Pomegranate Tarot

Someone found this site by typing this term into a search engine. When I get terms like that I like to type them in and see what’s there. I found reference to the Edible Tarot, which was not published, and the Epicurean Tarot, which is published. The Empress/High Priestess is often shown with pomegranates, hence the association.I’m a big Tarot fan. I have 4-5 different decks and have probably two-dozen others that I’d like to own. I do daily readings for myself, and the occassional reading for others. I find the artwork and the variety of visual interpretations to be amazing. From the traditional Rider-Waite to the esoteric Osho-Zen — I love them all. One of my favorites was an unpublished deck that doesn’t even appear to be online any more, the Jewish Tarot. It was phenomenal. It was created by an Israeli tarot reader who was getting a degree in design. He interpreted the traditional cards into a truly Jewish format, which followed the styling of talmudic writings.

Some other current favorites (both traditional and oracle-esque) are the Gaian Tarot, Madame Endora’s Fortune Cards, Housewives Tarot, and Tarot of the Secret Forest. I will say that I’ve never used any of these for readings. I just think the concepts and artwork are really good. I’m a sucker for 30s-50s advertising art — which is why I love the Housewives Tarot.

I’m still looking for a deck that incorporates the Hebrew Aleph-Bet well. Usually they’re just slapped on there with little or no explaination — and the correspondences are from the Christian kabbalah, so I’m completely turned off by them.

I’m still working primarily with the Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot, which is not a traditional deck, but has served me well for more than a year now. I’ve gone through several before landing with this deck. I’ve found that I need a solid balance of dark and light and masculine and feminine. One of my early decks had great “dark” cards — but nothing was happy. A later one had brilliant happy cards, but nothing was every bad. I started looking at two specific cards to guage whether or not I could work with a deck: the tower and six of staves or rods. I want a tower that is life altering. I want to be jolted and jarred. I like a six of staves that tells me life is good that I’ve just won!

There are other cards that I look at, but either of these can be the killer to an otherwise good deck for me.

Here’s a few more take a look at. I’d love to hear what decks you all look at and what’s important to you in a deck. Share your comments below.