Rider-Waite Tarot Reviews

Tarot cards can be somewhat intimidating to many ordinary people unaccustomed to the mysterious worlds of divination (palm-reading, rune casting, astrology etc.) but in fact they are a very useful tool for personal introspection. While they can supposedly be used to make predictions about yourself and others, I think they are best used to explore ...  Read the complete review

This is a good starter pack, consists of 78 cards in total. 22 major arcana ranging from The Fool, to The World. Then you have the minor arcana, Ranging of 4 suits The Cups, Wands,Swords and Pentacles. If you look at the cards you will see they tell a sortof story. like the Fool Starting out on his journey to the world where he ...  Read the complete review

People have requested a little more basic info so here we go. The tarot is a 78 card deck consisting of 22 Major Arcana cards each of which has an archetypal image and name such as The Fool, The Empress and The Sun. The remaining cards form the minor arcana and are split into 4 suits of pentacles (earth), cups (water), wands (fire) and swords ...  Read the complete review

I borrowed a pack of these tarot cards from a friend. The pictures are nice and they are yellow, red and blue so they are quite cheerful. I enjoyed looking at them as pieces of art and I can appreciate the symbolism. There are 78 cards in the pack. 22 are what are called major arcana cards and supposedly have stronger meanings than the ...  Read the complete review

If you are fairly new to Tarot reading you will find the Rider Waite pack the easiest to read. The images are bright and pleasing and they don't have the sometimes alarming images found on some other Tarot packs.This makes them less intimidating than some packs. Tarot as we know it today is rooted in the early Renaissance period of ...  Read the complete review