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I agree, some Forums can be an excellent resources for learning, and making connections.

People will be drawn to certain frameworks – in my opinion, one framework is not “better” than another; certainly not in any universal way. However, some people are naturally drawn to one type of framework over another.

The Tarot will make sense to an individual in what ever way it makes sense to them. This is an individual position, not a universal truth. To this extent, acknowledgment of an individuals differences is important. When, as I witnessed on the Forum, there is no acknowledgment of individual differences, then we enter dangerous territory. One position can never be any “truer” than another in the Tarot community. The Tarot is irrational – it is read by individuals, and each have their own frameworks.

If people want to use the cards in astrological, kabbalistic or other frameworks that is their choice. I probably wouldn’t seek a reading from them however because that doesn’t suit me.

That makes total sense. This is an awareness of what you like and don’t like – I have very similar feelings with certain approaches people can take to the Tarot.

I’m really glad you enjoyed the post, and the blog

There are many ways to learn tarot and it means so many different things to each of us. I’m glad I learned about the structure and suits, elements and so on. That knowledge gave the foundation from which I could read the symbolic language easily and spontaneously.

If people want to use the cards in astrological, kabbalistic or other frameworks that is their choice. I probably wouldn’t seek a reading from them however because that doesn’t suit me.

A few months ago I saw tarot used as a springboard for mediumship and was most impressed. I think that had something to do with a gifted reader but I have often felt that some tarot readers are natural mediums although they probably would not see themselves that way.

You have an interesting site and I have enjoyed browsing

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That’s an interesting perspective and one what that I share, albeit loosely – not just with the Kabbalah, but with other “add-ons”. I’ve been trying to experiment with different decks, that don’t reference these other systems, in an attempt to get a “real world” experience of what the Tarot might be like stripped of these additions.

I like to think of these “add-ons” as producing the current anatomy of Tarot.

Great comment, and very funny as well as insightful

Yes, the Qabbalah can make you better at Tarot, but it can also make you better in bed and improve your photography. It isn’t however sex, photographs or Tarot cards, it’s simply a nice way of setting the table.

Awesome!

There are individuals who seem to feel that the Tarot and indeed the Qabbalah is in some way their property and that to suggest that people get their hands dirty and do their own thing with it is some kind of copyright transgression. As we all know, the Tarot belongs to no one and everyone. It’s not the same as a pop song or Harry Potter. You can do what you want with it.

Ownership is a dangerous thing in general, but certainly when it comes to abstract knowledge, or understanding. I like your statement on “copyright transgression”. I think you hit the nail on the head with that one

LOL me too

Couldn’t agree more.

There are individuals who seem to feel that the Tarot and indeed the Qabbalah is in some way their property and that to suggest that people get their hands dirty and do their own thing with it is some kind of copyright transgression. As we all know, the Tarot belongs to no one and everyone. It’s not the same as a pop song or Harry Potter. You can do what you want with it.

Coming to the Qabbalah itself and it’s relationship to Tarot – I agree with you there too – as you know, I have also spent years studying the Qabbalah but have the understanding that it’s something that’s projected onto the Tarot rather than the other way around. The power of the Tarot is it’s an information storing system in it’s own right – a universal language of pictures and that should be foremost in our minds before we start projecting any other system of information on to it.

Yes, the Qabbalah can make you better at Tarot, but it can also make you better in bed and improve your photography. It isn’t however sex, photographs or Tarot cards, it’s simply a nice way of setting the table.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

I agree, sometimes when we are faced with obstacles, we work harder to overcome them. In this case, criticism can, in some cases, help us learn our subject better.