Completionism

I am not a completionist. Can't afford it. I do, however have several subcollections going.

Egyptian, LS decks, Mini's, Lenormands, Gypsy/Sibilla decks.

I'm wanting Etteillas now too.

Oh yes, Tarot de Marseille.

emmsma said:

I am not a completionist. Can't afford it. I do, however have several subcollections going.

Egyptian, LS decks, Mini's, Lenormands, Gypsy/Sibilla decks.

I'm wanting Etteillas now too.

Oh yes, Tarot de Marseille.

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Hey, emmsma, have you been to tarobearslair.com? They have the "Tarot Egyptiene, Grand Jeu de Oracle des Dames, Method d' Etteilla" (Editions Dusserre), as well as several yummy Marseille decks -- including 2 miniatures. Mmmm... miniatures... xox

I think I'm a completionist -- I have to have a back-up copy of every deck I enjoy reading with, which sometimes means I need to have three in case I'm tempted to sell/trade one. I spend a lot of time looking for these things...

I am not much of a completionist.... not intentionally anyways, but there are some historical decks that I wouldn't mind acquiring the same one in different editions of from different publishers.. does that count?

For example, I have the Il Meneghello large-size Visconti, and I fondle my fiance's LoS Visconti with the dreamy gold foil nearly enough to pretend that it's my own, and I now have a LoS Mini Visconti on order.
but.. they are all different.. not the same deck at all!
I don't feel any burning need to acquire any more Viscontis after that.

I also have a few TdM variants, and would like more... but they really are different decks, too. They just look similar.. I can say that I am not a completionist, because I can say that I don't want ALL of them.. I just want MORE.

And I own about 5 different RWS.... 1971 USGames from when it still had Pam's handwritten titles and wasn't plasticy laminated, the 'Orginal RWS' because the colors were nicer, the PCS Centenial set- I really only got this one for the book about PCS, a Giant RWS which was a gift and is useful for pointing at things while teaching, and an unliscensed Chinese knockoff of the RWS because it was only $1 in a dollar store. Oh, and the glow in the dark majors, but they don't count because they were a gift.
I really don't want any more RWS but it seems almost kind of unavoidable..
unless you count the Illuminated-- I have a large irridescent, but now I would really like a medium sparkly AND irredescent one.
And I suppose a vintage Albano-Waite would be nice, too...
*sigh* I guess I am doomed to just keep on accumulating RWS derivatives..


Also,

rwcarter said:

I have the Elemental, the Runic and the Sun Signs (? It's an oracle). I've flirted with the Mystic Meg, but haven't gone down that road yet. Maybe I don't need to

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I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one.. I think that everyone needs the Mystic Meg (presuming they can get it at a reasonable price)... the majors and the courts are absolutely lovely (if you like Caroline Smith's art style), and though the minors are simple, I think they're quite pleasant to look at... in fact, my favorite thing about the entire deck is the suit of birds (swords/air)... they remind me of old-timey-tattoo-sparrows. So charming!

hmm

i would of thought you were a virgo like myself but you were born in may.
perhaps you got some hidden strong virgo in your horoscrope though ?
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HOLMES said:

i would of thought you were a virgo like myself but you were born in may.
perhaps you got some hidden strong virgo in your horoscrope though ?
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Only just saw this. I have 3 planets in Virgo and 4 in Taurus.

Rodney

So, I think I've found the cure to my completionism - Thoth editions. I mean no disrespect to the deck, its creators, its publishers or its aficionados, but that way madness lies! The large and small white box editions are enough to send a serious completionist into apoplexy! There's Weiser, Llewellyn, US Games, the gold box USA printed Llewellyn and the gold box Hong Kong printed Llewellyn. (If there's any more I don't want to know about them!)

I have three copies of the US Games version of the small white box with three versions of the Magus. Each box is different and trying to figure out a timeline for them would surely turn my hair gray before I ever figured it out.

This completionist has met his match in Thoth white box editions....

Rodney

rwcarter said:

Only just saw this. I have 3 planets in Virgo and 4 in Taurus.

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Re this and the Thoth: I just wanted to comfort you. You poor little sausage - I know what that's like. I'm a Virgo-Taurus blend myself. Being perfect is a blessing and a curse.

And did I say a page or two ago that I had a mere eight sub-collections of decks plus a sub-collection of sub-collections?

I lied. My profile (under the list of decks I own) identifies thirteen. Yep, I'm a completionist.

rwcarter said:

So, I think I've found the cure to my completionism - Thoth editions. I mean no disrespect to the deck, its creators, its publishers or its aficionados, but that way madness lies! The large and small white box editions are enough to send a serious completionist into apoplexy! There's Weiser, Llewellyn, US Games, the gold box USA printed Llewellyn and the gold box Hong Kong printed Llewellyn. (If there's any more I don't want to know about them!)

I have three copies of the US Games version of the small white box with three versions of the Magus. Each box is different and trying to figure out a timeline for them would surely turn my hair gray before I ever figured it out.

This completionist has met his match in Thoth white box editions....

Rodney

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Oh I don't feel defeated at all by the Thoth. In fact, I find it quite a challenge; I don't think I have every single variation of every single edition of Thoth out there but I have 19 (must keep my eye open for 1 more!) and that includes a few repetitions of editions. For example, the Green 2 of Disks Box 2 was published by Weiser & then - more recently - US games. The purple box 3 Magus deck came out with a few different box designs (so I have repetitions of those.) I feel as though I have more or less kept on top of the Thoths, As & Bs etc. I think every Thoth devotee owes it to him/herself to get a few varying shades of greenie green-ness...

The fact that it only came out for the first time in 1969 (so recent!) makes things easier. The RWS has virtually a 60 year headstart...

rwcarter said:

I'm on a quest to get all three back patterns of the original Mythic Tarot (my first deck). I think the New Mythic is an abomination, but the Completionist in me will make me buy it as soon as I find it at a decent price.

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This sounds precisely like something I would do! (Although, after some time of convincing myself there could be some value in the abomination. )

emmsma said:

I am not a completionist. Can't afford it. I do, however have several subcollections going.

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This seemed like a fairly common position, so I thought I would present the opposite. I am certainly a completionist, or at least have strong completionist tendencies. Since I know that, one of the first things I did when I started learning Tarot was to put hard limits on how many I could buy, including a lifetime limit (which I am close to reaching). Of course, I know I will surpass that limit in my lifetime... it is simply the strongest limit I could use, the one that would hold the longest. I wanted to avoid having a room full of decks (and related paraphernalia!) that I never do anything with (other than say I own them), which I definitely would have the propensity to do.

ETA:
It is in areas like this that my even stronger rational, utilitarian disposition is... useful.