# The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck – 78 Card Deck & Guidebook

**About The Original Rider Waite Tarot 78 Card Deck**

Beautifully illustrated and by the biggest selling Tarot Card Deck!

The Original Rider Waite Tarot is the most popular and widely used tarot card deck in the world. With 78 cards and an instructional booklet, it is perfect for people beginning to connect with Tarot, and those more experienced readers.

The Original Rider Waite Tarot is the most popular and widely used tarot card deck in the world. With 78 cards and an instructional booklet.

**Product Details:**

-   **Use:** Whether novice or expert, The Original Rider Waite Tarot is the only tarot card deck you need - feel the heritage, history and connection all at once.

-    Most renowned Tarot card deck in the world - Rider-Waite Tarot is almost certainly the most widely used

-   **Design:** 78 cards, divided into the Major and Minor Arcanas

-   **Published Date:** 10/06/1999

-   **ISBN:** 9780712670579

-   **Dimensions:** 124mm x 30mm x 74mm

-   Weight: 240g

Tarot Cards consist of 78 cards, divided into 4 suits known as the minor arcana, and 22 additional cards known as the major arcana. Each card represents a unique energy or archetype, conveyed through the imagery depicted on the card. The purpose of each card's picture is to evoke the specific energy it represents, aiding individuals in connecting with its symbolism and messages. The wide variety of Tarot decks available is attributed to the diverse ways in which different decks present these energies through their artwork. There are numerous articles available on Tarot, offering insights into its interpretation, symbolism, and practical application.

**About the Author:**

A.E. Waite Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasonry - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry.

**About the Illustrator:**

Pamela Colman Smith (Illustrator) Pamela Colman Smith was born in England to American parents. Her childhood years were spent between London, New York and Kingston, Jamaica. She became a theatrical designer, even collaborating with the notable W.B. Yeats on stage designs. She was an illustrator mainly of books, pamphlets and posters too.

## Details

- **Price:** 16.98 GBP
- **Vendor:** Penguin Random House
- **Tags:** Best Seller, Tarot Cards | Books | CD's | DVD's, Tarot Cards | Oracle | Divination, £12+

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