plus from my point of view. I was hoping to link some pictures to the trimmed deck, but this will have to wait as my scanner is playing up :/ But in the meanwhile you can have a look at my take on the cards if you're interested - here are some links to threads I started in the exchange forum:
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=80619
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=85380
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=86656

Hi, Yurikome, I looked at your readings. You were excellent!

I'm intuitive but if I get stuck I fall back on the words, the symbols - I use everything! But looking at this deck, I don't really feel the connection between the traditional suits and the pictures the way I do with the Rider-Waite. This deck may help me gain a bit of independence.

But trimming brand-new cards! Yikes! That's like ripping your brand new jeans - oh, wait, people do that. Well, it would bother me. What I may do is go back to amazon and buy a used deck and experiment with trimming.

Thanks for your help.