An excerpt from Charlie's new publication, the Gay Marseille, introducing the classic Tarot de Marseille and its role as a tarot deck for the people.
Queering the Tarot de Marseille with Charlie Claire Burgess
Category: Blog
A Queer Pack of Cards (a tarot poem for Pride)
You must court them from the margins, cruise
the back door, open to receive.
They will guide you to pierce truth with inner vision,
rather than outer eyes that so deceive.
#Decklust | Witchy wonderfulness for deep winter
Goodbye, beloved Hele!
"Each week I would connect with so many of you through email or your orders – such small ways, but still, you have influenced, inspired, humbled and honed me. No word of a lie."
#Decklust | New decks for autumn, & Many Moons planners
The darkness stretchs out its arms and claims a little more of each passing day. Flocks of geese call out as they return to the river Dyfi for the cold season. Death and decay are in the air.
Hanging out in sci-fi worlds with Zeke’s Lunchbox
"I started off my career by making alien animals and sci-fi worlds as an escape from everyday life and to heal from the brutality of the world. But now that I’m older, I feel brave enough to explore this in my work."
What home means: Re-membering miracles, care & connection with Elia Fushi Bekene
"Home to me feels like a return. So much of the path to liberation is the coming home, the return to the full potential of what we are and I find that home is the container that allows us to unfold in this way."
Making old things new again: Jameson Hampton & the Tarot of Sorts
"My love of tarot is related to this love of old things, this connection I feel with every printmaker and tarot reader that has come before me. So for me, letterpress and tarot go together quite naturally, and thus the Tarot of Sorts was born."
The Dimlit Tarot: A deck about power, community, & transformation
"It is a deck that speaks softly, but strikes deep with its insight. It is a deck that acknowledges the politics that govern our lives, but remembers that we must fight to solve the problems they cause – and we do not have to fight alone."
Meet the Creator: Krystal Banner on colour, culture, & 2020 Visions
"I believe we are spiritual beings, but we can't bypass that whole 'having a human experience' part and everything that comes with it."
Closed in protest of “Black Friday”
Escape the shopocalypse! We're closed this weekend in protest of capitalism's most sacred festival.
Music as transformative self care: Alexa Dexa’s Sacrosanct Oracle//Composition Deck
"I love the way sound can transport us, a portal into our inner landscapes and wisdom, an opportunity to learn to listen more deeply to ourselves."
A mirror and a map: Finding myself in the Living Altar
These collaged, many-layered cards are a map, a tool, a living work of femme devotion that turns a square into a circle, reveals intersections, fill in gaps with ever-shifting nuances and possibilities of being.
Oli Starfrosting’s Talisman Tarot: A monoprint tarot inspired by magic, cartomancy, & the Marseille
Following up on the success of their Jewitchy deck the Hidden Light Tarot, Oli Starfrosting's new Talisman Tarot is a queer descendant of the Tarot de Marseilles.
Felix Kawitzky’s queer trans anticapitalist sci-fi space tarot might actually save the world
"I believe that resistance and revolution can be seeded in art. Allowing our brains to experiment with different futures can help those futures feel possible."
DIY tarot spreads with the Spread Machine Cards + Oracle
Creator Kimberly M Tsan introduces her latest deck - a colourful, easy to use system for creating your own custom tarot spreads.
A tarot spread for holidays, trips & vacations
If you're lucky enough to be taking a holiday this summer, here's a spread to try before you go!
#Decklust | Meet our wonderful creators!
Absolutely we sell a gorgeous selection of indie tarot decks - and the humans that designed them are a magical bunch of people. I hope you'll enjoy getting to know everyone :)
Charlie Claire Burgess: Art, gender, & creating the Fifth Spirit Tarot
Charlie is a non-binary spirit in a human home who's gay for other queers! Based in Portland, Oregon, Charlie is the artist and author behind the Fifth Spirit Tarot.
Casey Rocheteau on surviving 2020 & embracing queer monsters
"I imagine the Shrine of the Black Medusa as a space where you can be your full self, with all of your trauma, faults, charms, and questions"
Two moons later
What’s changing from spring 2021
Introducing the Sacred Relatives Tarot, by Metztli Wolf
Revolutionary Mystic Metztli Wolf is pleased to announce the launch of their exciting new Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Sacred Relatives Tarot Deck.
Layers of knowing: A daily check-in tarot spread
