The Mythic was my first deck back in 92. I bought the workbook shortly after I bought the set. The workbook is more of a "coloring book." And thumbing through the workbook I see that my memory has failed me once again. I started with tarot in 91, not 92! I went through the workbook from Aug 91 - Mar 92. And while there's not as much of the backstory of the card imagery in the workbook as there is in the companion book, there is some.
And much like AJ with the Empress, coloring the Emperor definitely involved some catharsis for me. Growing up with an absentee father didn't leave me with a favorable impression of the quintessential father figure in the deck. From my notes and observations under the image I colored:
Zeus sit in his robe of indifference bordered with anger on this throne of lies which rests on a rock of hate. He is colored in fear and crowned in betrayal. In his hands he holds hate and envy. Despair is perched on his shoulder. Mountains of rage are in the background. The sky is cool.
Wow
If it weren't in my own handwriting, I'd swear I had someone else's workbook!
And from that description, you'd probably never guess that the card is colored in blues and reds. I remember having done a color key, but I don't see it in the book anywhere....
Rodney
Love the Mythic, such a great deck. I'm falling in love with it all over again recently 