Reference
By system
Every deck belongs to a tradition. These are the lineages that shape how a deck is structured and read.
Rider-Waite-Smith
234 decksThe 1909 Waite-Smith deck and the thousands built on its imagery - the lingua franca of modern tarot.
Thoth
54 decksCrowley and Lady Frieda Harris's esoteric system, dense with Hermetic and astrological symbolism.
Marseille
70 decksThe older, pip-based French tradition - geometric minor arcana, read by number and suit.
Lenormand
51 decksA 36-card cartomancy system read in combinations, named for the fortune-teller Marie Anne Lenormand.
Oracle
280 decksFree-form decks with their own structure and card count, unbound by the 78-card framework.
Independent
1225 decksDecks that reinterpret or depart from the major traditions on their own terms.