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.
Charlie Claire Burgess: Art, gender, & creating the Fifth Spirit Tarot
Category: Reviews & More
In-depth reviews and highlights sharing new decks and old favourites.
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"
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.
Tarot Spreads for the Spacious Tarot
Dive deeper into your Spacious Tarot (or other favourite deck) with these four simple tarot spreads created and shared by Cathou.
REVIEW | The Spacious Tarot: An invitation to reclaim your space
If tarot cards are portals, then the Spacious Tarot is a key to step into spaces. Spaces we’ve wandered at night forever. Spaces still left to discover and explore.
A beginners’ guide to Lenormand, from the Hurricane Mystic
Want to know how to read Lenormand cards? Start here, with this accessible guide from the Hurricane Mystic!
E Lubanko’s Tarot is surreal, intense, queer, & divine
"...my queer art is this way: it is loud, it is intense, it is sensual and dark and unapologetic and looks nightmares and reality (and the overlap) in the eye."
Mariza Ryce Aparicio-Tovar: Heal yourself, heal the earth
"As an indigenous woman, it has been natural for me to incorporate people of color and the indigenous spiritual values that I grew up with into my work. The Gentle Tarot is for anybody wanting some gentle, loving support."
IT’S HERE! All of Our Stories: The Little Red Tarot Guidebook
REVIEW | A Love Letter to the Many Queens Tarot
"In this review, I declare my flame directly to the Many Queens Tarot. After a complicated introduction, we went on to explore femmeness, feminism, solidarity and revisioning it all. What's to come next?"
Tea: Reclaiming Black spirituality & creating the Black Gold Lenormand
"A lot of us are on similar journeys to reclaim stolen and forgotten parts of our history, cultural identity and - honestly - ourselves."
Grief & Hidden Places: Dan Francis on creating the Hide Tarot
The Alternative Tarot Course: Questions & Answers
I've received a lot of questions about the Alternative Tarot Course. Here are the answers!
The Alternative Tarot Course is here!
Genevieve Barbee-Turner: Celebrating Pittsburgh in the Bridge Witches Tarot
"It’s frustrating to me that in 2019 we don’t see remotely accurate depictions of diversity in our media. This deck is my humble attempt to fill in some gaps."
REVIEW | Highlights from the Spolia Tarot
A review of this witty, intelligent collage tarot, created by artist Jen May and writer Jessa Crispin, with highlights from the deck.
LRT Spring Update
Spring is in the air and things are shifting. Here's an update about what's changing in the LRT shop!
REVIEW | Highlights from the Apparition Tarot
New tarot goodness for 2019!
Chinggay Labrador: Collaging the Practical Magic Tarot
"Inspiration came from Rookie’s aesthetic, which resonates strongly with me as it’s very DIY, zine-like. I grew up in the 90s so I have a soft spot for collage."
REVIEW | Modern Tarot, by Michelle Tea
It was the kind of book that gave me little epiphanies as I read it and continues to do so when I consult it while reading the cards.
Lettie Jane Rennekamp: Redefining femininity in the Many Queens Tarot
"I’m printing this deck for anyone else who likes to look at tarot cards, and laugh, and feel that there is space for their version of beauty."
Returning to self in the hectic season of giving
Here's my personal guide to the decks, books and other items that I feel bring a sense of spaciousness and calm reflection.
The Numinous Tarot is crowdfunding its second printing!
Following a wildly successful first year, this inclusive, queer-centred, encouraging and colourful deck is back for a second round.