Tarot by HH
Several post-modern decks have attempted to curtail the confusion and the disagreements regarding what suit to associate with what element by eliminating the suit markers altogether and using elemental markers exclusively
One of the more successful is Smith and Astrop's The Elemental Tarot:-
* When tarotist discuss this deck rather than attempting to determine what element should be assigned to what suit they disagree of what suit should be assigned to what element! As I have stated before, to me it is important to know what the creator/author intended and to follow their lead
The underlying philosophy of any deck is important and, from a personal point of view
it is that philosophy that makes a decks *work* as tarot, or conversely fail to work as tarot
Other tarot students have different criteria
*The Elemental Tarot
Caroline Smith & John Astrop
Copyright Smith & Astrop 1988, 1999
This edition Copyright 1999 Eddison Sadd Editions
ISBN 0-312-24139-9
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