i got this deck yesterday (one of my birthday-decks) it was expensive and at first, when i just saw the pictures on a website i didn't really like it, all those thick black lines. but i kept going back to it and looked some more and after about a month of looking and thinking i put it on the wishlist and pretty soon it was in the top of the most wanted list... so it has a way of sneaking up on you
then last night i sat downhere, with deck in hand, wanting to just take out the best cards, but when i came to temperance and had taken out 8 cards i had to give up.
so i stuffed them back again and decided to just take two - one major and one minor - those that spoke the loudest to me:
major - death
i just love that phoenix and wonder why i haven't seen that symbol in other death-cards before. or perhaps i have but they didn't leave an impression on me. the death here sort of reminds me also of the high priestess - perhaps she is the dead woman? her standing stones now turned into round boulders holding in the flames
minor - 6 of swords, it makes me think of those refugees from eastern europe escaping in tiny boats at night, leaving almost everything they have to persue a dream, a hope of a better life - leaving behind war and famine and persecution.
odd cards - the emperor looks like he is flinging something - perhaps one of those oddly shaped clouds.
the chariot - he ain't going anywhere now, is he? just sort of relaxing.
i kind of like that the hermit is coming down from the mountain to share her knowledge and not just endlessly trudging uphill.
that is that for now