Babylon_Jasmine
Lillie said:And also in the Thoth, the Prince becomes the knight, and the knight becomes the prince...
So it's all one and the same.
However, if I am reading a RWS deck but using the Thoth meanings, a knight is a knight. Because of the horses.
And the prince, therefore, becomes the king. cos they are sitting down.
The obvious thing to say after that, is that why would I want to do it, and if I only use the Thoth meanings, why not use the Thoth deck?
Well, usually I do.
But I like to try new things occassionally.
But it never works out.
As you can probably tell.
So I go back to the Thoth.
Oh yeah.
The other obvious thing.
Waite was totally conversant with the yod-he-vau-he, and it's workings and ramifications.
It is the system he would have used.
So, why is this system not given to those that use his deck?
Either he was disguising/concealing it, for reasons of his own.
Or he did not have as much to do with the deck as some people think.
Or there is a third possibility I havn't thought of yet.
Probably disguising/concealing. Have you read "an illustrated guide to the tarot"? Waite was all about making the truth difficult to find.