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There are other and similar findings to these, Mary...
One of the 'problems' with this poll, of course, is that it does not necessarily reflect tarot enthusiasts in general, but those who post on bulletin boards. As such, one would expect a majority of I over E. Similarly, with those who are likely to continue to maintain postings to perhaps even see these, one would expect a (smaller) majority of J over P.
Significantly, however, I use to also give the MBTI to everyone doing my tarot courses back in the early 90s (using an actual MBTI form for which I wrote a Hypercard programme to make it faster - ie, clicking the selection, with the results worked out invisibly in the background). Basically, everyone (except for a single individual who was an ex-army Major) came out as N or as F (ie, there was only that single exceptional ST). Of those, most were NF.
Similar reports have also been mentioned to me either in the late 80s or early 90s by Brian Clarke (who more recently worked with Kay Steventon on the Celestial Tarot, by the way). He used to similarly give the MBTI to his second year astrology students - perhaps this was a little less expected as at that time, charts were still, for the most part, cast by hand.
One of the 'problems' with this poll, of course, is that it does not necessarily reflect tarot enthusiasts in general, but those who post on bulletin boards. As such, one would expect a majority of I over E. Similarly, with those who are likely to continue to maintain postings to perhaps even see these, one would expect a (smaller) majority of J over P.
Significantly, however, I use to also give the MBTI to everyone doing my tarot courses back in the early 90s (using an actual MBTI form for which I wrote a Hypercard programme to make it faster - ie, clicking the selection, with the results worked out invisibly in the background). Basically, everyone (except for a single individual who was an ex-army Major) came out as N or as F (ie, there was only that single exceptional ST). Of those, most were NF.
Similar reports have also been mentioned to me either in the late 80s or early 90s by Brian Clarke (who more recently worked with Kay Steventon on the Celestial Tarot, by the way). He used to similarly give the MBTI to his second year astrology students - perhaps this was a little less expected as at that time, charts were still, for the most part, cast by hand.