tryingtoreadtarot
Can anyone help me understand this card in the quest cards? I just got this deck and am learning it
tryingtoreadtarot said:Can anyone help me understand this card in the quest cards? I just got this deck and am learning it
Yes, I must say, I do too. But I do this with all my decks, actually.starrystarrynight said:I often bring other things to them than he may have intended (like numerology) in order to enhance--or even challenge--what he has written.
again, i agree. this is definately a deck that isn't one to read intuitively, IMO. however, it is a very thorough deck and gives great readings, once you are able to understand all the symbolism in this deck.starrystarrynight said:Also, his images are rather stark...and the Five of Stones is a good example. There isn't much to see on this card but the five lonely stones; so, it may not help you as much with intuitive reading as you might like.
again, i agree here with you. i do reach for this deck often though, as I'm intrigued with it. but every now and again, i like to read intuitively, so grab a different deck for that. it's a great deck to learn, but not one I'd recommend to a beginner.starrystarrynight said:I am glad I had a lot of experience with RWS-based decks before ever picking up the Quest, though. I don't think I would have stuck with it if I were a real beginner.
I know! What I don't understand is why I get such powerful and stunning (sometimes) readings from this deck!? (Because I tend to read intuitively.)celticnoodle said:again, i agree. this is definately a deck that isn't one to read intuitively, IMO. however, it is a very thorough deck and gives great readings, once you are able to understand all the symbolism in this deck.
Yeah, but zanna, don't you intuit the card before you even turn it over? (I am in awe of the way you are able to do that...) But that would make the image on the deck less important to your reading, wouldn't it?zannamarie said:I have great difficulty relating the book meanings and keywords on the cards to the images so I pretty much only read this deck intuitively. Most of the time I don't pick up from the card what the author indicates it was designed to mean.
Yes, it is almost a cross between the two systems.Thireen said:They seem to be Thoth bias, but not totally Thoth based. For example, Strength is "Strength" and not "lust" and is numbered at 8 with Justice at 11--that's RW, not Thoth. Yet there's Aeon instead of Judgement, Alchemy instead of Temperance, and 6/Swords is "science." That's Thoth, as are the court cards male-female balancing out of mother-father, and daughter-son.
For all that, a lot of the definitions for the cards seem to be similar to RW and not that different. 2/Cups is Love, 6/Wands as victory, etc.
Sometimes I do intuit before turning over, but I also intuit from the image on the card separately from what I get before turning over the card. If I'm reading using cards, the card images are just as important as what I get prior to looking at them.starrystarrynight said:Yeah, but zanna, don't you intuit the card before you even turn it over? (I am in awe of the way you are able to do that...) But that would make the image on the deck less important to your reading, wouldn't it?