Details of the Rider-Waite Tarot
Also known as Rider Tarot, Waite Tarot, Waite-Smith Tarot
Solandia's Summary: The Rider-Waite Tarot is a classic Tarot deck, perhaps the most well-known in the Western world. It is often called the first modern Tarot deck, as the cards drawn by Pamela Colman-Smith and commissioned by Waite were the first to use detailed pictures on the minor arcana cards.
Creator(s):
A E Waite
&
Pamela Colman-Smith
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.75 x 4.63 inches = 6.99cm x 11.75cm
Publisher: Published by US Games
1971
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style: RWS-Based Scenes
Suits: Cups, Swords, Wands, Pentacles
Court Cards: Page, Knight, Queen, King
Major Titles: Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World
The Fool is 0 Strength is 8 Justice is 11
Deck Themes:
Beginner,
Rider-Waite Clones
Other Decks by Creator(s):
Centenary Special Rider-Waite Tarot,
Giant Rider-Waite Tarot,
Glow in the Dark Tarot,
Original Rider Waite Tarot,
Pocket Rider Waite Tarot,
Rider-Waite Tarot (1971),
Rider-Waite Tarot (University Books),
Smith-Waite Tarot Centennial Edition Deck,
The Complete Tarot Kit,
Universal Waite Tarot
by Pamela Colman-Smith.
Giant Rider-Waite Tarot,
Original Rider Waite Tarot,
Pocket Rider Waite Tarot,
Rider-Waite Tarot (1971),
Rider-Waite Tarot (University Books),
The Complete Tarot Kit
by A E Waite.
Card Back: Reversible
Back Design: Thin blue and black tartan stripes on white.
Languages:
English
Excerpt of the
Rider-Waite Tarot review by Christopher Butler: It's very difficult to review a deck such as this one for several reasons. Firstly the images are so well known as to almost be wallpaper. This is after all the most widely circulated tarot deck in the world so much the case that its vast sales have more or less formed the foundation stone of its modern day publisher, U.S. Games Inc.
The images go well beyond the consciousness of tarot enthusi... read more.
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