gregory
After I posted my collection on the appropriate thread (having posted discussion there, which I shouldn’t have and which has since quite rightly been removed) the following popped up.
I collect tarot decks - and have done so for going on 40 years; they absolutely fascinate me - but I don't (yet) read with them. Is that a problem for anyone - most of mine were entirely freely available at the time that I bought them. It's no worse than collecting anything else, surely ? even if I were plain acquisitive which I'm not - there are one or two decks NOTHING would induce me to buy.
I do have my own reasons for not reading yet. One day when I have time, I plan to study enough to read, and when I do, I shall have a great choice of decks to work with. In the meantime, there is a great deal to be gained by studying the differences and similarities - and even on gorging on the variety of artwork. Some are quite stunning - you all know this !
Does anyone else see it the same way ? Or am I a lone mean miser, depriving others of the decks they crave for reading with ?
There was a response by Gerbear asking mikeymikeymike to respond elsewhere so that he could answer fully, but as far as I know this didn’t happen unless by PM – and I couldn’t then find a thread to discuss whether others think collecting decks for its own sake, if you don’t actually read with them, is a bad thing for any reason. So I thought I would start my very first thread ! (I hope I do it right !)Originally Posted by mikeymikeymike
You all have huge collections... do you even use your tarot card or just collect them... maybe i'm being narrow minded but i cant see why you would have so many if you read tarot really. Those decks might be meant for somebody else and you've just got them there in a collection, unless you do actually use them all which i cant see happening when theres about 20/30 or more... Didn't mean to be rude but i had to voice my opinion on that 1...
I collect tarot decks - and have done so for going on 40 years; they absolutely fascinate me - but I don't (yet) read with them. Is that a problem for anyone - most of mine were entirely freely available at the time that I bought them. It's no worse than collecting anything else, surely ? even if I were plain acquisitive which I'm not - there are one or two decks NOTHING would induce me to buy.
I do have my own reasons for not reading yet. One day when I have time, I plan to study enough to read, and when I do, I shall have a great choice of decks to work with. In the meantime, there is a great deal to be gained by studying the differences and similarities - and even on gorging on the variety of artwork. Some are quite stunning - you all know this !
Does anyone else see it the same way ? Or am I a lone mean miser, depriving others of the decks they crave for reading with ?