Below you will find resources to aid you in your own Tarot Journey. It is my hope that your journey will be rewarding and life changing!
Home - Sacred-Texts ISTA - Internet Sacred Text Archive This is an incredible site offering not only many rare out-of-print Tarot books, but almost anything else the imagination can generate.
Texts
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
by A.E. Waite [1911]
The essential Tarot reference by the designer of the best-known Tarot deck.
The Tarot of the Bohemians
by Papus; tr. A. P Morton, [1896]
A detailed study of the esoteric roots of the Tarot.
The Tarot
by S.L. MacGregor Mathers [1888]
A short essay on the Tarot, by a prominent occultist of the 19th Century. Mathers also wrote The Kabbalah Unveiled.
The Symbolism of the Tarot
by P. D. Ouspensky [1913]
An evocative inner journey through the Major Arcana of the Tarot.
General Book of the Tarot
by A.E. Thierens [1930]
A system of correspondences between the Tarot and Astrology.
Fortune-Telling by Cards
by P.R.S. Foli [1915]
Several methods of telling fortunes with a standard deck of playing cards.
Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck Copyright FAQ
Strangely enough, “what is the copyright status of the Tarot deck?” is the most commonly asked question about this section. This FAQ attempts to address this complicated issue.
Tarot Card Cross-reference
This is an index of all of the Tarot Card images at sacred-texts. Currently this includes the color 1909 RWS deck, the greyscale RWS images from the Pictorial Key, and the Wirth and Marseilles images from Tarot of the Bohemians.
Tarot Card Comparison
by J.B. Hare
This presents high resolution images of three cards from the 1909 Tarot deck and the US Games deck. Are they different? You be the judge.
On the Tarot
A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes.
Liber Arcanorum
An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.