Pagans, I'm about to start a course on reading the tarot?

Question

can anyone recommend a deck (other than the Witches Tarot) that you have used and had good results with?

I don't have anything against the Witches Tarot, but tried it a few years ago and couldn't make a connection with it

Answer 1

I would go with the Rider-Waite deck. But as for the course, forget it. and throw out the darn book too. Study the cards themselves, let THEM speak to you and let THEM determine their OWN meanings. Nothing upsets and person being read than having the reader flipping through a book to find all the meanings. Just study the cards beforehand and then during a reading simply concentrate on the card and it's relationship to the others in the spread and let THAT be your guide. Let the CARDS do the reading for you and YOU just interpret what the cards say by letting them speak through YOU. Believe it or not, that is exactly what ALL the best Tarot masters do and it really WORKS.

BB,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 2

Here's a resource to see samples and read up on HUNDREDS of decks.

I strongly recommend however that you pick a deck that is related to the Rider Waites-Smith deck, as it is extremely likely your class' structure will be based around that. A non traditional deck such as Osho, while beautiful, will be harder to use for a class.

My favorite decks for beginners / deep, foundational study include:
*The World Spirit Tarot (which includes an exceptional LWB Little White Book)
*Universal Waite-Smith

Considering your profile - you might want to look at DruidCraft Tarot too.

However find one that is comfortable for you. :)

Answer 3

Waite is a good deck. But I prefer the Spiral Tarot... it's been the one I have connected the most with.

Answer 4

my favorite tarot book is 'tarot of the bohemians' by papus. it's a very old text translated from french that goes deeply into the symbolism in the cards. it can be obtuse, but it's one of the few books i've found that treat the tarot as a spiritual guide rather than just a divination tool. it's in the public domain, so you can download it from encyclopedia mythica. [you'll have to google, i've been downgraded to dial up, and never managed to put them in my bookmarks.]

the thing i find troubling is that waite switched the 8th and 11th arcana. perhaps this works for divination, but spiritually, it disrupts the progression of the cards. one of my many to-do's is to decipher the spiritual message in the tarot. i'm thinking it will take many incarnations.

Answer 5

I used the Rider Waite with great success for many years. I currently use the Norse Tarot deck and have had considerable success with that one as well.

Answer 6

with the Waite deck you cant go wrong. but if youre looking for something a little more direct, i would go for the Thoth deck and the book which comes with it. if youre looking for something more esoteric, take a look at the Elemental Tarot. just get a good book and a deck which jumps out at you and start casting. thats the best way to learn

Answer 7

The Goddess Tarot is beautiful. I have it. My sister uses the Universal Waite deck.

Answer 8

you spot your self as starting to be an drawback of a few sort on your relationship (or on your ability to have a relationship). So in reality, some ingredient the catch 22 situation is that made you learn your playing cards, you're blaming your self for what's happening. you spot your companion as fire and place of abode. This person represents convenience, family contributors, and love. nonetheless, you would be questioning how intense they're appropriate to the relationship or in the event that they're even able for a relationship with you. you sense like this person is having dedication problems - you're worried approximately one among you tying the different down, or that one among you feels obligated to proceed to be interior the relationship. the ingredient status between you is exchange. Your relationship is changing and neither of you already understand incredibly locate out the thank you to shelter it. you need to learn how to settle for this version whether that is for the advantageous or the undesirable. Your companion might evaluate such as you're moving too quickly. they may well be finding to positioned on the brakes with a view to speak. they supply concept to which you're an extremely robust and useful woman(? i'm guessing), and may even seem as much as you as an expert determine of a few sort. the tip effect? properly, perfect now you would be at a standstill. you need to come to a decision what that is that each and each of you opt for, yet no longer something is going to ensue except you're prepared to enable the relationship advance and regulate. So what i'm getting out of it is which you opt for to ought to be intense, and your companion would not, even nonetheless they do care approximately you. i might wager that your companion is the two youthful than you or incredibly greater advantageous immature than you. perfect now, in spite of's gotta grant and you need to make the alternative to make issues slightly greater intense or to back off and decrease some strings.

Answer 9

If you're willing to take Tarot advice from a Jewish woman - I'd go for the Osho Zen Tarot. Lovely concepts for meditation, and beautiful art work to boot.

Shalom!

Answer 10

I have the Robin Wood deck, myself. It's been fairly useful. (And the imagery is both beautiful and descriptive.)

But I also have the Inner Child Tarot, to use when I'm just practicing or playing.