divinegoddess
How do you introduce yourself to a new deck? I have gotten two new decks and I was just wondering what are some of the best ways to introduce yourself to a new deck. 
Introducing yourself to a new deck
RexMalaki
here's a thread: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=165715
of which I really like what Nisaba has to say on this:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2911165&postcount=12
I like to shuffle and look, shuffle and look...spend LOTS of time with it...
of which I really like what Nisaba has to say on this:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2911165&postcount=12
I like to shuffle and look, shuffle and look...spend LOTS of time with it...
Bhavana
RexMalaki;2924080 I like to shuffle and look said:
peaceandkarma
I like to shuffle and look at each card too. I just really familiarize myself with each card and try to work out the meaning of each card and what it means to me.
nisaba
How do you introduce yourself to a new deck? I have gotten two new decks and I was just wondering what are some of the best ways to introduce yourself to a new deck.
I just open 'em up and use 'em.
Works for me.
astronautica
I found this thread a while back: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=93600
I find it a really useful way to get to know a new deck. I feel it's a little more "constructive" (for lack of a better word) than just looking at the artwork - if I'm just flicking through a deck I often miss things, but this gives me a chance to look at the cards one by one and appreciate them without thinking too hard about them
I find it a really useful way to get to know a new deck. I feel it's a little more "constructive" (for lack of a better word) than just looking at the artwork - if I'm just flicking through a deck I often miss things, but this gives me a chance to look at the cards one by one and appreciate them without thinking too hard about them
divinegoddess
I often feel like I need to introduce the deck with my energies and myself. So, I actually take the deck everywhere I go for a few days, even put the deck underneath my pillow
I also usually do a introduction with a new deck spread, which helps me get a view of what i can expect out of the deck. For the first time, I'm also doing an IDS
Oh, that looks very interesting! I shall try it soon!!
I also usually do a introduction with a new deck spread, which helps me get a view of what i can expect out of the deck. For the first time, I'm also doing an IDS
I found this thread a while back: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=93600
I find it a really useful way to get to know a new deck. I feel it's a little more "constructive" (for lack of a better word) than just looking at the artwork - if I'm just flicking through a deck I often miss things, but this gives me a chance to look at the cards one by one and appreciate them without thinking too hard about them
Oh, that looks very interesting! I shall try it soon!!
Dancing Bear
Im with divinegoddess.. I like to take my deck with me, put my own energy on them..
and before i do anything else.. "after i have had a flick through them" on their first shuffle i ask them, what our future together holds.. I draw one card..
and without a word of a lie.. each deck i have done this with. that one card has always rung true.
my last deck i drew 2 of cups Awww!!! LOL!! And i do love this deck.. Then i start using them as i would any other deck.. What better way of getting to know them than throwing yourself in the deep end..
and before i do anything else.. "after i have had a flick through them" on their first shuffle i ask them, what our future together holds.. I draw one card..
and without a word of a lie.. each deck i have done this with. that one card has always rung true.
my last deck i drew 2 of cups Awww!!! LOL!! And i do love this deck.. Then i start using them as i would any other deck.. What better way of getting to know them than throwing yourself in the deep end..
Le Fanu
Sometimes I just know it isn't going to be used so it goes on the shelf while I wait for the mood to perhaps seize me when I might want to take it down.
If it is a deck I really like at first sight, I will choose a nice bag from the ones I have, one that goes with the vibe of the deck (can't be any old bag). I put it in a protective pouch/envelope and carry it around with me, out & about, in my bag, to peruse in cafés/ on the subway if nobody is around. Not that I worry about going through a deck in public, I just can't stand people peering as they invariably do if you're sitting opposite or next to them!
I get so little time to really wallow in my decks. If I'm lucky, before I go to sleep I sit up in bed and go through the deck looking at the cards and thinking about them, imagining them in different spread positions.
If it is a deck I really like at first sight, I will choose a nice bag from the ones I have, one that goes with the vibe of the deck (can't be any old bag). I put it in a protective pouch/envelope and carry it around with me, out & about, in my bag, to peruse in cafés/ on the subway if nobody is around. Not that I worry about going through a deck in public, I just can't stand people peering as they invariably do if you're sitting opposite or next to them!
I get so little time to really wallow in my decks. If I'm lucky, before I go to sleep I sit up in bed and go through the deck looking at the cards and thinking about them, imagining them in different spread positions.
DownUnderNZer
I like to snuggle up with it and put my vibes into the deck...
I like to shuffle, look, even smell the cards as sometimes there is a certain smell to them.
I like to shuffle, look, even smell the cards as sometimes there is a certain smell to them.
