What "qualifies" as a RWS?
Yelell
How about the Anraths deck? (the RWS deck with extra female pages and knights?) I'd love to see Waite's reaction to that; wonder if he would add in some pages to the PKT or burn the cards in disgust....
INIVEA
rwcarter
That's a good question. I'm not aware of that deck. Only image I was able to find shows the box or book cover. I've included it as an attachment. So it looks like 78 cards are Pam's original work and 8 cards have been added in the same style to make an 86 card deck? Zephyros and I will need to discuss that and get back to you.
Attachments
INIVEA
Click on my link above and you see images of the female courts
here is another cover image
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Tarot-a-la-c...00/s/NTAwWDI5Ng==/z/7YoAAOSwYGFUvm78/$_35.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/181822916739-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
http://www.charmacard.de/tarot-a-la-carte.jpg
Where can I buy this? I haven't found a website yet selling it.
found one on ebay
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Renate-Anrat...n-vollstaendig-neuwertig-in-OVP-/181822916739
I did a search on ebay here is the list, if anyone is interested in this deck, I know I am
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from..._nkw=Renate+Anraths+Tarot+a+la+carte&_sacat=0
Yelell
Yep that's pretty much what it is, with some keywords on the edges. I have love for odd RWS decks and I just found this one in my packed stuff. The question was a bit tongue in cheek; however. The last 'purist' I showed this deck to was pretty irritated by the additional females
Richard
There already is gender balance in the RWS court cards. Knights are male of 40 years or older. Queens are female in the same age bracket. Kings are male under 40, and Pages are female under 40. (PKT Part III § 7) Thus there are 8 men and 8 women represented in the courts. In actual use, any court card can be either male or female of any age. (Personally, I think of Pages as tomboys.)
Not wanting to deviate too radically from the historical decks, Waite had the Pages depicted as male (or androgynous), like the Valets in the TdM.
Not wanting to deviate too radically from the historical decks, Waite had the Pages depicted as male (or androgynous), like the Valets in the TdM.
Yelell
Bookdepository has this which may be it
http://www.bookdepository.com/Tarot-à-la-carte-Renate-Anraths/9783898757966 86 Tarotkarten
The pictures haven't shown it, but the back of my anraths deck is also the rosy cross, but all in blue.
Which reminds me, INIVEA, I found my rosy cross backed regular RWS deck, but I don't have the ISBN on the box to match up to the online sites so I can't tell if they are the same
Yelell
He may not have known it, but the Cary Yale deck has the male and female Knights and Pages.
INIVEA
Bookdepository has this which may be it
http://www.bookdepository.com/Tarot-à-la-carte-Renate-Anraths/9783898757966 86 Tarotkarten
The pictures haven't shown it, but the back of my anraths deck is also the rosy cross, but all in blue.
Which reminds me, INIVEA, I found my rosy cross backed regular RWS deck, but I don't have the ISBN on the box to match up to the online sites so I can't tell if they are the same
Oh thanks Yelell, for the link, I would like this novelty in my tarot collection. it's cool with the femals, and with the same line drawings (RWS)
Rosy cross,
Awesome you found it, crossing fingers you find out what the ISBN is, I need a friend in Europe
