⍟ The Earth Mother Magic Tarot Deck is an intersectional feminist tarot deck for queer women and femme non-binary people. It was drawn entirely by hand, and designed based on it’s sister Major Arcana deck, the Sapphic Enchantress Tarot (which is also available on the Illustration Witch Shop on Etsy). The intention of Earth Mother Magic Tarot is to empower women and femme people in the face of an adversary world, to celebrate queer love, and to embrace raw feminine power through an intersectional representation of femininity. The characters in the deck are depicted through a female and queer gaze, as a statement against the mainstream symbolic violence that is wrought upon women through their representation in ways that would appeal to the male gaze. My representation of women aims to give them the power and self confidence with which to feel at home in their bodies, in the many shapes and sizes in which they exist, without the demonisation of natural and common features such as body fat, body hair, cellulite, stretch marks and scars. ⍟

⍟ Earth Mother Magic Tarot encourages readers to use the cards to tap into their intuition, explore their unique experiences as queer people and as women or femmes, and to question their relations to and places within society. (All non-binary people are welcome to use this deck, but I wanted to clarify that it might resonate more with those who are on the more feminine end of the spectrum, as the types of imagery and language used in the deck correspond to traditionally feminine archetypes, symbols and words.) This tarot deck includes representation of trans women and non-binary femmes - TERFS are not welcome to use this deck or to be in the spaces created by this tarot deck! ⍟

⍟ The Earth Mother Magic Tarot calls upon the Mother Earth archetype, illustrating a queer utopia where women and femmes live in harmony with and as a part of nature, in the absense of capitalist consumerism and of the patriarchy. The focus on anti-consumerism is reflected in the making of the tarot deck, as the cards are all manually printed and handmade by the artist. The tools used to make the tarot deck are ethically sourced wherever possible, with a focus on sustainability. The deck is also entirely vegan, approaching non-human animals as our companions in the Earth rather than as commodities or as beings to be oppressed and dominated by humans. ⍟

⍟ The tarot cards are brown, 250GSM, and 7cm x 11.5cm in size. Due to the cards being risograph printed, 250GSM was the thickest paper I could use without damaging the printer, and the cards are therefore thinner than average tarot cards, so should be stored and shuffled with care. Since the cards are all printed, cut and packaged by hand, slight imperfections such as misalignments in printing, slightly frayed cards or small bends or marks in the prints should not be considered as faults in the deck, and should instead be understood as qualities that make the decks unique as individual art pieces. ⍟

⍟ The tarot deck comes in a 12cm x 7cm x 4cm cardboard box, into which the cards fit perfectly. The deck also comes with a complementary Sun Sachet for Inner Peace and Harmony, corresponding to the warm, radiant and loving energy of the sun. These herbal sachets are made at my altar with the intention of blessing the readers of my tarot deck with positive energy, as a small thank-you gift for the support. The decks come wrapped with the sachets in brown parchment paper and twine, packaged in a bubble-wrapped envelope so they can be posted to you safely. All orders above £10 from The Illustration Witch Shop also come with a complementary self-love sachet. ⍟

⍟ If you wish to gain more insight into the cards, you may wish to read the Earth Mother Magic Tarot Zine, a guide to the symbolism behind each tarot card. The zine is written and illustrated by me, and includes more in-depth information about the making of the tarot deck, as well as advice about using the tarot cards and ideas about understanding the tarot through a queer lens. The upright and reversed meanings of each card are explained, as well as the symbolism behind each card being deconstructed. The zine also provides three tarot spreads, and a list of ideas for questions to ask the tarot. You can find the tarot zine in the "zines" section of The Illustration Witch Shop. ⍟