Golden Age Tarot












Golden Age Tarot
The Original Rider-Waite Deck by Pamela Colman Smith
Lovingly Restored by Daniel Martin Diaz
What's Included
80 Premium Linen-Finish Cards (5″ × 3″)
22 Major Arcana
56 Minor Arcana
2 Special Artist/Divination Cards
A Faithful Return to the Source
The Golden Age Tarot brings you back to 1909 London, when artist Pamela Colman Smith first painted the deck that would define tarot imagery for generations. Created under the guidance of mystic Arthur Edward Waite, this groundbreaking deck established a visual vocabulary that countless readers still rely on today.
This restoration honors Smith's original vision with meticulous care. Working from premium scans of the first 1909 printing, every card preserves her delicate watercolor palette—earthy, muted tones that feel organic and alive, worlds away from the garish, oversaturated reproductions that have dominated the market. These are the colors Smith actually chose: warm, subtle, and breathtakingly human.
Even her handwritten titles remain intact. Rather than replace her script with sterile digital fonts, this edition keeps the intimate character of her own hand, preserving a direct connection to the artist herself.
Designed for Modern Hands, Historic Hearts
Printed on luxurious linen cardstock, these cards shuffle with effortless grace. At a generous 5″ × 3″, they're slightly larger than the originals, giving Smith's intricate symbolism room to speak. Each image becomes a doorway—vivid, legible, inviting.
Housed in an elegant tuck box, this deck serves equally well on your reading table or your bookshelf. It's a working tool for serious diviners and a museum-quality artifact for lovers of art history.
This is tarot as it was meant to be seen: honest, beautiful, and unfiltered by time.