Printed in SwitzerlandĬomments: This is the first "modern" tarot deck & perhaps the first to use symbolic pictures on the regular suit cards (eg, 4 of Wands, 8 of Pentacles, etc.) which set this deck - and all subsequent tarot decks - apart from regular playing cards. This is extracted from The Key to the Tarot, by A.E. Miniature: 1.75 x 2.9 inches or 44 x 74 mm.īack of card: Crosshatch of thin black & blue lines on white background, similar to plaid.īooklet included: Regular: Yes, small, 48 pages, 2.15 x 4.5 inches, or 67 x 115 mm. Measurements: REGULAR: 2.75 x 4.75 inches or 70 x 120 millimeters. Learning the Tarot, by Joan Bunning, Weiser, (elementary) $21.95 Chose any or all:Ĭomplete Guide to the Tarot, by Eden Gray, Bantam, (elementary) $7.50 The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck-miniature, $12.00ĭon't forget the books for this tarot deck. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck-regular, $20.00 The Rider Waite Tarot Deck by Arthur Edward Waite & Pamela Colman-Smith In the Sun and Moon tarot deck, Death is depicted as a woman bathed in fire with wings.Rider Waite Deck The Astrology Center of America, 207 Victory Lane, Bel Air, MD 21014.In the Mythic tarot deck, Death is depicted by Hades.In Astrology, the Death card is associated with the fixed-water sign of Scorpio and its ruling planet, Pluto. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism hope destroyed. DEATH.-End, mortality, destruction, corruption also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor for a woman, many contrarieties for a maid, failure of marriage projects. Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Death card carries several divinatory associations: ġ3. The card, drawn in reverse, can be interpreted as stagnation and the inability to move or change according to Gray. The horse Death is riding is stepping over a prone king, which symbolizes that not even royalty can stop change. In fact, Gray interprets this card as a change of thinking from an old way into a new way. In the background are two towers and a rising sun.Īccording to Eden Gray and other authors on the subject, it is uncommon that this card actually represents a physical death, rather it typically implies an end, possibly of a relationship or interest, and therefore an increased sense of self-awareness. The Rider–Waite tarot deck depicts the skeleton carrying a black standard emblazoned with The White Rose of York. Surrounding the Grim Reaper are dead and dying people from all classes, including kings, bishops and commoners. In some decks, the Grim Reaper is riding a pale horse, and often he is wielding a sickle or scythe. The Death card usually depicts the Grim Reaper, the personification of Death. There are other decks that title Death as "Rebirth" or "Death-Rebirth."
Some decks, such as the Tarot of Marseilles and the Visconti Sforza Tarot omit the name from the card, calling it "The Card with No Name", often with the implication of a broader meaning than literal death. The card typically depicts the Grim Reaper, and when used for divination is often interpreted as signifying major changes in a person's life. It is used in tarot card games as well as in divination. Death, Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deckĭeath (XIII) is the 13th trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks.
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