Witchy
Rebellious tarot for teen witches with contemporary, cool aesthetic and accessible instruction.
creator unknown · 2003
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The record
I can't say this is one of the best Tarot decks I've had to review lately, but then I think I'm a few years out of its target market. Published by Lo Scarabeo, the box describes these cards as 'beautiful, elegant and rebellious, the teen witches walk among us. 78 Arcana with cool instructions'. The introduction in the little white book is written by Carl Wesche Llewellyn and rhapsodises about Wicca and Witchcraft, but, incongruously, there seems to be little in the deck that is more than superficially associated with those beliefs. The deck idea is credited to Laura Tuan, creator of the Spirit of Flowers Tarot and the Angel Voices Oracle. The deck art is by Antonella Platono and has a colour-saturated, cartoonish, Disneyish quality. The people in these unusually glossy cards are also uniformly young, lithe and beautiful, all barring the High Priestess Hierophant, Hermit & Death. Dressed in split skirts, bustiers, bikinis, hot pants and matching boots, they are happy, fun loving and lively " the young at heart, new to the road of life." Embodying the stereotypes of witches old and new, pointy witches' hats and witches on broomsticks are everywhere. There's also little to associate t
The cards
