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    The RiderWaite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, first published by the Rider Company in 1909, based on the instructions of academic...
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    of the RiderWaite tarot deck (also called the RiderWaite–Smith or Waite–Smith deck). As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has...
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    possible reference to the legend of Pope Joan. In the creation of the RiderWaite Tarot deck, the Popess of the playing card packs was changed into The High...
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    the tarot card "The Magician" from the RiderWaite tarot deck was developed by A. E. Waite for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1910. Waite's magician...
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    added above her head and the fact that the flowers pictured in the RiderWaite Tarot version of the card are Irises. Temperance (Italian: La Temperanza)...
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    Pamela Colman Smith (category People associated with the tarot)
    illustrating the RiderWaite tarot deck (also called the RiderWaite–Smith or Waite–Smith deck) for Arthur Edward Waite. This tarot deck became the standard...
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    inverted. In his 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, A. E. Waite, the designer of the RiderWaite tarot deck, wrote of the symbol: The gallows from which...
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    occult Tarot decks used in divination. It was identified as the Pope in early decks like Tarot of Marseilles, while modern decks like RiderWaite Tarot may...
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    (totaling 15 in the RiderWaite deck) which are all Yodh-shaped. According to A.E. Waite's 1911 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, "The card represents...
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    the Wheel Of Fortune card from the RiderWaite tarot deck. A.E. Waite was a key figure in the development of the tarot in line with the Hermetic magical-religious...
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    are often illustrated—a convention popularized by the RiderWaite tarot in 1910. Used in a tarot card reading in conjunction with the Major Arcana, the...
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    man, walking unknowingly toward the brink of a precipice. In the RiderWaite Tarot deck, he is also portrayed as having with him a small dog. The Fool...
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    tarot decks. The key characters are that of a woman and a lion, with the woman leaning over the lion. Many cards, including that of the RiderWaite–Smith...
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    symbolizing a balanced decision. According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Justice card carries several divinatory associations:...
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    Pamela Colman Smith and the writings of A. E. Waite found as part of the RiderWaite Tarot, the most popular tarot deck amongst English speakers, and its companion...
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    traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Devil...
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    traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Lovers...
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  • Arthur Edward Waite's 1909 Rider-Waite deck, Case changed what he said were mistakes or "blinds" on the part of Waite. The BOTA Tarot is available as...
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    Tarot is a divinatory tarot guide, with text by A. E. Waite and illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. Published in conjunction with the RiderWaite–Smith...
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    Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. The RiderWaite version of the card shows an old man...
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    Praetextatus are notable examples. In the RiderWaite tarot deck and similar decks, "The Hierophant" (known in the Tarot de Marseille as "The Pope") is one of...
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    also spelled 'Tav' or 'Taw'. In the traditional Tarot of Marseilles, as well as the later RiderWaite tarot deck, a naked woman hovers or dances above the...
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    Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot. Thorsons. ISBN 978-0-7225-3572-1. Waite, A. E. (1979) [1910]. The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. New York: Samuel Weiser...
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    people from all classes, including kings, bishops and commoners. The RiderWaite tarot deck depicts the skeleton carrying a black standard emblazoned with...
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    Rereleased as the Golden Dawn Magical Tarot in 2000 and 2010. Alternately named the RiderWaite Tarot or Waite–Smith Tarot Re-released with black-and-white...
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    numeric names: authors list (link) A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot Juliette Wood (1998). "The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in...
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    most known today by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the RiderWaite Tarot, created by a Golden Dawn member. In Aleister Crowley's 1944 The Book...
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    include dark hair and eyes, dark complexion, and sturdy build. In the RiderWaite tarot deck and derivative decks, the suit is called the suit of pentacles...
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    Magi are depicted below the Star. According to A.E. Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Star card carries several divinatory associations:...
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    and Harpocrates.[citation needed] According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Judgement card is associated with: Change of position...
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