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Lo Scarabeo Universal Tarot - CARDS
A E Waite (5) - Designer of the Rider Waite Tarot
A E Waite – also known as Arthur Edward Waite – was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck.
The classic Rider Waite Tarot was the first tarot deck to fully illustrate all 78 cards, with detailed pictures on the minor arcana cards. The cards were commissioned by Waite and drawn by Pamela Colman-Smith, one of his contemporaries.
Waite was born in 1857 in the US, but was brought up from a young age in Britain, after his father died. The death of his sister in 1874 is believed to have been one of the factors that got him interested in esotericism and psychic research. In 1891, Waite joined the Hemetic Order of the Golden Dawn, became a Freemason in 1901 and entered the Societas Rosicruciana in 1902. He later formed the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross in 1914.
His strong interest in all esoteric matters, such as divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony, led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony. He was also involved in translating other key works, such as Levi’s Transcendental Magic.
Tarot Cards (61) -
The Tarot is a specific system that has 78 cards in total. There are 4 suits (referred to as the minor arcana) and 22 other cards (referred to as the major arcana). Each card represents a specific energy. And each card, through the picture on the card, is trying to help you to feel the specific energy of that card. The reason there are so many different kinds of Tarot decks is that Different Tarot decks may present this energy in different pictorial form. We have lots of articles on Tarot.
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By Louise Green View ProfileRoberto Di Angelis has created a deck inspired by the colours found in an Italian landscape, on a warm, spring afternoon. The softest of blues and greens, terracotta's, buttery yellows are washed over drawings of pen and ink. The characters are dressed in what may be the Renaissance style of clothing, yet the artwork with its bolder pen and ink lines gives it almost a modernist feel. Every picture tells a story and the Universal Tarot does just that. Each individual card looks like a set for a theatre play. The deck follows the Rider Waite very closely, but the artist has enhanced or dramatised each card to portray more obviously its meaning. The Major, Minor and Court cards are all beautifully illustrated with each card carrying its suit in four languages. The cards' reverse side is elegantly classic with white stars on a dark blue background.
By using theatricality, the artist has ensured some of the cards appear less frightening but retaining enough to denote its meaning, for example, the Devil looks more mischievous than evil, the three of Swords has a man clearly despairing. If he stood up and burst into an operatic aria then it wouldn't be a surprise! Readers and Querants in early stages of their Tarot journey could read from the cards alone without recourse to a book, whilst those more experienced still have the details and symbolism to decipher. The deck comes with a little white book, which has brief explanation of Tarot history, meanings, a spread and a little of the artist's background. The Universal Tarot would appeal to most tarot readers, either for its artwork or its obvious interpretation.
