Rider Tarot Deck

Description

The world’s most popular tarot deck! This classic deck has long been a favorite of beginners as well as tarot enthusiasts. Once considered revolutionary, The Rider-Waite deck has set the standard for hundreds of other decks and has inspired a myriad of different versions. 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. “A unique feature of the Rider-Waite deck, and one of the of the principal reasons for its enduring popularity, is that all of the cards, including the Minor Arcana, depict full scenes with figures and symbols. Prior to the Rider-Waite Tarot, the pip cards of almost all tarot decks were marked only with the arrangement of the suit signs — swords, wands, cups, and coins, or pentacles. The pictorial images on all the cards allow interpretations without the need to repeatedly consult explanatory text. The innovative Minor Arcana, and Pamela Colman Smith’s ability to capture the subtleties of emotion and experience have made the Rider-Waite Tarot a model for the designs of many tarot packs.” — (from The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume III)

Product Detail:
ISBN: 9780913866139
Boxed, 78 cards plus booklet of 56 pages.
Publisher: U.S. Games, Inc., Published: January 1971.
Size: 2.9 X 1.2 X 4.9 inches, Weight: 0.6 Lbs.

         AUTHOR 

Arthur Edward Waite
(1857 -1942)

Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942), commonly known as A. E. Waite, was an American-born British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, “Waite’s name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism–viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion.” -Wikipedia

         Illustrator

Pamela Colman Smith
(Jan 16, 1878 – Sep 18, 1951)

In 1909, artist Pamela Colman Smith’s involvement with the Order of the Golden Dawn led to a commission from Arthur Edward Waite to create a 78-card tarot deck. Originally known as the Rider deck, it was the first to include full pictorial scenes for the Minor Arcana pips. Pamela’s varied mystical influences are evident throughout the deck.

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