Marseille Tarot Handmade The Herbal Tarot utilises the The Herbal Tarot utilises the RIder Waite Smith imagery and symbolism with the addition of herbs that correspond to the energy of each card homely and not perfect feel The Tarot de Marseilles deck is an authentic reproduction of the popular deck restored by French scholars from the original woodcut images that date back to the early 16th Century with the earliest surviving card of the Marseilles pattern produced by Phillips Vachier in 1639 Originally created as an Italian card game produced in Milan it spread throughout the country and onwards to the rest of Europe where it led to the occult use of tarot cards in the 17th and 18th Centuries before the Rider Waite Smith deck was derived from the Marseilles deck