shamoness said:
Just wondering if this thread will stay open for those who will be starting their IDS. Or will a new thread be started?
The mods approached me a while back about starting a new thread when this one got to 1000 posts long, and as it so happens, that event coincided nicely with the unofficial *end* of the first IDS! So the new thread is here:
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=100284
PeterS said:
For the sake of those who may embark on this path later those of us who have participated in the IDS might take a moment and share our experiences. What was great, what was tougher than you thought, what would you change and what should stay the same. This all started out as a One Deck Wonder exercise and we adapted it based on that experience. It might be helpful for the second round to have our accounts to learn from as they go forward.
Peter.
Great idea! Although some might have to go in the new thread, when the mods close this one.
For mine, I learned new discipline. It ended up being more about me than about the deck, in a way, because I learnt that when you get the wrong answer, or a hard answer, or an obtuse one, you don't achieve anything by running to the next deck for *clarification* - it's just backing down. I learnt to push myself, and as such I'm just reaching a point now where I'm getting more out of every card than I ever expected, and in a totally different way.
While I'm intending to technically break out of the IDS mode, pursuing the Thoth/Liber T, I'm still going to be working with my Wheel of Change. I've learnt a great deal about this deck's tone in the last few months, and now I understand that it will be a great antidote when the intellectualisation of the other two gets me down. It's a lot freer than I expected - wanted, even, as I was really after something that I could buckle myself to - but I found out that it is a deck that marries up with my personal worldview very well.
I'm a better, more patient, more open-minded reader now. My mind is more tenacious with difficult conceptions - both intellectually difficult, and emotionally/psychologically difficult. I have grown a great deal. And I love *my* deck.
\m/ Kat