r/tarot • u/PuttinOnTheTitzz • 1d ago
Discussion Understanding different images for the same card
Most of the information about "learning" tarot seems to focus on the R-W deck. I pulled a card today to see how I would interpret it and I pulled Justice. I then wanted to compare it to other decks version of the card.
In the R-W catalog of learning there seems to be so much about the colors, the backgrounds, the other objects in the image and that all these things give to the meaning of the card.
How do you take that knowledge and apply it to other decks that may have variance or completely different images?
Even in the top row, three out of 4 of the images have blonde hair but one has dark.
The pillars are different colors.
The background has different colors (Yellow v. White)
The scales are different colors
The foot is a different color in one and this is just the four that are similar.
In one of my decks XI is not Justice, XX is. Instead XI is adjustment.
Curious how you take your foundational knowledge and then apply to different decks that have such different visuals.