Author(s): WAITE, A E

Tarot/Oracle Cards

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In 1909, artist Pamela Colman Smith, under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite, created an innovative 78-card tarot deck that would come to be recognized as revolutionary. With descriptive pictures on the 56 Minor Arcana cards, the 'Rider-Waite' deck digressed from the tradition of tarot decks used for centuries and set the standard for nearly every tarot deck published.