DragonFae
I am wondering if after the first of the year anyone would be interested in doing a Deck of the Month study ? We could pick a deck for each month of 2015 and devote a month to each one. I know that is barely time to even skim the surface but we all seem to have rather short attention spans so perhaps a monthly study might help with that AND we only have to focus for a month!! It would be nice to "make a commitment" to do readings from just that deck for the month but that's not a "have to"...... just an idea.
I think for it to be successful we need to try to select the decks ahead of time so that we have a whole years worth....I hardly think we all want to buy twelve new decks so perhaps combining some old favorites with some new ones might help. I know there are groups or at least threads for quite a few cards from a variety of decks so we could certainly blend those into any month long study if we choose decks that already have information available.
You also wouldn't HAVE to have the deck to participate as many decks have images online that you could look at and participate in the discussion. I'll list the months and if you are interested please respond to this thread. Also please suggest decks and as the suggestions come in I will plug them into one of the monthly slots. If for some reason you would like to suggest a deck for a certain month, just let me know where you want it placed.
This gives us a little over a month to get our decks assigned to the months of 2015.
January 2015 The Medicine Cards by Jamie Sans and David Carson or (Any Native American deck)
February 2015 Mexican Loteria cards (non-traditional/not produced as an oracle)
March 2015 Oracle of Visions- by Ciro Marchetti (Or any carnival or circus themed deck)
April 2015 Oracle of Initiation (or a guardian based deck)
May 2015 Tree or Forest focused decks (Oracle of Trees, Wisdom of the Woods, etc)
June 2015 Cartomancy with regular cards or themed decks such as Alice in Wonderland. (In cartomancy forum)
July 2015 Nature/Earth based oracle decks (Earth Magic, etc.)
August 2015 Mythology based oracle decks
September 2015 Other Oracle Practices (runes, palm reading, casting etc) Some have decks associated with them also so we will explore what is out there and "fine tune" this topic. (In Beyond Tarot forum specific to practice)
October 2015 Halloween Oracle
November 2015 Sibilla Oracle cards
December 2015 Open Choice Deck (revisit one from earlier in year or use your own choice)
So if you have a deck that's just been lingering there on the shelf...maybe 2015 will be the year to dig into it. Also I'm game for any older decks as often I learn new and exciting things about even my oldest deck through discussions with others.
I think for it to be successful we need to try to select the decks ahead of time so that we have a whole years worth....I hardly think we all want to buy twelve new decks so perhaps combining some old favorites with some new ones might help. I know there are groups or at least threads for quite a few cards from a variety of decks so we could certainly blend those into any month long study if we choose decks that already have information available.
You also wouldn't HAVE to have the deck to participate as many decks have images online that you could look at and participate in the discussion. I'll list the months and if you are interested please respond to this thread. Also please suggest decks and as the suggestions come in I will plug them into one of the monthly slots. If for some reason you would like to suggest a deck for a certain month, just let me know where you want it placed.
This gives us a little over a month to get our decks assigned to the months of 2015.
January 2015 The Medicine Cards by Jamie Sans and David Carson or (Any Native American deck)
February 2015 Mexican Loteria cards (non-traditional/not produced as an oracle)
March 2015 Oracle of Visions- by Ciro Marchetti (Or any carnival or circus themed deck)
April 2015 Oracle of Initiation (or a guardian based deck)
May 2015 Tree or Forest focused decks (Oracle of Trees, Wisdom of the Woods, etc)
June 2015 Cartomancy with regular cards or themed decks such as Alice in Wonderland. (In cartomancy forum)
July 2015 Nature/Earth based oracle decks (Earth Magic, etc.)
August 2015 Mythology based oracle decks
September 2015 Other Oracle Practices (runes, palm reading, casting etc) Some have decks associated with them also so we will explore what is out there and "fine tune" this topic. (In Beyond Tarot forum specific to practice)
October 2015 Halloween Oracle
November 2015 Sibilla Oracle cards
December 2015 Open Choice Deck (revisit one from earlier in year or use your own choice)
So if you have a deck that's just been lingering there on the shelf...maybe 2015 will be the year to dig into it. Also I'm game for any older decks as often I learn new and exciting things about even my oldest deck through discussions with others.