I did however get bothered by the way the expressions of some of the people on the Court Cards got changed – the Queen of Wands for example! She is one of my fav Courts!Īs such, I only found a recurring theme of the environment in the Court Cards for each of the Suits. The re-coloring often does a good job of it to help bring out the different elements from within these images. The Minor cards are pretty brilliant, if you ask me. My favorite cards among the Majors are The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Chariot, The Hermit, Temperance, The Star, and The World. Other than that, the Majors of the Universal Waite present the journey of the Fool through his trials and tribulations, his awakenings and his understanding of the different levels of life and evolution. The Majors of the Universal Waite are simply stunning! Naturally, the images are the same as the Rider-Waite, but they are clearer and stuff in the cards is easier to see.įor example, one can easily see the water body in The High Priestess or the boat in the Death card. From a historical as well as from a study perspective, the PKT is invaluable. The PKT has explanations and interpretations of each card, along with both upright and reversed meanings of each card. However, the book did contain some very interesting interpretations. Waite can often be quite sarcastic, and witty about what he has to say about some people. So it took me some effort to decipher what he was trying to say, but eventually, I did get it! And well, A.E. Waite and therefore was written in a style quite reminiscent of the 1900s (the RWS was published first in 1910). The deck that I had ordered came with a copy of the Pictorial Key to the Tarot (or the PKT). It is no secret that I am totally smitten by this deck! □ The LWB I must confess, I use this deck all the time – for my personal and for my professional Tarot card readings as also for when I teach Tarot to my students. I quite liked the way the cards and their images became more clear for the eye to see – and how the cards suddenly seemed to have more ‘light’ in them. The overall coloring is also very pleasant and soothing. The re-colored images are stunning, and the different elements within the images of the cards are now easy to see. The back of the deck is reversible – which is fantastic because I do consider reversed cards in my readings. The cards are a very decent size to hold and to shuffle. Let’s take a look at the different aspects of the Universal Waite Tarot Card Deck and find out why it is so… This deck has now become my go-to deck for all my professional and personal Tarot Card Readings. After reading with the Rider-Waite-Smith for a few years, I switched over to the Universal Waite deck and I have never looked back! This deck took my studies of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot to a new level. The images have been colored by none other than Mary Hanson-Roberts, who has also created the Hanson-Roberts Tarot card deck. The Universal Waite Tarot Card Deck is a re-colored version of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot card deck.
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