So I think I may have decided on my next IDS
I'm still fleshing out my new plan, but here's what I did to choose my next deck:
I laid out all of the decks I was considering on my desk in my bedroom. Then I let them stay there for a little while, and as I walked by it I would notice which decks called to me more than the others. I put one deck away that didn't call to me too much right now, and then another, and then two more, and then a few more. I think the entire process took about a week.
Today I eliminated the last deck, leaving one still standing. It is.....the Spanish Tarot. WHAT?! A Marseille!?!
This sort of feels like a continuation of my IDS with the Four Elements, as that deck has nonscenic minors. I've always wanted to study the TdM, and this summer's theme seems to be stripping away all that I don't need, from my life, my posessions, my spiritual practice, everything. It seems to be about distilling everything to just what i need. So I will try stripping away all that imagery from tarot and seeing how that fits in with my life right now.
I will be combining the Spanish with various oracles, as a study without any scenic imagery at all sounds too stark for me just starting out. And I'm just starting to get "into" oracles now, so I wouldn't want to put them all away just when I'm beginning to enjoy them. In other words, I will be using the Spanish and an oracle, but the oracle I use is subject to change day-to-day.
I use tarot and oracles for such different purposes within my life that I don't think including an oracle with my TdM study will change the intensity of the my time with the Spanish at all.
Okay, that's all for now. Off to go type up blackroseivy's TdM reading, which is the reading that convinced me to give a Marseille a closer look.
Cheers!
2_J