The serene Universal Waite Tarot is perfect for meditation and readings. The deck is a soothing, eye-appealing complement to the traditional Rider-Waite deck. The drawings of Pamela Colman Smith have been beautifully recolored by Mary Hanson-Roberts.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Cards
This is a reprinted version of the UW. I'm not sure what happened, but it appears nobody paid much attention to the printing process. Result: The older version of the UW had much clearer colours, this one is muddy, some of the cards are downright pallid, and in some of them you can't make out some of the symbols.
I think US Games is coming out with a brighter recoloured RWS in Spring, 2003. Hold off until then, or go with the RWS itself, at least if you want to be able to decipher the cards.
Pity, because this used to be a good alternative to the RWS. These days I couldn't recommend it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Uri Raz
Format:Cards
I like this deck's colours, which are generally more attractive than those of the regular Rider-Waite deck, but the changed details are too much for me.
Examples -
The sun card : the flag is shown as having one side orange as in the original deck and one side red as the book says the whole flag should be, the sun is missing a ray, and the sun's face are painted to look softer and feminine.
The High Priestess : the garments are coloured differently (the inner white, the outer blue, and the head cover white), which is nice but the effect of the garments turning to water is lost.
The Lovers card : the leafs on the tree behind the man are mostly yellow, and dont look much like flames like they should - it's an important connection between the Devil card and the Lovers card.
And the list continues, e.g. it looks like the sun rises behind the emperor and the magician has a white hallo.
In my opinion, the details are very important and those changes modify the cards' meanings, and being used to the original details I feel uncomfortable using the deck.
The colouring's advantage is to make the cards warmer and more attractive, which are pluses for new readers who are a bit afraid of the original harsher colouring.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Cards
I have used the Rider-Waite deck for more than 20 years and am very drawn to the symbology that fill these cards.
I have the Hanson/Roberts deck and love the artwork and was excited when I first found that she had colored the Rider-Waite deck.
This is a beautiful deck... a little overcolored in some cards...drawing one's eye into areas that neither the original artist or author intended, but that's not bad either...
Only, I wish she'd paid more attention to detail..sometimes my eyes fell to the Hebrew letters above the triangle on the Temperance card and that meant something in that reading... these are now replaced with fabric folds in the new version. Sometimes in the Kt. of Swords... the eyes of the horse appearing to be looking back at the knight gave the thought that maybe this 'knight' I'm reading for is moving faster than they can see where they are going... but this newly colored knight's horse is looking very straight ahead. This is only a couple of many, many symbols that were missed or left out, whether to lack of research and study or deliberate, I couldn't use this deck for that reason, so just one for the collection.
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Worth the Wait(e)
I pre-ordered this MONTHS ago, and it arrived today! It comes in a nifty little dark blue box, with artwork from the deck of course. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004
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Wonderful Deck
You cannot go wrong with this deck whether you are a beginner or an advanced reader. The pleasing colors have added to the original Rider deck while not changing the original... Read more
Published on Aug 25 2003 by Theresa
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A better option than the standard Rider-Waite...
I spent one year using the Rider-Waite decks and the following three years demagnetizing my mind from their tired old limited imageries (i.e. the pictured pips). Read more
Published on July 9 2002 by JPH
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nice, but coloring job not great
I own five versions of the Rider-Waite deck. I don't exactly dislike this interpretation--if you're used to looking at the more standard un-shaded versions, this will bring out... Read more
Published on Mar 24 2002
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Great Deck
I'm new to tarot and this is my first deck and it's a good one to start with. I ordered a book called "Learning the Tarot" by Joan Bunning, to go with this and it's the best book. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2001
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Softer colours, not so harsh
I've read for nearly 30 years and I've never liked the original Rider Waite deck. To me reading them was like trying to absorb road directions from an incoherent person who was... Read more
Published on Nov 20 2001 by wysewomon
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Finally a Rider-Waite I like
I have always had a standard Rider-Waite Deck, which I have never used. When I only just looked through the cards, every message always came as a shock to me (both the darker and... Read more
Published on Aug 21 2000 by "jill_helen"
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The cards that I started tarot with and use most!
My first deck of tarot cards were the Universal Waite cards. I have since purchased several other decks, but the Universal Waite cards are the ones that I use the most. Read more
Published on July 8 2000
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A Beginner's Deck!
Choosing the proper deck is very personal and very important. I collect decks and though I don't own them all, the Universal Waite is still my favorite as far as interpretation is... Read more
Published on May 31 2000 by "lhastings"
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the tarot cardz
since i jacked the tarot cardz... i don't have a clue if it wuz really good or not.. but otherwise... the cardz are ... weird.... really really weird....
Published on Mar 12 2000
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