The Rider-Waite-Smith is the most popular deck of them all and the commonly used tarot deck worldwide. It was introduced in 1909 by mystic A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith as the illustrator. This ...

This past summer, I wound up in a Tarot reader’s tent at a seaside town fair. She asked me to shuffle her deck, and then she spread the cards out in a semi-circle. I closed my eyes and, as instructed, ...

In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris. Like many eighteenth century intellectuals, ...

A new exhibition shows how, over the centuries, the cards went from courtly novelty to occultish tool of divination – and the way in which the art form is still evolving There are few more appropriate ...

If you're a tarot card beginner, this deck is a solid pick. That's because each of the 78 cards features explanations on them, including elements and symbols, signs, planets, numerology, and more.