Variety is the Spice of Life!

There are SOOOOOOO many decks out there.  You WILL find one to suit you. (or 20)

One of the most well-known decks is the Ryder-Waite deck.  This came about because Arthur Waite – a British practitioner of the occult and a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn got together with Pamela Coleman Smith to create an inspired and beautiful deck that is still used today.  (In fact, some people now call this the Waite-Smith deck) This was the first deck to have images on the minor arcana cards and has led to an abundance of interpretations in the years that followed.

Here is a partial list of some of the decks available now:

8-Bit Tarot

African Tarot

Angel Tarot

Apprentice

Apprentice

Aquarian

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Cat People

Cat’s Eye

Chrysalis

Cosmic

Crow Tarot

Dragon

English Magic Tarot

Faerie Tarot

Forest Folklore

Goddess

Golden Thread Tarot

Gummy Bear

Medicine Woman

Medieval Cat

Modern Witch

Old Path

Sacred Art

Sacred Rose

Stars Tarot

Starter

Vampire Tarot

As you can see, if you can think of it…there is probably a deck out there focusing on it. I am currently using the Shadowscapes deck by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.  (A favorite artist of mine.) https://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cardsmain.php?suit=0

If you are a beginner, or curious, I would recommend going to a specialty store near you and browsing the tarot selections.  See if there is one that speaks to you…and by “Speaks to you” I don’t mean in a mystical sense – although that may happen – I mean one that you find lovely, most decks have a card or two on the outside, see if you can see in the card what the meaning is. When doing a reading, you only START with the classic meaning of the card.  Use your intuition and what the card tells you as to what it may mean.

Take a stroll through the cards here: https://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/ and see if one or more decks tickle your fancy.

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