Pamela Colman Smith’s beloved tarot artwork, created in 1909 under the direction of Arthur E. Waite, is now presented in a borderless format for a more immersive reading experience.

This 84-card deck includes four extra cards with reproduction samples of Pixie’s non-tarot artwork, including two watercolor paintings “Catch Me” and “Duet”; the Lovers illustration from the play Deirdre; and an illustration from the sheet music for “Christmas Carol.” The deck comes with an instruction booklet.

By: Arthur Edward Waite & Pamela Colman Smith

Published: August 2017

84 cards & instruction booklet

Boxed deck measures approximately: 12 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm

About the creator/s: Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942), commonly known as A. E. Waite, was an American-born British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism—viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion."

Pamela Colman Smith (16 February 1878 – 16 September 1951), nicknamed "Pixie", was a British artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultist. She is best-known for illustrating the Rider–Waite Tarot (also known as the Rider–Waite–Smith or Waite–Smith Tarot) for Arthur Edward Waite. This tarot deck became the standard among tarot card readers and remains the most widely used today. Smith also illustrated over 20 books, wrote two collections of Jamaican folklore, edited two magazines, and ran the Green Sheaf Press, a small press focused on women writers.

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