icosahedron Posted December 26, 2019 Posted December 26, 2019 Hello, I'm Theo, and it's lovely to meet you all. I hope the holiday season has been kind to you all. I've been interested in cartomancy for three years. I had a Rider-Waite when I was a teen, but I was more interested in trickster deities, and it took over a decade before I appreciated cartomancy. I now practice with two Rider-Waite based decks, and my own 80 card oracle/tarot deck, based on the principles of chaos and Plato's geometry of the universe. My question relates to that: how many people here have developed their own deck, or wanted to? What would/do your decks include? Thank you in advance for your answers, I look forward to hearing from you.
Raggydoll Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Hello and welcome! Several of us have/are developing our own decks. I made an oracle and am in the process of making a tarot deck (I have some of the courts left to finish). My decks are meant to be read intuitively and there are no layers of occult correspondences, astrology, Kabbalah etc. My goal is to create a deck that speaks to me in a visual language that resonates on a deeper level. I am also wanting it to pair nicely with my oracle deck so they are similar in style. My oracle is just pictures, no keywords and no titles. My tarot deck will have titles/numbering though.
Lady Butterfly Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Hi @icosahedron, and welcome to TT&M! I don't feel creative enough to make my own deck, but many here have.
icosahedron Posted December 27, 2019 Author Posted December 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Raggydoll said: Hello and welcome! Several of us have/are developing our own decks. I made an oracle and am in the process of making a tarot deck (I have some of the courts left to finish). My decks are meant to be read intuitively and there are no layers of occult correspondences, astrology, Kabbalah etc. My goal is to create a deck that speaks to me in a visual language that resonates on a deeper level. I am also wanting it to pair nicely with my oracle deck so they are similar in style. My oracle is just pictures, no keywords and no titles. My tarot deck will have titles/numbering though. Thank you for the welcome! It's great to hear that, I'd love to see pictures of either, or hear more talk about your process, if you're comfortable. I also really love the idea of the two decks being designed to pair together, in aesthetics and/or readings. Intuitive reading without getting mired in word meaning or definitions sounds like a very neat approach. 4 hours ago, Lady Butterfly said: Hi @icosahedron, and welcome to TT&M! I don't feel creative enough to make my own deck, but many here have. Hello! Thank you for the welcome. :} Truthfully I'd encourage anyone to do it simply because of how enjoyable it was as a process, but I think deciding on a theme might have been the hardest part, at least for me. I knew someone who was making a urban-animals-in-city-spaces deck and, I think if there's a strong theme, it's a lot easier to do detail work.
gregory Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Welcome. I have done so, yes. I made it from my own photos, which were actual places I have been and people I have seen; it meant tying tarot into my life and it taught me heaps. A couple of friends made me make it available - I got fed up with being harassed ! - so you can SEE it here.
LoveLightPeace Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Hi and welcome to TT&M @icosahedron! It's cool that you're creating your own deck! I have not, and currently don't have any plans to create my own deck. Not to say that I won't sometime down the road, but not at this point in time. 🙂
Eric13 Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Excuse me for hi-jacking this thread, but, @Raggydoll, I hope your Oracle and Tarot cards will someday be available for purchase. 🙂
icosahedron Posted December 27, 2019 Author Posted December 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, gregory said: Welcome. I have done so, yes. I made it from my own photos, which were actual places I have been and people I have seen; it meant tying tarot into my life and it taught me heaps. A couple of friends made me make it available - I got fed up with being harassed ! - so you can SEE it here. Oh what a cool idea! I really love that approach, and it looks like photography is a talent of yours. 28 minutes ago, LoveLightPeace said: Hi and welcome to TT&M @icosahedron! It's cool that you're creating your own deck! I have not, and currently don't have any plans to create my own deck. Not to say that I won't sometime down the road, but not at this point in time. 🙂 Thank you for the welcome! It only took me three years. 😂 I like that you're keeping your options open for it if you change your mind, though. 7 minutes ago, joy said: Hello @icosahedron welcome to the TT&M Family Thank you, Joy! How do you folks do the fancy name pings-- is it joy[/member]?
gregory Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, icosahedron said: Oh what a cool idea! I really love that approach, and it looks like photography is a talent of yours. Thank you for the welcome! It only took me three years. 😂 I like that you're keeping your options open for it if you change your mind, though. Thank you, Joy! How do you folks do the fancy name pings-- is it joy[/member]? you do it with an @ Like @icosahedron But you have to do the @ and then keep typing teh name (no space) and it will start to offer alternatives till you get the right one. Edited December 27, 2019 by gregory
icosahedron Posted December 27, 2019 Author Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, gregory said: you do it with an @ Like @icosahedron But you have to do the @ and then keep typing teh name (no space) and it will start to offer alternatives till you get the right one. @gregory Oh excellent! Thank you.
gregory Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 I am glad it worked - but if you want to ping ME, please note my sig. I ignore pings !
Raggydoll Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 11 hours ago, Eric said: Excuse me for hi-jacking this thread, but, @Raggydoll, I hope your Oracle and Tarot cards will someday be available for purchase. 🙂 Thank you! I won’t rule it out, maybe after I have had the time to truly test them.
Eric13 Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 @Raggydoll Good to know. If you do put me on the list please. I like the Oracle cards and your ideas for the tarot cards.
Raggydoll Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Just now, Eric said: @Raggydoll Good to know. If you do put me on the list please. I like the Oracle cards and your ideas for the tarot cards. Sure 🙂
AJ-ish/Sharyn Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 2:40 PM, icosahedron said: Hello, I'm Theo My question relates to that: how many people here have developed their own deck, or wanted to? What would/do your decks include? Thank you in advance for your answers, I look forward to hearing from you. welcome home Theo! this forum on creating or introducing decks will probably find things of interest for you https://www.thetarotforum.com/forums/forum/39-deck-creations/ and you are of course free to share your own work if you choose to.
groovdafied Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/27/2019 at 5:15 AM, Lady Butterfly said: Hi @icosahedron, and welcome to TT&M! I don't feel creative enough to make my own deck, but many here have. Anybody can do it! If I can learn to draw, anybody can lol!
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