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Buying tarot decks is sort of like eating potato chips, “you can’t have just one!” Many beginners start out with the common Rider-Waite tarot deck, while more advanced or occult-leaning tarot card readers like to go with Aleister Crowley’s Thoth tarot. If you’re looking for a professional caliber deck, then you may want to try the tarot de Marseille deck or the Golden tarot deck; however, if you’re buying a deck of tarot cards for a friend or a child, then you can find a decks in everything from Salvador Dali to the Lord of the Rings!
Arguably, the most well-known is the Rider-Waite tarot cards. These decks were created in 1909 by A.E. Waite, a prominent member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn occult group. He chose artist Pamela Colman-Smith to craft the 78-card deck, slightly tweaking certain details from earlier decks. For example, the “Pope” card became the “Hierophant” and “Popess” became “High Priestess.” Waite also switched the Strength and Justice cards (Strength became card 8 and Justice card 11). The Minor Arcana numbered suit cards had a full repertoire of pictorial scenes, rather than being merely suited or numbered. For years, this was the only readily available deck in America and with its comprehensive book of symbolism, it became the beginners “must-have” deck. Today, there are other decks similar to the Rider-Waite, including the Universal Waite tarot deck, Golden Tarot, Aquarian tarot deck, Nigel Jackson Tarot, Gilded Tarot and Golden Rider, to name a few.
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