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How influential is The Pictorial Key in how people conceptualize the cards in the divinatory context? I rarely if ever see citations to this, and I've gathered that LWB's in general aren't seen as anything more than an ok launching point for beginners.
Is it really the case that Waite's deck has far surpassed his own artifice? Or have I just not been paying close enough attention to Using Tarot Cards and Your Readings, and are the meanings people adhere to largely influenced by Waite's own interpretations?
Then again, I don't know that even in the microcosm of R-W-S tarot there are widely accepted meanings. Some pictures are certainly more evocative than others, but for the more vague ones I would have expected Waite's writings to be tantamount to gospel, given that he at least ostensibly came up with their depictions.
I guess what I'm asking is, if I ask 10 Rider-Waite-Smith users what a given card means, am I likely to get 10 of the same answer or 10 different answers? And where will those answers be coming from?
Is it really the case that Waite's deck has far surpassed his own artifice? Or have I just not been paying close enough attention to Using Tarot Cards and Your Readings, and are the meanings people adhere to largely influenced by Waite's own interpretations?
Then again, I don't know that even in the microcosm of R-W-S tarot there are widely accepted meanings. Some pictures are certainly more evocative than others, but for the more vague ones I would have expected Waite's writings to be tantamount to gospel, given that he at least ostensibly came up with their depictions.
I guess what I'm asking is, if I ask 10 Rider-Waite-Smith users what a given card means, am I likely to get 10 of the same answer or 10 different answers? And where will those answers be coming from?