Oh, I love this deck too! I just got it a few months ago and still haven’t worked with it much, partly because it arrived with a strong, nasty, chemical smell. So it’s been mostly locked away in a little box with incense… and now it’s starting to smell really lovely.
I did sit down one day and find all the pairs, and wrote them down. I plan to journal about them all, eventually. Just write down my thoughts in a free-association, stream-of-conscious kind of way, and see what arises. …And now I want to try what you did, MagsStardustBlack, with photographing and editing them… Sounds like fun.
Ah, but what if that’s what I want? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to change your mind. To want that NOT to happen is a legitimate path.
But it’s also a legitimate path to want that TO happen — and that’s the path that beckons me. I look forward to growing familiar with those card-pairs, and having each one add a few stars to the constellation of meanings that surrounds the other. It’ll be unique to this deck, and part of its magic for me.
Oh, by the way, Le Fanu, you get some of the credit for me buying this deck. I read your blog post about it awhile ago, and it inspired me to look up more about the deck, and then I couldn’t rest till I had it.