A much larger printing was done during March of 1910, featuring better quality card stock and a "cracked mud" card back design. The first printing was extremely limited and featured card backs with a roses and lilies pattern. The cards were first published during December 1909, by the publisher William Rider & Son of London. He also changed the Lovers card to depict two people instead of three in order to reinforce its correspondence with Gemini. He switched the order of the Strength and Justice cards so that Strength corresponded with Leo and Justice corresponded with Libra. In order to accommodate the astrological correspondences taught by the Golden Dawn, Waite introduced several innovations to the deck. The symbols and imagery used in the deck were influenced by the 19th-century magician and occultist Eliphas Levi, as well as by the teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Minor Arcana is illustrated with allegorical scenes by Smith, where earlier decks (with a few rare exceptions) had simple designs for the Minor Arcana. For example, the "Pope" card became the "Hierophant" and the "Papess" became the "High Priestess" while the "Lovers" card, previously depicting a medieval scene of a clothed man and woman receiving a blessing from a noble or cleric was changed to a depiction of the naked Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the ace of cups featuring a dove carrying Sacramental bread. Christian imagery was removed from some cards but some was added to cards that previously had none.
Some imagery remains similar to that found in earlier decks, but overall the Waite–Smith card designs are substantially different from their predecessors. While the images are simple, the details and backgrounds feature abundant symbolism.
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