By Guest Contributor: Mary du Plessis I’ll begin by clarifying that I’m not a medium. I can’t intentionally channel the spirits of the dead or act as an interpreter between the living and the dead. I say Intentionally, because it does sometimes happen when I’m reading tarot. The first time I connected with a spirit […] More
Deck name: The Buddha Tarot Author and artist: Robert. M. Place Publisher: REDFeather, Mind, Body, Spirit Recommended retail price: $39.99 US ISBN: 978-0-7643-6253-8 Reviewer: Helen Masters Robert M. Place is an American artist, author and creator of tarot, Lenormand and oracle decks, with a keen interest in the history of Tarot cards. He’s the creator […] More
Late Summer “I’ve finished the hard landscaping,” said the Emperor, opening the door onto the newly laid out garden. “Ohhhh,” said the Empress when she saw it. “It’s very regular, and square, and that granite looks hard.” “Well, granite is hard,” said the Emperor, “it’s in the nature of granite to be hard.” “But it […] More
Author and artist: Debra Zachau & Kait Matthews Publisher: REDFeather, Mind, Body, Spirit Recommended retail price: $24.99 US ISBN: 978-0-7643-6373-3 The Clarity Tarot Deck, published in 2022, is authored by Debra Zachau, a Tarot reader, author and speaker who runs online tarot classes and also hosts mediumship circles. The artwork for the cards is by […] More
Author and artist: Francene Hart Publisher: Bear & Company Recommended retail price: $35.00 US ISBN: 978-1-879181-73-1 The Sacred Geometry Oracle deck features the artwork of artist Francene Hart, who has been working with sacred shapes for over 25 years. Her art has been featured galleries and published in magazines and books. She has also produced […] More
By Josephine Ellershaw Date of Publication: 8th April 2023 by Llewellyn PublicationsU.S RRP $19.99ISBN-10: 0738772712 Here’s a thing – how many times have you pulled Tarot cards for a reading, looked at them and thought, ‘How peculiar? This combination makes no sense whatsoever.’ And proceeded to fluff around trying to make sense of apparently rogue […] More
Written and illustrated by: Fez Inkwright, a Bristol-based artist and the creator of the Seed &Sickle Oracle Deck, she is also the author of Folk Magic and Healing and Botanical Cursesand Poisons.Published by: Liminal 11Published: May 2023Printed in: ChinaRRP: £28.99/US$29.99ISBN: 978-1-912634-56-9Available for preorder here: Standard Edition Special Edition First ImpressionsThe Citadel Oracle deck comes packaged […] More
by Maxine Miller and Christopher Penczak Published by Lo Scarabeo Publication date November 2022 ISBN 978-0738774077 RRP: £24 This glorious grimoire arrived at my door while I was puzzling over a persistent dream that had wakened me in the night and resumed when I went back to sleep. So, rather than being allowed to settle […] More
Creator: Etan Ilfeld Published by: Watkins Publishing Date of publication: Nov 2021 Country of origin: UKRRP: £18.99ISBN 9781786785930 Etan Ilfeld is a Stanford University alumni, majoring in Physics, and is a US Chess master. He is the author of Duchamp Versus Einstein and Beyond Contemporary Art. He is also credited with inventing Diving Chess. The […] More
By Paul Hughes-Barlow & Catherine Chapman Published by Aeon Books Ltd RRP £15.99 ISBN 978-1-904658-34-4 I have a love/hate relationship with the Celtic Cross; it’s the classic spread that every tarot reader is expected to be familiar with, and yet nobody can agree on what the card placements stand for and how it should all be […] More
Designed by: Janis King (with thanks to Ray Mallaney) tarotreadinglondon.com Card art by: Matt Corvis (shatteringglass.co.uk) Box and booklet by: Rob Ingle (bertramcreates.com) Based on the Rider-Waite-Smith style of tarot Release date: September/October 2022 I have to admit that my first impression of this deck wasn’t a positive one. The box design is colourful but […] More
By Pat Zalewski and David Sledzinski Aeon Books, reprint 2022ISBN 13: 9781913504151RRP £29.99 You are probably familiar with the most famous members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (HOGD): AE Waite, Pamela Colman Smith, and Aleister Crowley. You might also be familiar with literary members WB Yeats and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and […] More