thorhammer
I think you're coming at it from the right angle. I did a bit of research as I went along with my Wheel of Change deck, into the cultures referenced and suchlike, and that research gets under your skin and becomes a part of your understanding of the card, whether you consciously call upon it or not. That's what I try to tell people about the IDS - that you can gain so much from *study* and research so that you broaden your knowledge and experience base enough to improve your readings and the way you relate to your cards. I'm glad to hear that you're getting so much out of itzan_chan said:Just got in a christmas/hanukkah gift from mom (its hanukkah now so i wasnt cheating by opening early!) which she took right from my amazon wishlist. A couple of books I'm very excited to get to: "Chief Seattle: Man of Vision" and "Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead".
As, I'm assuming, most who work with the Haindl would agree, the courts pose quite a number of questions in interpretive terms. Should you read them intuitively? Should you read them in terms of traditional courts? Should you read them entirely based on the different mythological figures Haindl chose?
The answer, I suppose, is "yes" to all three of those ideas. It's just figuring out exactly how to best combine those different styles that I'm working on figuring out. For now I'm just trying to learn as much about each figure as I can; who they are, what their story is, things like that.
It doesn't. Not by a LONG shot. But it keeps me sharp - or it would, if I got enough custom. I think I've done about six this year, three for the same person (the person I read for this morning). But it's better than nothing - I certainly wouldn't be able to fund my buying habit with it, though! Particularly given my rather top-shelf taste in decksHmm, paid readings, huh Kat? That would be wonderful to be able to do someday. Having deck buying pay for itself would be awfully nice...
\m/ kat