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	==Development==		==Development==
	Crowley originally intended the Thoth deck to be a six-month project aimed at updating the traditional pictorial symbolism of the Tarot. However, due to increased scope, the project eventually spanned five years, between 1938 and 1943, and both artists died before its publication in 1969 by [[Ordo Templi Orientis]].		Crowley originally intended the Thoth deck to be a six-month project aimed at updating the traditional pictorial symbolism of the Tarot. However, due to increased scope, the project eventually spanned five years, between 1938 and 1943, and both artists died before its publication in 1969 by [[Ordo Templi Orientis]]. Publication rights were acquired by [[U.S. Games Systems]] soon after the first publication.

	The meanings behind the cards and the inspiration for the artwork comes from the mythological ''[[Book of Thoth]]'', a [[grimoire]] of secret knowledge given by the god [[Thoth]] to fabled [[magician]] [[Hermes Trismegistus]].		The meanings behind the cards and the inspiration for the artwork comes from the mythological ''[[Book of Thoth]]'', a [[grimoire]] of secret knowledge given by the god [[Thoth]] to fabled [[magician]] [[Hermes Trismegistus]].

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	==Development==		==Development==
	Crowley originally intended the Thoth deck to be a six-month project aimed at updating the traditional pictorial symbolism of the Tarot. However, due to increased scope, the project eventually spanned five years, between 1938 and 1943, and both artists died before its publication in 1969 by [[Ordo Templi Orientis]].		Crowley originally intended the Thoth deck to be a six-month project aimed at updating the traditional pictorial symbolism of the Tarot. However, due to increased scope, the project eventually spanned five years, between 1938 and 1943, and both artists died before its publication in 1969 by [[Ordo Templi Orientis]].

			The meanings behind the cards and the inspiration for the artwork comes from the mythological ''[[Book of Thoth]]'', a [[grimoire]] of secret knowledge given by the god [[Thoth]] to fabled [[magician]] [[Hermes Trismegistus]].

	==Differences from the Rider-Waite Tarot==		==Differences from the Rider-Waite Tarot==
	Crowley renamed several of the [[Major Arcana]] trumps compared to earlier arrangements, and also re-arranged the numerical, [[astrology\|astrological]] and Hebrew alphabet correspondences of 4 trumps compared to the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck in accordance with the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], his 1904 book ''[[The Book of the Law]]'' (''Liber AL vel Legis'') and its "New Commentary."		Crowley renamed several of the [[Major Arcana]] trumps compared to earlier arrangements, and also re-arranged the numerical, [[astrology\|astrological]] and Hebrew alphabet correspondences of 4 trumps compared to the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck in accordance with the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], his 1904 book ''[[The Book of the Law]]'' (''Liber AL vel Legis'') and its "New Commentary."

	In the "New Commentary" and The Book of Thoth, Crowley demonstrates that his trump arrangement forms a double loop in the zodiac-number and letter-number correspondences compared to the Rider–Waite, where there is no loop. There are interpretations as to why the Thoth Tarot deck does not follow Crowley's new arrangement having only a letter-number double loop and one of them is that it follows the same [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn\|Golden Dawn]] arrangement as the Rider–Waite deck.		In the "New Commentary" and ''The Book of Thoth'', Crowley demonstrates that his trump arrangement forms a double loop in the zodiac-number and letter-number correspondences compared to the Rider–Waite, where there is no loop. There are interpretations as to why the Thoth Tarot deck does not follow Crowley's new arrangement having only a letter-number double loop and one of them is that it follows the same [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn\|Golden Dawn]] arrangement as the Rider–Waite deck.

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[[File:Thoth Tarot Deck.jpg|400px|thumb|Display of the Thoth tarot card deck in the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic]]
The '''Thoth Tarot''' is a [[divination|divinatory]] [[Tarot]] deck painted by Lady Frieda Harris using instructions supplied by [[Aleister Crowley]]. Crowley referred to this deck as ''The Book of Thoth'', and also wrote a 1944 book of that title intended for use with the deck. The illustrations of the deck feature symbolism based upon Crowley's incorporation of imagery from many disparate disciplines, including science and philosophy and various [[occult]] systems.

==Development==
Crowley originally intended the Thoth deck to be a six-month project aimed at updating the traditional pictorial symbolism of the Tarot. However, due to increased scope, the project eventually spanned five years, between 1938 and 1943, and both artists died before its publication in 1969 by [[Ordo Templi Orientis]].

==Differences from the Rider-Waite Tarot==
Crowley renamed several of the [[Major Arcana]] trumps compared to earlier arrangements, and also re-arranged the numerical, [[astrology|astrological]] and Hebrew alphabet correspondences of 4 trumps compared to the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck in accordance with the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], his 1904 book ''[[The Book of the Law]]'' (''Liber AL vel Legis'') and its "New Commentary."

In the "New Commentary" and The Book of Thoth, Crowley demonstrates that his trump arrangement forms a double loop in the zodiac-number and letter-number correspondences compared to the Rider–Waite, where there is no loop. There are interpretations as to why the Thoth Tarot deck does not follow Crowley's new arrangement having only a letter-number double loop and one of them is that it follows the same [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]] arrangement as the Rider–Waite deck.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;text-align:center;"
!style="background:#d7d6ff;text-align:center;"; colspan="3"|[[Tarot]] Topics''
|-
|style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Major Arcana]]'''
|colspan="2"|[[The Fool]] • [[The Magician]] • [[The High Priestess]] • [[The Empress]] • [[The Emperor]] • [[The Hierophant]] • [[The Lovers]] • [[The Chariot]] • [[Strength]] • [[The Hermit]] • [[Wheel of Fortune]] • [[Justice]] • [[The Hanged Man]] • [[Death]] • [[Temperance]] • [[The Devil (Tarot) |The Devil]] • [[The Tower]] • [[The Star]] • [[The Moon]] • [[The Sun]] • [[Judgement]] • [[The World]]
|-
|rowspan="4" style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Minor Arcana]]'''
|[[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Pentacles|Ace]] • [[Two of Pentacles|Two]] • [[Three of Pentacles|Three]] • [[Four of Pentacles|Four]] • [[Five of Pentacles|Five]] • [[Six of Pentacles|Six]] • [[Seven of Pentacles|Seven]] • [[Eight of Pentacles|Eight]] • [[Nine of Pentacles|Nine]] • [[Ten of Pentacles|Ten]] • [[Page of Pentacles|Page]] • [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] • [[Queen of Pentacles|Queen]] • [[King of Pentacles|King]]
|-
|[[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Wands|Ace]] • [[Two of Wands|Two]] • [[Three of Wands|Three]] • [[Four of Wands|Four]] • [[Five of Wands|Five]] • [[Six of Wands|Six]] • [[Seven of Wands|Seven]] • [[Eight of Wands|Eight]] • [[Nine of Wands|Nine]] • [[Ten of Wands|Ten]] • [[Page of Wands|Page]] • [[Knight of Wands|Knight]] • [[Queen of Wands|Queen]] • [[King of Wands|King]]
|-
|[[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Cups|Ace]] • [[Two of Cups|Two]] • [[Three of Cups|Three]] • [[Four of Cups|Four]] • [[Five of Cups|Five]] • [[Six of Cups|Six]] • [[Seven of Cups|Seven]] • [[Eight of Cups|Eight]] • [[Nine of Cups|Nine]] • [[Ten of Cups|Ten]] • [[Page of Cups|Page]] • [[Knight of Cups|Knight]] • [[Queen of Cups|Queen]] • [[King of Cups|King]]
|-
|[[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Swords|Ace]] • [[Two of Swords|Two]] • [[Three of Swords|Three]] • [[Four of Swords|Four]] • [[Five of Swords|Five]] • [[Six of Swords|Six]] • [[Seven of Swords|Seven]] • [[Eight of Swords|Eight]] • [[Nine of Swords|Nine]] • [[Ten of Swords|Ten]] • [[Page of Swords|Page]] • [[Knight of Swords|Knight]] • [[Queen of Swords|Queen]] • [[King of Swords|King]]
|-
|style="background:#d7d6ff"|'''Decks'''
|colspan="2" style=text-align:left|[[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] • [[Tarot of Marseilles]] • [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] • [[Thoth Tarot]] • [[Occult Tarot]] • [[Angel Tarot]] • [[Vlad Dracula Tarot]] • [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]]
|}

[[Category:Tarot Decks]]