Rachel Pollack (b. 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. Pollack has been a great influence on the women's spirituality movement.
Pollack's work 78 Degrees of Wisdom on tarot reading is commonly referenced by tarot readers.
She wrote 78 Degrees of Wisdom on tarot reading, and has created her own tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot" (later "Shining Tribe Tarot"). Sh...
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Rachel Pollack (b. 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. Pollack has been a great influence on the women's spirituality movement.
Pollack's work 78 Degrees of Wisdom on tarot reading is commonly referenced by tarot readers.
She wrote 78 Degrees of Wisdom on tarot reading, and has created her own tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot" (later "Shining Tribe Tarot"). She also aided in the creation of the "Vertigo Tarot Deck" with illustrator Dave McKean and author Neil Gaiman, and wrote a book specifically to accompany it.
Pollack is best known for her run of issues 64-87 on the comic book Doom Patrol, on DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which became a cult favorite under Grant Morrison. A comic fandom legend has it that Pollack was assigned to write the series after writing persistent letters to the editor. Although the letters are a matter of record, it's unknown if they were actually the cause of her...
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