paperfaery
hi everyone,
Thanks in no small part to guidance from this community, I'm in full-swing creating my elemental, fey, Jewitchy deck, the Hidden Light. If you'd like to support its manifestation, you can do so here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...idden-light-tarot-an-earthy-cosmic-magical-de
I already have most of the major arcana designed, and will be sharing sneak peeks periodically there, on Instagram, and on fb.com/thehiddenlighttarot.
That said, I'm curious how other deck creators have handled the names of the a) major arcana and b) court cards. My deck is very earthy and informed by queer perspectives and immanent spirituality, and I'm up in the air about how to handle the traditional hierarchical titles and structure of these parts of the deck. On the one hand, why have an "Empress" and "Emperor" if you don't want to affirm empire?? But, on the other, a title like "The Empress" still evokes mystery and power to me.
It's a similar situation with the court card titles: even being aware of some of the mystical symbolism, court hierarchies leave me cold politically and spiritually. And yet, titles like "Page" and "Queen" remain powerful. I've developed some evocative alternative titles/stations, but I haven't decided yet which I'll go with. How have others handled this?
Thank you!
Thanks in no small part to guidance from this community, I'm in full-swing creating my elemental, fey, Jewitchy deck, the Hidden Light. If you'd like to support its manifestation, you can do so here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...idden-light-tarot-an-earthy-cosmic-magical-de
I already have most of the major arcana designed, and will be sharing sneak peeks periodically there, on Instagram, and on fb.com/thehiddenlighttarot.
That said, I'm curious how other deck creators have handled the names of the a) major arcana and b) court cards. My deck is very earthy and informed by queer perspectives and immanent spirituality, and I'm up in the air about how to handle the traditional hierarchical titles and structure of these parts of the deck. On the one hand, why have an "Empress" and "Emperor" if you don't want to affirm empire?? But, on the other, a title like "The Empress" still evokes mystery and power to me.
It's a similar situation with the court card titles: even being aware of some of the mystical symbolism, court hierarchies leave me cold politically and spiritually. And yet, titles like "Page" and "Queen" remain powerful. I've developed some evocative alternative titles/stations, but I haven't decided yet which I'll go with. How have others handled this?
Thank you!