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EASY GUIDE FOR A
RIDER-WAITE BASED
TAROT READING
Discovering an ancient
– yet still current –
divination method!
EASY GUIDE FOR A
RIDER-WAITE BASED
TAROT READING
Discovering an ancient
– yet still current –
divination method!
Written by Paul de Senquisse
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER I
RECOMMENDED TAROT SPREADS ....................................................................5
CHAPTER II
THE MEANING OF THE MAJOR ARCANA .........................................................8
0 – The Fool .................................................................................................8
I – The Magician.........................................................................................10
II – The High Priestess................................................................................12
III – The Empress........................................................................................14
Iv – The Emperor .......................................................................................15
v – The Hierophant ....................................................................................16
vI – The Lovers ..........................................................................................18
vII – The Chariot ........................................................................................20
vIII – Strength ...........................................................................................22
Ix – The Hermit ..........................................................................................24
x – The Wheel Of Fortune .........................................................................26
xI – Justice ................................................................................................28
xII – The Hanged Man ...............................................................................29
xIII – Death ................................................................................................31
xIv – Temperance ......................................................................................33
xv – The Devil ...........................................................................................35
xvI – The Tower .........................................................................................37
xvII – The Star ...........................................................................................39
xvIII – The Moon .......................................................................................41
xIx – The Sun.............................................................................................43
xx – Judgment .........................................................................................45
xxI – The World ........................................................................................46
INTRODUCTION
T
he Rider-Waite tarot deck, also known as the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, is by
far the most popular and well-known tarot deck in the world (other famous
decks include Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot, the Deviant Moon tarot deck, and
the French Marseille tarot deck). It is usually the first Tarot deck encountered by
people living in English-speaking countries.
There are a few differences between the meaning and the illustrations of some
of the cards when you compare the Rider-Waite-Smith arcana with those found
in earlier decks like the Marseille, but the vast majority of currently produced
and designed tarot decks have followed the RWS structure since it was first
published in the early 20th century.
This tarot is also known as the Rider tarot, the Waite tarot, the Waite-Coleman-
Smith tarot, the Waite-Smith tarot, and other variations.
As a matter of fact, we will use the Rider-Waite-Smith name (or RWS) throughout
your initiation; Rider was the publisher, Alexander Edward Waite was the author,
and Pamela Coleman Smith was the illustrator.
Pamela Coleman Smith’s gorgeous illustrations for this tarot deck (as a work
for hire funded by the tarot creator, A.E. Waite) indeed deserve some homage
and praise.
While the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was first published in 1910, some academics argue
that the history of tarot reading can be traced back to the dawn of time, either to the
Sumerians, or Ancient Egypt (see various studies about the Thoth tarot deck).
Using tarot decks for divinatory purposes began a long, long tome ago. According to
tradition, the Tarot was already in used during the time of the Pharaohs. According to
Egyptian myths, it was a gift to humans from the god Thoth through 22 engravings.
Moses, who followed the teachings of the Egyptian high priests, supposedly shared that
knowledge with his people during his flight from Egypt as an alphabet of 22 letters.
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These letters are the basis of Jewish Kabbalah, esoteric teachings that are meant,
through study, to spiritually connect humankind with the Divine.
The word Tarot appeared in the late 16th century, from the Italian “tarocchi”. This Ital-
ian word might be derived from the Arabic “tariqa”, meaning a path of mystical or eso-
teric knowledge. This term was in turn inspired by the name of the female bodhisattva
(or goddess) associated with knowledge and learning in Tibetan Buddhism: Tara!
Historically, the first Tarot decks appeared in their current structure over the course of
the 15th century during the Renaissance in northern Italy.
The tarot is an allegorical representation of the secrets of the visible and invisible
worlds, a support for learning based on symbols that take into account the spiritual
and psychological dimensions of the universe and of humankind.
A history of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck
The Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck follows the usual 78-card structure of the tarot, divid-
ed into 22 major arcana (another name for the cards) and 56 minor arcana.
What is notable about the illustrations on the cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck is
that contrary to most of the earlier decks like the Marseille, every single card (major
and minor arcana) is illustrated, instead of just the 22 major arcana.
This tarot was first published in November 1909 in London, published by the publisher
William Rider & Son. It was designed by Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), an Ameri-
can-born occultist who lived most of his life in England.
A.E. Waite was a grandmaster in a secret society called the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn, dedicated to magic, mysticism, and esoteric knowledge.
In 1910, A.E. Waite published a guide called “the Key to the Tarot”, provided with a
deck of cards, and explaining its history by talking about the traditions it was drawn
from, providing the required explanations to interpret its arcana.
In 1911 the final revised version of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck was published with
“The Pictorial Key to the Tarot” that included black and white versions of the 78 cards.
The explanations you will find in this book are largely drawn from that one.
There were several versions published through the years, including one published in
2009 by US Games System Inc to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of this tar-
ot’s initial publication.
In that version of the deck called “Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck”, the cards
were published using the original colors that the illustrator Pamela Coleman Smith
originally chose.
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