![]() Her post about religion, trauma and tarot is also well worth a read whilst you’re over there. On a related note, Girl Boss Woo discusses reclaiming the Hierophant from the patriarchy over on her blog. These were a by product of the time and culture they were created in and so it’s very understandable, I just find that this blocks the meanings for me. I also dislike the male-centric nature of the cards. However, there are religious and patriarchal aspects to them which I have found off putting. Some people find the images still work for them and the story in the card is relatable for them. In addition to that the meanings themselves can include contradictions… Taken from 78 Degrees of Tarot Wisdomįrom what Pollack writes, he was also had a very high opinion of himself… “He believed his Tarot to be right and the others wrong… throughout his book he scorns the versions of his predecessors”.Īs the deck itself was created at the beginning of the 20th century, there is inevitably potential for it to feel dated. The example she gives is the two of swords but I’ve come across it a few times as well. She also says, which I’d noted through my own use of the deck, that the pictures can completely contradict the meaning of the card. For example the Fool used to be portrayed more like a court jester and the Sun, depicted in the RWS deck by a child on a horse leaving a garden, used to be two children holding hands in a garden. She would die penniless in 1951 having received little payment for the deck and no royalties…Īccording to Rachel Pollack (in 78 degrees of tarot wisdom), Waite was accused of altering the cards meanings to fit his personal vision. ![]() And yet, she received no acknowledgement in the naming of the deck which would go on to be the first mass marketed tarot deck. ![]() Without her, the cards would not have been what they are today. Rider was the publisher, Arthur Edward Waite was the mystic who co-created the deck and Pamela Colman Smith was the illustrator. This was groundbreaking and would make tarot much more accessible and much more useful as a tool for reflection – prior to this, you would learn by rote the meanings of the cards.Īnd I started to wonder why and as I learnt more about tarot, and hence about RWS, I found a few answers.įirstly, it’s normally referred to as the Rider Waite deck which completely erases the artist. Prior to this, the minor cards would display five cups instead of the more detailed imagery we are now used to. And that’s a very sensible recommendation because it’s the commonly used deck and because many decks are versions of it (clone decks) or use the imagery as a starting point for their own interpretation of the cards.Īlso, the deck is supposedly the first to add relevant images to all the cards. I have never been especially drawn to it but it was one of the suggested decks in 78 Mirrors. So the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck tends to be the one most people have, it’s very common, there’s been different editions of it and it’s the “standard” deck. ![]()
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