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There are a
huge number of different styles of
tarot decks, but all modern tarot
decks will conform to the following
pattern.
- There are a total of 78
cards in the pack and consists
of two sections.
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- The Major Arcana
comprising 22 trump cards.
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- The Minor Arcana
comprising 56 cards in 4
suites.
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- The suites are :
- Wands (Rods,Batons)
- Cups
- Swords
- Pentacles (Coins)
These will be
based on the Arthur Edward
Waite Tarot deck. UK copyright
forbids me to show pictures of the
deck until the year 2012 by this
time I will show the deck in all its
splendour as the copyright will go
and it becomes public domain. (the
original one Illustrated By Pamela
Colman Smith [1911] ).
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Major
Arcana |
Suit
of Wands |
Suit
of Cups |
Suit
of Swords |
Suit
of Pentacles |
Please click
on the cards to take you to the
relevant Suit or Major Arcana for
meanings and functions.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION! UNDER
CONSTRUCTION! UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
"The Rider-Waite Tarot cards
are subject to UK copyright
laws because the works were
first published in the UK.
The copyright term is 70
years from date of death of
the author.
"The Rider-Waite Tarot works
(cards and books) have 70
years from date of death
of the author. A. E.
Waite
commissioned the drawings
from Pamela Colman-Smith and
under the old UK Act the
copyright owner is the
person who commissions the
drawings. Therefore,
copyright will expire 70
years from A. E. Waite's
date of death. He died in
1942 so copyright will
expire in 2012.
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