If you want to start with the basics, Tea recommends grabbing the classic Rider-Waite-Smith, which was also her (and my) first deck. Some of Tea's other favorites include: The Thoth Tarot by ...

As I sat down, the reader introduced herself, lit a bundle of sage and slid a Rider-Waite tarot deck from a cloth bag. After placing the deck in the center of the table, she told me to think of a ...

Smith could well have been describing how to use a deck of tarot cards. After all ... the cards are known today as the “Waite-Smith” or “Rider-Waite-Smith” deck (Smith’s contribution ...

Rider-Waite-Smith is the most common and good for beginners. Tarot de Marseilles is the oldest, out of Italy, and lastly, Thoth and Golden Dawn centers around the occult. Ignore the myth that have ...