The Weiser Tarot: A New Edition of the Classic 1909 Waite-Smith Deck (78-Card Deck with 64-Page Guidebook)
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- Create Date：2022-11-06 09:51:46
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Arthur Edward Waite
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Summary
A fresh and vibrant reimagining of the classic 1909 Waite-Smith tarot。
"Beautifully done and poised to become the go-to tarot deck for the century to come， The Weiser Tarot is a vibrant and luminous refresh for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith that accentuates the elemental correspondences and updates this popular deck for modern readers。" —Benebell Wen， author of Holistic Tarot
The Weiser Tarot is a new edition of the most popular and influential Tarot art ever created， the Rider-Waite-Smith deck， first published in 1909。 The cards have been newly repainted—while， of course， preserving Pamela Colman Smith’s original line art—creating a fresh， flowing aesthetic。 Additionally， the cards provide Hebrew and astrological correspondences to the Major Arcana—not included in the original Rider-Waite-Smith deck—for those seekers who have interest in Qabalah and astrology。
The accompanying book includes:
A brief history of the Tarot
A look at how the Rider-Waite-Smith deck came to be
The story behind the creation of The Weiser Tarot
Keywords for interpreting the cards
Tarot spreads， including a new “Ankh” spread created especially for The Weiser Tarot
An annotated list of recommended reading for further study
The Weiser Tarot was created to speak to your own personal Tarot needs and desires。 Whether you are new to the Tarot or a seasoned card reader， you can use The Weiser Tarot for divination， fortune-telling， self-transformation， spellcasting， or any other purpose。
"Beautifully done and poised to become the go-to tarot deck for the century to come， The Weiser Tarot is a vibrant and luminous refresh for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith that accentuates the elemental correspondences and updates this popular deck for modern readers。" —Benebell Wen， author of Holistic Tarot
The Weiser Tarot is a new edition of the most popular and influential Tarot art ever created， the Rider-Waite-Smith deck， first published in 1909。 The cards have been newly repainted—while， of course， preserving Pamela Colman Smith’s original line art—creating a fresh， flowing aesthetic。 Additionally， the cards provide Hebrew and astrological correspondences to the Major Arcana—not included in the original Rider-Waite-Smith deck—for those seekers who have interest in Qabalah and astrology。
The accompanying book includes:
A brief history of the Tarot
A look at how the Rider-Waite-Smith deck came to be
The story behind the creation of The Weiser Tarot
Keywords for interpreting the cards
Tarot spreads， including a new “Ankh” spread created especially for The Weiser Tarot
An annotated list of recommended reading for further study
The Weiser Tarot was created to speak to your own personal Tarot needs and desires。 Whether you are new to the Tarot or a seasoned card reader， you can use The Weiser Tarot for divination， fortune-telling， self-transformation， spellcasting， or any other purpose。
Reviews
Rebecca Elson
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This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 10/10/2022。Due to its nature， tarot is ripe for assorted interpretations。 Decks can differ in art， theme， and/or purpose， but it is still tarot。 However， no matter how far afield a deck my drift， its core， the heart of tarot resides with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck。 So let me say， when I saw that Weiser was going to “reimagine” or “reinvent” the most influential tarot deck ever created， I couldn’t help but feel it could be a lazy ca This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 10/10/2022。Due to its nature， tarot is ripe for assorted interpretations。 Decks can differ in art， theme， and/or purpose， but it is still tarot。 However， no matter how far afield a deck my drift， its core， the heart of tarot resides with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck。 So let me say， when I saw that Weiser was going to “reimagine” or “reinvent” the most influential tarot deck ever created， I couldn’t help but feel it could be a lazy cash grab by essentially creating their “own” Rider-Waite-Smith tarot to sell or just kind of bad。That was before I learned about the care that was taken in developing “The Weiser Tarot”。 Early on they consulted respected tarot figures such as Mary K。 Greer， Rachel Pollack， and Theresa Reed。 Weiser started with bare bones of the deck by stripping the art down to just Pamela Coleman Smith’s original line art。 From there “one can see flashes of nonbinary individuals or gender ambiguity。” With the exposure of more gender diversity， they then took on the task of correcting the fact that the original deck’s images were exclusively Caucasian。 And while they were under hood tinkering with the deck， they added “Hebrew and astrological correspondences to the Major Arcana for those who have interest in Qabalah or astrology。”It’s feels weird to say， but Weiser has created the new traditional tarot deck。 Since I started writing about magical and occult topics， when people would ask me a good tarot deck to start with， I would always suggest looking at where tarot began， the Rider-Waite-Smith deck。 However， why would I do that now？ “The Weiser Tarot” keeps the core of the tarot while making it better represent the diversity of tarot enthusiast today。 Every person who loves tarot should have this deck in their collection。 。。。more
Krista
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