Thank you for sharing your experience with the Thoth deck! You put to words many of my experiences with it, as well. This video is so timely for me, as I am currently using The Tarot of Vampyres and the Thoth alongside it, and the energy between the two is so potent. I feel like I am weaving my understanding of these two decks together... deepening my connection with both. I love what you said about the Thoth adapting itself to the user. I was intimidated by it for the longest time, but always drawn to it, and I am so glad I followed my pull to this deck, and now have it to work with. It really is so multidimensional, and multifaceted, and meets us where we are. And, I feel I could learn from it for the rest of my life. It is my top favorite deck for this reason. I really appreciate your idea also about using the cards as sigils. 😊
Yes! Another THoth lover! It is a total mirror image DNA tool of the user and will teach you so much about your hidden parts. Like a shaman within a deck of cards!
20:12 What I did recently, inspired very much so by your Marina Abramovic Oracle and by Elle at Sacred Seed’s create your own tarot, is I went through Pinterest and Google, to search for images for each one of the cards. I only digitally collaged one of the cards because I couldn’t find an image I had in mind for it. Of course I followed the Thoth system including the court cards. In a way, it was to help me study the Thoth tarot because I’m still in the learning process. I can’t say how much closer it draws me to the Thoth deck. If ever I decide to put up a RUclips channel I’ll share that deck because for those of us studying the tarot I can’t recommend making a tarot for yourself, or several of them - I have an idea for another one 😂😂😂. It’s also helped to keep me from impulse buying tarot decks that I really don’t need, in this day and age especially on RUclips, consumerism in the tarot community is just awful and this scratches the itch at least temporarily, for me. ❤️💜🖤
Interesting you compare the deck to the properties of mercury when it is named for the Egyptian equivalent of the God Mercury… Thoth. I used to read with only RWS or TdM style decks while this deck sat on my shelf for 6 years. I wasn’t ready for it’s energy and complexity (although I agree it can be simple too). I was bequeathed Crowley’s Book of Thoth in a roundabout way. Which prompted me to finally start working with the deck. There is NO going back.
Hi Natalia. Did you trim/mod this deck yourself? If so, is there a video where you talk a bit more about how you do the trimming, what equipment you use, etc? I have a large format Thoth and I'd love for it to be borderless, but I don't have a paper/card cutter (apart from scissors!), so I'd appreciate any advice you can give on that subject. Thank you.
Hi. I never use scissors as my hand is not as steady. I use paper trimmer to slice off each side of the card and then applied Tim Holtz ink stain I got off the amazon as edging color. Hope this helps.
I’ve had this deck since I was a young girl. It’s a unbelievable deck. I used it purely until my late 20s and since I’ve gotten a few different decks. I really like it edged like this, I may have to get a second copy to play around with.
This was the first deck I had when I started reading tarot back in the mid 1980s and I find myself going back to it frequently. It is not my "one true deck" but it is one I will always use. I find myself less drawn to any of the true Golden Dawn derived decks lately and more towards decks like The Ritual Tarot and the Mystagogus Deck. I know eventually I will go back to the Thoth but for now I am drifting away from it and its descendants.
I do love this deck but I always feel a bit intimidated by it because whenever I read with it, I know there is so much I still dont know or even understand 🤔 It makes me doubt my readings with this deck because I am afraid I am missing something important
Thank you for sharing your experience with the Thoth deck! You put to words many of my experiences with it, as well. This video is so timely for me, as I am currently using The Tarot of Vampyres and the Thoth alongside it, and the energy between the two is so potent. I feel like I am weaving my understanding of these two decks together... deepening my connection with both. I love what you said about the Thoth adapting itself to the user. I was intimidated by it for the longest time, but always drawn to it, and I am so glad I followed my pull to this deck, and now have it to work with. It really is so multidimensional, and multifaceted, and meets us where we are. And, I feel I could learn from it for the rest of my life. It is my top favorite deck for this reason. I really appreciate your idea also about using the cards as sigils. 😊
Yes! Another THoth lover! It is a total mirror image DNA tool of the user and will teach you so much about your hidden parts. Like a shaman within a deck of cards!
20:12 What I did recently, inspired very much so by your Marina Abramovic Oracle and by Elle at Sacred Seed’s create your own tarot, is I went through Pinterest and Google, to search for images for each one of the cards. I only digitally collaged one of the cards because I couldn’t find an image I had in mind for it. Of course I followed the Thoth system including the court cards. In a way, it was to help me study the Thoth tarot because I’m still in the learning process. I can’t say how much closer it draws me to the Thoth deck. If ever I decide to put up a RUclips channel I’ll share that deck because for those of us studying the tarot I can’t recommend making a tarot for yourself, or several of them - I have an idea for another one 😂😂😂. It’s also helped to keep me from impulse buying tarot decks that I really don’t need, in this day and age especially on RUclips, consumerism in the tarot community is just awful and this scratches the itch at least temporarily, for me. ❤️💜🖤
That’s great! Making your own deck is a fascinating process as one taps into inner world of archetypes. I hope you keep making them!
Interesting you compare the deck to the properties of mercury when it is named for the Egyptian equivalent of the God Mercury… Thoth. I used to read with only RWS or TdM style decks while this deck sat on my shelf for 6 years. I wasn’t ready for it’s energy and complexity (although I agree it can be simple too). I was bequeathed Crowley’s Book of Thoth in a roundabout way. Which prompted me to finally start working with the deck. There is NO going back.
Ohhh I didn’t even make that connection 🤦♀️def no going back!
Hi Natalia. Did you trim/mod this deck yourself? If so, is there a video where you talk a bit more about how you do the trimming, what equipment you use, etc? I have a large format Thoth and I'd love for it to be borderless, but I don't have a paper/card cutter (apart from scissors!), so I'd appreciate any advice you can give on that subject. Thank you.
Hi. I never use scissors as my hand is not as steady. I use paper trimmer to slice off each side of the card and then applied Tim Holtz ink stain I got off the amazon as edging color. Hope this helps.
@@tarotshrink Thanks! I guess I need to invest in a trimmer, as I'm not good with scissors either. :) Really enjoying your videos and podcast.
❤🔥
I’ve had this deck since I was a young girl. It’s a unbelievable deck. I used it purely until my late 20s and since I’ve gotten a few different decks. I really like it edged like this, I may have to get a second copy to play around with.
This deck sings when trimmed! I hope you’ll love it!
This was the first deck I had when I started reading tarot back in the mid 1980s and I find myself going back to it frequently. It is not my "one true deck" but it is one I will always use. I find myself less drawn to any of the true Golden Dawn derived decks lately and more towards decks like The Ritual Tarot and the Mystagogus Deck. I know eventually I will go back to the Thoth but for now I am drifting away from it and its descendants.
Love your choices. I actually have those two pulled on my desk as well.
I do love this deck but I always feel a bit intimidated by it because whenever I read with it, I know there is so much I still dont know or even understand 🤔 It makes me doubt my readings with this deck because I am afraid I am missing something important
Ohhh no! I think what you feel you are missing is only going to solidify what you already perceive if you knew it.
@@tarotshrink this an answer to ponder about 🤔