DavidLee
I just got back into Tarot about 8 months ago after a 15 year break following my teen years. At the shop, the Marseilles jumped out at me so I bought it and took it home. After seeing that the pips weren't illustrated, I considered using a different deck, but ultimately a series of events kept me with the Marseilles.
I bought Jodorowsky's Way of Tarot and used it to guide me (thought I don't have the Camoin deck. I skip over the parts related specifically to that deck.) The numerology that he uses in the book is what I have largely been falling back on when it comes to the pips, though less and less lately as I settle in on my own interpretation.
Recently I picked up a RWS deck and for some of the cards my own interpretation of the Marseilles card doesn't match RWS' interpretation at all.
Now I realize that this isn't bad in and of itself; each deck can have its own method of interpretation. But I feel like if I don't go with RWS interpretation, I am somehow "separating" myself from other Tarotists who use and are most familiar with these interpretations.
Are there are any of you who don't really work with RWS interpretations much? How "standard" is the meaning of each card?
I bought Jodorowsky's Way of Tarot and used it to guide me (thought I don't have the Camoin deck. I skip over the parts related specifically to that deck.) The numerology that he uses in the book is what I have largely been falling back on when it comes to the pips, though less and less lately as I settle in on my own interpretation.
Recently I picked up a RWS deck and for some of the cards my own interpretation of the Marseilles card doesn't match RWS' interpretation at all.
Now I realize that this isn't bad in and of itself; each deck can have its own method of interpretation. But I feel like if I don't go with RWS interpretation, I am somehow "separating" myself from other Tarotists who use and are most familiar with these interpretations.
Are there are any of you who don't really work with RWS interpretations much? How "standard" is the meaning of each card?