The Queen of Tarot Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith

Find out what's in the cards in this tarot-themed episode! Red gives a brief overview of the history and basics of tarot before doing a New Year's reading for both herself and Kelly. Then the ladies jump back in time to learn about the artist behind the cards - illustrator, writer, mystic and the "Queen of Tarot" Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith. The future's looking bright for a fun episode and an exciting 2024!

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Show Credits

Theme song: "Busy Old Sun" by Vaudeville 

Cover Art: Jenny Lam @jennylamalam

Editing: Kelly & Red  @kellylansing @missredventure

Sound Effects: Robinhood76 on Freesound

 

Sources

The MET "Before Fortune-Telling: The History and Structure of Tarot Cards" by Tim Husband https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-season/2016/tarot#:~:text=The%20earliest%20references%20to%20tarot,evolving%20earlier%20in%20the%20century. 

La Muci Design "Are tarot cards witchcraft?" by Esra https://lamucidesign.com/are-tarot-cards-witchcraft/ 

My Wandering Fool "How to Map Out the Year Ahead: A New Year's Tarot Spread" https://mywanderingfool.com/tarot/tarot/how-to-map-out-the-year-ahead-a-new-years-tarot-spread/

"Biography of Pamela Colman Smith" by Phil Norfleet https://pcs2051.tripod.com/ 

Cleveland Clinic "Synesthesia" https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24995-synesthesia 

Hyperallergic "Reviving a Forgotten Artist of the Occult" by Sharmistha Ray https://hyperallergic.com/490918/pamela-colman-smith-pratt-institute-libraries/

The Argothald Journal "Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story" by William Seligman https://argothald.com/2021/05/13/pamela-colman-smith-the-untold-story/ 

Engelsberg Ideas "Pamela Colman Smith: The Queen of Tarot" by Jennifer Higgie https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/pamela-colman-smith-the-queen-of-tarot/

Yellow Nineties 2.0 "Pamela Colman Smith" by Dennis Denisoff https://1890s.ca/smith_bio/ 

CNN "The woman behind the world’s most famous tarot deck was nearly lost in history" by Jacqui Palumbo https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pamela-colman-smith-tarot-art-whitney/index.html 

Artnet "Pamela Colman Smith Was the Artist and Occultist Who Designed the Iconic Tarot Deck. Why Has No One Ever Heard Her Name?" by Katie Smith https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/pamela-colman-smith-rider-waite-tarot-2163627

 

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