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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 16: Talking Tarot: Pick a Card, Any Card…
S01E16: Tarot History, Tarot Cards, and Pamela Colman Smith: Shuffle the deck and determine your fate! Unless, of course, you’re a woman called Pixie in the 1900s. If you are, then I’m very sorry. Your fate is probably to illustrate the most recognizable deck of tarot cards around, and then get exactly zero credit for it for the next century or so.
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Tarot Card History
- Tarot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot
- Tarot Mythology: The Surprising Origins of the World’s Most Misunderstood Cards: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-surprising-origins-of-tarot-most-misunderstood-cards/
- The Spellbinding History of Tarot Cards, From a Mainstream Card Game to a Magical Ritual: https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-tarot-cards/
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn
- The Real History of Tarot Cards: From an Expert Cartomancer: https://joshuashawnmichaelhehe.medium.com/the-real-history-of-tarot-cards-686a50ea8d51
Pamela Colman Smith/The Smith-Waite (Rider-Waite) Deck
- Demystifying Pamela Colman Smith: A new book of essays offers tarot enthusiasts a fresh look at the woman behind the classic Rider-Waite art: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a21940524/demystifying-pamela-colman-smith/
- Pamela Colman Smith: American: https://www.americanrenaissancetarot.com/blog/2019/3/1/pamela-colman-smith-american
- Pamela Colman Smith and the Erasure of Black Women in Metaphysics: https://medium.com/@shavaughnelle/pamela-colman-smith-and-the-erasure-of-black-women-in-metaphysics-bd7f993f1d1b
- Reviving a Forgotten Artist of the Occult: https://hyperallergic.com/490918/pamela-colman-smith-pratt-institute-libraries/
- Who Was Pamela Colman Smith? The “Mystic” Woman behind the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck: https://www.thelily.com/who-was-pamela-colman-smith-the-mystic-woman-behind-the-rider-waite-tarot-deck/
- Pamela Colman Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Colman_Smith
Anatomy of a Deck
- Structure of a Tarot Card Deck: https://www.taroticallyspeaking.com/begin/structure-of-a-tarot-card-deck/
- Biddy Tarot- Major Arcana: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/
- Biddy Tarot- Minor Arcana: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/minor-arcana/
Artistic Impact
- Tarot and the Use of Art Symbols: https://www.birkenwald.art/journal/tarot-and-the-use-of-art-symbol
- Tarot del Toro: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tarot-del-Toro/Tomas-Hijo/9781683839798
Further Reading:
- Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40113187-pamela-colman-smith
- Biddy Tarot – such a great resource for learning Tarot: https://www.biddytarot.com