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# 78 iconic cards Compact & travel-friendly Includes instructional booklet – The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck: 78 beautifully illustrated cards and instructional booklet

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## Summary

> 🔮 Unlock timeless wisdom with every shuffle — don’t miss your chance to own the tarot deck that’s a global phenomenon!

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## Key Features

- • **Guided Yet Free-Form:** Comes with a concise instructional booklet that encourages personal interpretation over rigid rules.
- • **Trusted by Thousands:** Top-ranked bestseller with over 10,000 glowing reviews and a 4.7-star rating—join the community of empowered readers.
- • **Travel-Ready Mysticism:** Compact size fits effortlessly into your bag, so your tarot journey can go wherever you do.
- • **Master the Art of Intuition:** 78 beautifully illustrated cards designed for clarity and depth, perfect for both beginners and seasoned readers.
- • **Classic Design, Timeless Insight:** The original Rider Waite deck’s iconic imagery ensures you’re working with the most recognized and respected tarot system.

## Overview

The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck features 78 beautifully illustrated cards and a compact instructional booklet, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced tarot enthusiasts. Renowned for its clear design and portability, this bestselling deck holds the #1 spot in Cartomancy and Fortune Telling categories, backed by over 10,000 positive reviews and a 4.7-star rating.

## Description

Buy The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck: 78 beautifully illustrated cards and instructional booklet by Waite, A.E., Colman Smith, Pamela (ISBN: 9780712670579) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Tarot - Best tarot cards, bought as gifts
Review: Beautiful & Beginner Friendly. - This is my first ever tarot deck and I love it so so much! It’s great quality and the cards are so beautiful in person. Every time I use these cards I’m so happy, I feel like we’re working together well. I honestly don’t really know what I’m doing and was worried I wouldn’t be able to make sense of them, but I think I’m doing good and have had some great and interesting card pulls so far. I highly recommend them for a beginner like me! The cards are fairly sturdy, printed well, and come in a small cardboard box of about the same size. The guidebook that comes with it is small and made of paper like an instruction booklet you’d get with anything else. The text is tiny, however, and while not much of an issue for me, it will be difficult for others. It gives a basic, short overview of the cards and their meanings. I’d say if you really want a guidebook then purchase one separately alongside, for ease of reading and more information, or find another version of the Rider Waite that comes with a better one. Though I don’t think it’s too necessary to have one. Trust your intuition because the card meaning may not align with your interpretation, which is the more valid thing. A guide does not mean rules. Despite the guide not being wholly great, it is an inconsequential thing when compared to the beauty of this deck. You’re buying this for the cards and they are 100% worth it, in my opinion.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 405 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 1 in Fortune Telling 1 in Cartomancy 1 in New Age Fortune Telling |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (10,081) |
| Dimensions  | 7.3 x 3.1 x 12.5 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 0712670572 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0712670579 |
| Item weight  | 240 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 80 pages |
| Publication date  | 10 Jun. 1999 |
| Publisher  | Rider |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tarot
*by A***R on 2 March 2026*

Best tarot cards, bought as gifts

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful & Beginner Friendly.
*by K***A on 17 November 2025*

This is my first ever tarot deck and I love it so so much! It’s great quality and the cards are so beautiful in person. Every time I use these cards I’m so happy, I feel like we’re working together well. I honestly don’t really know what I’m doing and was worried I wouldn’t be able to make sense of them, but I think I’m doing good and have had some great and interesting card pulls so far. I highly recommend them for a beginner like me! The cards are fairly sturdy, printed well, and come in a small cardboard box of about the same size. The guidebook that comes with it is small and made of paper like an instruction booklet you’d get with anything else. The text is tiny, however, and while not much of an issue for me, it will be difficult for others. It gives a basic, short overview of the cards and their meanings. I’d say if you really want a guidebook then purchase one separately alongside, for ease of reading and more information, or find another version of the Rider Waite that comes with a better one. Though I don’t think it’s too necessary to have one. Trust your intuition because the card meaning may not align with your interpretation, which is the more valid thing. A guide does not mean rules. Despite the guide not being wholly great, it is an inconsequential thing when compared to the beauty of this deck. You’re buying this for the cards and they are 100% worth it, in my opinion.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck
*by K***R on 4 July 2012*

Well, not much to add to the other reviews. This is simply the Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck. The 78-card deck is now almost certainly the most widely used in the world, and it remains as popular as ever. While the images are basic and simple (drawing is almost crude in some places), the details and backgrounds hold a wealth of symbolism (almost occult like, full of mystical meanings). I can almost agree with some people who are saying that those basic pictures and symbols make connection with one's subconscious mind. Personally I like that - the more basic cards, the better. The colours are not very bright and lively but then again, those cards are not just about lovely colours and I would say that this deck is also a good starting point for somebody like me - almost a complete beginner (the other set I have is from "Easy Tarot" by Josephine Ellershaw - which is also quite good as a starting point). But bear in mind that all of this is very personal and not very objective - as everybody has different preferences here, and searching for a perfect tarot deck could actually take long time in some cases. And as the Josephine Ellershaw was saying in her book, "your cards should provoke an instant inner response, regardless whether you understand it". And I think the Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck is doing exactly that (for me) - something is there in those cards, you don't exactly know what is it and you can really verbalise it, but the "feeling" is there for sure. About cards: The size of the cards: 12cm by 7cm (4.7" by 2.5"). I agree with some other reviews that the cards look slightly smudged and are very dark coloured - but this is not a negative point for me and doesn't bother me that much (it maybe for you though). The plus side is that the cards are actually quite thick and should last a long time. In my opinion this is a good buy for anybody interested in Tarot. Recommended books: -"Power Tarot: More Than 100 Spreads That Give Specific Answers to Your Most Important Questions" by T. J MacGregor

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck: 78 beautifully illustrated cards and instructional booklet
- The Ultimate Guide to Tarot: A Beginner's Guide to the Cards, Spreads, and Revealing the Mystery of the Tarot (1)
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