Details of the Hoi Polloi Tarot
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Solandia's Summary: What is known as the Hoi Polloi Tarot is a Rider-Waite Tarot clone from 1973 intended for games and finding out about yourself and the future. The deck has been redrawn psychedelic colours and is without some background and finer details, but sticks closely to the original images. Also the last RWS clone published before U.S. Games began enforcing their copyright.
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 0.98 x 1.67 inches = 2.50cm x 4.25cm
Publisher: Published by Hoi Polloi Inc
1972
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style: RWS-Based Scenes
Suits: Cups, Swords, Wands, Pentacles
Court Cards: Page, Knight, Queen, King
Major Titles: The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The
Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The
Chariot, Justice, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Strength,
The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The
Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World
The Fool is Not numbered Strength is 11 Justice is 8
Deck Characteristics:
Decks of the 70s
Deck Themes:
Rider-Waite Clones
Card Back: Non-reversible
Back Design: golden ochre color with drawn skeleton key, white edge beyond a two-lined black border.
Languages:
English
Excerpt of the
Hoi Polloi Tarot review by Lynda Cowles: The year is 1972; the place, New York City. And as the giant of the tarot world we now know as US Games is busy trying to obtain copyright for the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) tarot, one small, independent company is releasing its own version of the deck. Named simply “The Tarot”, it is the last commercially-produced tarot to use Pamela Colman-Smith’s drawings before US Games becomes the only company l... read more.
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