Credits

Card imagery

The Rider–Waite–Smith card scans used on this site were prepared by Luciella Elisabeth Scarlett (LuciellaES). The creator says credit is optional. We include it in appreciation.

The creator describes these as scans of the original deck sourced from Wikipedia, cleaned up and resized, and notes that their public-domain assessment is based on Australian law. Copyright status can vary by jurisdiction; this attribution is not a claim that every underlying image is public domain worldwide. Tarot42 is not affiliated with or endorsed by the creator.

Card meaning data

Tarot42’s initial upright card mapping is informed by the Tarotoo Tarot Card Meanings dataset, distributed under the MIT License. The license text is preserved in the project. Tarot42 is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tarotoo.

Tarot interpretations are symbolic and subjective. Tarot42’s original editorial explanations are written for this site and do not reproduce the dataset’s meaning paragraphs.

About Rider–Waite–Smith

Rider–Waite–Smith refers to the tarot deck illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of A. E. Waite. This site uses the name to identify the deck tradition shown in the card imagery.