Waite Tarot | What is Waite Tarot ?
Card reading is getting more popular day by day, and one of the stars in this world is the Waite tarot. It's a 100 years old and it's one of the most commonly used decks in the world. Waite Tarot was originally made by A. E. Waite in 1909 and it was published by the rider company. They became really popular because it's one of the most beautiful decks in existence and there are so many books and guides written about it that any novice can jump start and learn quite fast the secrets of card reading. This set of cards is not just for novices, professionals alike use it with great success.
The Waite Tarot contains 78 cards, 56 from which belong to the minor arcana and 22 of which belong to the major arcana. The word arcana comes from the word “arcanum” and it means profound secret. If a card from the major arcana comes out than the matter at hand is of a great importance, the seeker has to pay extra attention to it. The cards from the minor arcana help interpret the ones from the major one think of it as bringing down to earth the more universal themes.
The minor arcana from the the Waite Tarot is helping to solve daily problems and dramas. And it's divided in to four different suits: Wands, Cups, Swords and lastly Pentacles. All these suits represent a different approach towards life. It is good to know that it's not enough to interpret the cards individually because you might be missing out on the big picture so what you do is after your have learned the meaning of the cards individually then you do it again as a whole and don't forget to see what kind of position they hold in the spread chosen.
The Waite Tarot's minor arcana are like regular playing cards it has 10 numbered cards and aces and four court cards which are King, Queen, Knight, Page. Whenever an ace surfaces from the deck it means a good thing, because aces bring out all the best from the laid cards, and it is considered that the ace is the power of good. If your doing daily readings then you don't need to use complicated spreads or many cards, you can do a good reading even with one card. Tarot has become part of divination not long ago, people need guidance and solutions to their problems so they have turned to card reading. Like many astrological predictions card reading isn't an exact science so the accuracy of the reading may vary from people to people. Some say that Waite Tarot is the most accurate one, if you do the reading right than it will be. Be calm when your doing readings, relax, listen to your intuition, have a clear picture in your mind about the question what your asking from the cards. Then your in sync with the universe the better and more accurate the reading will get.
