Thursday, September 14, 2023

No need to update

 

Just a reminder:
When working with old decks like Lenormand, Kipperkarten, Sibilla, etc. there is no need to add cards in order to "update" them. Don't innovate, don't modernize, don't tamper. You can put the meanings in a modern context - the Rider can be your car rather than a horse - but leave the image alone. Everything is already built into the system. What goes on now went on then, albeit sometimes less openly. People are people.

They even said "fuck."


 

Livre du Destin (Book of Fate)

  This deck contains only 32 cards. 33 if you count the significator card. It should be a cakewalk, right? It isn't, at least not at fir...