The Gentle Tarot

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The Gentle Tarot is a hand-drawn tarot deck inspired by decolonizing the practice of tarot, compassion for mental health, and connection to our natural environment as a source of s upport and meaningful relation. The Gentle Tarot is a classic 78-card deck, with some illustrations rooted in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition and others arising from intuitive, creative processes. There are variations in the suits and court cards. The Swords have been replaced with Thunder, and the Pentacles with Stones. Similarly, the court cards are Seed, Root, Flower, and Harvest instead of Page, Knight, Queen, and King. This renaming represents internal stages of growth with a direct connection to nature and a conscious distancing from colonial symbols. The deck includes 89 cards with an extra Major Arcana card and two Lovers card options (non-human butterfly and gender-neutral human). An additional eight cards are a colorful batch of Quick Reference Keys, Sample Spreads, Opening and Closing Intentions, and a personal note with a link to the PDF guidebook. Show more