Rider Waite Tarot Deck - Arthur Edward Waite & Pamela Colman Smith

This sealed deck does not contain a guide book This is the most popular and most recognised of all the tarot decks on the market. Many novices begin their journey of discovery with this deck and branch out to other decks as their skill progresses.

This deck is the collaboration of two members of the Golden Dawn, conceived by Arthur Edward Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith.

The intention was to create a deck that would be easy to learn and use, time has proved that they achieved their goal. In fact, most contemporary decks have been created based on the principal of the Rider Wait Deck

This deck was first published in 1910 by Rider & Company, a London publisher. Arthur Edward Waite designed the deck in collaboration with Pamela Colman Smith, an American artist. Waite was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, an occult society of the time. Waite considered symbolism of prime importance, so the cards of the Rider-Waite deck were created to communicate esoteric principles through symbols.

The Rider-Waite tarot deck is the model for many modern tarot decks and also has several variants.

This sealed deck does not contain a guide book