The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck Cards

The rws is perhaps the best and certainly the most common deck for beginners to read with.

The original rider waite tarot deck cards.

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 1976 and 1977 rider co. 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.

There are two originals to choose from. 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. Other names for this deck include the waite smith rider waite smith or rider tarot deck. 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.

Original rider waite navy blue box which is taken from the pamela c deck and is a poor rendition of the actual original stay away from it. Rider was the name of the original publisher. The vibrant cards featuring full scenes with figures and symbols were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under direction of arthur edward waite. Both printed waite smith deck clones starting in 1971.

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. 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. Yet the way it s explained here you re using the full deck for a reading and the suits are representing various challenges etc. Midwest book review.

If you re interested in learning about a more advanced method of. 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. Read all about the cards in waite s guidebook to the tarot. The rider waite tarot deck originally published 1909 is the most popular tarot deck for tarot card reading.

Rider waite the classic rider waite tarot is the best known tarot deck. The cards were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under the direction of arthur edward waite. It s a charming work with great attention to detail. Smith s vibrant drawings transformed the standard tarot deck.

The original rider waite tarot is a facsimile of the original deck in which one of the major adjustments was improved depth of color.