Tarot Decks

This deck by Trungles is intricate and evocative. Using classic Eastern and Western fairy tale imagery, the Star Spinner Tarot channels a gentle spirit of self-discovery.

This deck by Yoshi Yoshitani is what I wish I had when I first got into tarot. Instead of reinterpreting the traditional and often limited iconography of Rider-Waite and Morgan-Greer, Yoshitani collects folklore from a genuinely diverse and inclusive cross-section of cultures around the world to create vivid new imagery that nonetheless channels the familiar wisdom of tarot. The amount of research put into this deck shows through, proving that tarot does not have to culturally appropriate or misrepresent living cultures to have mystique.

The tactile sensation of shuffling cards is an essential part of tarot reading. The Golden Thread deck is printed on thin, recycled plastic that shuffles more smoothly than other decks. The gold foil accentuates the stylized artwork for an experience where the distilled, traditional iconography of tarot takes center stage.

This deck is more properly described as oracle cards, as the imagery and concepts are not based on tarot. Instead, the Archetypes deck selects several Jungian icons of the psyche for a reading more rooted in the unconscious processes of the mind.

The Gothic Cowboy tarot is a set of oracle cards centering classic iconography of the southwestern USA. The cards do not map to the arcana and suits of tarot; the guidebook includes interpretations for both upright and reversed draws. Unfortunately, the deck no longer appears to be available online.