The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

by Waite, A. E.

• ISBN13: 9780486442556
• ISBN10: 0486442551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-10
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This essential reference by the designer of the most widely known Tarot deck contains a detailed description of each card in the popular 78-card Rider-Waite deck. Rich in symbolism and detail, this handy guide also discusses regular and reversed meanings and features 78 black-and-white illustrations of the cards.

Table of Contents

Preface An explanation of the personal kind---An illustration from mystic literature---A subject which calls to be rescued---Limits and intention of the work	v
PART I The Veil and Its Symbols	1	(28)
Introductory and General
Class I. The Trumps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana
Class II. The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana
The Tarot in History
PART II The Doctrine Behind the Veil	29	(52)
The Tarot and Secret Tradition
The Trumps Major and their Inner Symbolism
Conclusion as to the Greater Keys
PART III The Outer Method of the Oracles	81	(135)
Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana
The Lesser Arcana, otherwise, the Four Suits of Tarot Cards
The Suit of Wands
The Suit of Cups
The Suit of Swords
The Suit of Pentacles
The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings
Some additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing
The Art of Tarot Divination
An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination
An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards
The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-five Cards
Bibliography A Concise Bibliography of the Chief Works Dealing with the Tarot and its Connexions	216