Spirit, AJ, Wolfy and Caz
Thank you so much for your thoughts.
Beginning with an RWS based deck (Mystic Dreamer) and reading all the thoughts and perspectives re tarot, I thought how can there really be a book or books that can possibly give you any sort of real guide (no offense to the companion book with MD, but I recycled it because it confused me more than helped me)? There are soooo many discussions on what this means or could mean, and in the end, so many readers say it has to be the reader's interpretation and intuition anyway. Looking through some of the oracles, there was something that also resonated there with me as well. My reason for wanting to get into tarot (or oracles) was getting more in touch with me, my intuitive sense, not try to memorize a zillion different possible meanings, etc. when in the end, it seems to come down to what WE make of what we're seeing. I think I will work with both for awhile and can better gauge then. I thought since I WAS just starting, now was the time to at least look at them both, to see if maybe I was drawn to one over the other. I'm sure as I learn more (and feel more) toward tarot and oracles, it will all gel more for me. In the meantime, PLEASE PLEASE feel free to share your thoughts re tarot and oracles with me.
Namaste,
GD