I got it for me; I originally got into Tarot because I was obsessed with the transition from the Medieval period into Renaissance, and so I discovered the VS. And then that you can still own a copy of the VS! So, despite the fact that I'd been given the RWS for reading playing cards (on the logic of "if you like reading those, then you'll love this!") I never really embraced Tarot for Tarot, as much as for the art.
I would never bring this deck along with me to read for others. This is partly because I do themes (I will use Housewives for a Bachlorette party, or Dame Darcy's Mermaid for a beach party) and I cannot find a theme that involves castration and hairy men unless it was dirty hippies? But they might also appreciate the Joie de Vivre.
So I got this deck for me because I like the historical portion of the deck.
As for reading it intuitively, in essence let the pictures tell the story. If you see someone lying under a tree, then maybe they need a nap, or to connect with nature. If they're bleeding all over the place while doing so (thank you two of wands) then chances are that they've been hurt, and need a space to heal. Which has nothing to do with the two of wands, nor even the 2
But we're not reading that way. We're reading intuitively. Which is why I can't separate it from playing cards, and might say that they're having a form of writer's block (or whatever their passion of choice is) since that's a form of pain, and that they need to go outside for inspiration. Does that make sense?