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I am becoming increasingly more interested in the subtle division between ; symbol interpretation and symbol association.
IMO unillustrated / non-scenic seems to help interpretation / meaning / collective 'unconscious' (but the essential 'bare nature' of them seems to prerequisite learnt tarot knowledge - at least suit X number ). Illustrated / scenic, seems to suggest a 'psychological association' - IMO more personal / individual.
And if isnt clear by now, my position is; associations are no one's business, except the person making them (which they may choose to share ), a reader should not project their own associations into a reading for another, but the meaning / interpretation is the job of the reader and then, perhaps, to work with the clients OWN associations ... I cant agree with putting the readers own associations onto the client.
IMO unillustrated / non-scenic seems to help interpretation / meaning / collective 'unconscious' (but the essential 'bare nature' of them seems to prerequisite learnt tarot knowledge - at least suit X number ). Illustrated / scenic, seems to suggest a 'psychological association' - IMO more personal / individual.
And if isnt clear by now, my position is; associations are no one's business, except the person making them (which they may choose to share ), a reader should not project their own associations into a reading for another, but the meaning / interpretation is the job of the reader and then, perhaps, to work with the clients OWN associations ... I cant agree with putting the readers own associations onto the client.