Wow, what a difference. Your altar is beautiful. I rehome decks for a few reasons: 1. I don't consider myself a collector. I don't keep decks for their art or because they are collectibles. I read with all my decks and if I find myself not using a deck for a period of say, one to two years, I rehome it. 2. Overwhelm. Personally I feel overwhelmed if I have a lot of decks. 3. I want my decks to be read so if I'm not reading with them, I send them off to a good home. 4. Familiarity. I want to really get to know my decks and I can't seem to do that if I have too many decks. I like to have under 40 tarot decks. No idea why. That seems to be my "magic" number. Thank you for sharing.
40 seems to be a popular number of decks for collectors. Also, many people say they want to stay in tune with their decks and having too many distracts them.
Great to see your beautiful shelves 🫶 I chose to let go of some last year and then a few more came my way. I do have a 5 decks only list and when the time comes I will be doing what a friend of our is doing, Death Cleaning, (although I'm not ready for that yet!) . I do believe I have around 50 tarot oracle decks. Some are purely collected for art work and not so much divination. Yet every deck has always had its purpose at some point. If you feel happy then it will make a difference. I do have overwhelm some days. As always, thank you Matt, have a wonderful week ahead 🙏 💜 🙏 Ps your space is so welcoming . Pps did you almost say Tubby Tarot 😉?
Gosh, you really did scale down! 😲 I found this quite inspiring though. I've been wanting to do the same for a long time and I've slowly been parting with some of my decks, but I've still got a long way to go. I'm at a point in my life where I just want a closer relationship with my decks and I feel like I'm only gonna be able to do that if I drastically reduce the number of decks I own and stop getting distracted by pretty art!
Wow! I have way more decks than you now 😂 I will be giving one deck to a friend (I have given her several in the past). I don’t think I could bear to give any more away, but I have made a firm decision to not buy anymore!
Wow, what a difference. Your altar is beautiful. I rehome decks for a few reasons: 1. I don't consider myself a collector. I don't keep decks for their art or because they are collectibles. I read with all my decks and if I find myself not using a deck for a period of say, one to two years, I rehome it. 2. Overwhelm. Personally I feel overwhelmed if I have a lot of decks. 3. I want my decks to be read so if I'm not reading with them, I send them off to a good home. 4. Familiarity. I want to really get to know my decks and I can't seem to do that if I have too many decks. I like to have under 40 tarot decks. No idea why. That seems to be my "magic" number. Thank you for sharing.
40 seems to be a popular number of decks for collectors. Also, many people say they want to stay in tune with their decks and having too many distracts them.
Great to see your beautiful shelves 🫶 I chose to let go of some last year and then a few more came my way. I do have a 5 decks only list and when the time comes I will be doing what a friend of our is doing, Death Cleaning, (although I'm not ready for that yet!) . I do believe I have around 50 tarot oracle decks. Some are purely collected for art work and not so much divination. Yet every deck has always had its purpose at some point. If you feel happy then it will make a difference. I do have overwhelm some days.
As always, thank you Matt, have a wonderful week ahead 🙏 💜 🙏
Ps your space is so welcoming .
Pps did you almost say Tubby Tarot 😉?
The Swedish Death Clean! Go check that out on UA-cam! Yup I did nearly say TT! LooooL!
Gosh, you really did scale down! 😲 I found this quite inspiring though. I've been wanting to do the same for a long time and I've slowly been parting with some of my decks, but I've still got a long way to go. I'm at a point in my life where I just want a closer relationship with my decks and I feel like I'm only gonna be able to do that if I drastically reduce the number of decks I own and stop getting distracted by pretty art!
This is such a true statement. I must say I feel better knowing those decks aren't just sitting on a shelf.
Wow! I have way more decks than you now 😂 I will be giving one deck to a friend (I have given her several in the past). I don’t think I could bear to give any more away, but I have made a firm decision to not buy anymore!
Yup, you def do have more than me now!
Wow! My goodness. You really downsized! I think I would check each deck and see if it really “grabbed me”. If not…bye bye.