The woman behind tarot’s strange beauty I wonder how Pamela Colman Smith worked it out in reverse, led by her own creativity straight to the Catholic Church—the place I’ve tried to leave.

The Best Tarot Card Decks for Beginners & Beyond From classic decks to cool new sets, these are the decks you want on hand for self-discovery and for working out your burning life questions.

Tarot cards—one of the most popular forms of divination—can help bring you the guidance and answers that you seek. Find out which Tarot deck is the best for your zodiac sign!

Here is a beginner's guide on the best tarot decks, with kits and tips from readers, including cards with meanings on them, the Rider Waite Smith and beautiful indie decks.

Published in 1910, the 78 cards of the “Waite-Smith” deck have become synonymous with tarot. A new book delves into their history, importance and popularity.

The tarot boom Old-school tarot decks like Rider-Waite have seen sales increase exponentially over the last decade, according to its publisher, U.S. Games Systems.

3. Suggested Decks One deck to think about is the Rider Waite tarot deck, known for being beginner-friendly. The Modern Witch tarot deck gives a new twist to the Rider Waite.

It also doesn’t help that the imagery in the traditional Rider-Waite tarot deck is of the grim reaper. But according to Clarisse Monahan, astrologer and tarot card reader, the Death card isn’t ...

Unlike Death or the Devil, which tend to evoke feelings of unease when pulled, the Wheel of Fortune in the traditional Rider-Waite tarot deck has brighter colors and more uplifting imagery ...