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The Adventure Tarot
While scrolling in search of a new journal, I saw The Adventure Tarot was selling at a heavily discounted price, so I decided to give it a try. It had been on my radar for a while but I hadn’t got around to buying it, and to be honest I didn’t think I would. Even though I’m an avid road tripper, I knew this road trip inspired tarot, which celebrates the Asian-American experience, wasn’t targeting me. It’s aimed at young adults and I am way past that. But, I quickly discovered I needn’t have worried. My reservations were totally unfounded. This deck is for anyone who is open to the…
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Quiet Rebel Tarot
Sometimes you see a deck and you just know it’s for you. That’s how I felt the very first time I saw the Quiet Rebel Oracle even though I’m not nearly as drawn to oracle decks as I am to tarot. You can imagine how happy I was to discover there was a Quiet Rebel Tarot. Fortunately for me, or maybe for Lyn, she offers them as a package. So rather than having to decide which deck, I just bought them both. But this post is focused on the tarot deck. I’ll warn you now that I love everything about these decks — the approach, the artwork, the humour —…
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Transient Light Tarot
At the end of last year, on a whim, I bought the Transient Light Tarot as part of my final deck haul for a while. I’m glad it made the cut because it is everything I feel I need right now. Its simple colour palette and minimalist style aligns with how I want to live my life. I’m over busyness for the sake of busyness and the constant need for more. This deck epitomises that for me. The Transient Light Tarot Cards The Transient Light Tarot is an 81 card tarot deck. But rather than reinventing the wheel, or more accurately the Major Arcana, the three additional cards are Past,…
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Fifth Spirit Tarot
It took me a while to add Fifth Spirit Tarot to my collection because, to be honest, I didn’t think it was for me. But I kept hearing others say how much they loved it and so I thought I might have been missing something. After all popular decks are popular for a reason. I found the reason. Still, it has taken me months to write about it. Today I answered the call to start to write this post, (although I have to admit that all the notes had been written more than a week ago, so there was yet another round of procrastination before I truly connected with the…
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The Sacred Sisterhood Tarot
The Sacred Sisterhood Tarot is “reimagined around the female identity.” As you’d imagine, its focus is on female empowerment. This is not purely tokenistic, nor is the creator’s approach to inclusivity. Many of their artistic choices are original with a focus on proactivity without promoting a particular way of being. This is what makes this under-rated deck deserving of way more attention. The Sacred Sisterhood Tarot Deck To be honest I don’t recall how I came across The Sacred Sisterhood Tarot. It hasn’t been promoted by any of the more prominent YouTubers from what I can see so I’m guessing it came up as a suggestion on Amazon. That’s a…
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The Signs of the Times Oracle
Since writing about The Unveiled Tarot I haven’t been able to get some of its cards out of my head. So, I thought I’d explore an oracle deck for something different. I have more oracle decks than I tend to realise but I don’t use them consistently, nor do I have a “usual” way of working with them. Somehow, I keep convincing myself that I can’t layer my knowledge over the cards like I can with tarot. This deck reminded me, yet again I might add, that is simply not true. Why I need reminding baffles me. I think it is simply that I love the overarching system that guides…
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The Unveiled Tarot
I knew The Unveiled Tarot would end up in my collection because I was curious about Jesse Lonergan’s approach. My curiosity was rewarded. I fell for the artwork instantly. This came as a huge surprise because it’s not an art style that generally calls to me. But now I have a whole new appreciation for it. I am fortunate to own many wonderful decks, most I could not imagine parting with, but this one has leapfrogged most of them, straight onto my personal top 10 list. About The Unveiled Tarot Deck Why? Because The Unveiled Tarot is such a clever and thought provoking deck. As a comic book artist, Jesse…
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Black Violet Tarot
Heidi Phelps began creating the Black Violet Tarot while dealing with the sadness of her mother’s worsening illness and the joy of her pregnancy. Working on a card at a time helped her to navigate her emotions, one day at a time. At times I relate to tarot as a tool for deep healing and grounding as well. As anyone who’s read the Why Tarot? post will know, I came to tarot after the passing of my own mother. Since then it has helped me love, weep over, and reconcile the complexities of mother/daughter relationships and what I learned and what I subsequently lost in her passing. You might think…
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Under the Oak Tarot
With most decks I sit down to write about, the words flow naturally. That hasn’t been the case with Under the Oak Tarot. From the outset I experienced strong emotions while working with this deck but I cannot articulate clearly why that is, or was. Memories I can best describe as primal or maybe ancestral, rose within me to such an extent they brought tears to my eyes. Even the tears I cannot explain. A deep sense of relief, understanding, knowing each come to mind as possible explanations, but as much as I love words there are many experiences that are beyond them. From this you would expect Under the…
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Mystic Palette Tarot
Ciro Marchetti created two versions of the Mystic Palette Tarot that are essentially the same and yet feel completely different. As such I wasn’t sure about the best way to write about them. In the end, I decided to treat them like one deck and present them side by side. Therefore this is a longer post than usual because it is in fact reviewing two decks. So I’ll get straight to it. About the Mystic Palette Tarot Ciro Marchetti describes the Mystic Palette Tarot as “decorative and baroque with a touch of goth, a dab of Arthur Rackham, and a sprinkling of Victoriana.” I’d add, fantasy, steampunk, and Roman Empirical…
