My First
Beginner-focused tarot with upright and reversed meanings integrated into card illustrations.
by Eleanor Hammond · 2016
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The record
There are many tarot decks that feature writing as part of the overall presentation such as the Hexen 2.0 which has many concepts and buzzwords incorporated into and forming its illustrations, The Beginner Tarot which gives upright and reversed meanings at the top and bottom of the central illustration, and The Tarot of The Bastard which has the option to have keywords printed into the frame around the illustrations. However, none come close to the unusual concept embodied in My First Tarot. This deck has no central illustrations whatsoever, but rather features a framework containing divinatory meanings which can be read in conjunction with the position the card falls into, in a specific layout. It is in a sense a post-modern deck, the tarot deck you have when you don't have a tarot deck. Part of the idea informing this deck is that when shorn of images only the meaning remains. Having said that, it would be beyond unwise to dismiss tarot images is merely garnish they are powerful psychological and occult prompts and cues that help connect the reader to information which is not readily at hand, or obvious. The images also provide a focus for connection with the divine, and have a
The cards
