Arthur Edward Waite was a profound student of the occult. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and made the tarot accessible to the modern day reader. The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, first published in 1910 is a classic text for the Rider-Waite deck discusses:
The major and minor arcana
What each card means
Reversed card meanings
How to do a basic reading
340 Pages
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is ideal for learning to read with any tarot desks that follow the traditional Rider-Waite System