28/02/2026
Hmmm, February has vanished and I can't say where it went to!! I thought I would continue today with our look at the Rider Waite deck and corresponding cards in another deck. I chose the Rackham Tarot. Arthur Rackham was a British book illustrator in the early 1900s. His work is a lot of fine pen illustration with water colour washes. The deck is whimsical, very etherial, and I absolutely love it. However, you do have to know your standard Rider Waite deck inside out to be able to use this deck, as some of the cards have very little resemblance to the Rider Waite deck. (And please excuse the tatty Rider Waite box. It's been on many adventures with me over the years).
The first two cards I chose to compare are the 3 of Wands and the 6 of cups. The 3 of Wands is often a card of waiting with positive expectations for things to come. It is often described as the card of 'waiting for your ships to come in'. The 6 of Cups is a card of nostalgia, of looking back with fondness at times past. I absolutely love both of the illustrations used in the Rackham deck for these cards.
Then there is the 9 of Swords and the 5 of Pentacles. The 9 of Swords is the card of worry, insomnia and having too many troubles, while the 5 of Pentacles is described as the 'outcast' card.
So, there is deck number 2 out of 20!!
I have some appointments available this coming Friday at the beautiful Collective Soul Centre, so if you feel drawn to have a tarot reading with me, please feel free to contact me on 0435 116 176. I also offer Zoom readings, if you are not living in Adelaide.
Have a lovely weekend and I will be back soon with a new deck to looks at xx
