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Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot v1.1

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@github-actions github-actions released this 05 May 00:34
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The classic Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, first published in 1909 and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite. This digital version features cleaned and formatted images by a tarot afficionado on Anna's Archive.

Major Arcana

The Fool
The Fool
The Magician
The Magician
The High Priestess
The High Priestess
The Empress
The Empress
The Emperor
The Emperor
The Hierophant
The Hierophant
The Lovers
The Lovers
The Chariot
The Chariot
Strength
Strength
The Hermit
The Hermit
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune
Justice
Justice
The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man
Death
Death
Temperance
Temperance
The Devil
The Devil
The Tower
The Tower
The Star
The Star
The Moon
The Moon
The Sun
The Sun
Judgement
Judgement
The World
The World

Card Back

Card back

Contents

Directory Kind Files
card_backs/ Card backs 1
h1200/ Raster, 1200px tall 78

Localized card names: en.

Installing

Tarot Canvas

$ mkdir -p ~/.var/app/land.arcana.TarotCanvas/data/tarot/decks
$ unzip rider-waite-smith-1.1.zip -d ~/.var/app/land.arcana.TarotCanvas/data/tarot/decks

cartomancer (and other XDG-native tools):

$ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/tarot/decks
$ unzip rider-waite-smith-1.1.zip -d ~/.local/share/tarot/decks
$ cartomancer list

Note: To keep one library for both, symlink ~/.local/share/tarot to ~/.var/app/land.arcana.TarotCanvas/data/tarot.

License and Attribution

  • License: Public Domain (original artwork), CC0 (digital restoration)
  • Attribution: Original artwork by Pamela Colman Smith (1909). Digital restoration by anonymous user on Anna's Archive.
  • Artist: Pamela Colman Smith

Packaged per the Tarot Deck Specification, schema version 1.0.

Changes from the previous release

  • Replaced the low resolution images with cleaned up 1200px height images
  • Updated alt text to be more descriptive and corrected a few mistakes