Michael Sternbach
Well, it could be argued there really is only one card anyway, the Ace of Wands. All the others are elaborations on it.
Could you please explain what you mean by this?
Well, it could be argued there really is only one card anyway, the Ace of Wands. All the others are elaborations on it.
Well, it could be argued there really is only one card anyway, the Ace of Wands. All the others are elaborations on it.
Yod of Yod, the first letter of the divine name, the tip of which is in Keter and thus the root or source of all others?
Or something like that
Obviously it depends on the deck and the intent of 1) the conceptualizer, 2) the artist, 3) the reader, and 4) the querent, separately or in combination. For instance, no matter what the reader may say, the querent may respond negatively to Death, the Tower or the Hanged Man - obviating anything the reader says about the card. I can't read with certain Tarot decks because the artwork is too alien to my own conceptions of the cards and I, personally, can't overlook that, while others can.Indulge me for a moment and set personal meanings to one side for a while. Where does the theme come from? Is it imposed by the reader on the art. Or has the artist tried to express a theme through the language of form, colour, and symbol to which meaning may then be applied by the reader.
Well, it could be argued there really is only one card anyway, the Ace of Wands. All the others are elaborations on it.
No matter what I say about a range of experience, or my obvious knowledge and use of traditional Tarot meanings - the fact that I don't read *exclusively* "by the book" gives people license to declare that I advocate an "anything goes" attitude - as if one has to cling to the extreme. It's this kind of either/or attitude that I find silly. Read what Pamela Colman Smith said about looking at an image!After our (+ Scion) previous discussion on the Thoth Tarot I came away with the impression that you thought the artist/creator had little or no input in this area. They just splashed a canvas with random blobs of paint completely without rhyme or reason. Only later could a reader come along and impose order on this artistic Tarot chaos. The original intent of the deck creator was irrelevant and superfluous.
Amen. This should be written large!of art (be they painted, written or what not) often take on a life of their own.
Or, if reading the RWS deck, one could take seriously what Waite said about the Ace of Cups: "It is an intimation of that which may lie behind the Lesser Arcana." (PKT, p. 224)Originally Posted by closrapexa:
Well, it could be argued there really is only one card anyway, the Ace of Wands. All the others are elaborations on it.
Or, if reading the RWS deck, one could take seriously what Waite said about the Ace of Cups: "It is an intimation of that which may lie behind the Lesser Arcana." (PKT, p. 224)
ravenest said:This argument seems to be suggesting that red is really blue and anyone can call any colour whatever one wants to (well one can IF one wants to ..... but go out and try that in communication and observe the reaction ) or suggest it to a colour therapist.