hey, tarotologists out there, something I'm wondering about -
so if I understand this right, the reading of a card depends on an interpretation of its image?
wouldn't that mean the same spread of cards might read very differently depending on which deck I use? as someone coming from Lenormand, this is mildly troubling
@typhlosion this is one reason many people can be very picky about what deck they use. But I personally tend to focus more on what a card means to me than the image on it; I think of the specific imagery as more of a potential additional element.
@typhlosion just remembered one of my favorite tarot stories connects to this. The deck I use most often is called the Tarot of the New Vision. When I bought it I thought it was a slight update /variation on the standard Rider-Waite deck. It is... But the variation is that all the images are shown as if the viewer was rotated 180°. Most of the figures are shown from behind, including ones seated on thrones, so all there is to see is a chair back. It's very silly.
@typhlosion the booklet that comes with the deck talks this up as a novel new perspective. But in my head I call it the Butts Deck for hopefully obvious reasons. 😛 So, the art on those cards does influence readings with it, but primarily in that it helps me keep a light attitude and remember that I don't believe anything I can find out through tarot is set in stone.