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Deck Review: The Cracked Amethyst Tarot
The Cracked Amethyst Tarot feels like both a culmination and a homecoming - a decade of Jessica Bott’s artistic growth distilled into a deck that’s gentle, thoughtful, and quietly wise. Each card hums with intention: landscapes alive with light, natural textures, and a kind of calm that feels both grounded and expansive. Bott’s reimagining of her long-out-of-print Idiosyncradeck is no nostalgia project; it’s a transformation. Like the oyster-Magician at its heart, this is grit turned into grace, art honed into alchemy.
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Tarot and Religion: Why the Cards Aren’t the Enemy
People often ask me whether Tarot is “compatible” with religion; or more bluntly, whether it’s evil. As someone who reads professionally and also grew up within a Christian cultural framework (and has a very beloved brother-in-law who’s a vicar!), I think it’s time we unpack that a little. When I’m on my Tarot stall at the market, I often get Christians and Muslims who come over to critique the cards and admonish me for reading them (Jewish folks, in my experience, don’t tend to mind – maybe because Judaism has a more flexible relationship to divination, or maybe they just have better things to do with their time than harass…
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Tarot Card Meanings: The Wheel Of Fortune
My first mnemonic for this card was the simple phrase “what goes around, comes around.” And honestly? However much more I study Tarot, that still feels like the essence of the Wheel. This is a card of change: often good luck sweeping in (it’s ruled by Jupiter, planet of expansion, after all). However, other times it's that sinking feeling when our luck runs out, fortune turns against us, everything tilts topsy-turvy, and we're thrown into uncertainty. Either way, it speaks to the rise and fall of fortunes beyond our control. The Goddess Fortuna, who could crown or crush with the same spin of her wheel, personified that ancient recognition of…
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Deck Review: The Cards Drawn Tarot
The Cards Drawn Tarot feels like the kind of deck you’d read with in a smoky medieval tavern: clever, cheeky, and just a little bit dangerous. Clint Woods’ design fuses Tarot and playing card archetypes into a winking, whip-smart system that reads like a bard spinning truths by firelight: trickster energy with real insight beneath the jester’s grin. Buddhist philosophy meets card-table mischief, and somehow it works :-).
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Deck Review: The Felt Tarot
Jamie Sawyer’s Felt Tarot is stitched with symbolism, warmth, and wit. Every card began as a hand-cut felt collage before becoming a tactile, readable deck. Comforting yet clever, it’s beginner-friendly, artist-inspired, and even tattoo-worthy - a deck full of detail you’ll never tire of exploring.
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Deck Review: A Grieving Tarot
At first glance, A Grieving Tarot looked too simple for me. But within minutes I realised this was something rare: a stark, tender deck that captures the hollow textures of loss with devastating clarity. Not a manual for healing, but a companion in the wilderness of grief.
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Deck Review: Blood Moon Tarot
The Blood Moon Tarot is a lush, dreamlike deck where myth, forest, and shadow entwine. Sam Guay’s art feels like lore itself: like you've fallen into the middle of an RPG game. With reimagined suits (Skins, Songs, Dreams, Honey) this is Tarot as enchanted world-building, equal parts beautiful and unsettling, alive with mystery.
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The Maths of Tarot: How Many Tarot Spreads Are There (Really)? And How Long Would It Take To See Them All?
Every time you lay out a 10-card tarot spread, you’re arranging a tiny paper universe. But just how many possible universes are there? And what are the chances of ever seeing the same one twice? It turns out that there are so many possible variations on a 10 card spread like the Celtic Cross, the odds are no one else has ever had your exact spread before, anytime you do a pull. Which honestly blows my mind. Each 10 card reading is probably unique to you (and to your reader if someone else is reading for you). A message from the cards just to you, one they’ve never given to anyone else.…
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Tarot Card Meanings: The Hermit
The Hermit is one of the most iconic cards in the Tarot. Often seen as a symbol of solitude, wisdom, and introspection, the Hermit invites us to step away from the noise of everyday life and follow the quiet glow of inner guidance. In this deep dive, we’ll explore Hermit symbolism, history, astrology, shadow work, and the many animal archetypes that walk beside him, from owls to snakes. Whether you’re a Tarot beginner or a seasoned reader, this card has much to teach us about walking alone, but never being truly lost.
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Deck Review: The Lubanko Tarot
The Lubanko Tarot is raw, queer, and unflinching - an indie darling now heading to mass market with Llewellyn. E. Lubanko’s art dives into grief, desire, and truth without sanitising its edges, offering cards that confront and comfort in equal measure.
