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No one has to like or use or refer to the Rider-Waite-Smith deck!!!!!
This area is for those who have a "special interest" in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. What is known or said about the RWS deck need have no impact on anyone reading with any other Tarot deck. It doesn't make any other deck, or readings with any other deck, better or worse, except as each individual perceives it for him or herself.
Unfortunately, we live in an historical period where the majority of books in English reference elements of the RWS deck and in which English-language publishers have preferred to publish decks that also referrence it. Never fear, as this appears to be changing.
This area is for those who have a "special interest" in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. What is known or said about the RWS deck need have no impact on anyone reading with any other Tarot deck. It doesn't make any other deck, or readings with any other deck, better or worse, except as each individual perceives it for him or herself.
Unfortunately, we live in an historical period where the majority of books in English reference elements of the RWS deck and in which English-language publishers have preferred to publish decks that also referrence it. Never fear, as this appears to be changing.