Zephyros
Makes me wonder if the hundreds of artists that have cloned th RWS, and used it as a model for their decks are aware of all this information, or if they have just blindly followed suit (pun intended)
No need to wonder, the vast majority don't even think of a tenth of what ravenest wrote. I love Aeclectic but even (especially!) here, except for in a few select forums, esotericism is practically seen as an affront to the happy-hippy associative (read: derivative) "intuitive" method. Time and overuse have done their best to try to strip the RWS of esoteric significance. The barbarians are at the gates of Rome.
René Descartes said:I intuit, therefore I am always right
I'm also curious if the old world interpretations of the pips, as in the TDM, also where added to this soup, like bay leaf and thyme....
I'm not sure I understand the question. What was added to what what?