The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck Cards

Rider was the name of the original publisher.

The original rider waite tarot deck cards.

Rider waite the classic rider waite tarot is the best known tarot deck. The vibrant cards featuring full scenes with figures and symbols were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under direction of arthur edward waite. There are two originals to choose from. The original rider waite tarot pack is a facsimile edition originally printed from palates that were destroyed during the bombing of london during world war ii.

The rider waite tarot deck originally published 1909 is the most popular tarot deck for tarot card reading. It s a charming work with great attention to detail. Read all about the cards in waite s guidebook to the tarot. Smith s vibrant drawings transformed the standard tarot deck.

The original palates were destroyed during the bombing on london during ww ii the cards themselves are 2 3 4 by 4 3 4 of good quality glossy card stock. The pictorial key to the tarot. The rider waite tarot deck once considered revolutionary the rider waite deck has become the most popular tarot deck in the world and has set the standard for hundreds of other tarot decks. Waite s original card meanings scroll down and select from the list of 18 tarot spreads below.

The cards were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under the direction of arthur edward waite. The rws is perhaps the best and certainly the most common deck for beginners to read with. Blue box tarot cards carried a copyright notice of us games now usgs it is worth noting that this copyright only covered changes made to the original art according to the united states legal system this is interesting as usgs and rider co. And the original rider tarot yellow box which uses the pamela a line drawings but still comes with inaccurate colouring compared to that earlier deck.

The deck and book set comes complete and in full color with original tudor rose back design celtic cross divinatory chart and the key to the tarot by arthur waite. The 1976 and 1977 rider co. Both printed waite smith deck clones starting in 1971. If you re interested in learning about a more advanced method of.

Yet the way it s explained here you re using the full deck for a reading and the suits are representing various challenges etc. Other names for this deck include the waite smith rider waite smith or rider tarot deck. I have the rider waite tarot deck and it came with a booklet which says you are connected to a certain suit based on some physical characteristics and you do readings using just that suit and the major arcana. The original rider waite tarot is a facsimile of the original deck in which one of the major adjustments was improved depth of color.

The rider waite tarot card deck was designed by the occult writer arthur edward waite 1857 1942 and the artist pamela colman smith 1878 1951.