Hello to everyone here.

I used to be at the Aeclectic Forum and I was sad to see it go.

My first deck was the original Oswald Wirth tarot, bought for me by a girlfriend about 38 years ago.

Currently I like Liber T Stars Eternal and the old Swiss 1JJ.

 

I occasionally do readings for myself, but I mainly use the cards as companion in lonely times.

 

In 2001 I became a Freemason with UGLE in London; a wonderful experience!

Welcome! So many of us were sad to see AT go but this forum has become a wonderful substitute. You will find lots of old and new friends, and I’m sure you will love it here! 

Welcome to the forum!  I was never a part of AT but I hope you'll find it lovely here!

Welcome from another refugee. What name were you under there ?

Welcome welcome! The Liber T looks beautiful; do you find notable differences in reading Thoth decks versus RW or Marseilles? 

17 hours ago, gregory said:

Welcome from another refugee. What name were you under there ?

At that labyrinthine site I was also Offramp. I took the name from a character in Mark Leyner's very funny book The Tetherballs of Bougainville: Offramp Tavanipupu.

Oddly, in Britain we don't have off-ramps!

9 hours ago, NoellaRoyce said:

Welcome welcome! The Liber T looks beautiful; do you find notable differences in reading Thoth decks versus RW or Marseilles? 

The Liber T is darker and, crucially, sexier than the original Thoth. I have never used an original RW tarot as I find the cards rather twee. However, I have cards based on RW which I like, such as the dazzling and dazzlingly-misnamed Tarot of the Illuminati.

 

I always thought the Thoth cards to be at times unclear; they were painted in that 1930s Vorticist style which has now disappeared. The Liber T clarified all that and added its own clever and funny bits and pieces. That's why I like it!

Welcome to the TTM forums!!

4 hours ago, offramp said:

At that labyrinthine site I was also Offramp. I took the name from a character in Mark Leyner's very funny book The Tetherballs of Bougainville: Offramp Tavanipupu.

Oddly, in Britain we don't have off-ramps!

Oh - I went to look and couldn't see you ! Never mind.

 

We just have exits in the UK. Including a rather big one just now !

8 minutes ago, gregory said:

Oh - I went to look and couldn't see you ! Never mind.

 

We just have exits in the UK. Including a rather big one just now !

My mistake - I used the odd name Zafero Berro. I don't know where I got that oddity. I think I may have used one other name as well owing to lost log-in details.

 

Many thanks to everyone who welcomed me, and sincere greetings to everyone else.

Hello @offramp welcome to the TT&M Family

Hi and welcome to TT&M @offramp! 

On 9/22/2019 at 11:23 PM, offramp said:

The Liber T is darker and, crucially, sexier than the original Thoth. I have never used an original RW tarot as I find the cards rather twee. However, I have cards based on RW which I like, such as the dazzling and dazzlingly-misnamed Tarot of the Illuminati.

 

I always thought the Thoth cards to be at times unclear; they were painted in that 1930s Vorticist style which has now disappeared. The Liber T clarified all that and added its own clever and funny bits and pieces. That's why I like it!

Very interesting, thank you - was just reading how it was created by a Thoth expert, which must make all the difference in the world! I have a Thoth deck I bought as in college (the Rohrig) that I've never used because I find it intimidating, but have been thinking of getting over that. The Tarot of the Illuminati is indeed dazzling, agreed agreed!

Here is a card I drew. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B21XlhqA3Gl/?igshid=1xw82swdl0wgk