Unconventionality is taken to an extreme by Morgan's Tarot, produced in 1970 by

Morgan Robbins and illustrated by Darshan Chorpash Zenith. Morgan's Tarot has no
suits, no card ranking and no explicit order of the cards. It has 88 cards rather than the
more conventional 78, and its simple line drawings show a strong influence from the
psychedelic era. Nevertheless, in the introductory booklet that accompanies the deck
Robbins claims spiritual inspiration for the cards and cites the influence of Tibetan
Buddhism in particular.
Deck-specific symbolism[edit]
Many popular decks have modified the traditional symbolism to reflect the esoteric
beliefs of their creators.
Rider-Waite-Smith deck[edit]

The tarot created by A. E. Waite and Pamela Coleman Smith departs from the earlier
tarot design with its use of scenic pip cards and the alteration of how the Strength and
Justice cards are ranked.
Crowley-Harris Thoth deck[edit]

Each card in the Thoth deck is intricately detailed with astrological, zodiacal, elemental
and Qabalistic symbols related to each card. Colours are used symbolically, especially
the cards related to the five elements of Spirit, Fire, Water, Air and Earth. Crowley
wrote a book, The Book of Thoth, to accompany, describe and expand on his deck and
the data regarding the pathways within. Unlike the popular Waite-Smith Tarot, the
Thoth Tarot retains the traditional order of the trumps but uses alternative nomenclature
for both the trumps and the courts, which reflects Crowley's interpretation of the tarot
(see above).
Hermetic Tarot[edit]

Hermetic Tarot utilizes the tarot imagery to function as a textbook and mnemonic
device for teaching and revealing the gnosis of alchemical symbolical language and its
profound and philosophical meanings. An example of this practice is found in the rituals
of the 19th-century Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In the 20th century, Hermetic
use of the tarot imagery as a handbook and revealer of perennial wisdom was further
developed in the work of Carl Gustav Jung and his exploration into the psyche and
active imagination. A 21st-century example of a Hermetic rooted tarot deck is that of
Tarot ReVisioned, a black and white deck and book for the Major Arcana by Leigh J.
McCloskey.[25]

See also[edit]

Giardino dei Tarocchi

Hofamterspiel
Lotera
OH Cards

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External links[edit]
Look up tarot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarot cards.
Wikiversity has learning materials about Tarot

Tarotpedia

Further reading[edit]

Nichols, Sallie, Jung and Tarot: an Archetypal Journey, York Beach : Weiser,
1980

Douglas Alfred The Tarot Penguin Books 1972

Robert Mazlo, A la recherche du Tarot perdu. Les tablettes d'Herms, Ramuel
Ed., 1998, ISBN 2910401863.
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