Description The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading,[1][2] first published by William Rider & Son in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Also known as the Waite–Smith,[3] Rider–Waite–Smith,[4][5] or Rider Tarot,[4] the deck has been published in numerous editions and inspired a wide array of variants and imitations.[6][7] Estimates suggest over 100 million copies of the deck circulate across over 20 countries.[8]
