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Every oracle has a rhythm, and this one dances to its own tune. The Misfit Divas Oracular Spectacular Oracle Card Deck is not a whisper from the cosmos but a celebration of oddity, confidence, and flair. It asks you to stop apologizing for who you are and to begin performing the truth of it, plus…
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Sea-themed decks have a special place in my heart. I’m currently obsessed with the Tempest Tarot Deck by Maisy Bristol and I’m quite excited to see The Nereid Oracle Deck by Stevyn Llewellyn on Kickstarter. The sea is such a mystical world to explore and it’s ripe for plunking. Drawing inspiration from the benevolent sea…
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Some tarot decks are planned years in advance, carefully sketched and mapped before the first card comes to life. Alien Tarot was not one of those decks. For its creator Constance Bankus, the project began as a series of accidents. A rewatch of The X-Files, a random tarot movie, and the sudden collapse of her…
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Every tarot deck asks us to hold a mirror to ourselves, but few do so with the stark honesty of Marcos Alvarado’s The Light and The Shadow. At first glance, the cards shimmer with surreal, otherworldly imagery. Look closer and you begin to see the dialogue unfolding between brightness and obscurity, the kind of dialogue…
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I’ve been pulled lately by decks that sparkle with starstuff, that feel less terrestrial and more liminal. I had so much fun with the cheeky Cosmic C*unt Tarot by Samantha Rook and was excited to find Alien Tarot: A Strange, Glowing Journey Through the Stars by Constance Bankus on Kickstarter. It’s the kind of weird…
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I’ve recently taken up journaling. What started as a fun experiment inspired by the Traveler’s Notebook, has become a practice of noticing and reflecting. So when I came across Sacred Witness Oracle, Michelle Holling-Brooks’ new Kickstarter project, it immediately felt like a companion piece to the pages I’ve been filling. Michelle brings decades of experience…
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Some tarot decks promise comfort, their imagery offering the equivalent of a warm cup of tea and a reassuring hand. Mordant Arcana is not one of those decks. Born from the minds of Bogfolk, an international co-op of tabletop RPG makers led here by artist–author Strega Wolf Eden van den Berg, writer Tessa Winters, and…
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I love it when my tarot decks can be used for other functions, other than what it’s meant for. I’ve previously written about The True Sight Oracle Deck that blends divination with the creative sparks needed for epic adventures. In this new Kickstarter campaign, Mordant Arcana, the tarot deck and storybook by Bogfolk, artist–author Strega…
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I definitely am not a gardener, but there’s something undeniably enchanting about a well-tended garden, its smell, quiet rhythms, and the slow, contemplative pleasure of watching life bloom in secret corners. With Secret Garden Tarot Deck, creators Lotta Glybotskaia, Tatyana Zaslavskaya and Andrey Glybotsky unveil a luminous tarot deck inspired by the plant lore, art history, and…
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I am always on a lookout to spotlight projects that not only expand what tarot can be, but actively challenge how we use it. The Axiological Tarot, created by artist and thinker Silas Plum, is one such project. Rooted in the philosophy of axiology (the study of values, I’ve just learned), this striking Kickstarter campaign…