Huck - Thanks for explaining and I have looked at the links. So the new list for 14 trumps would be. 1 - Magician 2 - Empress 3 - Emperor 4 - The Popesse 5 - The Pope 6 - Love 7 - The Chariot 8 - The Wheel 9 - The Hermit 10 - The Wheel 11 - The Fool 12 - The Hanged Man 13 - Death 14 - Judgement I do...
I like the idea of 14 trumps as the first Tarot deck. It makes sense you would start with 14 trumps with a 4x14 deck. It just doesn't make sense to suddenly have 22 trumps. I also think trumps were added on later, more is better right? History tells us that. I remember reading about a deck of 40 tru...
This is a bit off topic, but it is still playing cards. I've been researching the history of playing cards and came across this image of the first "Suicide King". Before this the KoH had an axe. Some of you have deep reserves of history and a innate ability to know what these people were t...
Man you guys go off in different directions. Found a neat article. http://www.wopc.co.uk/tarot/rider-waite/ "and the sequence of the majors has been altered from the standard Marseille pattern by switching Justice and Strength." I always wondered why he did that. It's there a thread that e...
I'm thinking about a second deck I want to make. The values are as followed: (K)ing 15, (Q)ueen 14, (B)ishop 13, (C)aviler 12, (J)ack 11, (T)ower 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, (A)ce 1, and Joker. I'm going to give the joker the same rack as the Fool in the Tarot. He has no rank, but is part of a suit....
try some low hanging fruit. i'm thinking "The Lovers" should be chaotic good. http://www.albideuter.de/html/liebende.html with cupid there is a choice of falling in love or not; so therefore chaotic. and of course love is always good. right? if you look the early tarot cards, you had 1 man...
You can see the first deck I wish to make at http://texasplayingcards.com It has 16X4 suits for 64 cards. The second deck I want to make has 16x9 for 144 cards. The rank for the 2nd deck goes as followed (K)ing 15, (Q)ueen 14, (B)ishop 13, (C)avalier 12, (J)ack 11, (T)ower 10, (9), (8), (7), (6), (5...