Gulliver
I'm at the point of no buying new decks (maybe only backups). There is the feeling of satisfaction, so I had no problems to not buy new ones. All I could get from tarot is within the decks are already here. It's really simple for me.
on NOT buying decks
Morwenna
I've slowed down on Tarot decks (I never was that heavily shopping for them in the first place), but I've started going cuckoo over playing card decks! 
But I was always into something. In my twenties it was silverplate and Depression glass; until about ten years ago it was records/tapes/CDs; it's always been books. But I've had to cut back on the books for lack of space, and the music rarely gets played any more because it's so hard to keep the equipment working, and now there's YouTube; and the silver and glassware, well, how much can you use? Space is limited. (Though I still look out for interesting candle holders...)
Decks take up much less space. But as with every other collectable, I've gotten fussy. There are things on my wish list that I keep passing over when I get the chance to buy them in person. And I don't need any more decks, though there are some I dearly want, but most of the urgently wanted ones are OOP. And some of my older decks are long overdue for an outing.
But I was always into something. In my twenties it was silverplate and Depression glass; until about ten years ago it was records/tapes/CDs; it's always been books. But I've had to cut back on the books for lack of space, and the music rarely gets played any more because it's so hard to keep the equipment working, and now there's YouTube; and the silver and glassware, well, how much can you use? Space is limited. (Though I still look out for interesting candle holders...)
Decks take up much less space.
But as with every other collectable, I've gotten fussy. There are things on my wish list that I keep passing over when I get the chance to buy them in person. And I don't need any more decks, though there are some I dearly want, but most of the urgently wanted ones are OOP. And some of my older decks are long overdue for an outing.nisaba
Odd? As I was typing it up I remembered a PM exchange between the two of us ages ago when -er- one of us admitted to using buying decks as a cover to hide an inner spiritual emptiness from ourself and made some resolutions about doing more meaningful things in our life...
We have something in common <grin>.
It's physically healthier than hunching over your desk in the half-light, but I'm sure the cat is deeply offended. Cats *like* Tarot readings - it gives them something to lie on.
Sounds as though you too are through your detox period.
nisaba
Not in my case. I *wanted* to keep buying but had a severe economic crunch at the time. Then, unable to buy, I suffered.isn't this called 'saturation'?
After a period of suffering, I changed. It felt like rehabilitating after a drug. I'm not saturated, I'm almost clean. Not quite, because I use Tarot (even professionally) and am around decks every day, but I'm not buying new. Like a stable, non-drinking alcoholic who can eat a slice of fruitcake made with rum, without going on a bender afterwards.
I treat myself like an addict, too, by avoiding some of my erstwhile favourite tarot websites and, largely, the Tarot Decks subforum where all the new decks I don't want to be tempted by are. So evidently on some level I still feel as if I'll get hooked back into it if I'm not careful.
nisaba
nisaba
How does not buying decks work?
<temptingly> It means you have more disposable cash to buy daggers and swords ...
gregory
Sure. And Ly's lovely Maria Celia. But there are so many there that are just awful. That psychedelic nude one, for instance. (Skyclad).
The Anti-Tarot ? Never come across that one...
Hemera
nisaba
gregory
Oh that. Not a Tarot. I can relax
