The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

This essential reference by the designer of the most widely known Tarot deck contains a detailed description of each card in the popular 78-card Rider-Waite deck. Rich in symbolism and detail, this handy guide also discusses regular and reversed meanings and features 78 black-and-white illustrations of the cards.

Preface An explanation of the personal kind---An illustration from mystic literature---A subject which calls to be rescued---Limits and intention of the work

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PART I The Veil and Its Symbols

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Introductory and General

Class I. The Trumps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana

Class II. The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana

The Tarot in History

PART II The Doctrine Behind the Veil

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The Tarot and Secret Tradition

The Trumps Major and their Inner Symbolism

Conclusion as to the Greater Keys

PART III The Outer Method of the Oracles

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Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana

The Lesser Arcana, otherwise, the Four Suits of Tarot Cards

The Suit of Wands

The Suit of Cups

The Suit of Swords

The Suit of Pentacles

The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings

Some additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana

The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing

The Art of Tarot Divination

An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination

An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards

The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-five Cards

Bibliography A Concise Bibliography of the Chief Works Dealing with the Tarot and its Connexions

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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

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