jmd
This thread reminds me a little of the important similar threads that periodically make their appearance.
One more recent one in particular that I will link here was opened by Rosanne in mid-2005: Stripping to the Bone.... (and there are others).
As far as I'm concerned, no diminishment is made by calling a non-tarot deck by its own name. Where I personally disagree is where some have simply used the term 'tarot' to mean something like 'divination'.
In terms of using tarot in an oracular fashion, and irrespective of the intent of the deck designer(s), its meaning may very well vary from situation to situation - this does not take away from either the design intent nor the many books that may have been written about the deck.
Rather, its usefulness in practical reading situations is independent to whether the deck in question is or is not a tarot deck, or forms part of its derivations... or is entirely a different kind of deck altogether.
One more recent one in particular that I will link here was opened by Rosanne in mid-2005: Stripping to the Bone.... (and there are others).
As far as I'm concerned, no diminishment is made by calling a non-tarot deck by its own name. Where I personally disagree is where some have simply used the term 'tarot' to mean something like 'divination'.
In terms of using tarot in an oracular fashion, and irrespective of the intent of the deck designer(s), its meaning may very well vary from situation to situation - this does not take away from either the design intent nor the many books that may have been written about the deck.
Rather, its usefulness in practical reading situations is independent to whether the deck in question is or is not a tarot deck, or forms part of its derivations... or is entirely a different kind of deck altogether.