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The High Priestess. The High Priestess or The Popess (II) in the Rider–Waite Tarot, depicted with the pillars of Boaz and Jachin. The High Priestess (II) is the second Major Arcana card in cartomantic Tarot decks. It is based on the 2nd trump of Tarot card packs. In the first Tarot pack with inscriptions, the 18th-century woodcut Tarot de ...
The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by the Rider Company in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Also known as the Waite–Smith, [3] Rider–Waite–Smith, [4 ...
Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942) was a British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider–Waite tarot deck (also called the Rider–Waite–Smith or Waite–Smith deck). As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because ...
Three of Cups. Three of Cups from a deck of Italian cards. The Three of Cups is the third card on the suit of cups. In tarot, it is part of the Minor Arcana. In some decks the suit is named chalices or goblets instead. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination .
The figure may hold a sword or wand. The Thoth Tarot deck has the figure controlling four animals. The mallet, or gavel, on the chariot's coat of arms is a masonic symbol representing self control. [1] A canopy of stars above the charioteer's head is intended to show "celestial influences". [2]
Page of Cups. Page of Cups from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Page of Cups (or jack or knave of cups or goblets or vessels) is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana". Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [ 1]
Nine of Coins. Nine of Coins is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana" and represents a financially independent aristocrat. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are ...
The Hermit (tarot card) (Redirected from The Hermit (Tarot card)) The Hermit (IX) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. The Hermit (IX) is the ninth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination .