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anamardoll · 08-10-2011, 02:39 PM

My discipline didn't even see The Devil as that bad -- it was seen as a card warning against the dangers of becoming unhealthily devoted to a cause/idea/hobby/person, etc. "Don't make a slave of yourself", essentially. Nowdays we would have called it fanboism...

My soul dies a little every time Joanne Harris uses The Hermit to mean a terrible person. But I do love her books.

The Tower does quite legitimately suck. Interesting enough, though, the crappiest cards in the Tarot seem to be limited to the Minor Arcana rather than the Major. But I can see why a movie director would rather splash DEATH or DEVIL up on the screen over NINE OF SWORDS.

OMG NOT THE NINE OF SWORDS!!

08-10-2011, 02:39 PM	#7
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	My discipline didn't even see The Devil as that bad -- it was seen as a card warning against the dangers of becoming unhealthily devoted to a cause/idea/hobby/person, etc. "Don't make a slave of yourself", essentially. Nowdays we would have called it fanboism... My soul dies a little every time Joanne Harris uses The Hermit to mean a terrible person. But I do love her books. The Tower does quite legitimately suck. Interesting enough, though, the crappiest cards in the Tarot seem to be limited to the Minor Arcana rather than the Major. But I can see why a movie director would rather splash DEATH or DEVIL up on the screen over NINE OF SWORDS. OMG NOT THE NINE OF SWORDS!!