I just started learning tarot. The deck I bought is The Rider Waite Tarot Deck. So far so good. For me this deck has made it eaiser for me to understand their meanings.  Eventually I would like to try another deck. Their are some nice ones out there.

I am really happy now I have finally got my 3 new decks.

I have now gone through all 22 Majors (although I cannot post more of them now because my image hoster is down at the moment) comparing them among themselves and also with RW.

I then browsed through the Minors and saw that two of them were so RW based that they are very easy to follow if you are coming from the Rider. While the Universal Fantasy deck is beautifully creative and I could look at each image for hours, but I would have a hard time gleaning meanings from them.

So my final conclusion is that I think I will be able to read with both Llewellyn's and the Guilded tarots. Between these two, I would say the Guilded comes closer to RW most of the time, since Llewellyn's is based on Welsh folklore and myth and their heroes and heroines not always fit the bill exactly, although they are a beauty and not that hard to follow either.

If anyone is interested in seeing any specific Minor card from any of these 3 decks, I will be happy to post it. Because of scanner restrictions I will only be able to compare the 3 decks for the Major Arcana and maybe some of the Minors. Court cards are going to be tough, though, since they go in families and these are pretty big decks.

Also, if anyone wants me to stop posting them in the Learning forum, that is also fine (less work for me   ). I do it in case anyone was thinking on getting one of these decks and wanted to browse before deciding.  

thank you guys, i'm a beginner too but what's the best to start exactly?

Hi,

Did you actually read the thread? Its all there

Hi, I've been reading about tarot for a few months and have a marseille deck. Have tried a few readings with friends and is amaising the resuls you can get... What is your opinion on the marseille cards?
Elis