The Famous Rider-Waite Tarot

This book will teach you how to work with the most famous and popular Tarot deck and reveal all its secrets. It contains everything you need to understand the symbolism and the complex system of imagery created by British occultist and mystic Arthur Edward Waite. - The history of the creation of the Rider-Waite deck. - The symbolism of the Major and Minor Arcana. - The rules of Tarot card divination and their interpretations. - The most popular spreads — from simple to more complex. - The meanings of upright and reversed cards in spreads. "The world of Tarot is rich and diverse, but there are special decks among them. The Waite Tarot is the first of these special decks. Created over 100 years ago, it became the prototype for most Tarot decks of the following century, and it remains the most popular deck worldwide to this day. This popularity is no coincidence: vivid, with expressive imagery and filled with inner meaning, the Waite deck is both profound and intuitively understandable. And this is the best deck to start with when getting acquainted with Tarot, because it is a classic proven by time and experience." — Konstantin Lavo, tarot consultant and Tarot instructor, psychologist, constellation facilitator, head of the Tarot and Oracle School of the White Clouds Cultural Center, member of the Russian Tarot Club