The Rider-Waite tarot deck (originally published 1910) is one of the most popular tarot decks in use for divination today in the English-speaking world. Other suggested names for this deck include the Rider-Waite-Smith, Waite-Smith, Waite-Colman Smith or simply the Rider deck or Waite deck. The cards were drawn by illustrator Pamela Colman Smith from the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite, and published by the Rider Company.

Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942), commonly known as A. E. 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. As his biographer, R. A. Gilbert described him, “Waite’s name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism – viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion.”Pamela Colman Smith (16 February 1878 – 18 September 1951), also nicknamed Pixie, was a British artist, illustrator, writer and occultist. She is best known for illustrating the Rider-Waite tarot deck of divinatory tarot cards (also called the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, Waite-Smith deck, Waite-Colman Smith deck or simply the Rider deck or Waite deck) for Arthur Edward Waite.

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Major Arcana

Major Arcana – Greater Secrets – Element Aether

Minor Arcana – Smaller Secrets – Pentacles – Element Earth

Minor Arcana – Smaller Secrets – Swords – Element Air

Minor Arcana – Smaller Secrets – Wands – Element Fire

Minor Arcana – Smaller Secrets – Cups – Element Water

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot