mrmond
First, forgive me if this should be posted in some already existing topic (like "What is a Tarot deck?"). I felt my question is distinct enough to post it in a thread of its own.
So, here's my problem.
I never found a perfect deck. Even my favourite ones aren't suiting me 100%. The easiest solution I found was creating my own deck. Recently, an opportunity arose to really make it, as my very talented friend showed great interest in my idea. So I began to think about the cards more and more, and I've had many ideas, visions and images come to my head, which pleased me enormously.
But, while I'm busy creating the deck that will be exactly what my intuition says it should be, there's a tiny voice in the back, telling me, that I should try to study the classic decks, that I should try to incorporate all the correspondences (with Qaballah, with the Zodiac, etc.) into the cards. That I should preserve the strict structure that Tarot appears to be organised by.
This is a problem that I've encountered also in many of my readings, where I would reach out for the LWB or go to the AT forum to see, what's the card meaning, instead of relying on my own inner voice.
Thus, I present you with the question: how should I proceed? Do you think there are some limits to how much one can change? Do you think it would be worse in some sense, should it not contain references to Qaballah and the rest? (Because, though I want it to be good for me, it is also my desire for it to be good in it's own right.)
I will be truly grateful for your opinion, perhaps a word of encouragement or any advice you can give. I've really just stepped over the threshold when it comes to studying tarot, and yet I dare to try my hand at so ambitious a task. And, though eager, I feel very, very hesitant.
So, here's my problem.
I never found a perfect deck. Even my favourite ones aren't suiting me 100%. The easiest solution I found was creating my own deck. Recently, an opportunity arose to really make it, as my very talented friend showed great interest in my idea. So I began to think about the cards more and more, and I've had many ideas, visions and images come to my head, which pleased me enormously.
But, while I'm busy creating the deck that will be exactly what my intuition says it should be, there's a tiny voice in the back, telling me, that I should try to study the classic decks, that I should try to incorporate all the correspondences (with Qaballah, with the Zodiac, etc.) into the cards. That I should preserve the strict structure that Tarot appears to be organised by.
This is a problem that I've encountered also in many of my readings, where I would reach out for the LWB or go to the AT forum to see, what's the card meaning, instead of relying on my own inner voice.
Thus, I present you with the question: how should I proceed? Do you think there are some limits to how much one can change? Do you think it would be worse in some sense, should it not contain references to Qaballah and the rest? (Because, though I want it to be good for me, it is also my desire for it to be good in it's own right.)
I will be truly grateful for your opinion, perhaps a word of encouragement or any advice you can give. I've really just stepped over the threshold when it comes to studying tarot, and yet I dare to try my hand at so ambitious a task. And, though eager, I feel very, very hesitant.