Major Tom
Take a look into any given tarot card for long enough and you will eventually see yourself in the card looking back out at you. A rash statement some might say. Yet, what is the tarot? Some have called it a book and I have no argument with that. Some have called it the Key to the Mystery of the Universe and I won’t argue with that either. Still others call it the key to the riddle of us and I would wholeheartedly agree with that view.
There have been a number of secret organisations that have required their members to colour their own decks, sometimes to very specific instructions. The BOTA http://www.bota.org has published their own version of the tarot with the instructions provided by Paul Foster Case. Interestingly enough the concentration of the instructions is upon the major arcana.
Going to this length at least imprints the cards into your imagination. As we’ve learned from the Comparative Tarot method http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComparativeTarot/ as you study cards from various decks you begin to see different examples in your mind’s eye whenever you confront a single example of any given card. Colouring a card will guarantee that card is one that comes to the mind’s eye.
How much more would you expect from creating your own version of the card?
One of the effects reported by many deck creators is the very act of creating a card brings that card’s energy to life, into the very life of the creator. Whoa! Scary or what? http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17953
To create a card honestly is to actually confront a card, the energy of the card. This is a reason why I would say creating a tarot deck is a great way to learn tarot. To look you honestly in the eye and say, “Yep, that’s me.” I promise if you do this you will come away from the experience with a greater understanding and acceptance of yourself.
*Shameless plug * To read about learning tarot by creating your own deck, you’ll need to buy a copy of the Tarot Lovers’ Calendar 2004.
Creating your own deck can take as long as you want it to. I’ve been working on my deck for just about 3 years now. I know I’ll finish it.
Creating your own deck is about you. Chances are though that what touches you is quite likely to touch someone else.
I welcome all thoughts especially from among those who’ve created a card (better still, a deck) themselves.
There have been a number of secret organisations that have required their members to colour their own decks, sometimes to very specific instructions. The BOTA http://www.bota.org has published their own version of the tarot with the instructions provided by Paul Foster Case. Interestingly enough the concentration of the instructions is upon the major arcana.
Going to this length at least imprints the cards into your imagination. As we’ve learned from the Comparative Tarot method http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComparativeTarot/ as you study cards from various decks you begin to see different examples in your mind’s eye whenever you confront a single example of any given card. Colouring a card will guarantee that card is one that comes to the mind’s eye.
How much more would you expect from creating your own version of the card?
One of the effects reported by many deck creators is the very act of creating a card brings that card’s energy to life, into the very life of the creator. Whoa! Scary or what? http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17953
To create a card honestly is to actually confront a card, the energy of the card. This is a reason why I would say creating a tarot deck is a great way to learn tarot. To look you honestly in the eye and say, “Yep, that’s me.” I promise if you do this you will come away from the experience with a greater understanding and acceptance of yourself.
*Shameless plug * To read about learning tarot by creating your own deck, you’ll need to buy a copy of the Tarot Lovers’ Calendar 2004.
Creating your own deck can take as long as you want it to. I’ve been working on my deck for just about 3 years now. I know I’ll finish it.
Creating your own deck is about you. Chances are though that what touches you is quite likely to touch someone else.
I welcome all thoughts especially from among those who’ve created a card (better still, a deck) themselves.