Concept
Tarot cards are often associated with the occult and many people from all walks of life can find themselves interested in the practice at one point or another - witches being no exception. While not all witches use tarot cards, and not all tarot readers are witches, it is very common to find a tarot deck amongst a witch’s magical tools. I aim to create a tarot deck of my own, using a simple yet bold graphic style and a witch as the central character. I will be following tarot card staples, as well as using tropes associated with witchcraft, such as the historical treatment of women and witches, folklore and fairy tales and even carnivalesque inversion; making the powerless become powerful.
Rider Waite Tarot / Pamela Colman Smith
David Gentleman / Charing Cross Underground Mural
Autonomic Tarot / Sophy Hollington
Source: Scanned in at home
Live and Let Die / Tarot of Witches
Tarot de Marseille / Nicolas Rolichon & Marco Benedetti
Modern Witch Tarot Deck / Lisa Sterle
Source: Scanned in at home
Tarot of Witches / Fergus Hall
Source: Scanned in at home