As mentionned in an earlier
thread, The Gothic was supposed to be a pip-only deck but, Vargo, inspired by the Rider-Waite Smith, decided to illustrate the minors. I'm quite thankful to Rider-Waite Smith, for millions of reasons, and one of them is that The Gothic Tarot wouldn't be what it is, as beautiful, if Rider-Waite Smith wasn't there; there would be not much to discuss about.