As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m in the process of moving. This has, among other things, meant packing up my whole life and making some critical decisions about my possessions. Some things are getting packed into suitcases and taken with me to my next (semi-temporary) home. Some get going into storage until I […]
Read more "Downsizing My Tarot Deck Collection"I’m picking up this tag from Benebell Wen, who in turn got it from Kelly Bear. It’s originally a YouTube tag, but Benebell did it as a blog post and I’m going to follow in her steps (although my post won’t be nearly as aesthetically pleasing). The challenge: To list 5 Tarot decks you love, […]
Read more "#54321Tarot"It’s been a long time since I’ve written a deck review. The main reason for that is that it’s been a long time since I’ve bought a new deck. I used to really love deck collecting, and I took enormous pride in acquiring decks with different themes, art styles, and expressions of the symbolic language […]
Read more "A Review of the Tarot of the Witch’s Garden"In my previous post, I talked about my Tarot project for the upcoming year: To do a deep dive into the Tarot de Marseille and unlearn everything I think I know about Tarot, taking in the TdM system with no preconceptions. As the year kicks off, I wanted to start that project with a very […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: What Do the Suits Mean?"With hundreds of Tarot decks on the market, what makes a deck stand out? The obvious answer is creativity and innovation: Doing something with Tarot that hasn’t been done before. But that raises a second question: How much can be changed before a deck is no longer really a Tarot deck? What are the essential […]
Read more "Video: What Makes a (Good) Tarot Deck?"This is a fun deck. Tarot can be (and often is) a serious business, but it can also be whimsical, playful, and just plain fun. The Disney Villains Tarot is a novelty deck designed for the young at heart, filling the 78 cards of the Tarot deck with familiar dastards from across the Disney canon. […]
Read more "A Review of the Disney Villains Tarot"This has got to be one of the most intriguing, puzzling, intellectually enriching Tarot decks I’ve reviewed in a long time. The American Renaissance Tarot, designed by Thea Wirsching and illustrated by Celeste Pile, is a themed deck exploring the rise of transcendentalism as a literary movement in the United States in the second half […]
Read more "A Review of the American Renaissance Tarot"This is an older deck, but it’s one I’ve been meaning to get my hands on for quite some time. The Green Witch Tarot is a deck designed by Ann Moura, the author of the highly successful Green Witchcraft books.* It’s a colorful Tarot deck printed with Pagans and witches in mind, adapting the classic […]
Read more "A Review of the Green Witch Tarot"I own a lot of Tarot decks. Some were sent to me so that I could review them on the blog, others were gifts, but for the most part, these are decks that I bought because I saw them online, fell in love with the artwork, and felt that I had to have them. The […]
Read more "My Five Go-To Tarot Decks"The Tarot of the Golden Wheel is not actually a new deck;* it came out in 2019 from US Games, and it somehow managed to slip under my radar up until this point. It’s a charming, colorful RWS-style deck inspired by Russian culture. This deck is easy and accessible, and I think it would be […]
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Jack Chanek 