![]() ![]() Therefore, the 78 cards of the Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Borderless were chosen based on the original 78 cards. The original Smith-Waite deck was published in 1910 and illustrates 78 Major Arcana cards. 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. The Smith Waite Tarot Deck Borderless is a modern interpretation of a more traditional Smith-Waite Tarot Deck. This 84-card deck includes four extra cards with reproduction samples of. The pictorial images on all the cards allow interpretations without the need to repeatedly consult explanatory text. Smith-Waite Tarot Cards - Borderless Edition by US Games. Gilbert described him, 'Waite's name has survived. 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. In The Key to the Tarot he writes: The true Tarot is symbolism it. Waite utilized symbolism as the key to the Tarot pack. 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. USGS The Rider Waite Tarot Deck with Guidebook and Velvet Bag, Rider-Waite Original Tarot Deck Cards, Original Pamela Colman Smith Artwork Portable Tarot Cards. Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 ), commonly known as A. Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942) was a genuine scholar of occultism whose published works include The Holy Kabbalah and The Key to the Tarot first issued in England in 1910. "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. ![]() This edition includes Smith’s original hand drawn titles. Rider-Waite Tarot has set the standard for hundreds of other tarot decks, which follow the archetypal images created by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909 under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite.
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