Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot

The Radiant Rider-Waite is a new version of the popular Rider-Waite deck. Artist Virginijus Poshkus has redrawn and recolored the original card images by artist Pamela Colman Smith. The main difference between the two decks is that the Radiant features rich, vibrant colors without the black-line shading typical of the Rider-Waite. Color choices match for the most part, but the Radiant's are deeper. There are also some major differences such as the background for the Hanged Man (left). The Radiant emphasizes the aura highlights on the aces (right) and other cards with this effect. Actually, in style, this new deck more closely resembles the Universal Waite, but the colors in that deck are soft and mild. Also the faces on some cards in the Radiant seem less idealized, more individual (see the High Priestess below). Both the Universal Waite and Radiant have a slicker paper stock than the Rider-Waite. There are many other Waite variations as well.

Deck

Number of
Cards Card
Size Copyright Publisher Card Back Design

78
22 major
56 minor
2 3/4"
x
4 3/4" 2003 U. S. Games [back design]

Deck
Number of Cards	Card Size	Copyright	Publisher	Card Back Design
78 22 major 56 minor	2 3/4" x 4 3/4"	2003	U. S. Games

Also Included: instruction booklet (45 pages), title card, description card

Category: Tarot

Major Arcana Card Names:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant,
Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice,
Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Devil, Tower, Star, Moon,
Sun, Judgement, World
Suit Names: Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles
Court Cards: King, Queen, Knight, Page
Language of Card Titles: English
Style of Numbered Suit Cards: story pictures
Other Comments: new coloring of Rider-Waite deck

See Also:

Related Items: Waite variations
By the Same Author: Rider-Waite deck

Sample Card Images:

[High Priestess] [2 of Wands] [Queen of Cups]