Cartomancy: Fortune-Telling with Playing Cards
By Cassiel Marlowe · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. What Is Cartomancy? Cartomancy is the practice of divination using a deck of ordinary playing cards, in which the four suits, the courts, and the numerical pips are read as a layered symbolic vocabulary. The art predates […]
The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot: Decoding the Imagery
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 What Is the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot? The Rider-Waite-Smith tarot is a 78-card deck published in London in 1909, designed by occultist Arthur Edward Waite and illustrated by artist Pamela Colman Smith. It was the first widely circulated deck to give every Minor Arcana […]