Mercurial
Has anyone else created their own study book / guidebook to the cards?
I recently began my journey with Tarot studies and wanted to create my own comprehensive book of meanings. Here's how I've started on mine (which will be constantly growing):
I have a page for each card (two pages for each Major). On each page, I have gathered together definitions, interpretations, and symbolic meanings from multiple sources across the web. I've also put in sections on the suits as a whole, court and number meanings (across the suits), plus appendices on reversals, various spreads and how to read them, and quick keyword references for the cards.
Having just finished the "first edition." I printed all 130+ pages and popped them into a 3-ring binder. Because they are single-sided, I have plenty of space to write all over, as I discover personal meanings or simply want to make notes. I can highlight phrases or keywords that I find particularly powerful, and parenthesize those that don't seem to ring as true to me. (I've already found that the Etteilla interpretations speak to me the least of those I've included.)
To me, making my own handbook has multiple benefits:
- it allows me to gather wisdom from many sources and consolidate the parts that I connect with the most
- it forces me to connect deeply with the material, since I'm actually typing every word into a document, rather than just reading it on a page
- it's an ongoing process, as I will be continually updating and expanding
- I feel an intimate bond to the book itself, having put a great deal of time and energy into its creation
Has anyone else made something similar? Or thought about it? Any ideas of other sections/information that would be interesting to include?
I recently began my journey with Tarot studies and wanted to create my own comprehensive book of meanings. Here's how I've started on mine (which will be constantly growing):
I have a page for each card (two pages for each Major). On each page, I have gathered together definitions, interpretations, and symbolic meanings from multiple sources across the web. I've also put in sections on the suits as a whole, court and number meanings (across the suits), plus appendices on reversals, various spreads and how to read them, and quick keyword references for the cards.
Having just finished the "first edition." I printed all 130+ pages and popped them into a 3-ring binder. Because they are single-sided, I have plenty of space to write all over, as I discover personal meanings or simply want to make notes. I can highlight phrases or keywords that I find particularly powerful, and parenthesize those that don't seem to ring as true to me. (I've already found that the Etteilla interpretations speak to me the least of those I've included.)
To me, making my own handbook has multiple benefits:
- it allows me to gather wisdom from many sources and consolidate the parts that I connect with the most
- it forces me to connect deeply with the material, since I'm actually typing every word into a document, rather than just reading it on a page
- it's an ongoing process, as I will be continually updating and expanding
- I feel an intimate bond to the book itself, having put a great deal of time and energy into its creation
Has anyone else made something similar? Or thought about it? Any ideas of other sections/information that would be interesting to include?