Astraea Aurora said:
* Companion book and LWB are OUT. Only deck, pen and paper (er ... blog ...) is allowed.
* I'm allowed to buy only decks that are on my wishlist (see profile) for more than one month and kept coming back in my mind during this time. (So far it's Favole and Vargo Gothic who stick the most.)
* My reward after six months will be a new deck! (Due: June 30, 2008)
So good to see that I'm not the only one who got infected by the ODW bug.
Astraea Aurora
Hi Astaea and group,
I love your rules that I edited above - particularly the idea of a reward! Maybe mine will be a trip to the beach with some friends (goddess knows I have enough tarot decks!)
Kat, thanks so much for bringing this up again, I've been thinking the same thing myself.
I have to add as Astraea indicated above: the original ODW did *not* allow the use of any companion books or LWB. The point was (IIRC) not to particularly *learn* a particular deck, as much as to awaken one's intuition. That's why so many folks used the IIT - you have to work with your intuition on that one! Ask Satori about it - it really works! But if you're using the LWB etc, you would know the deck inside out for what the author/artist was intending, of course. Different purposes. In my case, I would do the ODW (or TDW, see below!) in order to truly learn the decks.
That being said, I have no idea which deck to choose! I
the WoC, Greenwood, Shining Tribe, and Haindl right now - and they have such complex symbolism that I think I would need to use their companion books (especially as I just ordered the revised ed. of the Haindl books!)
If I had to choose today, I'd say Haindl, with a side of Greenwood - no oracle. I know, that's not a ODW, that's TDW!
The problem with the Greenwood is the keywords - I'd love to trim those off, but can't bring myself to do that. I just trimmed Haindl (!!YES!!), and it's an absolutely new deck after that. I definitely see more in the cards this way.
Or perhaps I should just go with Haindl and Shining Woman - a double dose of Rachel Pollack's wisdom! Or perhaps WoC and Greenwood.... you get the idea.
Okay.
I'm going to start on the 23rd - Easter. I should decide by then what deck I'll be using.
* I will use the companion book
* I will limit myself to two decks, unless I can narrow it down to one.
* I will journal/blog a couple times a week
* I'm NOT allowed to look at other decks, exception: if I buy something off my wishlist. I know that If I look at other decks (particularly among the 4 I'm severely interested in) I will be unfaithful. Heaven forfend!
* I'm allowed to buy only decks that are on my wishlist
* I will do this for 3 months, then give myself a huge reward!