The Fool : THE FOOL The Fool card is one of the only ones in which there is an obvious difference between Pamela-A and the USGS deck. This is the edge of the bluish highlighting on the background mountains. A close comparison reveals some other minor differences between the two cards, for instance the little...
The Sun : THE SUN The Sun card line art has an obvious glitch which appears in both the Pamela A and US Games decks. This is an additional wavy line just to the right of the Roman numeral XIX at the top of the card. This is a sure sign that the two decks are essentially identical. If the US Games deck w...
Introduction : TAROT CARD COMPARISON By John B. Hare, Sacred-texts.com 2003 Text (c) Copyright 2003, John B. Hare, All Rights Reserved. INTRODUCTION The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck has gone through numerous editions, and early versions of this deck command high prices at auction. The original artist, Pamel...
The High Priestess : THE HIGH PRIESTESS This card shows how closely the colors in the US Games deck match the original. Take a close look at the drapery of the dress. Allowing for differences in color and screening, the white areas in this portion of the card are almost an exact match. What is different here are...