2024 Deck Reviews in Review

On By benebellIn cartomancy, deck review, tarot, tarot community

In 2024 I shared 12 deck reviews, which I’ll assemble here in this “deck reviews in review” post. With my focus and time directed elsewhere, I haven’t been able to write up as many deck reviews as I had in years past, though you’ll find more decks covered on my Instagram feed with mini reviews, including deck hauls and snapshots of how I work with these decks.

All decks I feature on this site were either gifted to me or sent to me by the publisher for prospective (but never guaranteed) review.

Here’s a revisit of the 12 decks I covered on this site in 2024.

Tarot of the Guiding Muse by Ted Hsu

Following the story of Emi, a character inspired by the artist’s wife, and Emi’s cats, this is a deck that brings together modern Japanese animation and traditional Japanese woodblock print. Hsu integrates the logical mindset of his neuroscience background with the creative intuitive feeling of the tarot in a deck that reminds us to acknowledge and appreciate the details of everyday life.

The Vedic Tarot: East Meets West, by Dwina Murphy-Gibb

A tarot deck that integrates tarot archetypes with Vedic teachings, the Irish Ogham Tree alphabet, the Kabbalah, and music theory, the Vedic Tarot is colorful, vibrant, and bold. With surrealist imagery and mesmerizing lines, this is a thoughtful, cross-cultural deck for deep contemplation.

Missing Witches Deck of Oracles by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok

An oracle deck for feminist ancestor magic, meditation, divination, and spellwork. The deck features feminist icons of the past and present, each ascribed with oracular keywords. Their stories will inspire and empower through this interdisciplinary, activist, and educational deck of cards.

Unicorn’s Journey Tarot by Lisa Papez and Francesca Paiocchi

Lisa Papez, a beloved fixture in the tarot community and valued tarot content creator, brings us this exquisite unicorn-themed deck with a storybook aesthetic. Rich with intricate details, an ethereal quality, and a relatable narrative arc following the journey of Mystic, a nonbinary unicorn, this is a deck premised on themes of self-worth and authentic living.

The Fool’s New Journey Tarot by John Matthews and Charles Newington

A new approach to tarot architecture, this 60-card trump set takes the proverbial Fool on a different narrative journey. The rustic, minimalist, and timeless style of art helps to perfectly reimagine The Fool’s Journey, conceptualized by one of the tarot greats, John Matthews.

Cat Aura Tarot by Malumir R. Logan and E. C. Mazur

A storytelling deck featuring a cast of curious, courageous, and happy felines. E. C. Mazur’s detailed illustration style brings Malumir Logan’s tarot concept to life. This deck blends Kabbalistic and chakra correspondences with the tarot. While cat-themed, this is a deck that facilitates energy work and understanding of the auric field.

Inner Light Tarot by Serena Borsella

A modern femme boho-chic tarot deck radiating with the light of a California summer sun. This deck promotes themes of physical fitness, mental relaxation, and meditation, aiming to inspire a union of body, mind, and spirit.

Cosmic Wisdom Tarot by Ethony and James Fenner

A beautifully illustrated tarot deck in a modern graphic novel style that blends inspiration from action and adventure genres, textures that mimic traditional painting techniques, and atmospheric environments. For the indie comic lover and designed with accessibility in mind, the Cosmic Wisdom Tarot will be great for total beginners and seasoned readers alike.

Wisdom of Pooh Tarot: Christopher Robin Box Set

Walk-through of the Special Edition Christopher Robin Box Set with art by Kat L. Amsel, featuring the classic Winnie the Pooh illustrations from E. H. Shepard. The Wisdom of Pooh Tarot is a charming deck cast with the beloved characters of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin. A delightful picture book that connects cherished childhood memories with the timeless journey of self-discovery.

Lepus Tarot by Witchy Cauldron

Illustrated by Artem Chernobai, this is a deck featuring rabbits, inspired by the constellation Lepus, eternally hunted by Orion. Here we see themes of the prey reclaiming power away from the predator. Hares emphasize the themes of agility and acting on instinct and intuition. The art featured in this deck is reminiscent of a noir style, cinematic with a dark, moody atmosphere and dramatic color contrast.

Tarot de El Dios de los Tres (The God of Three Tarot) by Javier Navarro

A walk-through of Javier Navarro’s Tarot de El Dios de los Tres (Tarot of the God of Three), a deck that is counterculture, cheeky, yet substantive and thoughtful. It blends pop iconography with the sacred imagery of world religions.

The Knight-Waite Tarot by Astrologer and Psychic Michele Knight

A beginner’s tarot deck and guidebook set that seasoned readers and collectors will also love — this is a photo-collage deck by celebrated, award-winning psychic Michele Knight, once voted “UK’s Favourite Psychic.”

DECK REVIEWS DATABASE

You can find all past deck reviews in this alphabetical-ordered database

2024 INSTAGRAM FEATURES

More decks, featured on my Instagram in 2024:

Some of the snapshot glimpses of decks I shared on Instagram this past year will reappear as full deck reviews here on this site in 2025.

Charting 12 Goals in my 2025 day planner with Jennifer Cooper Steidley’s Symdala Tarot

Tarot Friends: Which deck did you work with the most this past year?

2 thoughts on “2024 Deck Reviews in Review”

  2. Unknown's avatar Anonymous

    The other ones I sent you in the mail that you didn’t even review yet! Just kidding, no worries, take your time, if at all. Relatively little is needed to read something and then do the meditation, but if you want the mystical symbols to unfold themselves, that might take thousands of years and multiple lifetimes. For example if you look for 勾股定理 in wands or swords, the layout isn’t just going to show its legs and tell you which one is longer, which one is shorter, in terms of numerical values and a right angle. Even if you compare with book of changes, the closest you can get is between 訟 and 同. Take the hook + 1 and the root of public, put them together, what do you get? A big mysterious “禸” and we’re off in the woods looking for unicorns again, probably never coming home to 理. Oh well, that’s the beauty of these things: There are so many you don’t need to get fixated on any one of them. You can probably even get lost enough to starve to death, but please don’t do that. We want more of your brilliant writing. So anyways, what’s next for Benebell Wen? You would be a great note taker for the Tao Te Ching, so my vote is keep going on that! –Brad

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