How do the various Tarot decks differ?
Tarot is an excellent medium for artists. Over the centuries and especially in the last fifty years, many artists have given their own unique view to the cards. Although many artists follow the traditional images and order, some of them have given their tarot deck a unique representation of their own ideas. The Thoth Tarot, created by the famous magician Aleister Crowley, is a good example of this. Traditional decks are the Wirth Tarot and the Rider-Waite. The Wirth Tarot is a typical old deck in which the minor arcana numbered cards do not have picture-images. The Rider-Waite, created in 1909, gave all the suit cards an image, which makes it even more suitable for card readings. Modern decks however, more often than not, do not have images in the suit cards. If you really want to browse the decks, Tarot Passages gives an extensive review of many, many decks.
