[Don Sheldon] > On 7/27/06, Christopher Hickman <tophu@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Wow. Before this thread I had no idea there were so many different tarot > > decks. Are this different versions identical in function and only varied by > > design? Like my deck of GI Joe playing cards vs. a standard Bicycle deck? > Pretty much yeah. But when you get into the meanings of cards and the > imagery, it can make substantial difference (for people that know > those things, which do not include myself). It makes no difference > for thinks like Gnostica (except, of course, visually). A caveat - there are some common changes of numbering in the Major Arcana (switching Strength and Justice, primarily) which will change the scores in Zarcana slightly, since the powers of a card will stick with the name rather than the number. There are also some esoteric decks that use a non-standard deck structure, such as five suits, which are not usable for either game. -- Denis M Moskowitz Jen feroca malbona kuniklo; rigardu liajn dmm@xxxxxxxxxxx sovagxajn vangharojn, kaj liajn ungojn kaj This Is Realtime! -><- lian faldan voston. <a href="http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/";>My WWW page</a>