jean bosco
[...] but what do they know? In fact, they know very little, so as far as I'm concerned, the sky's the limit.
Yes, true for me. But I think it's not all about knowledge .
[...] but what do they know? In fact, they know very little, so as far as I'm concerned, the sky's the limit.
Yes, true for me. But I think it's not all about knowledge .
Yes, true for me. But I think it's not all about knowledge .
You need Enrique. His approach to TdM is what got me interested.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1519475&postcount=50
he did a book:
http://www.mindseyeview.com/marseilles-tarot.html
Also a DVD - not sure where to get that now, but it's brilliant. Sadly his site seems to be down.
OOH easy peasy:
http://www.amazon.com/Tarology-Enrique-Enriquez/dp/B00A2E8X62
Yes. It's a fact that each author has their own unique way of reading the Pips. Fie on them! Some people think that you should choose some standard author and use their method to the exclusion of others. Others think that you should pick and choose whatever appeals to you from each of the various authors, but of course this throws consistency and coherence to the wind. There are several ways out of the problem. One radical solution is to use Trumps only. Apparently this is favored by many Continental readers. In fact, I use this a lot for quickie readings. Another is to make up your own system. I often use Pips as Trumps, which has been popularized by Lee Bursten, and I make up my own meanings based on the resulting correspondences.
When it comes to Pips, everybody is full of it (perhaps including me). It seems that Marseille type decks have attracted everyone who is put off by Tarot developments since the fin de siecle 1899-1900. I.e., they have Luddite tendencies, and I find this disgusting. If I embrace the advances in medical science in the 20th century, why should I toss the more modern developments in the understanding of Tarot? In fact, I embrace what has happened to Tarot. For some reason, this is considered heresy by the purists, but what do they know? In fact, they know very little, so as far as I'm concerned, the sky's the limit.
I am sure that nothing of what I have written will undo your confusion, but having gone through the same experience, I felt that I should share some of my own feelings about it, regardless of whether the purist Luddites will find it nauseating. [End of rant.]
Ultimately, the answers are inside of us. Tarot doesn't know. Jodo sure as hell doesn't know. Camelia is not gonna tell you to go north or south. And either way, if you keep going, you'll end up in the same place.
You have the answers, deep inside. The cards are just the warm ice-cream scooper that is going to dig into your brain or soul to find the flavour or the answers. 2 of cups means nothing; what matters is what's inside the cups -in that particular moment. Today it can be vanilla, tomorrow, hopefully, pistachio.
Paz,
B.