A traditional Tarot deck, perhaps the most popular in the Western world, is the Rider-Waite Tarot. As the cards drawn by Pamela Colman-Smith and commissioned by Waite were the first to use detailed pictures on the minor arcana cards, it is sometimes considered the first modern Tarot deck.
Illustrator/Author: A. E. Waite, Pamela Colman-Smith
Name: Rider-Waite Tarot/Rider Tarot, Waite Tarot, Waite-Smith Tarot
Publisher: US Games 1971
Type: Tarot Deck
Total Number of Cards: 78
Major Arcana: 22
Minor Arcana: 56
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style: RWS-Based Scenes
Suits: Cups, Swords, Wands, Pentacles
Court Cards: Page, Knight, Queen, King
Major Titles: Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World
The Fool is 0
Strength is 8
Justice is 11
Card Size: 2.75 x 4.63 in. = 6.99cm x 11.75cm
Language: English
Card Rear: Reversible
Rear Design: Thin lines of blue and black tartan on white.
