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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Ten_of_Pentacles.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ten of Pentacles]]]]<br />
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Considered by many to be the "definitive" [[Tarot]] deck, this is the (currently) most recognized of all decks. The images have many more details than most, but not all other decks. Before the Rider-Waite deck most (all?) tarot decks only had pictures for the [[Major Arcana]], with the [[Minor Arcana]] just having simple designs made of the suit and number (eg. 4 coins). <br />
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The deck was first published in 1909 by William Rider And Son of London.<br />
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The deck was the product of the collaboration between the artist, [[Pamela Colman Smith]] (b. 1878 d. 1951) and Dr [[Arthur Edward Waite]] (b. 1857 d. 1942), who were both members of the [[Golden Dawn|Order of the Golden Dawn]], a famous occult group of the 19th century. <br />
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Pamela Smiths' contribution is usually ignored, and the deck is commonly called the Rider-Waite Tarot, but is sometimes referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.<br />
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The deck includes symbols from the [[Tree of Life]], for example the [[Ten of Pentacles]] has the pentacles arranged in the pattern of the tree. [[The High Priestess]] appears to have the same design on her throne, but she obscures part of it.<br />
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Waite has written a book to go with his deck, the ''the pictorial key to Tarot''. Unfortunately, it isn't written very well and hard to understand without knowledge of [[Golden Dawn]] symbolism. In the long run the pictures of his deck and the meanings that may be deduced from them proved much more influential than his writing.<br />
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Although Waite himself says he sees no clear connection between Tarot and [[Kabbalah]], his tarot is usually used with the Golden Dawn attributions to [[Hebrew|hebrew letters]] and paths of the tree of life.<br />
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== Major differences to other decks ==<br />
* It was one of the first decks with scenical pictures on the pip cards.<br />
* [[Strength]] is 8, [[Justice]] is 11; in older decks it was the other way round, and there are contemporary decks which follow the old pattern.<br />
* [[The Fool]] is 0, in some older decks he was 22, or unnumbered.<br />
* Some [[Major Arcana]] pictures follow the marseilles style decks, others are new.<br />
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== References ==<br />
* Some material taken from: http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot/faq.htm<br />
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== Recommended Links ==<br />
* [http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/index.html Holly's Rider-Waite Tarot Page]<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/cartedatrionfi/Waite.html Selected Essays of A.E. Waite]<br />
* [http://www.advancenet.net/~jscole/tarotrwsclone.htm Rider Waite "Clones"]<br />
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