Marseille, Rider-Waite, Thoth, Belline: which is the most powerful tarot? A reader compares their strengths and tells you ...

The Rider-Waite-Smith is the most popular deck of them all and the commonly used tarot deck worldwide. It was introduced in 1909 by mystic A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith as the illustrator. This ...

A new exhibition shows how, over the centuries, the cards went from courtly novelty to occultish tool of divination – and the way in which the art form is still evolving There are few more appropriate ...

In Italo Calvino’s 1973 novel The Castle of Crossed Destinies, two groups of travelers bed down for the night in a forest. One group heads for the castle. The other goes to a tavern. Under normal ...