Another art feature that is clearly visible in theĬards is her experience as a theatre designer. Her own art style is heavily influenced by the Japanese art of that time. Pamela Colman Smith drew inspiration for the minors from the Sola-Busca Tarot, as well as the paintings of John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). Involved in the Order of the Golden Dawn since 1891 which became a major part of his life and work. The Waite-Smith tarot grew out of the late Victorian era with its interest in esoteric and occult matters. The imagery on two of the major cards deviates from the standard tarot images (The Lovers and The Sun)Īnd the sequence of the majors has been altered from the standard Marseille pattern by switching Justice and Strength. The Rider Waite Tarot is different from the tarots published before in the fact that it is the first tarot with Later an illustrated book “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot” was published, using the line drawings This book explained the meaning of the cards. The accompanying book by Waite was called “The Key to the Tarot”. The deck was first published by William Rider & Sons Limited, 164 Aldergate Street, London E.C. He commissioned Pamela Colman Smith to make the designs. When Waite decided to make his own revised version of the tarot, with rectified symbolism, The Rider Waite Tarot was created at the beginning of the 20th century by Arthur Edward WaiteĪnd Pamela Colman Smith which would transform the concept of tarot decks.īoth Waite and Colman Smith were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical and occult society that existedĪt the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Collecting English Playing Cards & GamesĪbove: Pamela Colman-Smith (1878 – 1951), who designed the Rider-Waite Tarot for A.Standard and Non-standard Playing Cards.
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