Radiant Rider-Waite by Virginijus Poshkus

The Rider-Waite-Smith classic. Tarot's reference imagery, complete.

Radiant recoloring. Poshkus's luminous palette over Smith's original lines.

78 cards plus booklet. The full deck with instructions.

• Contents: 78-card Radiant Rider-Waite tarot deck with instruction booklet
• Recolored by Virginijus Poshkus from Pamela Colman Smith's 1909 originals
• SKU: DRADRID

The Rider-Waite-Smith deck of 1909, Smith's illustrations under Arthur Waite's direction, became tarot's common tongue: its scenes are the ones the whole literature describes, the imagery every teaching book keys to. The Radiant edition keeps every line of that inheritance and turns up the light, Poshkus's recoloring giving the familiar scenes a saturated glow that reads clearly across a table and photographs beautifully. For learners it means studying the exact imagery the books teach; for working readers it is the classic in its most legible dress. The cards predict nothing on their own, as we say of every deck; they carry tarot's mother imagery while the reader carries the reading.

1. Learn on it: every standard tarot text keys to this imagery.
2. Shuffle with your question and lay the spreads the booklet opens with.
3. Store it flat or wrapped; the deck rewards ordinary card care.

• Quick and Easy Tarot: the labeled trainer before the classic.
• Psychic Vision Jar Candle by Envision Crystal: the reading session's traditional atmosphere.
• The Big Book of Candle Magic by Jacki Smith: the working shelf beside the reading table.

How does this differ from the original Rider-Waite?

Same 1909 Pamela Colman Smith imagery, recolored by Virginijus Poshkus in brighter, more saturated tones: the lines unchanged, the light turned up.

Is it good for beginners?

Ideal: it is the imagery the teaching literature describes, in its most legible edition.

What comes in the box?

All 78 cards and an instruction booklet.