I think that The Fool is the most mysterious and impossible to pinpoint cards of the entire Tarot deck. While traditionally the Major Arcana cards are Read more KS The Fool
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KS Sun
The Sun card is all about love, but why is that? The meaning of each card is defined by Read more KS Sun
KS King of Cups
Wealth regarding the King of Cups refers to emotional wealth, the depth of Read more KS King of Cups
KS King of Wands
Upright: ardour, country man, good and honest man.
Reversed: apathy, indulgence, austerity, tolerance, condescension.
Most readers see in the Kings the dominant (patriarchal) father’s figure. But it is truly the case? Not all the rulers were Read more KS King of Wands
KS The Tower
The Tower, the Rider-Waite and the Karpathy-Smith Tarot.
Most people fear this card as they perceive it as the expression of ultimate destruction. The Tower, however, represents only Read more KS The Tower
KS The Magician
One of the most common mistakes made within the Tarot readers is to consider the Magician the fully developed Master, a position which belongs to Read more KS The Magician
KS Nine of Cups
The original meaning attributed to the card by Etteilla is victory, success, achievement, advantage, gain. Mathers preserved this interpretation, while Waite Read more KS Nine of Cups
KS Nine of Wands
According to Etteilla, the Nine of Wands signifies delays, distance, removal or suspension. Mathers saw the card as Read more KS Nine of Wands
KS Hermit
“The Hermit, as depicted by the medieval illustrators, is an old man leaning on a pilgrim’s staff who walks along a path lit by a lantern. He hides the light from his lantern beneath the folds of a cloak, and a serpent precedes him on the path.” (Fredric Lionel, The Magic Tarot)
The truth which we all seek is Read more KS Hermit
Kárpáthy-Smith Tarot First Limited Edition
The Rider-Waite Tarot deck was published 111 years ago around this time of the year.
The name of the artist who has drawn the cards, Pamela Colman-Smith, was not even mentioned. Only in recent years, scholars may add the Smith to the name of the deck, in the spirit of the newfound politically correctness.
The Karpathy-Smith deck is a reimagining of the original Rider-Waite Tarot using mixed media techniques, and Read more Kárpáthy-Smith Tarot First Limited Edition
