iTongo Tarot for Transformation
South African indigenous spiritual deck incorporating native cultural traditions and transformation.
creator unknown · 2010
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The record
Being South African, I was excited to hear about the recent release of the iTongo Tarot for Transformation, created by South African tarot reader and spiritual teacher Robyn-Anne Pollard. The iTongo tarot is a unique deck incorporating indigenousness Southern African spiritual and cultural traditions into a Western tarot format. The African perspective of iTongo is a welcome addition to the growing genre of culturally-specific decks. From the outset I was impressed by the attractive packaging and presentation with its lovely box and companion book. The cards are laminated with colored borders reflecting the Trumps and each Suit. The back of the cards show a snake in an infinity symbol. The artwork for each card is a reproduction of artist Chantal Fieldings acrylic painting and rich in color and details. The companion book gives an overview of the structure of the deck, mythology chosen and a brief description of each card. However, I found it a little haphazard in its content. There is a lack of in-depth discussion and explanations as to why specific folklore and historical events were used for specific cards. For instance, there is no mention of why bird and waterfall images were
The cards
