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frelkins said:And that is the heart of the issue, I think, for TdM people. Who's perspective wins? Yours, in context with the sitter, or that of the remote deck artist? Of course you are down with this point of view -- or else you wouldn't have come here! -- but I'm just stating this explicitly. I find the TdM very liberating in this context: I'm not beholden to anyone but the sitter and can actually reflect our real zeitgeist at the moment of the reading.
You're right, frelkins. I'm really at a point right now where I don't want to be told what a card means. And I've also been questioning the meaning and purpose of tarot readings. Is their purpose merely to reflect life and all of our negative feelings and fears that we may bring to it, like a magic trick, or should they help us to connect with positive feelings and personal power? If we are looking for our readings to take us in a positive direction, then the TdM pips may be the way to go. There are plenty of "negative" or "frightening" images in the majors; do we need more in the minors? I'm not sure anymore that we do, or that I do, at least.