MandMaud
What he said.
Well, this actually just says how right you are.
Well, this actually just says how right you are.
Oh, you sound crestfallen.
But we did already know you weren't the *very* first person in history to notice the 3/7 correlation... and Robert Place is a pretty good "credit" to associate yourself with!
You know no two decks can possibly be the same. Or even rivals. There are tons of Celtic-themed, and a good few Egyptian for example, and Fae, and all the other themes. They don't really present each other with competition as far as I can tell (not being a collector myself, I just listen in to their threads ); people seem to want all that's available in the same vein once they get the bug.
I'd recommend not reading too much of what Place has already done, and continuing your own playing with the subject, because that way you'll keep coming up with insights unique to you.
Chin up, d.
I hear you - Nobody, as far as I can tell, has copyrighted the characters and principles in the tarot That's part of the charm for me, that it's been reinterpreted by so many artists and esoteric philosophers over the years.
Interesting that both you and a friend who was sitting with me when I discovered Robert Place's discussion of the sevenfold mystery both recommended that I NOT read his work and tried to reassure me that my own angle is unique too.
part of my own fascination and love of the tarot is to share the collective interpretations and symbolism of this centuries-old tradition...
Let's remember, tarot is my HOBBY. I will never reach the level of many of the tarot collectors, authors and practitioners you'll encounter on this forum. But, I may have independently stumbled on a perspective that resonates with those more academic types.
So dangerdork, how's the deck?
I did skim through Place's book, and it looks like his thought process runs along the more standard Tarot convention of 3x7 - According To Place, The Trumps are examined in three sets of seven (1-7, 8-14, 15-21) instead of my 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 etc. So Seven Stations LIVES!