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Everyday Witch Tarot - tarot decks

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  • The Everyday Witch Tarot has 78 whimsical tarot scenes of black-hatted witches going about their lives, set in a world of medieval fantasy mixed with modern reality. It's a charming deck of positive energies, serious intent, and light heart.


Specifications
Name Everyday Witch Tarot
Creators Elisabeth Alba, Deborah Blake
Publisher Llewellyn 2017
Deck Type Tarot Deck
Cards 78
Major Arcana 22
Minor Arcana 56
Deck Tradition Rider-Waite-Smith
Suits Swords, Pentacles, Cups, Wands
Court Cards Page, Knight, Queen, King
Card Size 2.76 x 4.65 in. = 7.00cm x 11.80cm
Card Language English
Card Back Non-reversible
Back Design Broom, witch's hat, and black cat floating on a background of yellow stars and night sky
Companion Material 264-page companion book.


Reviews

This deck steps away from depicting witches as serious, humourless, and weighed down with new-age cliches – clad in monastic robes, a crystal clasped in one hand and communing solemnly with the spirits of nature. Instead we are presented with witches tackling everyday life issues with exuberance, grit, and determination. A broad spectrum of situations and corresponding emotions are tackled with a delicate touch which neither mocks the seriousness of the situation nor suffocates them under a blanket of Pagan jargon.

The deck is created by author Deborah Blake and artist Elisabeth Alba. This is a classic 78 card deck, with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana cards. The titles of Major Arcana cards are familiar and unchanged, and the suits of the Minor Arcana are Swords, Pentacles, Cups, and Wands. The Minor Arcana suits each have 10 number cards and 4 Court cards – Page, Knight, Queen, and King. The titles of all cards are given in full on a banner at the bottom of the illustrations. This deck measures 70 x 118 mm, which makes it a fairly standard sized tarot which will sit comfortably in most user’s hands.

The card stock is light and quite thin, which makes the cards extremely flexible. A heavy-handed user that was not particularly careful with their cards could easily bend or damage them. The finish on the Everyday Witch Tarot is smooth and glossy with an ever so slightly toothy texture which facilitates easy handling and shuffling.

The print quality is superb, reproducing the fine lines and subtleties of colour without misprints, blurriness, or colour bleeds. The Everyday Witch Tarot has a broad palette of both strong and delicate colours. The colour schemes tend towards poetic realism with gorgeous skies that veer between peachy sunsets, aqueous evenings, and moody days, rich green fields and deep dark woods, with the witches clad in inevitable black, vivid scarlet, midnight blues and Lincoln green.

Elizabeth Alba utilises modern techniques with watercolours in a style often found in fantasy art and children's book illustrations. The images are whimsical, with strong bright colours and lines. Each card is detailed and well balanced; and executed with deftness and assurance. The images have been crafted specifically for this deck with imagination, sympathy, and humour – the witches themselves sport their conical hats and striped socks (or stockings, leggings) as they go about witchy deeds as part of their daily lives. There are both male and female witches, as well as some quite androgynous characters, spread across a broad age range. They live in an enviable world which is suspended somewhere between pseudo-mediaeval fantasy and our modern reality. Witches ride motorbikes complete with black cat in a sidecar, practice yoga, wear drapey robes and cloaks, brandish wands swirling with magic, and drink cocktails on the shore… Yet life is not relentlessly positive, bad things happen too, but the Everyday W itch has an optimistic outlook.

These cards have no borders to the image, and the titles, as noted before are given at the bottom of the illustration on a cream coloured banner. The image on the back of the cards - a black cat, witch’s hat, and broom on a dark blue and starry background - is not reversible.

The tarot deck and guidebook come packaged in a solid cardboard box with a high gloss finish. The lid of the box is held shut with magnetic clasps, and folds back like a book cover. The cards sit in a well with the guidebook atop them. A dark blue satin ribbon wraps around the cards and beneath the guidebook to help the user lift them out. The box cover has a deep blue colour scheme and features images from the deck as well as information about the cards. Inside the box is finished in golden yellow with tiny stars and cat footprints, this too is gloss and polished.

The 254 page guidebook is written by the deck’s creator Deborah Blake, who has authored 'The Goddess Is in the Details’ and 'Everyday Witchcraft’ among many books. The guidebook is printed on heavy, glossy paper with a smooth finish – and the gorgeous colours of the deck are captured in large reproductions of each card. The 'Introduction’ tells of the inspiration and ideas which led to the creation of the Everyday Witch Tarot.

Chapter 1 gives a (very) brief history of the development of tarot cards. This is followed by information about the deck and how to maximise its features to obtain the best reading. There is a lengthy exposition on how to do a reading which covers such fundamentals as choosing a spread, shuffling the cards, wording the question, laying out the cards, and some pointers about interpreting the layout. Chapter 2 focuses on common questions asked about doing tarot readings – choosing and using significators, clarifying cards, reversed cards, negative readings, rituals to do before a reading. Included here are three spells for use with the tarot ranging from complex to quick and simple.

Chapter 3 first tackles the Major Arcana. Each card is reproduced in full colour with their title beneath them as well as a phrase which summarises the essence of the card. There is a one line description which cuts straight to the heart of each card’s interpretive meaning, e.g. The Magician is summarised as 'You have all the tools you need to accomplish your goals’. Following this is a detailed description of the illustration explaining the meaning of various symbols (although this deck is a largely shorn of obscure esoteric symbolism) in the illustration as well as the intentions and actions of the individuals depicted. The Seeker is then given Things to Consider which is essentially a divinatory meaning coupled with sage advice. Here the author also gives options for interpreting each card, perhaps representing the future, the past, or a person other than the Seeker. Each Major Arcana card has a full lined page with space for the reader’s notes. The Minor Arcana cards are given less description than the Major Arcana, but equal amount of Things to Consider. Lined pages for notes are interspersed randomly among the suits rather than assigned to each and every card.

The Everyday Witch Tarot is an homage to the Rider Waite Smith deck and its illustrations and interpretations are strongly linked to its classic predecessor. The divinatory meanings honour tradition yet offer progressive and quite positive interpretations and the advice given centres around self-care, trusting one's instincts, practising mindfulness, valuing friendships, and the removal of negative people from one's circle.

Chapter 4 offers three divinatory spreads – the one card draw, the three-card spread, and the classic Celtic Cross, which are probably the three most commonly used layouts for both tarot and oracle decks.

This is a beautiful deck full of positive energies, serious intent, and a light heart. The images are whimsical yet retain their spiritual power. While it is probably not the most ideal deck for an absolute beginner, the Seeker who has their fundamentals down will find this an exceptionally easy deck to work with. Experienced tarot readers will find this deck easy to master and a pleasure to use. Modern witches will love this deck, and Pagans seeking a tarot full of laughter and wisdom are well advised to check out the Everyday Witch Tarot. This is a strong and satisfying deck to work with, yet like the bubbles in champagne it adds a little fizz and joy to life.


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