Sources & traditions

This is a study of the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot, illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith (1909, public domain). Card meanings follow the Rider–Waite–Smith and Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn tradition, enriched with numerology, astrology, qabalah, mythology, and herbal and Wiccan correspondences.

Canonical references

• A.E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911)
• Joan Bunning, Learning the Tarot
• Golden Dawn / Hermetic Qabalah correspondences

These are traditional attributions across many schools, offered for study, not a single dogma. Every card links to its own sources for deeper reading.

Art

Card images: Rider–Waite–Smith deck, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.