Talk:Knight of Swords (Tarot card)

NPOV

Parsa and myself have been have been placing the NPOV tags on the cards. See the talk page at Talk:The World (Tarot card) Since tarot cards were not designed for the occult, the placement of "occult" stub tags does constitute POV and ignores tarot's gaming heritage. These individual card pages offer nothing more than occult speculations and perhaps should be deletedSmiloid 00:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is why I disagree: despite any gaming heritage, the modern use of the tarot cards is clearly an occult phenomenon. People make their living reading fortunes off them, but the gaming aspect is all but non-exsistant in an current context. While I will certainly agree that the body of many tarot articles needs substantial improvement, I think pretending their signifigance is not occult (at least so far as the average encyclopedia reader is concerned) is detrimental over-all. (Copied to Talk:The World (Tarot card)) --mordicai. 05:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The occult is not the only modern use of tarot cards

The gaming aspect is anything but non-existant. This is where you are wrong. Tarot cards games are still currently played and there are currently efforts to have these games imported outside Europe. The occult signifigance of tarot cards lies only in the minds of occultists and those who take what they claim at face value.Smiloid 07:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]