Rider-Waite Pocket tarot deck by Pamela Colman Smith

The pocket edition. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, the traveling middle size.

Smith's complete art. All 78 cards, every scene intact.

Booklet included. Meanings and simple spreads.

• Contents: 78-card Rider-Waite pocket tarot deck with instructional booklet
• Card size: 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches
• Art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, under A. E. Waite's direction
• SKU: DRIDWAI3

The pocket splits the difference the reading life actually presents: big enough that Smith's scenes read at arm's length across a cafe table, small enough for the everyday bag, the glovebox, and the desk drawer at work. It has become the commuter's Rider-Waite, the edition for readers whose practice happens wherever the day puts them, with the standard staying home on the reading table. Smith's art, the fully illustrated minors that taught the world to read tarot by looking, is complete at this size as at every other. The cards predict nothing on their own, as honest readers have always said; the pocket just brings the mirrors along.

1. Bag it: the pocket's vocation is the practice that travels.
2. Read singles through full spreads; the size handles both.
3. Box or pouch it between readings to keep edges crisp.

• Rider-Waite Standard Edition: the home-table size.
• Rider-Waite Mini Edition: smaller still, for the jacket pocket.
• Black Velveteen Bag: travel keeping for the deck.

How does pocket differ from mini?

A half inch each way: the pocket reads comfortably across a table where the mini favors singles, and both carry Smith's complete 78.

Is the booklet included?

Yes: meanings and simple spreads travel with the deck.

Who drew the deck?

Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, under A. E. Waite's direction: her credit rides at every size.