Progress report
I've read everything MKG wrote about the Constellation of the Magician. And then I got stuck. How to apply that to my (or any) deck? Take her detail on the 11 cards in that constellation and apply it to my deck, keeping what makes sense and discarding the rest? How much of the detail should I actually use?
I pondered the question overnight. I was also going along and finding my Personality, Soul and Teacher Cards and my Name Cards. It finally hit me a few hours ago that I was trying to do two different things at the same time - I was trying to apply the constellations to myself and my life (which is the purpose of the book) and I'm also trying to apply them to my deck as a way of seeing how the cards in the same constellation interact with one another.
So I broke my document into two parts - one specifically for determining what my cards are and what she says those cards say about me and one that I've named "The Constellations and Their Principles." In this latter document, I've noted the constellation, its associated principle and keywords, a descriptive phrase or sentence for each of the Majors in their different roles (Soul, Personality, Hidden Factor, etc.) and the general function/purpose of the Minor suits. I'll take those five pages of general information and figure out for myself its specific application to the cards in my deck.
Once I've done that, I'll go back and see what she says my specific cards say about me.
Rodney