currently studying the tarot in more depth

I am currently comparing/contrasting the Rider-Waite  deck with the Crowley Thoth deck, especially in the form of "The Cosmic Tribe Tarot".  As an aside, I am also playing around with the Lenormand deck.  I find that while I don't get a strict mental idea of what the cards mean when I look at them yet, I do get a very strong idea of what the card means in a particular instance when I read meanings from a list of meanings.  One of them will be OBVIOUS.  The rest of the statements will be bland, unimportant, until I read the one meaning that the card is supposed to be in this instance.
some of the tools I am using for the project are The Universal Waite Pocket edition (As I prefer to playing card shuffle my cards, and my fingers are short).  I have also "sleeved" these with collectible card game sleeves, and put them in a collectible card game box. I've used the cards much more often since I feel safe about other people touching them, and also the sticky coffee stained surfaces in coffee shops.
 I like the "Mystical Lenormand" by Urban Trosch-Very exotic egg tempera art.  The cards are smaller than playing cards, but with my finger length, thats fine.

books I have enjoyed working with for this project-"The Easiest Way To Learn the Tarot -Ever"  by Dusty White.  This book reminds you to Play with the cards, instead of life and death seriousness.  One of their plans for learning is a game they call the neverending story, playable in groups or alone, in which you turn over cards and make up a continuous story out of the cards.  The book is hilarious, the comments and tips friendly.    "How to Read the Tarot: the Keyword System", by Sylvia Abraham, "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot" by Lon Milo DuQuette, "The Secrets of the Lenormand Oracle" by Sylvie Steinbach, "Keywords for the Crowley" Hajo Banzhof and Brigitte Theler, and the wonderful book that comes with the "Cosmic Tribe Tarot" by Eric Ganther and Stevee Postman