Tarot Cards of Modern Goddesses

Mind Body & Soul Card Deck Review: Tarot Cards of Modern Goddesses by Cecilia Lattari, artwork by Petra Braun. Drawer pull box containing set of 78 cards and full colour guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing. UK £19.99 

Sample Card: Crone of Cups “The Crone of Cups is she who has full control of her emotions. She has lived a lot and now knows how to control that which has destabilised her in the past. She can be someone who doesn’t show what they feel because her gazes are forward-looking, broad and rational. Often she represents people who have roles that listen and care, such as psycho psychologists, doctors and healers. She prefers not to show her vulnerability, but knows well that this too can be a great strength. Here, Yemaya is the water of a lake, calm, with the defined borders, reflected in the sky.”

These cards are dedicated to goddesses and help with female empowerment in each goddess myth, archetype and ancient divinity. All celebrate the fearless spirit of women. Multi cultural card deck with figurative artwork featuring women in all kinds of lively and colourful roles. suits are Wands, Swords, And Pentacles, with Court Cards titled Page (child), Knight (adolescent), Queen (woman) and King (crone). Each King is shown as a Crone, a goddess of complete wisdom. Each Major Arcana card is associated with a classical goddess plus a woman of our time, the Minors are ordinary but inspirational women, made divine through skill, work, or other contribution. 

 The Tarot Cards of the Modern Goddesses is dedicated to Pamela Coleman Smith who provided the artwork for the 1901 fully illustrated Tarot published by Rider & Co. It was sold for a very high price. She received a small fee and no royalties and is honoured as being given the place of the Magician in this deck. Choose a card a day, work put your Birth Card with the information provided, Tell A Story or write a story by choosing one card, or three cards. There is a Message from the Goddess in 3 cards, or a Triple Goddess Spread of 4 cards. 

There is additional information supplied. Don’t expect a yes or no from a reading. Ask what personal resource you need to achieve your desires. Find a reading table with a cloth, bell, herbs, candle and amethyst or white quartz. You can consecrate your cards with a given ritual including writing a letter to your new deck goddesses about your expectations and ambitions. The guidebook provides a selection of questions to ask of the Majors and a 500 word write up on the goddess and celebrity chosen to represent each one. The Minors have 60 words of meaning. There are only uprights, no reversal cards. 

Cecilia Lattari is a herbalist and actress. She teaches social pedagogy in the area of relationships and self development. Petra Braun is Austrian. Her work includes the emancipation of gender and she loves to include details in her illustrations, digital and otherwise. 

Brilliant! It’s an instructive and wisdom giving Tarot deck! Review by Wendy Stokes https://wendystokes.co.uk