

And each card, through the picture on the card, is trying to help you to feel the specific energy of that card. Strength (VIII) from the RiderWaite tarot deck Strength is a Major Arcana tarot card, and is numbered either XI or VIII, depending on the deck. There are 4 suits (referred to as the minor arcana) and 22 other cards (referred to as the major arcana). The Tarot is a specific system that has 78 cards in total.

Many Tarot books use the Rider Waite deck for their illustrations. It doesn’t have the more modern appeal of some recently published decks, but there are many subtleties in these paintings, which means that years after starting to use this deck you will be noticing new details. Each card is rich in symbolism and clear in its design. It has been the best selling Tarot deck of the twentieth century. Waite & Pamela Colman Smith Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942) was a leading scholar of the occult who produced the Rider Waite deck in 1910 in collaboration with artist Pamela Colman Smith.

The booklet gives a quick reference to the cards and the meaning.Ĭard dimensions: Original Rider Waite tarot cards are 70 x 120 mm.Īuthors: A. Pack information: 78 cards with a tiny booklet included in the box. The original and only authorised edition of the famous 78-card Tarot deck designed by Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite.
