Rusty Neon
There are many decks that are patterned after the RWS. However, what I find about those variant decks is that it's rare if ever that the minor arcana of the variant deck gives the same range of divinatory meanings (DMs) as the corresponding cards of the RWS.
An example ... the RWS 2 of Pentacles illustrates several different DMs at once. Those DMs can be Golden Dawn or Etteilla, Italian cartomancy or other pre-GD DMs.
(1) "Gaiety and recreation"
(The quoted DMs are from Waite's _The Pictorial Key to the Tarot_)
The man in the card is juggling the pentacles.
(2) "Agitation, trouble"
The water waves in the background are really rocking the boats.
(3) "News and messages in writing"
This is possibly illustrated by ships.
(4) The pentacles and the endless cord can lead the various DMs assigned by the Golden Dawn.
Even in the closest various of RWS, one or more of these illustrated DMs are lost. For example, by doing a close-up of the man and his pentacles, one no longer sees the ships and/or the wild waves.
An example ... the RWS 2 of Pentacles illustrates several different DMs at once. Those DMs can be Golden Dawn or Etteilla, Italian cartomancy or other pre-GD DMs.
(1) "Gaiety and recreation"
(The quoted DMs are from Waite's _The Pictorial Key to the Tarot_)
The man in the card is juggling the pentacles.
(2) "Agitation, trouble"
The water waves in the background are really rocking the boats.
(3) "News and messages in writing"
This is possibly illustrated by ships.
(4) The pentacles and the endless cord can lead the various DMs assigned by the Golden Dawn.
Even in the closest various of RWS, one or more of these illustrated DMs are lost. For example, by doing a close-up of the man and his pentacles, one no longer sees the ships and/or the wild waves.