Rider Waite Tarot Guide
Contents. Overview While the images are simple, the details and backgrounds feature abundant. Some imagery remains similar to that found in earlier decks, but overall the Waite-Smith card designs represent a substantial departure from their predecessors. The Christian imagery of previous decks cards was toned down, for instance the 'Pope' card became the 'Hierophant', the 'Papess' became the 'High Priestess'. The are illustrated with images by Smith, where earlier decks had simpler designs for the Minor Arcana but aligning this deck with, for example, the Sola Busca Tarot. The symbols used were influenced by the 19th century magician and. Publication The cards were originally published in 1910 by the publisher of London.
Although there are dozens of different tarot decks in all shapes, sizes, and styles, the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is used throughout this book because it is the prototype for most of the tarot decks that came after it.
The following year, a small guide by A.E. Waite entitled The Key to the Tarot was bundled with the cards, providing an overview of the traditions and history behind the cards, texts about interpretations, and extensive descriptions of their symbols. The year after that, a revised version, was issued that featured black-and-white plates of all seventy-eight of Smith's cards. Several later versions of the deck, such as the, copy the Smith line drawings with minor changes and added more coloring. The Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck was published by in 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the deck.
This deck is a faithful reproduction of the original deck published in 1910 and uses the muted colors originally chosen by Smith. Copyright status In the United Kingdom, and by extension the rest of the, copyright in the artwork for the deck will expire 70 years after the end of the year in which Smith died, i.e. After the end of 2021.
Rider Waite Tarot Card Meanings
In the United States, the deck fell into the public domain in 1966 (publication + 28 years + renewed 28 years), and thus has been available for use by American artists in numerous different media projects. Has a copyright claim on their updated version of the deck published in 1971, but this only covers new material added to the pre-existing work (e.g. Designs on the card backs and the box). References.