(09-02-2017, 01:26 PM)Spaced Wrote: I have a Rider-Waite deck that I've had since I was very young and it seems to give me the best results for readings. I also have a Brotherhood of the Light Egyptian tarot deck that I like cause it's similar to the one used by llresearch during the Ra contact. I dont use it much for divination but I find the archetypal symbolism helpful for self-reflection. I've been meaning to get the Thoth deck too, it looks very nice.
I also have a druid animal oracle deck which I find good for divination. The imagery appeals to me being of Celtic descent
I'm curious about the comment about the rider-waite deck being STS inspired, could you expand on that?
I only know that the creators had the mindset that "our occult secrets must be kept secret from the profane. So we shall mix up th cards to keep to our oath." Elphias Levi also did this with one of his books. The chapters correspond to the Tarot arcana, but their order is purposefully wrong. Maybe they were STS or maybe just mixed polarity. But in my understanding, STO isn't purposefully giving out false information. (Even Don asked Ra if they gave false information and Ra said they did not do that intentionally.)
So actually, I may have misspoke. The deck is still very useful. It's not really service to self inspired with negative concepts, it's just the deceptive mixing up of information so that the "profane" aren't using accurate information.
I do agree that divination is a low usage of the cards. I will ask guidance questions to understand the spiritual principles of what I'm thinking about, not to know the future. For example, I did a reading for the spiritual principles behind my lack of career. It gives you something real to contemplate.