Universal Waite Tarot Deck – 78 Tarot Cards with 80 page booklet

The world’s most popular tarot deck!

This classic tarot deck has long been a favourite of beginners as well as tarot enthusiasts.

The cards were originally drawn in 1909 by Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite. Smith’s vibrant drawings transformed the standard tarot deck. The Universal Waite Tarot Deck has been re coloured by Mary Hanson-Roberts to be a colourful alternative to the Standard Rider Waite Tarot Deck and includes an instruction booklet with an introduction by Stuart R. Kaplan.

“A unique feature of the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, and one of the of the principal reasons for its enduring popularity, is that all of the tarot 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) Rider-Waite Tarot was named one of the Top Ten Tarot Decks of All Time by Aeclectic Tarot.