I started reading tarot two years ago just for myself exclusively for therapeutic and spiritual reasons. I'm not a professional reader. But I hope I can be one someday. I noticed I got caught up in the deck-buying frenzy on tarot tube. I watched my first videos from the Hermit's Cave channel. The guy with tarot museum. Haha. I realized lately, I don't need many. Even though I have about 33 decks. Each deck has its own purpose for different reasons. I noticed I'm getting very powerful readings on very cheap simple decks, not fancy ones. Tarot is just the tool, we ARE the oracle. Yes, one deck is all we need.
Thank you, thank you! This video highly resonated with me. I totally agree with you that the ability to read and be intimate with Tarot is lost with the consumerism and consumption of buying pretty Tarot decks that multiplies by the hundreds every year. I had like close to 75+ decks in Tarot and now down to 40+ and still in the process of decluttering a bunch more. I find myself going back to decks that have art and symbolism that are close to the Waite-Smith tradition! This Tarot Deck buying obsession is like buying many pretty homes and not living in them. Kind of like collecting properties in a Monopoly board game by just paying rent. I also yearn to be intimate with Tarot again so I don't need to buy more, but get to know the ones that really resonate with me. A great review and video! 🌟🌟🌟
i feel like i just sat down with a wise aunt.... deeply resonating. Ive been poking around "tarot-tube" for the first time and fascinated at the idea of trying to spread one's attention between many decks--not for me, but maybe if I were more immersed it would be more useful. But your description of having that deep and personal relationship with just one or two decks makes a whole lot of sense. i'm an illustrator by trade, and i've collected ten tarot decks over the years. But most of them are the same to me as the art books i keep for reference, pretty inspiration and something to contemplate. Only two decks are actually in use for reading. Even between those two, just one stands out as my familiar companion who I turn to the most. Can't recall *all* those cards from memory just yet, but i'm close! Thank you for sharing, I feel very warmed by your thoughtful outlook
Yes! When I think of Tarot the Morgan Greer IS Tarot to me. It was my first Tarot deck. My first love.. ❤️. Definitely can see all 78. My father was recently visiting and I found him gazing at my collection with huge eyes. I thought he would tell me to stay away from such things or or scold me for owning SO MANY. Instead he picked up Morgan Greer and said “Ah..Morgan Greer...that was my deck.” 😊
I love that your father read tarot, that he sat quietly by your “tarot shelf” and from all those decks, connected with his tarot deck. I can picture the scene clearly in my mind ❤️
I've been reading and studying Tarot since the late 70's/early 80's. My first deck was RWS and my second was the Thoth. These two decks went everywhere with me. The RWS was for basic readings. The Thoth was for more spiritual readings. They were sacred and magical to me. Then slowly I started adding decks like The Motherpeace, Aquarian Tarot, Goddess Tarot and put my original two away for safe keeping. Jump way ahead to 2012 I found YT and started collecting decks. I now have an overwhelming collection and miss the days when Tarot was sacred and magical. I love my collection, these decks are beautiful and all have something to teach but its not the same deep down visceral, mind expanding experience anymore.
I always admire people who can just get one deck and use it all the time. I will never be that person hahaha but I totally admire it! I know tarot system so intimately that I can picture now cards from many decks lol 😂 RWS and Thoth and Marseille can be flipped in my mind’s eye at any time :) Because I use so many different decks I can now call so many different images from many different decks. I find it so helpful to expand on interpretations and just not to get “bored” :) I’m one of the people who loves art so much and I love tarot for tarot but 50% of my love for tarot is the love for art :) So I totally agree with you- to read tarot - you need to know the system and know tarot, and learn symbolic language and know how to use it. Learn the system and then you can swim :)
You work with and review many decks, which is why you can picture them. Your occupation is full time card reader, yes? I can picture tons of medications in my mind but I only have intimate pharmacological knowledge of the ones I administer every day. This is what I am speaking to, an intimate relationship not encyclopedic knowledge. 🙂
@@MaryGraceFahrun I know what you are talking about! In my opinion it is possible to have that kind of intimate relationship with many decks. I have it because as you mentioned- I have been working with and using decks every day for years. I think when we start learning tarot it is really great to focus on one deck and the system; get to know it, but later on...I say swim :) It's my personal opinion and experience. Each to their own but there's something special with creating a relationship with a deck in the way of working with it for a long period of time. It is very profound and I totally agree, that the decks give deeper readings this way most of the times anyway.
@@tarotmap I totally get what you are saying which is why I admire your skill! What I'm talking about is that longing to recapture the magic of the first few decks. That feeling of mystery, magic, discovery....
Totally with you on this one! For me readings are not just about the “traditional meanings”, but about the feelings the artwork invokes in me that adds depth and colour to the readings...the blending of function and form is what keeps me coming back day after day ❤️
I began this process a week ago by publicly reviewing my tarot shelf & feeling overwhelmed for months with too many decks. First round I chose 27 decks to release. The process will be on-going. I have more than enough decks. And I’m so glad to have discovered intimate relationships with many more than 3 or 4 decks. Every single day the cards are in hand & I discover so much about life, my own journey & the relationship others have with their own lives. I want to support depth by asking deep questions, by mentoring and walking my talk. Thank you for making this video.
The intimate relationship you have with the deck is the magic! Oh yes!!!!! This 1000 times over! You know I’m a beginner but even now I feel you on this. My doorway in was tarot tube and deck collectors and within 6 months I was needing to breathe! I get this so so much ❤️❤️❤️
Amen. Ive also come to terms with the fact that I only need to have an intimate relationship 1 or 2 decks, all other decks in my collection are for collectors purpose, for the appreciation of the art and thats it. Thanks for articulating what Ive also been feeling for quite sometime, i also miss the magic i experienced when approaching tarot for the first time, before i got sidetracked on the endless journey of searching for the elusive "soul deck".
I can relate to your mentioning appreciating the art. A lot of decks that I have are because it's like having a mini-museum in my hands. I don't have the space to hang art on my walls, but I have the space for a box of art. :-) Or make that a number of boxes of art lol ;-)
@@empresssong OMG I was in Seattle at an old bookstore (We were on Vaca. I'm from PA) and I found an 8x10 book of "Perrault's Fairy Tales with thirty-four full-page illustrations by Gustave Dore' " (that's what the cover says) and I bought it just for the illustrations! It's an aqua blue-green cover. They are magnificent. Had never heard of either of them.
@@vmtoglia Sounds awesome! Yes thats a large part of how I came to tarot in the first place, the art of story telling really speaks to my inner child and stimulates my imagination.
I originally starting collecting decks for the beauty of it, then I developed a relationship with each of them and in my experience, is like working with a group of friends each really good at something specific with a unique point of view. Particularly when I do a multiple decks reading and similar cards show up in completely different decks, that wouldn’t otherwise repeat, like REALLY driving it home! After listening to the first part of your video, agreeing with you that really don’t NEED anything but a deck. For me, I feel that I’m in a quest for a perfect deck that does NOT exist and ultimately, depending on how bad I want it, creating my own tarot deck. For example I love my world mythology decks but there’s always something wrong, The New Mythic is just pictorially ugly and the size and finish makes it very slippery for me. Each deck has always a couple of things that for one reason or another I can not tie myself to just the one deck, so I’m constantly rotating my deck use.
I really do believe every tarot reader should start either with marselle or rider waite. When I started my journey with the tarot I heard the awesome advice: learn marselle and you'll be able to read anything, cartomancy, tarot, anything. I love having different decks, I see no problem with it, but I do agree with you: tarot has become a consumerist's dream (or nightmare), some have so many decks but don't even know how to read the cards...
It so interesting to hear different perspectives on tarot and reading and what makes people happy! I hear your points and am going to think about them more. The only other thing I wanted to mention is that I've heard multiple people of colour (and some white people) talk about how they couldn't connect to the original RWS when learning tarot, and they found that a modern deck or one with people of colour in it was much more helpful to their early journey. Of course, some of them eventually do like the RWS, while others never do. I just wanted to mention it because, as white people, we have that privilege when dealing with the "classic" decks that the figures all look like us, and we don't have that experience of alienation of facing yet another all white deck. That isn't to say that the "classic" decks don't have a lot to offer in terms of symbology - I do think they are classics for reasons beyond just their age! - just that people's initial paths into tarot may look different for some important reasons.
This exact same thing hit me the last week! Over the last 2 years, I went from a handful of decks. To over a hundred oracle and tarot. I was so overwhelmed and the cards started to lose their meanings and felt abstract. So this week, I bought a new meaty tarot book, and decided to REALLY get to know my working deck on a whole new level and renew our relationship. The rest are being culled. Thank you for articulating what I’ve been feeling so well
You are so right. Without question. If that longing is still there then the buying isn't working! This has been on my mind a lot lately. I already knew the answer. I also feel scattered and distracted much of the time and part of it is because I'm always on the hunt and watching videos about tarot when, even though I practice it, I should be getting more intimate with one or two. It's about self-awareness and the buying is pulling me further away from that goal. Thank you for this video. BTW - I'm here from watching Dawn Michelle from Boho Tarot's channel. ❤️
I loved this video! I can completely relate. I grew up with the Universal Waite and never had the need for any other deck for years. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago when I was exposed to tarot collecting, and I have gone crazy since. As a lover of art and tarot, I couldn’t believe all the gorgeous decks that were available! And I wanted to try Marseille, then Thoth, then lenormand, then it was mass market decks, then indie decks, then the out of print lucky finds. Now I feel so overwhelmed and dissatisfied despite having a gorgeous collection. I also don’t necessarily see it stopping as long as artists keep creating meaningful and beautiful decks. I will say though that I’ve recently committed to reading the books and diving deeper into tarot, and I feel the connection returning. It’s a wonderful feeling. Morgan-Greer is one of my workhorse decks and is timeless. I know what you mean, to have a deep and intimate connection with a deck is worth everything.
I bought my first deck 25 years ago...back when you just had to guess based on the cover. Now I have 15 (bought since the beginning of the pandemic)...and I feel like I'm spread too thin...I miss that intimate bond, that split second knowing when you see the card flip. So in short, your video has me packing them all up, all the impulses, bells and whistles. Back to basics is what this girl needs 🎡 Thank you for sharing 🍃
"Is there a deck you work with that you can visualize all 78 cards." Yes. The classic Rider Waite Smith without question. Also, the Tarot of the Hidden Realm. And the Hanson Roberts Tarot (That last one is actually a bit of a surprise... but thinking about it? I can picture each of the cards in detail and didn't realize I could until just now.)
I fell in love with The Dreaming Way Tarot. I also love The Tarot of A.E Waite & The Vintage Tarot. I learned tarot in my 20's & now as I have gotten back into it, Its Amazing how many decks are out there now. I have only a handful of tarot decks. I want only what brings me joy & I have space for in our home. I did a video for people wanting to learn, that they only need 1 RWS system deck to learn & know well with a few books to explain the symbolism.
Hi Rue, Thanks for sharing! I definitely relate in some ways to what you shared and expressed. In my case, I have come to realize that the acquiring of decks and switching back and forth and looking for “the next best tarot”, turned out to be my way of avoiding actually facing the tarot and properly learning how to read them! It was my hesitation and procrastination mechanism! It really side tracked me. After 10 years, I don’t really have confidence reading that tarot! I have finally stripped back my collection to a few traditional decks and I am working on focusing and learning how to ACTUALLY read the cards. Facing them head on! Thanks for sharing, I love your videos, your honesty, and spending "virtual time" with you! Statt buon!
I can certainly relate to what you are saying. I have two decks that I have a personal relationship with and I been thinking of parting wit at least 50 or more decks.
This resonates so much! I bought the Mythic tarot as a teenager in the 90's. Somewhere along the line I also picked up the Ancenstral Path - and that was it until I found tarot on UA-cam 2 or 3 years ago. Whilst my collection is still small compared to many on here, I have a ridiculous amount. And I certainly couldn't picture ever card of any of them. I recently found myself trying to pick a selection of decks to use for Autumn, as a way to feel like I am able to use more of them (lockdown caused me to welcome quite a few new decks in a short space of time). But this has me pondering if I could just pick one? One deck to focus on through the season, to really get to know. Am I strong enough? I definitely feel able to have a culling, as one advantage of going through a collection phase I think is that it helped me learn & refine what works for me and what doesn't. Sometimes I think you need to overdo it in order to have that moment of clarity and be able to draw back. Thank you, this has given me lots to think about! 😊
This really made me think about my deck collection. I just started tarot and am in the process of just an introduction to my cards. And I went on a binge too. Part of me wishes I hadn’t because I get overwhelmed at times. But I will take it 1 deck at a time, & whichever one I don’t connect with, I’ll sell
"I have developed an intimate relationship with a deck when I can picture all 78 cards in my mind without looking at them" ~ Mary-Grace Fahrun Can I please quote this on paper and frame it to the wall ? You are amazing, Thanks so much for this video !!
I feel scattered too, and I'm just starting collecting. I feel deep inside what you're saying, but I don't feel any emotions toward the RWS that I first learned with. I've always tought of it as a learning deck, not a life long friend deck. So now that I can remember the basic meaning of each card, I'm looking for this connection, somehow convinced it's not going to be with one of the fashionable themed ones, but a more classical RWS-ish deck, but not Pam's one. Still looking.
I miss the magic of tarot as well. I've been reading with the RW for many many years before I started buying other decks. Lately my attention feels fragmented because I want to use all of them. Focus is what need too. This video is very inspiring and you encourage me to reconnect with my most beloved decks.
Thank you for this. I’m so happy for you that you seem to be at a really healthy place of discernment for what is going to be most meaningful for you right now. It’s a joy to see that. Although I am currently exploring many decks, I really believe the RWS will remain the primary one for me because of that longevity factor. I really appreciate your use of the word intimacy and I find that deeply influential. Thank you. Blessings to you.
I don't know if was because of Covid, but I also got sidetracked by the feel good side of purchasing. Over the last few months I've onload or passed on decks. I now have 16. But STILL feel that I need to cull a bit more. Saying that, 3 decks are oracle & Lenormand. My last purchase arrived yesterday. And I'm promising myself that is it! I started this year spending a month working with a deck. By the end if each month I've found I have a pretty great handle on how I feel and work with the deck, and if it's time to let it go. I love where you ask if we can visualize each deck, and "see" the cards. My work continues. Thankyou ❤
I hear you on the mixing up vocabulary of different languages 😝. This video was spot on in terms of building a strong relationship with your deck to get the most out of it. I was searching for that perfect deck and I think I have a few perfect decks in my collection that I want to deepen my relationship with. The others are pretty to look at and play with though ❤️
This is exactly where I am right now. I am saturated with UA-cam videos of all the hundreds of thousands of artistic interpretations of the RWS etc... which are all beautiful but as you say.... You just need one deck! Ok, maybe I’ll narrow it down to one RWS, one Marseilles, Thoth, one Lenormand ha haaaa but I totally get what you’re saying. It’s the longing that has got me to the stage where I’m about to list loads of decks on eBay. Thank you xxx
I started feeling like this about three years ago and that’s when I slowed my deck buying way down. I still love to get a new deck here and there, but I also enjoy just watching a walkthrough of a new release and leaving it at that. My ride or die decks are: Centenial, Hidden Realm, Angel Tarot, SKT, Noblet, and an old trimmed Thoth that I can never part with. The two decks I know like the back of my hand are the Centennial and the Hidden Realm. Great video!
Ooooooo we get a glimpse of puppy!!!!! 🤎🤎🤎. You make some really good points here, Grace. My first deck was the Motherpeace which I got in Cambridge Mass in the early 80s.... it was my only deck for ten years..... the traditional RWS did not appeal to me because it wasn’t representational.... after ten years of owning one deck I gradually added a deck here and there.... but very slowly so I did get to know the decks well. About eight or ten years ago I decided to devote myself to really really learning Tarot and for that I decided I needed to go with a traditional deck so I bought the Radiant Waite..... I pulled one or more cards from that deck everyday for one year.... ( I missed about five days due to travel ) but I learned that deck in a deep deep way.... and yes say a card and I can picture it..... a year or so later I came across the Gaian deck and used that almost exclusively for a year and then a couple years later around 2015 I added in the Tarot de St Croix.... all three of these decks I can picture each card..... I really know these decks, as you say, intimately. I couldn’t help thinking as you kept using the term knowing your deck intimately that when one is promiscuous one cannot be intimate..... I don’t use that term pejoratively.... but if you have 100 decks even if you read everyday ..... there’s only so much time you have to spend with each deck over the course of a year...... from 1983-2013 I probably had ten decks..... and then my god all hell broke loose from 2015-2018!!!! I’ve slowed down in my acquisitions over the past year or so.... but seriously i became totally promiscuous!!!!! But even with as many decks as I have I always seem to fall back to RWS, Gaian, Tarot de St Croix.... and the Sasuraibito .... in the spring I get called to the Aquarian and in the summer Morgan Greer..... but really the rest could go. Good food for thought here!
I like to use one deck to read. But have others as a library. So I only buy one if the interpretation is interesting, like a book. Thanks for the video! It's great to think about these things... what is it you want? The Longing. Plus the way you talk is really soothing and enlightening, felt like I was in a reading! heheh Really cool! Great video!
Mary-Grace, I am so very happy over finding this video. You had me within the first three minutes. Like you, there is a "need,;" something is missing; retail therapy, etc. All spot on. Thank you, thank you for sharing this with us, it means an awful lot.
I love the last few minutes when you talk about building a relationship with the deck, getting to know the deck. I M a beginner but getting to know a deck is a bit like getting to know a person. Also when you talk about being scattered and need to bring home all the pieces is how I feel too.
My best advice to anyone who is a beginner: start with one deck and get to know it really well. There is always time to try different decks. Best to develop a solid foundation and relationship with one deck this way you can trust it and the readings. Welcome and enjoy! xo
For me, the Rider Waite Smith is the Rosetta Stone of tarot. It is a system by which so many others decks rely. I do like seeing various decks inspired by that system, and many enhance the meanings in the system from their differing perspectives, but as to need, once you know the system, you don't even need the cards...a random 0 to 78 number generator will do. I even have a set of dice for that. I think there is sort of a sense of tactile joy to handle and look at the images on cards. And while I keep accumulating decks to review for my channel, I find that I fall back to one or two for readings, the ones with which I am most familiar. Since I created my own deck, if I had to choose one, that would probably be the one. My connection with it comes from the depths of my own psyche. But it's still based on a traditional system. It just has my own connection with it. I still want to encourage everyone at one time or another, to create your own deck. It is such an eye-opening learning experience.
thank you thankyou i needed this video, i was going to run for another deck this week!!its crazy thinking i NEED these decks. you just want the next prettiest one, the newest one ,whatever. Thankyou
I have around 50 Tarot decks and Each one has one "unique voice" From these 50, I DO NOT connect with 9 or 10 so never use them [ Morgan Geer is one of them] . I love art and color palettes so much too. My point is : I agree to some extent . I think 50 is a good numer to stop or sell some before getting new ones❤🔮
Morgan Greer for over 10 years was my only deck. Then took a Tarot course and was given an Original Rider Waite Smith and an Ancient Egyptian. That was it for me for the next 10 years. RWS was my study deck. MG and AE my readers. I was happy with that. Got a few more over the years that was it. Since January I shopped for emotional reasons and coming up for air now looking at the mountain I bought and am disgusted with myself. I'm also purging and would love to get back to just those 3 decks. It likely won't happen this time around but at least I've started the journey.
Please be kind to yourself. Many of us sought out retail therapy to self-soothe. Forgive yourself and give yourself permission to let the ones that do not serve you go. 🤗❤
yes, we were learning around the same time, i believe (1980's). i thought a person should only have one deck at a time...for 30 years. when i found youtube it was a real eye-opener. i did the same as you and purchased a bunch of decks over the last couple of years. then, i put a bunch of them away. thanks to you, i repurchased the morgan greer.. i like having it and will probably, along with many others, give to my daughter or granddaughter. i have a few play lists which have the decks i use, the decks i own, but will not use and decks i've gotten rid of over the years. i have 9 decks that i read with (a few of which are just oracle decks that i'll use to pull and extra card here and there). surprisingly, they are mostly pip decks. ahhhh, the mythic tarot was the very first deck i learned to read back in either 1986 or 1987 and those images are imprinted on my brain. i repurchased 2 vintage versions of that deck, but am not reading with it. i enjoy having it so i can, again, pass it along. i'm glad i went through all of those decks. truly. it was fun and i learned a lot about what is available and what i really want. i think that being a good reader is subjective. i believe that it's important to stick with how you read. you develop your way of reading and you stick with it. my beginner deck was not traditional and i've been told that i'm a very good, concise, reader. so, it's subjective. one person's fantastic reader is another person's, well, not. i do not like the original artwork for any of the "traditional" systems. i'm just saying that these things are really very personal.
Thank you for this video I think I have to many but for what ever reason they just got my attention. I even have one I would love to get rid of, it scares me but can't seem to do it 😊❤ Morgan Greer was gifted to me at 12 years old, Im now 43 I will never part with it💖
The timing of your video is spot on. I moved across country about 8 months ago. For the first 6 I didn’t really pick up my tarot. The last 2 months I have delved back into my practice. With that I have gotten bit by the bug of looking at tarot videos, decks etc. I draw a card each night. Last night I pulled the 7 of swords. To me it said that maybe I was wanting just to want. Then your video comes up. I don’t have a large collection of card but I do have maybe 30 between tarot and Oracle. I think it’s time to really look within and ask my self do I really need more?
Hello! It is the first time I watch one of your videos. I couldnt stop listening your wise words, this issue you talked about, I was thinking it too few days ago, because I was buying a lot of decks and I really use one or two, specially playing cards for me personally are the best when I look for a quick answer: just playing cards. I really appreciate your message. I am a new subscriber now. Greetings from Argentina 💜
So I had to do it I made VR to video it such an important message you share here I also linked your video I really want others to see it. Thank you for sharing your message with us.
Reading cards for 40 years and collected a lot of decks , but yes we keep on searching for more cards , looking for cards who gives us more. But the most we are connected to are the decks that speaks with our subconscious and RWS and based RWS will do that because we are used to those symbols. Then ofcourse the bs decks , the photoshop decks will do nothing for me 😉 just use what works for you❤️ loved the video 👌✨
Watched one of your older videos and you talked about ,All the deck reviews < way to many decks , all about the decks and very little about tarot ....I would more about tarot .....yes love Morgan Greer ...love Druid Craft cant quit figure out WildWood but really like it ..
Thinking about it, a couple of particular Marseille decks spring to mind thats really interesting & was not expecting that I think I need to sit with this for a while, thank you thats really surprised me I always felt closer to my Thoth deck which I can also recall from memory so thats no surprise.
This is exactly what I been saying lately trying to express. You put so much of my thoughts into words. I am going to do a VR to this becuase it's a topic that deserves deeper discussion funny thing is I was going to post a video about a similar topic today.
Yes! I love this. Longing is a great word. I’ve been reading with Morgan Greer since the early 80’s. The last ten years have been a glut of decks, and an odd dissatisfaction. You nailed it. I long for the time it was just me and my MG.
I read with the Thoth for fifteen years or so and discovered tarot tube when I was seeking a new deck to use. And I got swept up in all the beautiful options and bought a lot of decks. Too many! I’ve landed on Marseille and am going to focus on that system and begin the deep bond that comes from studying, practicing and reading with focus.
I hear what you're saying and completely agree that to a good reader all you need is one deck that you know well. Collecting decks is a different activity than reading tarot, while of course many people do both. I had decided to have a depth year this year as I felt my 20 decks were plenty (too many to use) but lockdown I slipped back into deck buying - and I'm delighted with my new decks - but I know I still have too many to use and some are just gathering dust. And some, if they disappeared, I'd not really notice. My first deck was, ironically, not the one I bonded deeply with. Tarot of a Moon Garden which was my only deck for over 10 years, is pip based and when I discovered other decks it was like a light went on... oh that's why I didn't really GET it! I now focus on figurative pips. The deck that really turned me on to Tarot and helped me learn was the Gaian Tarot which is not traditional - but eventually I had to get a RWS deck (I have Centennial too) and start to map what I knew back against it and it is now foundational to my study and understanding of tarot even though I don't read with it. I usually read with close clones like Modern Witch or Lightseers. I enjoy studying different interpretations and looking at different versions of one card - but this could be done online without buying decks of course!
I keep telling myself that I’m going to do a depth year, but then the next shiny deck comes along. Thank you for your honesty about where you are in your tarot journey. I really know what you mean about “intimacy” as opposed to “playing the field”. How much do I want it? And am I willing to sacrifice for it? That’s what I keep asking myself,
Those books you showed make me feel nostalgic. Also when you said “I miss, I miss, I miss... the days when I had that intimate relationship with my one deck”. The decks I have this with are: RWS, Trionfi della luna and Thoth. So basically the three systems you named 😄
Hi there, I am also starting out with tarot eventhough I bought two tarot decks almost 2 years ago. When I bought those decks I did not know anything at all about tarot. So I want to know how long will one deck laat you if you use it for ten years like you did. Did you use the same deck for ten years without the need to repurchase or replace the deck because of usage? I am a minimalist and I don't want to have more decks than is necessary. Thank you in advance and for making this video. It really helped me stay grounded and not buy anymore decks
Thank you for watching and thank you for taking the time to share in the comments. I have a Tarot deck I used I every day for over 20 years and it is still useable. It shows a lot of wear and I love it. I have a dear friend who has owned only one Tarot deck her whole life. It must be 40 years old. It looks 500 years old and some cards are missing a piece here and there but it is full of her energy and magic and thus, irreplaceable. I hope this inspires you. xo
@@MaryGraceFahrun Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I am so grateful for this information because it does put this into perspective for me. What do you recommend for oracle decks? Is one enough? Is one even needed? I just want to say that I love your energy and your honest opinion. So thank you again😃
I started reading tarot two years ago just for myself exclusively for therapeutic and spiritual reasons. I'm not a professional reader. But I hope I can be one someday. I noticed I got caught up in the deck-buying frenzy on tarot tube. I watched my first videos from the Hermit's Cave channel. The guy with tarot museum. Haha. I realized lately, I don't need many. Even though I have about 33 decks. Each deck has its own purpose for different reasons. I noticed I'm getting very powerful readings on very cheap simple decks, not fancy ones. Tarot is just the tool, we ARE the oracle. Yes, one deck is all we need.
Thank you, thank you!
This video highly resonated with me. I totally agree with you that the ability to read and be intimate with Tarot is lost with the consumerism and consumption of buying pretty Tarot decks that multiplies by the hundreds every year.
I had like close to 75+ decks in Tarot and now down to 40+ and still in the process of decluttering a bunch more. I find myself going back to decks that have art and symbolism that are close to the Waite-Smith tradition!
This Tarot Deck buying obsession is like buying many pretty homes and not living in them. Kind of like collecting properties in a Monopoly board game by just paying rent. I also yearn to be intimate with Tarot again so I don't need to buy more, but get to know the ones that really resonate with me.
A great review and video! 🌟🌟🌟
Exactly! Same here, good luck😊
i feel like i just sat down with a wise aunt.... deeply resonating. Ive been poking around "tarot-tube" for the first time and fascinated at the idea of trying to spread one's attention between many decks--not for me, but maybe if I were more immersed it would be more useful. But your description of having that deep and personal relationship with just one or two decks makes a whole lot of sense.
i'm an illustrator by trade, and i've collected ten tarot decks over the years. But most of them are the same to me as the art books i keep for reference, pretty inspiration and something to contemplate. Only two decks are actually in use for reading. Even between those two, just one stands out as my familiar companion who I turn to the most. Can't recall *all* those cards from memory just yet, but i'm close!
Thank you for sharing, I feel very warmed by your thoughtful outlook
Yes! When I think of Tarot the Morgan Greer IS Tarot to me. It was my first Tarot deck. My first love.. ❤️. Definitely can see all 78. My father was recently visiting and I found him gazing at my collection with huge eyes. I thought he would tell me to stay away from such things or or scold me for owning SO MANY. Instead he picked up Morgan Greer and said “Ah..Morgan Greer...that was my deck.” 😊
I love this so much. Thank you for sharing! 🤗💞
I love that your father read tarot, that he sat quietly by your “tarot shelf” and from all those decks, connected with his tarot deck. I can picture the scene clearly in my mind ❤️
I also have the tarot in a tin version.. it's in my bag. With me all the time.
I've been reading and studying Tarot since the late 70's/early 80's. My first deck was RWS and my second was the Thoth. These two decks went everywhere with me. The RWS was for basic readings. The Thoth was for more spiritual readings. They were sacred and magical to me. Then slowly I started adding decks like The Motherpeace, Aquarian Tarot, Goddess Tarot and put my original two away for safe keeping. Jump way ahead to 2012 I found YT and started collecting decks. I now have an overwhelming collection and miss the days when Tarot was sacred and magical. I love my collection, these decks are beautiful and all have something to teach but its not the same deep down visceral, mind expanding experience anymore.
I always admire people who can just get one deck and use it all the time. I will never be that person hahaha but I totally admire it! I know tarot system so intimately that I can picture now cards from many decks lol 😂 RWS and Thoth and Marseille can be flipped in my mind’s eye at any time :) Because I use so many different decks I can now call so many different images from many different decks. I find it so helpful to expand on interpretations and just not to get “bored” :) I’m one of the people who loves art so much and I love tarot for tarot but 50% of my love for tarot is the love for art :) So I totally agree with you- to read tarot - you need to know the system and know tarot, and learn symbolic language and know how to use it. Learn the system and then you can swim :)
You work with and review many decks, which is why you can picture them. Your occupation is full time card reader, yes? I can picture tons of medications in my mind but I only have intimate pharmacological knowledge of the ones I administer every day. This is what I am speaking to, an intimate relationship not encyclopedic knowledge. 🙂
@@MaryGraceFahrun I know what you are talking about! In my opinion it is possible to have that kind of intimate relationship with many decks. I have it because as you mentioned- I have been working with and using decks every day for years. I think when we start learning tarot it is really great to focus on one deck and the system; get to know it, but later on...I say swim :) It's my personal opinion and experience. Each to their own but there's something special with creating a relationship with a deck in the way of working with it for a long period of time. It is very profound and I totally agree, that the decks give deeper readings this way most of the times anyway.
@@tarotmap I totally get what you are saying which is why I admire your skill! What I'm talking about is that longing to recapture the magic of the first few decks. That feeling of mystery, magic, discovery....
Mary-Grace Fahrun yes! I get that longing too at times! And I agree with you about the word longing... it is a cool word!
Totally with you on this one! For me readings are not just about the “traditional meanings”, but about the feelings the artwork invokes in me that adds depth and colour to the readings...the blending of function and form is what keeps me coming back day after day ❤️
I began this process a week ago by publicly reviewing my tarot shelf & feeling overwhelmed for months with too many decks. First round I chose 27 decks to release. The process will be on-going. I have more than enough decks. And I’m so glad to have discovered intimate relationships with many more than 3 or 4 decks. Every single day the cards are in hand & I discover so much about life, my own journey & the relationship others have with their own lives. I want to support depth by asking deep questions, by mentoring and walking my talk. Thank you for making this video.
The intimate relationship you have with the deck is the magic! Oh yes!!!!! This 1000 times over! You know I’m a beginner but even now I feel you on this. My doorway in was tarot tube and deck collectors and within 6 months I was needing to breathe! I get this so so much ❤️❤️❤️
Amen. Ive also come to terms with the fact that I only need to have an intimate relationship 1 or 2 decks, all other decks in my collection are for collectors purpose, for the appreciation of the art and thats it. Thanks for articulating what Ive also been feeling for quite sometime, i also miss the magic i experienced when approaching tarot for the first time, before i got sidetracked on the endless journey of searching for the elusive "soul deck".
I can relate to your mentioning appreciating the art. A lot of decks that I have are because it's like having a mini-museum in my hands. I don't have the space to hang art on my walls, but I have the space for a box of art. :-) Or make that a number of boxes of art lol ;-)
@@vmtoglia exactly! I collect many storybooks for this reason also, because I love the illustrations.
@@empresssong OMG I was in Seattle at an old bookstore (We were on Vaca. I'm from PA) and I found an 8x10 book of "Perrault's Fairy Tales with thirty-four full-page illustrations by Gustave Dore' " (that's what the cover says) and I bought it just for the illustrations! It's an aqua blue-green cover. They are magnificent. Had never heard of either of them.
@@vmtoglia Sounds awesome! Yes thats a large part of how I came to tarot in the first place, the art of story telling really speaks to my inner child and stimulates my imagination.
I originally starting collecting decks for the beauty of it, then I developed a relationship with each of them and in my experience, is like working with a group of friends each really good at something specific with a unique point of view. Particularly when I do a multiple decks reading and similar cards show up in completely different decks, that wouldn’t otherwise repeat, like REALLY driving it home! After listening to the first part of your video, agreeing with you that really don’t NEED anything but a deck. For me, I feel that I’m in a quest for a perfect deck that does NOT exist and ultimately, depending on how bad I want it, creating my own tarot deck. For example I love my world mythology decks but there’s always something wrong, The New Mythic is just pictorially ugly and the size and finish makes it very slippery for me. Each deck has always a couple of things that for one reason or another I can not tie myself to just the one deck, so I’m constantly rotating my deck use.
I really do believe every tarot reader should start either with marselle or rider waite. When I started my journey with the tarot I heard the awesome advice: learn marselle and you'll be able to read anything, cartomancy, tarot, anything. I love having different decks, I see no problem with it, but I do agree with you: tarot has become a consumerist's dream (or nightmare), some have so many decks but don't even know how to read the cards...
It so interesting to hear different perspectives on tarot and reading and what makes people happy! I hear your points and am going to think about them more.
The only other thing I wanted to mention is that I've heard multiple people of colour (and some white people) talk about how they couldn't connect to the original RWS when learning tarot, and they found that a modern deck or one with people of colour in it was much more helpful to their early journey. Of course, some of them eventually do like the RWS, while others never do. I just wanted to mention it because, as white people, we have that privilege when dealing with the "classic" decks that the figures all look like us, and we don't have that experience of alienation of facing yet another all white deck.
That isn't to say that the "classic" decks don't have a lot to offer in terms of symbology - I do think they are classics for reasons beyond just their age! - just that people's initial paths into tarot may look different for some important reasons.
This exact same thing hit me the last week!
Over the last 2 years, I went from a handful of decks. To over a hundred oracle and tarot.
I was so overwhelmed and the cards started to lose their meanings and felt abstract.
So this week, I bought a new meaty tarot book, and decided to REALLY get to know my working deck on a whole new level and renew our relationship.
The rest are being culled. Thank you for articulating what I’ve been feeling so well
What book did you buy?
You are so right. Without question. If that longing is still there then the buying isn't working! This has been on my mind a lot lately. I already knew the answer. I also feel scattered and distracted much of the time and part of it is because I'm always on the hunt and watching videos about tarot when, even though I practice it, I should be getting more intimate with one or two. It's about self-awareness and the buying is pulling me further away from that goal. Thank you for this video. BTW - I'm here from watching Dawn Michelle from Boho Tarot's channel. ❤️
I so badly want to get into this head space but I’m just not there yet! Really appreciate your video about this! 💗
I loved this video! I can completely relate. I grew up with the Universal Waite and never had the need for any other deck for years. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago when I was exposed to tarot collecting, and I have gone crazy since. As a lover of art and tarot, I couldn’t believe all the gorgeous decks that were available! And I wanted to try Marseille, then Thoth, then lenormand, then it was mass market decks, then indie decks, then the out of print lucky finds. Now I feel so overwhelmed and dissatisfied despite having a gorgeous collection. I also don’t necessarily see it stopping as long as artists keep creating meaningful and beautiful decks. I will say though that I’ve recently committed to reading the books and diving deeper into tarot, and I feel the connection returning. It’s a wonderful feeling. Morgan-Greer is one of my workhorse decks and is timeless. I know what you mean, to have a deep and intimate connection with a deck is worth everything.
I bought my first deck 25 years ago...back when you just had to guess based on the cover. Now I have 15 (bought since the beginning of the pandemic)...and I feel like I'm spread too thin...I miss that intimate bond, that split second knowing when you see the card flip. So in short, your video has me packing them all up, all the impulses, bells and whistles. Back to basics is what this girl needs 🎡
Thank you for sharing 🍃
I love this video, this message. Thank you so much for sharing this rare wisdom ❤
I totally get what you are talking about. This is why I feel drawn to a minimalistic lifestyle.
PS: Love the sound of the chimes in the background.
I love her chimes too! They lull me to sleep. But that's a good thing because I'm usually watching in bed with insomnia lol
"Is there a deck you work with that you can visualize all 78 cards." Yes. The classic Rider Waite Smith without question. Also, the Tarot of the Hidden Realm. And the Hanson Roberts Tarot (That last one is actually a bit of a surprise... but thinking about it? I can picture each of the cards in detail and didn't realize I could until just now.)
Hi Twist! It is a fun and satisfying exercise. Hope you are well and safe. 🤗 💕
I fell in love with The Dreaming Way Tarot. I also love The Tarot of A.E Waite & The Vintage Tarot. I learned tarot in my 20's & now as I have gotten back into it, Its Amazing how many decks are out there now. I have only a handful of tarot decks. I want only what brings me joy & I have space for in our home. I did a video for people wanting to learn, that they only need 1 RWS system deck to learn & know well with a few books to explain the symbolism.
Hi Rue,
Thanks for sharing! I definitely relate in some ways to what you shared and expressed. In my case, I have come to realize that the acquiring of decks and switching back and forth and looking for “the next best tarot”, turned out to be my way of avoiding actually facing the tarot and properly learning how to read them! It was my hesitation and procrastination mechanism! It really side tracked me. After 10 years, I don’t really have confidence reading that tarot! I have finally stripped back my collection to a few traditional decks and I am working on focusing and learning how to ACTUALLY read the cards. Facing them head on!
Thanks for sharing, I love your videos, your honesty, and spending "virtual time" with you!
Statt buon!
I can certainly relate to what you are saying. I have two decks that I have a personal relationship with and I been thinking of parting wit at least 50 or more decks.
This resonates so much! I bought the Mythic tarot as a teenager in the 90's. Somewhere along the line I also picked up the Ancenstral Path - and that was it until I found tarot on UA-cam 2 or 3 years ago. Whilst my collection is still small compared to many on here, I have a ridiculous amount. And I certainly couldn't picture ever card of any of them.
I recently found myself trying to pick a selection of decks to use for Autumn, as a way to feel like I am able to use more of them (lockdown caused me to welcome quite a few new decks in a short space of time). But this has me pondering if I could just pick one? One deck to focus on through the season, to really get to know. Am I strong enough? I definitely feel able to have a culling, as one advantage of going through a collection phase I think is that it helped me learn & refine what works for me and what doesn't. Sometimes I think you need to overdo it in order to have that moment of clarity and be able to draw back.
Thank you, this has given me lots to think about! 😊
This really made me think about my deck collection. I just started tarot and am in the process of just an introduction to my cards. And I went on a binge too. Part of me wishes I hadn’t because I get overwhelmed at times. But I will take it 1 deck at a time, & whichever one I don’t connect with, I’ll sell
"I have developed an intimate relationship with a deck when I can picture all 78 cards in my mind without looking at them" ~ Mary-Grace Fahrun
Can I please quote this on paper and frame it to the wall ? You are amazing, Thanks so much for this video !!
Of course and you are welcome! 🤗❤
I feel scattered too, and I'm just starting collecting. I feel deep inside what you're saying, but I don't feel any emotions toward the RWS that I first learned with. I've always tought of it as a learning deck, not a life long friend deck. So now that I can remember the basic meaning of each card, I'm looking for this connection, somehow convinced it's not going to be with one of the fashionable themed ones, but a more classical RWS-ish deck, but not Pam's one. Still looking.
I miss the magic of tarot as well. I've been reading with the RW for many many years before I started buying other decks. Lately my attention feels fragmented because I want to use all of them. Focus is what need too. This video is very inspiring and you encourage me to reconnect with my most beloved decks.
Thank you for this. I’m so happy for you that you seem to be at a really healthy place of discernment for what is going to be most meaningful for you right now. It’s a joy to see that.
Although I am currently exploring many decks, I really believe the RWS will remain the primary one for me because of that longevity factor. I really appreciate your use of the word intimacy and I find that deeply influential. Thank you. Blessings to you.
This opened quite a bit of thinking for me. I have way too many.
I don't know if was because of Covid, but I also got sidetracked by the feel good side of purchasing. Over the last few months I've onload or passed on decks. I now have 16. But STILL feel that I need to cull a bit more. Saying that, 3 decks are oracle & Lenormand. My last purchase arrived yesterday. And I'm promising myself that is it! I started this year spending a month working with a deck. By the end if each month I've found I have a pretty great handle on how I feel and work with the deck, and if it's time to let it go.
I love where you ask if we can visualize each deck, and "see" the cards.
My work continues.
Thankyou ❤
I hear you on the mixing up vocabulary of different languages 😝. This video was spot on in terms of building a strong relationship with your deck to get the most out of it. I was searching for that perfect deck and I think I have a few perfect decks in my collection that I want to deepen my relationship with. The others are pretty to look at and play with though ❤️
Im so glad i bumped into your video today! Really needed to hear this!
This is exactly where I am right now. I am saturated with UA-cam videos of all the hundreds of thousands of artistic interpretations of the RWS etc... which are all beautiful but as you say.... You just need one deck! Ok, maybe I’ll narrow it down to one RWS, one Marseilles, Thoth, one Lenormand ha haaaa but I totally get what you’re saying. It’s the longing that has got me to the stage where I’m about to list loads of decks on eBay. Thank you xxx
I started feeling like this about three years ago and that’s when I slowed my deck buying way down. I still love to get a new deck here and there, but I also enjoy just watching a walkthrough of a new release and leaving it at that. My ride or die decks are: Centenial, Hidden Realm, Angel Tarot, SKT, Noblet, and an old trimmed Thoth that I can never part with. The two decks I know like the back of my hand are the Centennial and the Hidden Realm. Great video!
Ooooooo we get a glimpse of puppy!!!!! 🤎🤎🤎. You make some really good points here, Grace. My first deck was the Motherpeace which I got in Cambridge Mass in the early 80s.... it was my only deck for ten years..... the traditional RWS did not appeal to me because it wasn’t representational.... after ten years of owning one deck I gradually added a deck here and there.... but very slowly so I did get to know the decks well. About eight or ten years ago I decided to devote myself to really really learning Tarot and for that I decided I needed to go with a traditional deck so I bought the Radiant Waite..... I pulled one or more cards from that deck everyday for one year.... ( I missed about five days due to travel ) but I learned that deck in a deep deep way.... and yes say a card and I can picture it..... a year or so later I came across the Gaian deck and used that almost exclusively for a year and then a couple years later around 2015 I added in the Tarot de St Croix.... all three of these decks I can picture each card..... I really know these decks, as you say, intimately. I couldn’t help thinking as you kept using the term knowing your deck intimately that when one is promiscuous one cannot be intimate..... I don’t use that term pejoratively.... but if you have 100 decks even if you read everyday ..... there’s only so much time you have to spend with each deck over the course of a year...... from 1983-2013 I probably had ten decks..... and then my god all hell broke loose from 2015-2018!!!! I’ve slowed down in my acquisitions over the past year or so.... but seriously i became totally promiscuous!!!!! But even with as many decks as I have I always seem to fall back to RWS, Gaian, Tarot de St Croix.... and the Sasuraibito .... in the spring I get called to the Aquarian and in the summer Morgan Greer..... but really the rest could go. Good food for thought here!
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I like to use one deck to read. But have others as a library. So I only buy one if the interpretation is interesting, like a book. Thanks for the video! It's great to think about these things... what is it you want? The Longing. Plus the way you talk is really soothing and enlightening, felt like I was in a reading! heheh Really cool! Great video!
I really needed this tonight. Thank you.
Mary-Grace, I am so very happy over finding this video. You had me within the first three minutes. Like you, there is a "need,;" something is missing; retail therapy, etc. All spot on. Thank you, thank you for sharing this with us, it means an awful lot.
Thank you for watching and thank you for sharing. xoxo
I love the last few minutes when you talk about building a relationship with the deck, getting to know the deck. I M a beginner but getting to know a deck is a bit like getting to know a person. Also when you talk about being scattered and need to bring home all the pieces is how I feel too.
My best advice to anyone who is a beginner: start with one deck and get to know it really well. There is always time to try different decks. Best to develop a solid foundation and relationship with one deck this way you can trust it and the readings. Welcome and enjoy! xo
@@MaryGraceFahrun Thank you
For me, the Rider Waite Smith is the Rosetta Stone of tarot. It is a system by which so many others decks rely. I do like seeing various decks inspired by that system, and many enhance the meanings in the system from their differing perspectives, but as to need, once you know the system, you don't even need the cards...a random 0 to 78 number generator will do. I even have a set of dice for that. I think there is sort of a sense of tactile joy to handle and look at the images on cards. And while I keep accumulating decks to review for my channel, I find that I fall back to one or two for readings, the ones with which I am most familiar. Since I created my own deck, if I had to choose one, that would probably be the one. My connection with it comes from the depths of my own psyche. But it's still based on a traditional system. It just has my own connection with it. I still want to encourage everyone at one time or another, to create your own deck. It is such an eye-opening learning experience.
thank you thankyou i needed this video, i was going to run for another deck this week!!its crazy thinking i NEED these decks. you just want the next prettiest one, the newest one ,whatever. Thankyou
Excellent. Thank you.
I have around 50 Tarot decks and Each one has one "unique voice" From these 50, I DO NOT connect with 9 or 10 so never use them [ Morgan Geer is one of them] . I love art and color palettes so much too. My point is : I agree to some extent . I think 50 is a good numer to stop or sell some before getting new ones❤🔮
I love how soft your Morgan Greer and RWS look! Many years in the hand.
Morgan Greer for over 10 years was my only deck. Then took a Tarot course and was given an Original Rider Waite Smith and an Ancient Egyptian. That was it for me for the next 10 years. RWS was my study deck. MG and AE my readers. I was happy with that. Got a few more over the years that was it. Since January I shopped for emotional reasons and coming up for air now looking at the mountain I bought and am disgusted with myself. I'm also purging and would love to get back to just those 3 decks. It likely won't happen this time around but at least I've started the journey.
Please be kind to yourself. Many of us sought out retail therapy to self-soothe. Forgive yourself and give yourself permission to let the ones that do not serve you go. 🤗❤
@@MaryGraceFahrun Thank you 💛
yes, we were learning around the same time, i believe (1980's). i thought a person should only have one deck at a time...for 30 years. when i found youtube it was a real eye-opener. i did the same as you and purchased a bunch of decks over the last couple of years. then, i put a bunch of them away. thanks to you, i repurchased the morgan greer.. i like having it and will probably, along with many others, give to my daughter or granddaughter. i have a few play lists which have the decks i use, the decks i own, but will not use and decks i've gotten rid of over the years. i have 9 decks that i read with (a few of which are just oracle decks that i'll use to pull and extra card here and there). surprisingly, they are mostly pip decks. ahhhh, the mythic tarot was the very first deck i learned to read back in either 1986 or 1987 and those images are imprinted on my brain. i repurchased 2 vintage versions of that deck, but am not reading with it. i enjoy having it so i can, again, pass it along. i'm glad i went through all of those decks. truly. it was fun and i learned a lot about what is available and what i really want. i think that being a good reader is subjective. i believe that it's important to stick with how you read. you develop your way of reading and you stick with it. my beginner deck was not traditional and i've been told that i'm a very good, concise, reader. so, it's subjective. one person's fantastic reader is another person's, well, not. i do not like the original artwork for any of the "traditional" systems. i'm just saying that these things are really very personal.
Thank you for this video I think I have to many but for what ever reason they just got my attention. I even have one I would love to get rid of, it scares me but can't seem to do it 😊❤ Morgan Greer was gifted to me at 12 years old, Im now 43 I will never part with it💖
The timing of your video is spot on. I moved across country about 8 months ago. For the first 6 I didn’t really pick up my tarot. The last 2 months I have delved back into my practice. With that I have gotten bit by the bug of looking at tarot videos, decks etc. I draw a card each night. Last night I pulled the 7 of swords. To me it said that maybe I was wanting just to want. Then your video comes up. I don’t have a large collection of card but I do have maybe 30 between tarot and Oracle. I think it’s time to really look within and ask my self do I really need more?
I feel for you and can relate. Thanks for sharing :)
Great video! ❤
Hello! It is the first time I watch one of your videos. I couldnt stop listening your wise words, this issue you talked about, I was thinking it too few days ago, because I was buying a lot of decks and I really use one or two, specially playing cards for me personally are the best when I look for a quick answer: just playing cards. I really appreciate your message. I am a new subscriber now. Greetings from Argentina 💜
Hello and welcome! Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts in a comment. Have a beautiful day! xo
So I had to do it I made VR to video it such an important message you share here I also linked your video I really want others to see it. Thank you for sharing your message with us.
Reading cards for 40 years and collected a lot of decks , but yes we keep on searching for more cards , looking for cards who gives us more. But the most we are connected to are the decks that speaks with our subconscious and RWS and based RWS will do that because we are used to those symbols. Then ofcourse the bs decks , the photoshop decks will do nothing for me 😉 just use what works for you❤️ loved the video 👌✨
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts. I agree with what you said, and thank you! xo
Watched one of your older videos and you talked about ,All the deck reviews < way to many decks , all about the decks and very little about tarot ....I would more about tarot .....yes love Morgan Greer ...love Druid Craft cant quit figure out WildWood but really like it ..
Thinking about it, a couple of particular Marseille decks spring to mind thats really interesting & was not expecting that I think I need to sit with this for a while, thank you thats really surprised me I always felt closer to my Thoth deck which I can also recall from memory so thats no surprise.
This is exactly what I been saying lately trying to express. You put so much of my thoughts into words. I am going to do a VR to this becuase it's a topic that deserves deeper discussion funny thing is I was going to post a video about a similar topic today.
Yes! I love this. Longing is a great word. I’ve been reading with Morgan Greer since the early 80’s. The last ten years have been a glut of decks, and an odd dissatisfaction. You nailed it. I long for the time it was just me and my MG.
I read with the Thoth for fifteen years or so and discovered tarot tube when I was seeking a new deck to use. And I got swept up in all the beautiful options and bought a lot of decks. Too many! I’ve landed on Marseille and am going to focus on that system and begin the deep bond that comes from studying, practicing and reading with focus.
Love that. Practicing, studying, reading with focus is so important and feels so good, like doing the right thing and taking it seriously
I hear what you're saying and completely agree that to a good reader all you need is one deck that you know well. Collecting decks is a different activity than reading tarot, while of course many people do both. I had decided to have a depth year this year as I felt my 20 decks were plenty (too many to use) but lockdown I slipped back into deck buying - and I'm delighted with my new decks - but I know I still have too many to use and some are just gathering dust. And some, if they disappeared, I'd not really notice.
My first deck was, ironically, not the one I bonded deeply with. Tarot of a Moon Garden which was my only deck for over 10 years, is pip based and when I discovered other decks it was like a light went on... oh that's why I didn't really GET it! I now focus on figurative pips. The deck that really turned me on to Tarot and helped me learn was the Gaian Tarot which is not traditional - but eventually I had to get a RWS deck (I have Centennial too) and start to map what I knew back against it and it is now foundational to my study and understanding of tarot even though I don't read with it. I usually read with close clones like Modern Witch or Lightseers. I enjoy studying different interpretations and looking at different versions of one card - but this could be done online without buying decks of course!
Oooo yes depth year buddies❤️
I keep telling myself that I’m going to do a depth year, but then the next shiny deck comes along. Thank you for your honesty about where you are in your tarot journey. I really know what you mean about “intimacy” as opposed to “playing the field”. How much do I want it? And am I willing to sacrifice for it? That’s what I keep asking myself,
Great video! The two decks I can picture every card in are the RWS and Robin Wood - my go to decks.
Yes, Robin Wood. I loved that deck & know the details of every robe.
No way..... every month I keep writing in my journal “I feel scattered” I keep writing it over and over. Perhaps we are feeling the same grace ❤️
Those books you showed make me feel nostalgic. Also when you said “I miss, I miss, I miss... the days when I had that intimate relationship with my one deck”. The decks I have this with are: RWS, Trionfi della luna and Thoth. So basically the three systems you named 😄
We can bring back Tarot ♥️ :)
@@AstralLadyTarot tu me comprend. 🤗
@@MaryGraceFahrun Imagine retourner en arrière: juste UN jeu de Tarot! Ou même 3...Difficile...
Hi there, I am also starting out with tarot eventhough I bought two tarot decks almost 2 years ago. When I bought those decks I did not know anything at all about tarot. So I want to know how long will one deck laat you if you use it for ten years like you did. Did you use the same deck for ten years without the need to repurchase or replace the deck because of usage? I am a minimalist and I don't want to have more decks than is necessary. Thank you in advance and for making this video. It really helped me stay grounded and not buy anymore decks
Thank you for watching and thank you for taking the time to share in the comments. I have a Tarot deck I used I every day for over 20 years and it is still useable. It shows a lot of wear and I love it. I have a dear friend who has owned only one Tarot deck her whole life. It must be 40 years old. It looks 500 years old and some cards are missing a piece here and there but it is full of her energy and magic and thus, irreplaceable. I hope this inspires you. xo
@@MaryGraceFahrun Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I am so grateful for this information because it does put this into perspective for me. What do you recommend for oracle decks? Is one enough? Is one even needed? I just want to say that I love your energy and your honest opinion. So thank you again😃
Short and simple answer is yes traditional RWS deck.