Robin Wood Tarot   

Easy for beginners and tarot newcomers to use with its Rider-Waite foundation, Robin Wood's self-titled Tarot deck is also rich in Pagan symbolism. The illsutrations in this popular deck are attractive, and brightly but not harshly coloured.

Rocambole Tarot   

The Rocambole Tarot is an 89-card deck of images of Toltec magic art. It was published in Russia in 2003 and the cards have titles in a geometric Russian font only.

Rock & Roll Tarot   

The Rock &am; Roll Tarot is a groovy deck featuring a digital collage of popular musicians and rock stars of the fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties - Elvis is the Emperor, Madonna is the Libido card. The popular deck was published in two editions of 500 copies in 2000 and 2002, and the second edition has extra 'alternate' cards.

Rock Art Tarot   

The Rock Art Tarot deck uses ancient petroglyphs as symbols and archetypes. Symbols were used from around the world and the deck is based solely on the intuitive structure decided upon by the deck creator. The artwork looks as though it was coloured in with felt pens, and the choice of colours is unusual.

Rohrig Tarot   

The Rohrig Tarot is a sexy, glossy Tarot deck that has been thoroughly modernised - the Chariot shows a Formula One motor racing car - and overall the artwork is beautifully done and finely detailed. There are two versions of the deck: the US edition and an earlier German edition with uncovered nudity.

Romanov's Dynasty Tarot   

The Romanov's Dynasty Tarot is an unpublished computer collage deck of 78 cards. The images are based largely on Russian historical art, surrounded by ornate borders, and inset with tiny copies of Marseilles cards.

Romeo and Juliet Tarot   

Also known as the Romeo and Juliet Tarot, the Shakespeare Tarot is a beautiful deck from artist Luigi Scapini where the cards are linked with scenes and characters from the Bard's plays. The minor arcana are pip cards, but also have colourful illustrations

Roots of Asia Tarot   

A tranquil and beautiful Buddhist tarot deck. The otherworldly art in the Roots of Asia Tarot was created by Thai artist Amnart Klanprachar and aims 'to be a wonderful passage to spiritual realization'.

Rotin Tarot   

The Rotin Tarot is an enigmatic, abstract black and white deck. It has 22 minimalistic cards that work with the polarities and dark and light. Now the eighth deck to be published in a limited edition by Adam McLean.

Royal Britain Tarot   

The Royal Britain Tarot is an educational tarot deck based on the characters and activities of the monarchy of Great Britain from the Dark Ages to the present day. The completed deck is due to be published in early 2010.

Royal Fez Moroccan Tarot   

An early rendition of the Rider-Waite, the Royal Fez Moroccan Tarot deck is finely drawn in pen and ink. Major elements on each card are coloured red, blue, yellow or green.

Royal Tarot   

The Royal Tarot (also known as the Mystic Tarot) is a Taiwan-published deck that has 78 cards and calls itself Tarot. It's loosely based on the Rider-Waite, but has little depth or meaning to its images (plus mistakes in numbering).

Royal Thai Tarot   

The Royal Thai Tarot has been created for fortune-telling by Thai Tarot reader, collector and enthusiast, Sungkom Horharin. The authentic artwork (unfortunately limited to the major and court cards) has been created by Thai artists and honours the art, culture, history and religion of Thailand.

Rumi Tarot   

The Rumi Tarot is based on Sufi traditions as interpreted by the medieval Persian mystic, Rumi. Created and meticulously painted by Nigel Jackson, who also was the author and artist of the Nigel Jackson Tarot.

Rune Cards   

The Futhark system of runes has been transferred to a deck format, with illustrated artwork incorporating the appropriate runic symbol on each of these 25 Rune Cards from Ralph Blum.