Most of the readers I know have several Tarot decks.
I recommend that when you are starting out you find a deck you like and stick with it for a while, at least until
you are comfortable reading it without the book sitting by your side. If you find the going rough, don't be
tricked into thinking that a new deck will be easier to learn.
You don't, or at least shouldn't, discard old friends every time you make a new one.
The reasons for this are many. Some collect decks.
Some bought a deck they found interesting at the time of purchase, but subsequently found they didn't "click"
with. Some learned to read with a certain deck and then branched out on their own.
Acquiring a new deck is a scary business. For one thing, Tarot decks are not cheap and you don't want to
spend $14.00 and up for something you will end up throwing in a drawer, not to mention the large investment
in time and study required to learn it.
While this is sometimes the case, particularly if
you really dislike your current deck, more often it is not.
A new deck won't be any easier unless you have a
good base of interpretations to build upon. Once you have that, a new deck can be exciting and can revitalize a
"stale" period. Don't feel you have to have the newest deck that everyone is talking about. A Tarot deck is like
a friend.
I read with the Waite-
Smith exclusively for almost 20 years. I branched out to Motherpeace with much trepidation, remembering
how painful it had been to learn the Waite-Smith, but I found that it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be
because I had a good foundation in Waite-Smith.
Learning my next deck was easier still. Remembering that I
have the rest of my life to learn made it much easier and less stressful. You don't have to learn 3 cards a day,
or even one card a day. If you are following this course go at your own pace.
Spend a day on the Aces Lesson
or spend a week on it. No one is judging you, there are no exams. Take your time, develop a rapport with your
deck, record what you learn and in a few months you will feel quite comfortable reading Tarot.