My Top 7 Favourite (new and contemporary) Tarot Decks EVER!
I am generally very picky with choosing tarot decks, and if even 1 card turns me off, the whole deck becomes a no-go for me. This is because I do believe in reading tarot as an overall picture and with each card having its place, every card MUST resonate with me otherwise the reading becomes crooked. The presence and absence of certain cards must be accounted for, and thus is mainly because I like to do huge readings of more than 30 cards being drawn, since it just presents the situation as much clearer in general.
So for my also nitty-picky followers obsessed with details, below are the top 7 tarot decks I’m honestly in love with! The artwork is absolutely stunning, and the uses for them practical too:) Some of them aren’t published yet, however I can already feel my heart beating in anticipation for them in the viewing of the images! 💛💛💛😭😭😭✨✨✨
7. Modern Seers Tarot Deck
How can anybody turn down a minimalist deck which is both clean and sweepingly clear in its messages? This is honestly one of the most loving and stunning promotions of feminity I have ever come across. Although this is just recently published and hasn’t had much promotions yet, other than on KickStarter, where the project started, the holistic message for this deck is bluntly clear.
It is best used for self-care and for consultations on issues such as health, body care and clarifications of blockages to your self-esteem and inner beauty shining out. A must have tarot for those who are always in the midst of self-improvement. And this just isn’t solely for women either- we all have a balance between masculinity and feminity, and the feminity side of us is incredibly important for the subconscious power of nurturing to occur.
There are pink, white and black decks for Soul Cards, and if I can be honest with you? I have all 3, the white one coming in late April.
The truly amazing aspect of these cards is in their proximity to the messages they display about the human condition and a need to overcome ourselves before we progress in any shape or form. I like to call these types of decks as the “care-givers” of the tarot tradition. Although they display very contemporary reworkings of the traditional symbols, they have been incorporated very well in the deck and for Kantian aesthetic fans such as myself, definitely balm for the heart and soul.
These decks don’t come with a booklet, however there is so much in the imagery and the cards’ interactions with each other to be drawn from in a single reading. These cards aim to heal and improve you, not belittle your lack of progress.
5. Threads of Fate Tarot: Journeyer and Ascendant
I have written about this in a previous post, fanning my metaphorical brain neurons form going into an overdrive with these cards! The imagery is stunning, and the amount of work bled out into the cards by the artist, is well worth the sweat, blood and tears. The result is of a beautifully and harmoniously put together tarot deck touching on the most important aspect of human life.
I cannot stress how fundamental this concept is for us to grasp as tarot readers. Relationships and their conditions can give so much insight into one’s progress in life (because that’s what we’re all here for, right? To learn and improve and reincarnate until we ascend ☺️). And thus deck pretty much covers all of that.
I know a lot of people don’t appreciate the darker tarots such as this one, but to cover all bases from the bright to the taboo, the next two tarots really spoke out to me as a practitioner learning to grasp her environment. The Sabbath Tarot is relatively new, and a tarot aimed at gay male witches, promoting a deep cherishing of the beauty of male and female nudity.
The card I’ve shown above is pretty much one of the only below 18 cards there is in the deck, but I’ve chosen that card for my lovely minors who is viewing this post! This deck wasn’t cheap (around $155 USD in total), and I’m still waiting for my deck to arrive in about 2 months time. But this deck is what I call a “challenger” deck, as it points out the deepest, most taboo secrets of the human mind. And this is exactly what I need at the moment- to be challenged, and challenged again in order to take advantage of the spurts of growth that follows.
The artist himself is a photographer and although this tarot deck was designed for those on the left hand path, I still highly recommend it to those who just wish to have a blunt deck jabbing an accusing finger at what you’re erring and the subtle traits beneath.
3. The Goetia Tarot in the Darkness (Notoria coming out!)
This was a KickStarter Project which caught my eye a few weeks back, but unfortunately they have limited the deluxe productions to only 100 people (lucky!) and will not be releasing the tarot deck targeted at the commercial audience until 2021. Needless to say, I am fired up to barge into their store and order this deck when it does get released!
This is a far more advanced deck, and the counterpart deck for this will be released on Kickstarter soon as the artist sketches up the angel counterparts to the demons featured in this deck. Again, completely beautiful art (the card featured here is of Lucifer) and this deck is also what I term as a “challenger deck” although it’s energy is much more grounded than the Sabbath Tarot.
I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this to “beginner” tarot readers (I say beginner with quotation marks because I don’t believe in distinguishing between the ranks through experience of reading tarot, but through your understanding of the tarot which can arguably be best done through the actual motion of reading tarot), however I do recommend that you get your hands on a copy while you can.
2. The Nameless One by Xia Hunt (coming out soon)
Oh man, this is one of the most GORGEOUS tarot decks I have ever come across in my life! The key theme for this tarot deck is the subconscious, and as such, the tarot cards are larger and more promiscuous without labels on them. I am eagerly waiting for the preorders to be sent out in early January 2021 (hopefully!) since the artist, Xia Hunt, has to fulfill the Kickstarter preorders first, but I am honestly shaking in excitement for this deck!
It is honestly hands down the best deck to explore the inner crevasses of your mind with, and surface unexpected suppressed memories. As such, it is suitable for almost any situation, not to mention, there will also be a huge (600+ paged) book coming for it as well. This will be summarizing and detailing the historical and symbolic background for each card, in both the traditional strain of their production, and Hunt’s own interpretation of her own cards.
1. True Black Tarot by Arthur Wang
Last but obviously not least, the True Black Tarot.
There is no discourse needed to explain the utter trascendance of this deck, in the tarot world. The amount of effort put into creating this deck, by Wang, throughout the 3 years of just brainstorming and creating these timeless cards is remarkable.
For my lovely followers, you can be sure to be on the lookout for these cards to be involved heavily in future readings and spellwork from me. This is the go-to deck for any readings you may have, since they are not only flexible, but also ties everything together from all aspects you must cover. I highly recommend this deck, especially to magick practitioners who are looking for advice on their paths.
Honestly, there is no deck better than this. Period.
