Brethrain
Hey everyone, nice to be here, thanks for the approval 
I'm gonna tell you a little story, nothing fancy, nothing too deep.
Here's this woman, working basically with numbers, computers and money. Sometimes fiddling a camera but all the time marveling about the mechanics that lay in her hand and allows her to take the prettiest photos ever. Her friends are the same. She likes to go deep into how things work around her. While having her coffee, she loves to picture the fibers in the wood, how they "work" over time or the intrication of the plumbings. She likes to play Sherlock Holmes in the subway. But nothing without supporting evidence. No hunch. Just facts. Details. She loves detail in everything. It's not as if she didn't try a more "spiritual" and "artistic" life. She did but it didn't feel comfortable.
Yes, she knows about intuition, about many things the humanity cannot find an explanation for yet but she is confident that science will figure it out someday. As a child she went through three experiences she couldn't find explanation for, neither the grownups around her and that was not her cup of tea. She is still waiting for someone to publish something that will give her a reasonable clue.
This woman was visiting a friend a week ago. He is passionate about boardgames. I mean he has at least 150 games, all stacked neatly in wooden shelves. They look amazing, those games, I have to tell you this. Two black little boxes were out of line and she picked them up in order to find a better suited place for them. One of them was Fournier Black Tarot and the second was Fournier I Ching Dead Moon Tarot. "Really, my friend?" - she said, with a raised eyebrow. "Yah it's a game, the pictures are pretty neat, take a look". Truth is, the design was really nice and as all things she couldn't understand, it made her curious. She borrowed them and that night tried to make sense of the instruction sheet on the Black Tarot. If it's a game, how can I play it?. Yet nothing made sense and at the same time she did not feel comfortable not understanding what was she doing.
So she looked it up on Internet. Oh, good old Internet friend. Flooded with information about Tarot. Fell asleep at 5 AM, still frustrated.
Her friend asked about progress. He is a very rational guy and I suspect he thought it is very funny to observe the struggle of another logical and critical thinking being confused and caught up in a world where no anchor she knew could be released.
For Christmas he got her Easy Tarot: Learn to Read the Cards Once and For All! by J. Ellershaw with the Gilded Tarot designed by Marchetti.
(http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Tarot-Le...?ie=UTF8&qid=1420025082&sr=8-6&keywords=tarot)
She went through the book in 2 hours. Went to the store, looked for the perfect scarf and a good, sturdy A4 notebook. Also, found the perfect box where the deck would fit wonderfully.
Started the book again, this time writing in her Tarot Journal. Everything needed to be neat and structured, it was just another learning process, she well knew how to approach that.
Colored pens, fountain pen, lined notebook, the scarf was scissored to fit the proper measures, the box was perfect, the pouch was also great, collected from an old wide camera lens she bought a while ago.
Its 31st of January and she went in 8 days from knowing nothing and caring even less to having filled 2 notebooks with notes about each card. She spent probably an average of about 15 minutes with each card, on different occasion, looking at it, searching for memories, building up stories in her head.
I have to tell you. On a level I fully don’t grasp yet. I love it so much. It reminds me of that music video from A-HA - “Take on me”. When I was a child, I would marvel at that video clip. It’s like every card is a guide to a world I can build within my imagination, makeup stories, imagine sagas, it’s like I can make my own fantasy movie in my head. And the best part is. Nothing contradicts my way of being. I do not feel uncomfortable (with a little exception, last night, if you care, I will tell you about it - but somehow I have the feeling this post is too long already) with the cards, with building what I can imagine over a significance that was already drawn for it.
To get to the point.
I like Gilded Deck but probably if that would have been the deck I picked up first, I wouldn’t have borrowed it. On the other hand, I am looking now at the Black tarot deck and it doesn't feel rich enough after reading the book, taking notes, reading your forum, reading few other resources on the web. Sortof like… feels childish.
I want a new deck.
Ive been going back and forth on this forum on the Deck thread and looked up quite a few decks you guys suggested as being inspiring. Last night, exasperated that I wasn’t still allowed to post a thread on this forum, I gave in and bought a few things on amazon:
The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot - EVER!! (House of White Library-Aphrodite's Book of Secrets) White, Dusty
Advanced Tarot Secrets: 2 (Aphrodite's Book of Secrets) White, Dusty
Aaaaand a new tarot deck: The Druid Craft Tarot: Use the Magic of Wicca and Druidry to Guide Your Life.
I have to mention I live in Eastern Europe, it is quite hard to get your hands on any materials about Tarot here so I do not have the possibility to physically look at the cards before buying it. I am looking at pictures on the web and looking up for as much information as I can, then my only option is to order it online.
Last night, the Druidcraft deck felt cool. The pictures were nice.
But Im not sure it’s appropriate for beginners. I understand the Gilded Tarot is good for that as the cards are pretty straight forward and I love that about my deck.
But everyone here is talking about decks that “speak to them”. And I kinda want that. I also want something that will not confuse me as a beginner. Like “Ceccoli Tarot Deck” or “Deviant Moon” which I find stunning and beautiful but when I look at the cards in detail, they seem really hard to decipher for me.
So to cut it short.
I am very sorry for the long message and I totally understand if tl;dr for most of you but I felt the need to give you a context to be taken into consideration for your further advice.
What suggestions would you have for a beginner concerning decks? Any advice, not just picking one, tho that is a very important aspect as well.
Thank you.
I'm gonna tell you a little story, nothing fancy, nothing too deep.
Here's this woman, working basically with numbers, computers and money. Sometimes fiddling a camera but all the time marveling about the mechanics that lay in her hand and allows her to take the prettiest photos ever. Her friends are the same. She likes to go deep into how things work around her. While having her coffee, she loves to picture the fibers in the wood, how they "work" over time or the intrication of the plumbings. She likes to play Sherlock Holmes in the subway. But nothing without supporting evidence. No hunch. Just facts. Details. She loves detail in everything. It's not as if she didn't try a more "spiritual" and "artistic" life. She did but it didn't feel comfortable.
Yes, she knows about intuition, about many things the humanity cannot find an explanation for yet but she is confident that science will figure it out someday. As a child she went through three experiences she couldn't find explanation for, neither the grownups around her and that was not her cup of tea. She is still waiting for someone to publish something that will give her a reasonable clue.
This woman was visiting a friend a week ago. He is passionate about boardgames. I mean he has at least 150 games, all stacked neatly in wooden shelves. They look amazing, those games, I have to tell you this. Two black little boxes were out of line and she picked them up in order to find a better suited place for them. One of them was Fournier Black Tarot and the second was Fournier I Ching Dead Moon Tarot. "Really, my friend?" - she said, with a raised eyebrow. "Yah it's a game, the pictures are pretty neat, take a look". Truth is, the design was really nice and as all things she couldn't understand, it made her curious. She borrowed them and that night tried to make sense of the instruction sheet on the Black Tarot. If it's a game, how can I play it?. Yet nothing made sense and at the same time she did not feel comfortable not understanding what was she doing.
So she looked it up on Internet. Oh, good old Internet friend. Flooded with information about Tarot. Fell asleep at 5 AM, still frustrated.
Her friend asked about progress. He is a very rational guy and I suspect he thought it is very funny to observe the struggle of another logical and critical thinking being confused and caught up in a world where no anchor she knew could be released.
For Christmas he got her Easy Tarot: Learn to Read the Cards Once and For All! by J. Ellershaw with the Gilded Tarot designed by Marchetti.
(http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Tarot-Le...?ie=UTF8&qid=1420025082&sr=8-6&keywords=tarot)
She went through the book in 2 hours. Went to the store, looked for the perfect scarf and a good, sturdy A4 notebook. Also, found the perfect box where the deck would fit wonderfully.
Started the book again, this time writing in her Tarot Journal. Everything needed to be neat and structured, it was just another learning process, she well knew how to approach that.
Colored pens, fountain pen, lined notebook, the scarf was scissored to fit the proper measures, the box was perfect, the pouch was also great, collected from an old wide camera lens she bought a while ago.
Its 31st of January and she went in 8 days from knowing nothing and caring even less to having filled 2 notebooks with notes about each card. She spent probably an average of about 15 minutes with each card, on different occasion, looking at it, searching for memories, building up stories in her head.
I have to tell you. On a level I fully don’t grasp yet. I love it so much. It reminds me of that music video from A-HA - “Take on me”. When I was a child, I would marvel at that video clip. It’s like every card is a guide to a world I can build within my imagination, makeup stories, imagine sagas, it’s like I can make my own fantasy movie in my head. And the best part is. Nothing contradicts my way of being. I do not feel uncomfortable (with a little exception, last night, if you care, I will tell you about it - but somehow I have the feeling this post is too long already) with the cards, with building what I can imagine over a significance that was already drawn for it.
To get to the point.
I like Gilded Deck but probably if that would have been the deck I picked up first, I wouldn’t have borrowed it. On the other hand, I am looking now at the Black tarot deck and it doesn't feel rich enough after reading the book, taking notes, reading your forum, reading few other resources on the web. Sortof like… feels childish.
I want a new deck.
Ive been going back and forth on this forum on the Deck thread and looked up quite a few decks you guys suggested as being inspiring. Last night, exasperated that I wasn’t still allowed to post a thread on this forum, I gave in and bought a few things on amazon:
The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot - EVER!! (House of White Library-Aphrodite's Book of Secrets) White, Dusty
Advanced Tarot Secrets: 2 (Aphrodite's Book of Secrets) White, Dusty
Aaaaand a new tarot deck: The Druid Craft Tarot: Use the Magic of Wicca and Druidry to Guide Your Life.
I have to mention I live in Eastern Europe, it is quite hard to get your hands on any materials about Tarot here so I do not have the possibility to physically look at the cards before buying it. I am looking at pictures on the web and looking up for as much information as I can, then my only option is to order it online.
Last night, the Druidcraft deck felt cool. The pictures were nice.
But Im not sure it’s appropriate for beginners. I understand the Gilded Tarot is good for that as the cards are pretty straight forward and I love that about my deck.
But everyone here is talking about decks that “speak to them”. And I kinda want that. I also want something that will not confuse me as a beginner. Like “Ceccoli Tarot Deck” or “Deviant Moon” which I find stunning and beautiful but when I look at the cards in detail, they seem really hard to decipher for me.
So to cut it short.
I am very sorry for the long message and I totally understand if tl;dr for most of you but I felt the need to give you a context to be taken into consideration for your further advice.
What suggestions would you have for a beginner concerning decks? Any advice, not just picking one, tho that is a very important aspect as well.
Thank you.
