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Tarot, Oracle, Astrology Decks and Guides for the Whimsical and Spiritual Mystics
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items A no BS list for beginners and veterans wanting to dive in or deeper into tarot, oracle, and astrology meanings, symbolism, and readings.
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Tarot & Oracle Decks
A spread (haha, get it?) of tarot, oracle, astrology cards for any level
Ugggh, love these moonology oracle cards. The art work was the first deck that made my hair on my arms to lift up because it was that visually pleasing to me.
The Dark Moon Oracle: 48-Card Deck & Guidebook
Okay, I was unnecessarily so excited over discovering this box has a magnetic part to it. This deck seems simplistic because of the fine line but it has so much detail to analyze for your readings. The guide for it is also easy to understand and well...
The Citadel Oracle Deck: Fantasy Oracle Cards
The classic deck. Great for beginners.
The Rider Tarot Deck® with Instruction Booklet
Clean, non-cluttered deck to enhance any reading. Perfect if you're building a reading spread that needs a splash of color or to go with a simple design theme
Prism Oracle: Tap into Intuition with Color
I'd love to use this tarot deck for shadow work readings. The artist did a wonderful job on depicting the symbolism of each card. Mythical, magical, and witchy.
Blood Moon Tarot
Vintage feel with beautiful artwork of woodland animals and herbal plants. Such a gentle deck for those nuanced interpretive readings.
Woodland Wardens: 52-Card Oracle Deck & Guidebook
Oh wow, these are beautiful, whimsical and light-hearted version of the classic tarot deck. Definitely thinking of using this one for the light-related/purpose/spiritual quest readings.
Pastel Dreams Tarot Deck, 78 Cards & Guide
Question cards for shadow work reading to clarify or focus a spread and target a specific issue/theme.
Shadow Work Self-Reflection Deck: Healing Trauma
Astrology deck to enhance your readings. Use these amazing-looking art to interpret messages with.
Heavenly Bodies Astrology Deck & Guidebook
If words are more your thing, here's a unique astrology deck that has all the meanings and symbolism of everything astrology. Great tool to use to learn astrology as well.
The Astrology Deck: Guide to Meanings & Myths
Glimpse the cosmos with this astrology deck and enhance any readings and messages.
Black Moon Astrology Cards
Another shadow work oracle deck to help enhance your spiritual readings
The Shadow Work Deck: 40-Card Deck, Guidebook, & Workbook
Cannot wait to get this in the mail. I've always loved Nordic mythology.
Nordic Forest Rituals Oracle Cards: Bringing Ancient Wisdom Into Modern Life (Oracle Kit Box Set with 49 Cards and Guide Book)
Each of these cards makes me feel like I'm stepping into different doors. I can't wait to use this in a reading.
The Infinite Door: A Tarot Deck and Guidebook
Amazing artwork for an oracle deck that seems so peaceful. There are some cards that feel really powerful. I think this is a deck that is best paired with a similar theme or visual to get the best reading with
The Luminescent Oracle: 44-Card Oracle Deck with Hand-Painted Portraits of Women Warriors, and 36-Page Guidebook of Feminine Wisdom and Inspirational Stories
Books & Guides
Guidebooks for beginners and veterans who want to developed a nuanced and layered understanding of tarot, oracle, and astrology (I will add more books as I go through my entire tarot, magic, astrology TBR list)
I found this guide to be really applicable and beginner-friendly. Guidebooks for the classic deck tend to lean more toward generalized symbolism and meanings which leaves a lot of room for interpretting. But this book gives you a decent example and u...
Tarot for Real Life: Find Answers Daily
I use this in tandem with other guidebooks. I think this book has much more accessible language than the provided guidebook that comes with the classic deck, so this can be great for beginners too.
Tarot & Oracle Card Reading For Dummies
Okay I know this is a picture book but if you want beginner, beginner understanding of major arcana cards, this is for you. It definitely help clarify the base message for each major arcana's lesson.
The Children's Illustrated Book of Tarot
I really liked how this book makes you pay attention to what detail of a card you saw first and that's how it directs you to read the card and overall message. Normally, I focus on the entire picture/theme of the card but this book guides you to do n...
The Big Book of Tarot Symbols: Beginner's Guide
I was a tad skeptical at first after reading a few pages because it was a lot and felt like a lot of words being written and not a lot of meaning. So I was wondering if it's just going to provide post-colonial historical context. But then it did prov...
Red Tarot a book by Christopher Marmolejo - Bookshop.org US
E-book version but this is a pretty good starter book to understand what every sign, planet, house means, however, if you're hoping it'll help you read your natal chart directly, this isn't for you. It helps you understand the framework to read your ...
Astrology for Life: The Ultimate Guide to Finding Wisdom in the Stars
Beautiful one-part guide to tarot cards and one-part history book about tarot, how it came to be, how it was used and seen back then, what secret societies emerged from their symbolism and what influenced modern tarot as we know them today. A hefty-s...
Tarot. the Library of Esoterica
This is of the same series as the Tarot one. It dives into the history of witchcraft, including non-western magicks and witchcraft. Such a fascinating read with more beautiful artwork and imagery.
Witchcraft. the Library of Esoterica
If you're open to exploring your shadow side and healing your inner child, then this is a great reference and guide to using tarot to explore that. This book has some starter tarot reading spreads you can use to begin your own shadow reading.
Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow: Magickal Tools and Tarot to Confront Your Fears and Free Your Potential
While the title focuses on the Ascendant/Rising Sign, this book also talks about your South and North Node and the connection between each other and the houses that they fall into.
Secrets of Your Rising Sign: Discover Your Past and True Self
I found this immensely helpful in understanding the meaning behind each sign, houses, and planets so that I could use the vocabulary to actually start reading my own natal chart. It also gives you a basic template of how to read your birth chart, lik...
Use Your Planets Wisely: Master Your Ultimate Cosmic Potential with Psychological Astrology
If there is one Tarot book guide/reference you should ever buy, it's this. I love, love this book because it really teaches you to see and examine the cards and the connection between them and not just in a linear fashion. I was so mind-blown about h...
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness (a New Edition of the Tarot Classic)
With such an ironic title, I had to give this book a try. And actually, I loved the insights of when you're acting on a lower vibration or higher one as well as the psychological profiles of each sign with expansion to if it lands on a certain planet...
I Don't Believe in Astrology: A Therapist's Guide to the Life-Changing Wisdom of the Stars
Other
Just thought these were fun little additions to this list
Want a little more to do with tarot or want to relax and stew in some meditative puzzling? This 1000 piece is the perfect activity to do alone or together.
The Illuminated Tarot Puzzle: A Meditative 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults
Connect better with your cards with these tarot-specific recipes
Divine Your Dinner: A Cookbook for Using Tarot as Your Guide to Magickal Meals
At first, I thought this was a guide book, but it's a book-sized journal to help you record your readings. It's got templates inside.
The Complete Tarot & Oracle Journal
Another guided Tarot Journal for you to record your readings, see the patterns, and grow as a tarot reader
The Weiser Tarot Journal: Guidance and Practice (for Use with Any Tarot Deck--Includes 208 Specially Designed Journal Pages and 1,920 Full-Color Tarot Stickers to Use in Recording Your Readings)