DesertDream
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I love the artwork of the original Thoth. However I refuse to purchase a copy because Ive read way too many unsavory things about A.C. I dont intented to offend anyone here, but he is not my bag of chips. I like the system of his tarot and would like to know more about reading it and how it differs from a Rider. I have a Thoth based deck called Vision Quest. It looks like a Native American version clone, if you havnt seen it. From what ive read it does seem like a more difficult system to learn and does look like it reads differently than Rider. To me it looks like fancy illustrated minors of a Visconti while Rider is more picturesqe. So Im wondering, how do I go about reading the deck in a traditional Thoth style? To me it seems Id need a strong background in numberolgy and astrology mainly and elements. It looks like when you read from the deck interpritations can be gleaned by the energies that show up by the cards rather than reading interpritations by events like the Rider. (Correct me if Im wrong). How would a Thoth based deck be different to read and how does a beginner in this system go about learning the basics? Is the Thoth based deck overall similar enough to not warrent too much study of subjects already touched upon by the Rider?
Thanks ahead for the help!
I love the artwork of the original Thoth. However I refuse to purchase a copy because Ive read way too many unsavory things about A.C. I dont intented to offend anyone here, but he is not my bag of chips. I like the system of his tarot and would like to know more about reading it and how it differs from a Rider. I have a Thoth based deck called Vision Quest. It looks like a Native American version clone, if you havnt seen it. From what ive read it does seem like a more difficult system to learn and does look like it reads differently than Rider. To me it looks like fancy illustrated minors of a Visconti while Rider is more picturesqe. So Im wondering, how do I go about reading the deck in a traditional Thoth style? To me it seems Id need a strong background in numberolgy and astrology mainly and elements. It looks like when you read from the deck interpritations can be gleaned by the energies that show up by the cards rather than reading interpritations by events like the Rider. (Correct me if Im wrong). How would a Thoth based deck be different to read and how does a beginner in this system go about learning the basics? Is the Thoth based deck overall similar enough to not warrent too much study of subjects already touched upon by the Rider?
Thanks ahead for the help!