CHOOSING THE RIGHT TAROT DECK

Why Maori Tattoo Tarot is the right deck for divination?

The 13 step guide

1. WHAT IS TAROT? Tarot is not only old

fascinating pictures that contain a richness of symbolism, but also a divination tool

Millions of contemporary Tarot adherents believe that the Tarot contains a symbolically coded ancient secret doctrine

It is a commonplace way of explaining its predictive power.

2. TAROT TODAY

The Tarot world is quickly expanding, funnelling themes, ideas, spiritual systems, and doctrines from around the world

Nowadays there are about 2,500 Tarot decks created by contemporary artists who produce new cards under the influence of many cultural traditions.

3. MODERN PERCEPTION OF TAROT A few people believe in cards

interpretations at a superficial level and accept reading results as a sentence of higher authority

But Сonsider Tarot as a road map of the life

path with signs indicating potential pitfalls and problems

And Use divination for decision making or

ignoring it, choosing the path wisely or driving into pitfalls.

4. HOW TAROT WORKS?

Tarot talks to the subconscious the language of images

Visualisation is the way to deliver messages

Imagination is a tool to create appropriate images.

5. WHAT IS THE SOURCE? For the Theosophy followers

it is the Akashic records Carl Jung called it ‘the

collective symbolic unconscious’

The ancient Maori used the term kete aronui – the basket of sacred occult knowledge.

6. IN WHAT WAY IT WORKS?

The subconscious cannot see the difference between actual scenes and artificially created images: The more impressive picture you watch

The more bright and beautiful its colours

The more clear and precise images The stronger the effect on the

subconscious.

7. FOUR TAROT DECKS ARE SUPPOSED AS ‘CLASSICAL’

The oldest Sola Busca Tarocchi

Le Tarot de Marseille Rider-Waite Tarot Aleister Crowley’s the

Thoth Tarot.

8. WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIALS OF CLASSICAL DECKS?

They accumulate ancient wisdom

The esoteric knowledge of the Universe was depicted symbolically in cards

They apply patterns and designs with deep spiritual meanings.

9. THE MODERN WAY OF DIVINATION Predicting the future events, but

without full predetermination as it was suggested by old-fashioned fortune-telling

Realising that the future depends on the decisions that are to be adopted

Helping a querent to uncover inner demons that rule his or her thoughts and desires and get rid of them

Increasing awareness to make a wiser decision and thus to avoid some undesirable outcomes

Understanding that the final choice of action always makes the querent.

10. THE MAIN PREREQUISITES OF A RIGHT DECK

The deck’s theme is associated with a civilisation having a strong esoteric culture and spiritual past: Classical Tarot symbolism put on the new

cultural background The deck’s structure is also classical (22

trumps and 56 suit cards in four suits each with 4 court cards)

Art itself is a sacred channel between the spiritual and material worlds.

11. WHY MAORI TATTOO TAROT? Being incredibly spiritual, the

ancient Maori created their own system of divination

All significant decisions were made after consultations with an Oracle only

Maori tattoos have a deep spiritual meaning and mana (occult powers)

The Maori Tattoo Tarot deck aligns a reader with mystical energy of Aotearoa via artistic visualisation.

12. THE RIGHT DECKS’ CREATORRoxana Paul, a New Zealand artist, created the Maori Tattoo Tarot for the Rising Sun Publishing House: It is a Marseilles and Sola-Busca-

inspired deck of 78 classical structured cards

The cards use ingenious Maori symbolism and mighty imagery

A guidebook with correct meanings of all cards to lead a reader

The Hanged Man spread to make divination results more coherent.

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