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 September 10, 2026 Last updated: September 10, 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 […]