Creating a deck from two "normal" decks of playing cards

cardlady22

2nd deck; Large Face

Easiest choice for the Zodiac is the Courts, like you mentioned earlier.
*cardinal, fixed, mutable - K Q J

Emperor - Aries, c
Hierophant - Taurus, f
Lovers - Gemini, m
Chariot - Cancer, c
Strength - Leo, f
Hermit - Virgo, m
Justice - Libra, c
Death - Scorpio, f
Temperance - Sagittarius, m
Devil - Capricorn, c
Star - Aquarius, f
Moon - Pisces, m

I'm playing with the idea of assigning a single suit to represent the Planets/Lights. :diamond: 3-9?
*comparing to RWS imagery*

World - Saturn, 4
Wheel - Jupiter, 5
Tower - Mars, 7
Empress - Venus, 6
Magician - Mercury, 8
High Priestess - Moon, 9
Sun - Sun, 3

Which conveniently leaves Ace, Two & Ten in :heart: :club: :spade: open for Element choices. :laugh:

I still can't shake the cartomancy side of things with suits/elements personally. So, I'd probably use the Tens and assign :heart: to Fool, :club: to Hanged Man, and :spade: to Judgment. That way it won't go weird against the grain of how the Minor Arcana suits are assigned since 10 isn't a single digit.
 

cardlady22

hunter said:
Majors 1 through 10 the large faced cards A-10 hearts. Majors 11-20 the large faced A-10 clubs.
Just want to see this typed out:

Magician- A:heart:
High Priestess- 2:heart:
Empress- 3:heart:
Emperor- 4:heart:
Hierophant- 5:heart:
Lovers- 6:heart:
Chariot- 7:heart:
Strength- 8:heart:
Hermit- 9:heart:
Wheel- 10:heart:

Justice- A:club:
Hanged Man- 2:club:
Death- 3:club:
Temperance- 4:club:
Devil- 5:club:
Tower- 6:club:
Star 7:club:
Moon- 8:club:
Sun- 9:club:
Judgment- 10:club:

In this case, I believe I'd use

Fool- A:spade:

World- A:diamond:
 

cardlady22

playing with 7 by 3

This is going to take a little while yet since I want to look at a couple other references again.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84592 (dangerdork)
*each Path would be from a single suit

or something linear like this?

Magician
High Priestess
Empress
Emperor
Hierophant
Lovers
Chariot

Strength
Hermit
Wheel
Justice
Hanged Man
Death
Temperance

Devil
Tower
Star
Moon
Sun
Judgment
World

~ * ~ * ~
ETA: Dropping this 6-9-7 here.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=103765 (Melanchollic)
 

cardlady22

post #68 (in that thread) lays out the Minor Arcana as well. Maybe looking at what is above & below a specified Major will be appropriate?

I went and bought 2 double-packs of cards last night. :grin:
 

hunter

If you were going to assign a suit to a path which one and why?