the light seers is so beautiful omg. I dont have that one but I noticed the same thing with my ethereal visions deck

the strength card there has this really soft pastel vibe and she looks almost like shes meditating with the lion?? completely different from the RWS energy

honestly I think different art helps us see different layers of the same card. like theyre all strength but each deck shows you a different facet of it

omg I love that you all get it!! @Bomster you should totally do a side by side comparison and post pics

I actually did that last night with my RWS and light seers and its wild seeing them next to each other. the RWS strength feels more like... asserting control? but the light seers one feels like building trust. both valid interpretations imo

also now I want the ethereal visions deck lol someone stop me from buying more decks

yesss the light seers is such a vibe shift from RWS!!

for me it was the devil card. in rider waite it feels so heavy and oppressive but in light seers its more like... acknowledging your shadows without the doom?

idk if deck shopping is a real thing but I feel like certain decks just click with how you personally interpret the cards. like the art changes the whole reading experience

YES this is so real!! I had the exact same experience switching from RWS to the Wild Unknown

the strength card in wild unknown is a snake instead of a lion and at first I was like... wait what?? but honestly it completely changed how I think about inner strength. like instead of taming something ferocious it became more about transformation and trusting yourself

now I use multiple decks and pull the same card from each when I really want to understand something. seeing the same archetype interpreted 3 different ways is weirdly helpful

have you tried comparing other cards too or just strength so far?

omg yes!! I had the exact same experience when I switched to the wild unknown

strength in that deck is just a tiger and a butterfly... no human at all. and somehow that made me understand the card SO much better? like the raw, untamed energy meeting something delicate

rubyreads had a great idea about the side by side comparison thing - I actually started a little notebook where I lay out the same card from each of my decks and just... sit with them. it's wild how different the symbolism hits depending on the artist's interpretation

the mutual understanding angle you described in light seers is giving me a lot to think about. that feels way more realistic to me tbh, like actual inner strength isn't about control it's about finding harmony with the "beast" inside you

this thread found me at the perfect time because I just got the fountain tarot and strength in that deck completely broke my brain lol

it's just this person with really quiet contained energy? no lion at all. and it made me realize I'd been reading strength as 'push through' when maybe it's more like... quiet persistence

definitely doing the side by side thing rubyreads mentioned. already pulled strength from my three decks and wow. same card, completely different conversations