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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is a divinatory tarot guide, with text by A. E. Waite and illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.Published in conjunction with the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deck, the pictorial version (released 1910, dated 1911) [1] followed the success of the deck and Waite's (unillustrated 1909) text The Key to the Tarot. [2]
All of the Rider editions up to 1939 were available with a small guide written by A. E. Waite providing an overview of the traditions and history of the cards, texts about interpretations, and extensive descriptions of their symbols. The first version of this guide was published during 1909 and was titled The Key to the Tarot.
The Structure of Tarot. A standard tarot deck consists of a total of 78 cards, divided into two main categories: the 22 Major Arcana and the 56 Minor Arcana cards.
Gray's books were adopted by members of the 1960s counter-culture as standard reference works on divinatory use of tarot cards, [83] and her 1970 book A Complete Guide to the Tarot was the first work to use the metaphor of the "Fool's Journey" to explain the meanings of the major arcana. [84] [85]
Books about tarot, a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini.From their Italian roots, tarot-playing cards spread to most of Europe, evolving into a family of games that includes German Grosstarok and modern games such as French Tarot and Austrian Königrufen.
The Tarot Revealed: A Modern Guide to Reading the Tarot Cards. Signet. ISBN 978-0-451-15673-0. Jodorowsky, Alejandro; Costa, Marianne (2009). The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1-59477-656-4. Knight, Gareth (1991). The Magical World of the Tarot: Fourfold Mirror of the Universe. Aquarian.