Lunaea
Thank you for saying this.
I just pulled out a bunch of decks I have had since I joined this forum a few years ago. I went through them all excited at the depth of possibility. There are about 12 decks I have never done anything with.
I was so disappointed that I didn't feel any sort of connection with them. I love the artwork, but the images just don't make any sense to me.
There is the Pagan Cat, Celtic Dragon, Rider-Waite Illuminated, and Rider-Waite New Visions, Mystical Cats and many more. I love the art work, and adore the kitties in Mystical cats. I appreciate the change in perspective in the New Visions deck. I just adore dragons, and love the way the dragons do stuff in the Celtic Dragon Tarot.
But when I tried to dig into them, I just felt overwhelmed or drew a blank.
I don't know if it's my ADD or if I feel spoiled for choice. But your comments above and some of the other comments in this thread give me peace that they may just not be right for right now. Also, that it is okay to enjoy a deck for its artwork, that you don't necessarily have to work with it to have it be of value to you.
Thank you.
I agree with some of the others here that reading the book can provide a portal into a deck. If the deck has an actual book, not just an LWB (though those can be helpful too), you might try using the card and book together as a tool. In other words, let the card illustrate the book, rather than the book explaining the card, if that makes any sense. That's how my Mystical Cats deck was created, for example, and I know that's the case with many other decks -- the book came first, then the art. Think of it as a kind of bibliomancy -- using cards to direct you to a helpful book text!