If you begin to shop for a deck beyond the Rider-Waite deck, you will see decks of all sizes and descriptions. There are decks that are based on antiquity and carry very traditional artwork. You will find decks that are based on Goth culture. There are decks that celebrate Fairies and Elves. There are decks for religious affiliations and decks with erotic themes. There are decks that follow current trends such as teenage movie vampires or werewolves. There are decks that are nothing more than abstract artwork. You name it, and you can probably find it as a theme for a Tarot deck somewhere.
Then how do we decide? Well, how does a guitar player decide on which guitar to buy? If you walk into a music store you will see maybe a hundred guitars hanging on the wall. For the most part they all share common themes. They all have six strings. They all have the same number of frets and a bridge, and they all tune to pretty much the same number of octaves. So other than obvious cosmetic differences, how do we decide which one is for us?
Obviously, we choose the one that speaks to US as an individual. When it comes to a guitar, this probably means picking it up and playing it to see if it feels right and if we like the sound.
With a set of Tarot cards it means looking at the symbology on the cards. Remember, we will be spending a lot of time with these cards, and the images on the cards must be something that inspires our thoughts and words. Ask yourself these types of questions:
Are you comfortable with what the deck depicts?
Do the pictures speak to you at all?
Do the images make you think?
Do they inspire your imagination?
Look over a number of decks until you find the symbology that draws you to it. You might like traditional pictures, or you might be drawn to abstract artwork. Either is fine, so long as the deck speaks to your heart and sparks your intuition when you look at it.
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