Boken är vägledande för tarotkortleken The Rider Waite Tarot.
Alias: pictorial key to the tarot
Arthur Edward Waite was a profound student of the occult. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and made the Tarot accessible to the modern day reader. This classic text for the Rider-Waite deck discusses:
The major and minor arcana
What each card means
Reversed card meanings
How to do a basic reading
Part I - The Veil and its Symbols
1. Introductory and General
2. Class I. The Tromps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana
3. Class II. The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana
4. The Tarot in History
Part II - The Doctrine Behind the Veil
1. The Tarot and Secret Tradition
2. The Trumps Major and their Inner Symbolism
3. Conclusion as to the Greater Keys
Part III - The Outer Method of the Oracles
1. Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana
2. The Lesser Arcana, otherwise the Four Suits of Tarot Cards
- The Suit of Wans
- The Suit of Cups
- The Suit of Swords
- The Suit of Pentacles
3. The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings
4. Some additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
5. The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing
6. The Art of Tarot Divination
7. An Ancient Celtic Method Of Divination
8. An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards
9. The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-five Cards
