using cards for divination is a great way to gain insight into your own life and help guide others. as a practitioner of over five years who has read and taught tarot professionally, these are my favorite decks, books, and tools.
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Tarot Decks
Oracle Decks
Books
Tools
Tarot Decks
i love to use this deck to read for others and i think it could be particularly useful for a beginner. the cards are unique and dynamic with vivid imagery and rich symbolism. i get incredible intuitive messages using this deck and it helps me see the...
Light Seer's Tarot
this is my favorite deck to use for dream interpretation and subconscious work. the simple lines and colors lend themselves to more energetic, abstract interpretations.
The Wild Unknown Tarot Deck and Guidebook
this is the deck i own that’s closest to a traditional Rider Waite Smith deck, but it was created by women to subvert some of the patriarchal themes found in a more traditional deck. it is a witchy, feminist, whimsical on a classic deck.
The Pulp Girls Tarot
Oracle Decks
i love to use this deck on its own to help pull me out of my head when i simply don’t know what to do with myself. it contains simple but creative ideas for self care activities that can be completed in a moment of stress, or it can be used add detai...
The Sacred Self-Care Oracle: A 55-Card Deck and Guidebook
if you’re interested in astrology in conjunction with tarot, these cards can help you understand your tarot readings with more depth and complexity. they’re also a great tool for learning astrology as there are cards representing all of the relevant ...
Black Moon Astrology Cards: Sheppard, Susan, Marin, Jane
this is a great deck for learning more about crystals and using their associations to add detail and depth to your readings. the cards typically reference the chakras as well, which helps me make sense of the information i’m receiving.
this is a very new age, “woo woo” oracle deck and i can acknowledge that that isn’t for everyone. that being said, i find some of the concepts and messages depicted in this deck to be mind expanding and helpful. plus, the imagery is beautiful.
The Starseed Oracle: A 53-Card Deck and Guidebook
Books
this is a massive book on tarot that includes so much useful historical and symbolic context. it takes a psycho-spiritual approach to the tarot and really helps ground the concepts you’re learning. it’s an incredible book to own for reference through...
Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen
Pollack provides unique and radical interpretations of the tarot cards that help the reader see a traditional tool for divination through a progressive and liberatory lens. it is easily my favorite tarot book to reference.
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot: Pollack, Rachel
Tools
it’s nice to have a case or two to carry around your favorite deck(s). i love this one from earthbound. it fits my deck safely and snugly in a protective plastic case lined with soft and delicate velvet. the button closes securely and i don’t have to...