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Dear list: Before you vanish into the Tarot question, thanks to Esther, Karen, and Willis for responding. Any further ideas are welcome and may be addressed to me personally. As for the Tarot decks, two thoughts: (1) Waite, the designer of the deck commonly seen in stores here, was drawing on Rosicrucian interest in "ancient" symbols and Hebrew mysticism must have seemed esoteric enough; (2) Jews, remember, figured prominently among card manufacturers, at least in Renaissance Italy. This is an aspect of your query no one has mentioned and it may be worth pursuing. Cordially, Susan Einbinder [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%