PrincessPaulina
Hello, everyone!
I've just recently began reading with the TdM, and it was love at 1st spread!
In fact, I was shocked to discover that the TdM is THE ONE -- that perfect deck I've been searching (years) for!
The 1st time I read with a TdM deck, my Tarot-consciousness shifted and slid into place -- everything "clicked" -- as the cards in the spread suddenly began to emerge from their one-dimensional reality to form a new, 3-dimensional world!
They seemed to be communicating among each other, and with me as well...and the patterns, ah the dizzying array of shapes and numbers, forming a whole, seamless story!
Please forgive my gushing, I'm a Tarot reader in love!
But there is a dark shadow in my newfound joy:
What about my other decks?
I have a modest, but high-quality collection of scenic-pip decks, which I learned to read with.
These decks now seem a bit...cheesy...compared to the TdM's simple, streamlined perfection.
I feel that reading with them at this point would tie me to a specific style, era, outlook, or mode of artistic expression (whereas the TdM offers me unlimited freedom from other people's interpretation, or portrayal, of a specific card).
One of the reasons I can see for hanging on to my "regular" decks, is that they are probably more easy to understand for Querents unfamiliar with the Tarot.
However, I'm so smitten that I no longer want to read for MYSELF with a non-TdM deck!
And I can also imagine selling some of my more collectible "regular" decks, to buy nicer TdM's.
But before making a rash decision regarding my non-TdM decks, I'd like to know whether any of you TdM-lovers still read regularly with RWS or Thoth-based decks?
If so, why?
(Are there any benefits to reading with a non-TdM?)
I've just recently began reading with the TdM, and it was love at 1st spread!
In fact, I was shocked to discover that the TdM is THE ONE -- that perfect deck I've been searching (years) for!
The 1st time I read with a TdM deck, my Tarot-consciousness shifted and slid into place -- everything "clicked" -- as the cards in the spread suddenly began to emerge from their one-dimensional reality to form a new, 3-dimensional world!
They seemed to be communicating among each other, and with me as well...and the patterns, ah the dizzying array of shapes and numbers, forming a whole, seamless story!
Please forgive my gushing, I'm a Tarot reader in love!
But there is a dark shadow in my newfound joy:
What about my other decks?
I have a modest, but high-quality collection of scenic-pip decks, which I learned to read with.
These decks now seem a bit...cheesy...compared to the TdM's simple, streamlined perfection.
I feel that reading with them at this point would tie me to a specific style, era, outlook, or mode of artistic expression (whereas the TdM offers me unlimited freedom from other people's interpretation, or portrayal, of a specific card).
One of the reasons I can see for hanging on to my "regular" decks, is that they are probably more easy to understand for Querents unfamiliar with the Tarot.
However, I'm so smitten that I no longer want to read for MYSELF with a non-TdM deck!
And I can also imagine selling some of my more collectible "regular" decks, to buy nicer TdM's.
But before making a rash decision regarding my non-TdM decks, I'd like to know whether any of you TdM-lovers still read regularly with RWS or Thoth-based decks?
If so, why?
(Are there any benefits to reading with a non-TdM?)