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Magicmakers Tarot
Magicmakers Tarot featured on my ‘Upcoming decks I’m excited for in 2025’ post earlier this year but it took me a while to get around to buying it. I had pre-ordered all the decks from that post, and ordered several others at the same time so something had to give. Since I already owned Paulina Fae’s (Cassidy) Joie de Vivre and Spiritsong Tarot, I chose to put the Magicmakers Tarot on my ‘later’ pile. Also I think I’d got myself a bit caught up in taking things all too seriously and so I wondered what this deck would add. It turns out it adds just what I needed – a…
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The Radiant Tarot
I first saw The Chariot from The Radiant Tarot on Trishtaytarot’s Instagram feed. Prior to that I’d never taken any notice of the deck. But the artistic choices on The Chariot really stood out to me so I wanted to discover more. When I did, the combination of The Hierophant on the cover, the subtitle, ‘Pathway to Creativity’, and the marketing blurb, led me to buy it on the spot. I don’t usually do that anymore because I am much more selective about the decks I add to my collection. But, as with anything, there are always exceptions. The Radiant Tarot Cards I wasn’t disappointed. Taking 12 years to complete,…
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Mindscapes Tarot
Finding a hand-drawn, classically rendered landscape deck like the Mindscapes Tarot, had been on my mental to-do list for a long time. Yet, somehow, I seem to be one of the few people in the tarot world that wasn’t aware of the original Majors only version of this deck that was released on Kickstarter. Maybe I prematurely dismissed it back then because I don’t buy Majors only decks, I’m not sure. But, I pre-ordered this mass-market, 80-card version as soon as it was listed. When I opened the box and saw, 0 The Fool, my first thought was, “I’m going to really like this,” and I was right. I do.…
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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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Clarity Tarot
I chose to write about the Clarity Tarot because I felt like a change of pace. Minimalist decks appeal to me for a plethora of reasons. The most obvious reason is that you are not forced to navigate your way through complex imagery. Instead you have to sit quietly with the image and let your mind wander and your thoughts flow. A minimalist deck doesn’t give you, or the creator, any place to hide. Rather, as is the intention of a deck subtitled “a deck for creative visualisation,” you bring the images to life in your mind. The Clarity Tarot Cards To read the Clarity Tarot I ask myself what…
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Magical Hours Tarot
The collage style of Magical Hours Tarot reminds me of both Tarot of Mystical Moments and The Dreamkeepers Tarot albeit in different ways and with a different focus. This ensures it doesn’t feel like a redundant addition to my collection. Furthermore it introduced me to a new way of interpreting certain cards which in turn opened up the interpretive possibilities across several other decks. The more decks I work with the more I find they talk to each other. Some say, “But wait, what about this approach?” while others feel like they continue the story. The Magical Hours Tarot had a lot to say about many things, some of which…
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Japaridze Tarot
I am in the process of creating a multi-purpose story spread as part of a bigger project so each day I test it from different perspectives using different decks. This morning when I turned to grab a deck my hand rested on the Japaridze Tarot. And, to be honest, my first reaction was “pick again.” Fortunately I didn’t. I trusted my process — work with whichever deck stands out to me. Surrealist art draws me in because it challenges me. With a headache, and a lingering viral-type illness, I wasn’t feeling the need to add any additional challenges, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover I hadn’t. This deck spoke…
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The Unbridled Spirit Tarot
I had been eagerly awaiting the Unbridled Spirit Tarot since the first time I saw it mentioned on the Llewellyn website. Even though it wasn’t released until 2025 this deck made it on to my “Decks I’m excited for in 2024” list. I was just so thrilled to see a horse-themed deck in the works. I pre-ordered it as soon as I could and even up against all my internal hype, I can say it has not disappointed. Horses were a huge part of my life when I was younger, so much so that my first full-time job was working with them. I have so many memories wrapped up in…
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Fairy Tale Tarot
I had coveted the Fairy Tale Tarot from the moment I became aware of it. Back then it was out of print and selling for prices way above my budget so when Lisa Hunt announced that US Games was releasing a second edition I eagerly awaited the pre-order date. I have owned her Animals Divine Tarot for years and her Pastoral Tarot is one of my favourites, so I expected to love this deck also. And I have to say, the artwork didn’t disappoint. General information about the Fairy Tale Tarot The Fairy Tale Tarot combines Lisa Hunt’s signature watercolour art with a range of fairy tales from Europe, Asia…
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My “If I could only keep 10 tarot decks” list
In most things I am quite minimalist, but that doesn’t apply when it comes to my tarot and oracle collection. I have many, many decks. Very few would I happily part with. But, when Stephen left a comment on The Unveiled Tarot post asking if I had a tarot top ten I thought I’d try to put together a list. I’ve tried several times but I always come up short. If you’ve read much of my stuff you’d know that I only buy decks that interest me in some way so even though I review decks, I don’t ever buy one purely to write about it. Plus, since my tastes…
