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Maritxu (María) Erlantz Guller [a] (Isaba, Navarre 1912 [1] – San Sebastian, 1993 [2]), also known as the "sorgin ona" or white witch of Ulia, was a teacher, tarot reader and fortune teller who supposedly had paranormal powers. [3] Maritxu studied to become a teacher in Pamplona and subsequently worked as a teacher in Irañeta during the ...
The three most common decks used in esoteric tarot are the Tarot of Marseilles (a playing card pack), the Rider–Waite Tarot, and the Thoth Tarot. [ 37 ] Aleister Crowley , who devised the Thoth deck along with Lady Frieda Harris , stated of the tarot: "The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure.
The Sola Busca tarot is the earliest completely extant example of a 78-card tarot deck. It is also the earliest tarot deck in which all the plain suit cards are illustrated [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and it is also the earliest tarot deck in which the trump card illustrations deviate from the classic tarot iconography.
One of the earliest references to tarot triumphs is given c. 1450–1470 by a Dominican preacher in a sermon against dice, playing cards and 'triumphs'. [3] References to the tarot as a social plague or indeed as exempt from the bans that affected other games, continue throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but there are no indications that ...
[1] The illustration of the tarot card "The Magician" from the Rider–Waite tarot deck was developed by A. E. Waite for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1910. Waite's magician features the infinity symbol over his head, and an ouroboros belt, both symbolizing eternity. The figure stands among a garden of flowers, to imply the ...
The card pictured is the Wheel Of Fortune card from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. A.E. Waite was a key figure in the development of the tarot in line with the Hermetic magical-religious system which was also being developed at the time, [1] and this deck, as well as being in common use today, also forms the basis for a number of other modern ...
Traditionally, it is the lowest of the 22 trump cards, in tarot card reading called the 22 Major Arcana. However, in tarot card games it developed to be not one of the (then 21) trump cards but a special card, serving a unique purpose by itself. In later Central European tarot card games, it re-developed to now become the highest trump.
The Tower in the 1909 Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Tower (XVI) (most common modern name) is the 16th trump or Major Arcana card in most Italian-suited tarot decks. It has been used in tarot cards since the 15th century as well as in divination since the mid-19th century.