momentarylight
My understanding of tarot
As Danieluk said (sorry - not sure of spelling), tarot has a structure which is 78 cards, with 22 Trumps, 40 minor cards and 16 Court cards. And there are four suits in the minor cards. At least that is the 20th c. version of tarot. The original tarot decks apparently were simply comprised of Trumps.
That structure belongs to tarot. You can't have a deck of 32 or 25 cards and call it tarot.
Tarot now, to me, is just a vehicle for symbolic language. You can read the cards as you wish but the structure provides a framework and consistency. The structure also has some historical validity.
People mean different things by the term "rules" as well and it is easy to get off track when you start talking about rules unless you say what you mean. Te term "rules" has a ring of authority which is so easily misunderstood.
I don't think there are any rules. There are traditions, habits, styles, spreads and patterns and all the many delightful ways that people like to use in organising their thoughts and behaviour.
You will almost certainly change your way of reading tarot if you continue your practice. That is the only thing I am prepared to predict with certainty
Stay around.
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As Danieluk said (sorry - not sure of spelling), tarot has a structure which is 78 cards, with 22 Trumps, 40 minor cards and 16 Court cards. And there are four suits in the minor cards. At least that is the 20th c. version of tarot. The original tarot decks apparently were simply comprised of Trumps.
That structure belongs to tarot. You can't have a deck of 32 or 25 cards and call it tarot.
Tarot now, to me, is just a vehicle for symbolic language. You can read the cards as you wish but the structure provides a framework and consistency. The structure also has some historical validity.
People mean different things by the term "rules" as well and it is easy to get off track when you start talking about rules unless you say what you mean. Te term "rules" has a ring of authority which is so easily misunderstood.
I don't think there are any rules. There are traditions, habits, styles, spreads and patterns and all the many delightful ways that people like to use in organising their thoughts and behaviour.
You will almost certainly change your way of reading tarot if you continue your practice. That is the only thing I am prepared to predict with certainty
Stay around.
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