Universal Waite Tarot Deck: 78 beautifully illustrated cards and instructional booklet

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The Universal Waite Tarot Deck offers a subtle yet stunning alternative, with softer colours, to the Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck. The classic tarot deck, brought to life in stunning technicolour by Mary Hanson-Roberts. With its 78 cards and instruction booklet all cased in a beautiful tin box, it is perfect for people beginning to connect with Tarot, and those more experienced readers. 'Pure joy' -- ***** Reader review 'Wonderful quality, vibrant colours, just perfect' -- ***** Reader review 'Gorgeous' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************* This tarot deck, The Universal Waite Tarot Deck, is a recoloured version of the renowned Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck - designed over a hundred years ago and hugely popular for decades. Its combination of softer colour tones with a naturalistic approach offers a more visually soothing alternative to bring new energy, radiance and depth to your readings. The deck, housed in a stunning tin box, includes 78 cards and an instruction booklet with an introduction by Tarot expert Stuart R. Kaplan.

A.E. Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony. Pamela Colman Smith was born in England to American parents. Her childhood years were spent between London, New York and Kingston, Jamaica. She became a theatrical designer, even collaborating with the notable W.B. Yeats on stage designs. She was an illustrator mainly of books, pamphlets and posters too. Under the guidance of A. E. Waite, she undertook a series of seventy-eight allegorical paintings described by Waite as a 'rectified' tarot pack. The designs, published in the same year by William Rider and Son, exemplify the mysticism, ritual, imagination, fantasy and deep emotions of the artist. Mary Hanson-Roberts is an artist, based in the US, who has worked on a number of tarot card decks, including the Universal Waite Tarot Deck, the Hanson-Roberts Tarot Deck and the Whimsical Tarot Deck.