Editing The High Priestess (section)

===Other variants===
In the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]], illustrated by [[Pamela Colman Smith|Pamela Coleman Smith]], the Popess was changed into The High Priestess sitting between the pillars of [[Boaz and Jachin]] (which has a particular meaning to [[Freemasonry]]). She wears a crown similar to the Egyptian goddess [[Hathor]] and is depicted with the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Marian]] imagery of a blue mantle and the [[Woman of the Apocalypse|moon at her feet]]. [[A. E. Waite]], the co-creator of the Rider–Waite deck, dismissed the idea that the card originally depicted [[Pope Joan]] and speculated that it was instead connected to the ancient cult of [[Astarte]].{{sfnp|Waite|1926}}

Other variants that came after Rider–Waite are the [[Virgin Mary]], [[Isis]], the [[metaphor]]ical [[Bride of Christ]] or [[Holy Mother Church]]. In Swiss Troccas decks, she is called ''[[Juno (mythology)|Junon]]'' ("Juno"), the Roman Queen of the Gods. The "Flemish Deck" by Vandenborre (c. 1750-1760) refers to this card as ''Le Espagnol Capitano Eracasse'' ("The Spanish Captain Fracasse"), after a version of [[Il Capitano]], a character from ''[[Commedia dell'Arte]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}