The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck Cards

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The original rider waite tarot deck cards.

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 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. There are two originals to choose from. Waite s original card meanings scroll down and select from the list of 18 tarot spreads below.

The original rider waite tarot is a facsimile of the original deck in which one of the major adjustments was improved depth of color. Both printed waite smith deck clones starting in 1971. Rider waite the classic rider waite tarot is the best known tarot deck. It s a charming work with great attention to detail.

The vibrant cards featuring full scenes with figures and symbols were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under direction of arthur edward waite. 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. 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. To get rider waite tarot readings using a.

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. 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 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. Read all about the cards in waite s guidebook to the tarot.

Other names for this deck include the waite smith rider waite smith or rider tarot deck. The 1976 and 1977 rider co. 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. 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.

Midwest book review. The cards were drawn in 1909 by pamela colman smith under the direction of arthur edward waite. Smith s vibrant drawings transformed the standard tarot deck. The rider waite tarot deck originally published 1909 is the most popular tarot deck for tarot card reading.

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