#queer tarot

GROUP ONE

cards · page of swords, temperance, judgement, three of pentacles, queen of pentacles. 

channelled songs · dangerous woman by superm. finding your way home by the front bottoms. instagram by dean. 

hey there group one ♡ your future spouse may be slight, slim, and smaller than you in stature. because of the smallness of their physical appearance, people may tend to think there is a major age difference between the two of you – in particular, that your future spouse is considerably younger than you. to the extent that it may make people uncomfortable as they think you are dating someone who is underage or “barely legal.” 

this person may be a bit of a nerd, or at least have a nerdy-ish look to him. he may also be quiet and introverted, and prefer to work alone than with others. 

he may work in IT or in another field with computers. this job will pay well but he will not care for money or the finer things in life. as long as he has the necessities, he is happy. as long as he can fund your life and spoil you, he will be happy and content. he may also be the main breadwinner. 

GROUP TWO

cards · high priestess, king of swords, the chariot, the empress, six of cups

channelled songs · get your number by mariah carey. want you around by omar apollo. don’t you want to stay? by bill withers. 

hey there group two ♡ your future spouse will be both a caregiver, a caretaker. both in the sense of wanting to look after you and in the sense of looking after others in a professional sense, such as a nurse, physiotherapist, or personal trainer. 

for some, he may be famous or have a level of publicity that requires him to put up a front. 

he may work primarily with women or for women, and may remain closeted in order to capitalize on sex appeal or women’s sexual attraction to him – especially as his income relies on these clients recommending him to others and returning day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year.

or just to survive in a homophobic industry.

he may be a shrewd businessman who cares a lot about money and building a brand – especially as he may have to send money back home to ensure his family is taken care of. 

GROUP THREE

cards · king of pentacles, knight of pentacles, ace of cups, queen of swords, page of cups. 

channelled songs · all these things that i’ve done by the killers. lover, you should have come over by jeff buckley. real slim shady by eminem.

hey there group three ♡ your future husband may be bisexual, and you may be the first man that he has dated or had a serious relationship with. before you, he may have chosen to remain closeted or dl and only publicly date women. 

he may also have a child from one of the relationships with one of these women. while they may not have a romantic relationship anymore, your future husband may be a present co-parent and may still be very close with the mother of this child. 

truth be told, you may feel out of your depths in this relationship because it is nothing like what you have experienced in the past. or what you ever even imagined for yourself. 

GROUP FOUR

cards · ace of swords, seven of pentacles, the hierophant, ace of cups, three of wands

channelled songs · my way of life by frank sinatra. goodbye, little darlin’, goodbye by johnny cash. bus beat by the front bottoms. 

hey there group three ♡ you may meet your future husband by way of a chance encounter – in a way that feels fated; meant to happen; as if everything in the universe aligned to bring you two to this moment in time, to meet. 

and, with this, there is heavy “love at first sight” energy here.

however, you both may go your separate ways very soon after this meeting as one or both of you may have work or study commitments. 

you may then have a long distance relationship for a while, travelling back and forth as often as you can, and even staying with each other’s families for short periods of time as you each save to settle down and build a future together. 

This design is a take on something more personal to myself. Looking at the joy of being alone and the euphoria of being something that many people don’t understand. I leaned into my own experiences making something I could connect with.

This design pulls elements of eldritch and angelic character design for something very otherworldly. 

It embodies the phrases “bride to only myself” and “visceral love”, representing something seen as ‘pure’ into something slightly horrifying and awe inspiring.

The illustration focuses on the difference between how the subject character perceives themselves, and how the audience viewing the art perceives them.

The subject sees themselves as their upright meaning, “getting it right” in terms of their own identity. The audience sees the characters as their reverse meaning, with a “lack of self awareness”, and how extremely different they are from the world around them.

Despite this the design is still beautiful, with the character unabashedly happy with themselves.

In romantic illustrations, simple actions are seen through a new lens as they are done out of love. The softness and ‘love’ of an action is represented as a uniquely beautiful thing.

However these actions can also be experienced in a platonic way. Reinterpreting traditionally romantic actions into a platonic sense can help to give more sense into why these actions are important.

Because of that this illustration is centred around a scene of a wedding, as the main subject marries only themselves, working into the phrase “bride to only myself”

This is a statement of rejection towards everyone and the world around them, and shows they accept and love themselves as how they are now, and not how they could be.

The piece is balanced with the idea of “visceral love” exploring feelings of loving without restriction.

Aspec identities lie outside of typical romantic/intimate relationships, which can lead to boxing yourself in thinking that expressions of affection are limited to expressions of “love”. To love without restriction is to disregard these limits, to release yourself from the expectations of society and enjoy your life on your own terms.

Choose to be free and uncaring with your feelings, ‘love’ something without the condition of ‘loving’ it, and without caring what others will see your expression as.

The visceral need to enjoy your life and expression is more important than others' view on what ‘love’ should be. Everyone should be free to ‘love’ without condition.

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[image description: pile 1 spread, composed by three oracle cards displayed and three covered tarot cards; over these cards there is written "unveil this cards and the full reading on my patreon"]

elephant (community, perseverance): you are someone who has hope; despite what you may or may not had to live through, there's an energy of coming out on the other side and this side is bright, free and has the energy of a community that works; you may be working on building something like this or "simply" it's your dream and your natural attitude; I feel like you may be an older queer, someone who didn't have the chance of living their childhood and youth with the freedom that, at least in some places, is possible now and so you have memories and experiences that not everyone has and they let you see, have the evidence of how far we've come. There is really the energy of someone who has overcome some bad shit and now sees what's around them, recognizes the issues we need to work on, but is also very aware of the improvements from just a few years ago; there is an energy of someone who's quet, not showing off, but quietly working in the background to help who needs your help, a gentle leadership if you will

jupiter (18): Jupiter talks about expansion: you seem the type of person who always strives for more, for better, for more experiences, but not because you're never happy with what you have, but because you know that there's always room for growth, for new things, to widen your horizons; it may have a practical side, learning new things that can help you in your daily life, or just expansion for expansion's sake, for example travelling and learning how people live in another country, but without really wanting to live there - just to discover; there is also an underlying energy of "the more I know the more I am aware of what goes on" - and hence the more you can get yourself opinions and lines of action that are aligned with your values; Jupiter is the planet that is linked to Sagittarius, so it's possible that in your birth chart you have quite a bit of Sag energy (but it's not necessary, of course)

the hermit "negative": you're not done in your self search and self discovery path, there is still something, maybe some details, maybe something bigger, that doesn't really fit; it feels like you know who you are in many ways, but there's still room for more discovery in some parts because there's this feeling of something being off; this card may tell us that your authomatic instinct when you have a doubt or need to reflect on something is to close off from the world, but it may not be what you really want to do (ex. you close in yourself authomatically, but you'd like to open up with people close to you that you trust); alternatively, you may be the type of person who needs alone time not only to relax and recharge, but to be in the company of your own thoughts without external influences; you may also feel the weight of a responsability that you are now carrying by yourself (ex. single parent who's the only one responsible for their kids)

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[image description: pile 2 spread, composed by three oracle cards displayed and three covered tarot cards; over these cards there is written "unveil this cards and the full reading on my patreon"]

royal eagle (illumination, success): you have worked a lot on yourself; you have worked on who you are, what you want, what you think and believe, how you want your life to happen and now you have clarity in all these aspects; it feels like people around you may be "envious" of this, but you don't really understand why they tell you you're lucky when they can also do the same work you've done and get to a clarity for themselves too; you gave priority to all of this and you are not letting yourself just follow a society-premade pattern without ever stopping to ask youself if this is really what you want; i actually feel that you may have stopped and asked yourself everything you needed to ask before starting to build your life - and that you're building it now that you know who you are and what are you working for; tbh i wouldn't be surprised if you are somewhere on the autistic spectrum because there is a lack of influence from what society wants to assume for us that fits very well with autism (it's not necessary, ofc)

sun (13): the first of your suns! this card always gives me a feeling, for how the figure is represented, of a traveler in the desert, but in this case i think that, as a traveler connects more places with their routes, you connect all the pieces of yourself; it feels like you're a serious person, who hasn't woken up with a metaphorical full size sun in your life randomly, but who has built that full size sun putting together smaller pieces of light, until the image was complete; ex, you found out who you are - that's a mini sun (or more!) - then what you believe and don't believe in -other mini suns - then how you want to live your life - more mini suns … and in the end you've gotten to a full size sun that shines a bright and happy energy on your daily life; basically you're not luckier than anyone else, but you worked your ass off to get where you are now; there is also an energy of keeping track of things, so you may probably come back and re-check if what resonated once still resonates or if there is something that you want to change

the sun "positive"→ there's an happy and almost carefree energy and most of all there is energy, a lot of it, that you use and incanalate towards what aligns with you and makes you feel better; there is almost a vibe of the innocence of children which makes me believe even more that you're not really touched (or you work not to be) by what society assumes and expects from you and you think with your own mind and, even more, with your own heart like a child; this doesn't mean that you don't care about adult responsabilities, but that you're not letting yourself fall into a "life sucks" mentality: you are enjoying your life and it's a much more thuoghtful and on purpose thing that people may think; you are committed to enjoy your life, no matter how much work you need to do for it

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[image description: pile 2 spread, composed by three oracle cards displayed and three covered tarot cards; over these cards there is written "unveil this cards and the full reading on my patreon"]

toad (listening, secrecy): you have a mystic energy, that makes me think of those wise mentors in stories, but at the same time you seem to be focused on yourself, not on mentoring others; i think that the listening this card tells us is listening to yourself, being honest with yourself to know you better and better; especially with secrecy i feel that you are very committed to understand yourself down to the deepest depth (you may be interested in shadowwork); this card gives off an energy of deep meditation to get in touch with your true self, with the deepest parts of you, to know them too; i think you have a clear idea of who you are already, because this feels like "advanced" work: think of like going deep in the sea: you can do it only when you know how to swim and move around the surface levels; to be honest (and this is for all the cards) i wouldn't be surprised if you were a witch or something similar (you don't have to, ofc); to summarize this card i would say deep introspection; also, you may want to go deep about yourself, but possibly also about the culture you come from

capricorn (10): this card is letting us know that you not only want to discover more about yourself, but you already have a lot of certainties about your opinions, what you think and what you believe and, in perfect capricorn fashion, you are very sure about it to the point that you may come across as stubborn; i feel that it's not a matter of stubborness, tho, because you're not fixated on an opinion because you want to be right or refuse to change, but because you have tought and reflexted and worked on this opinion so now you are sure that it's the one that you think it's right and resonates for you; you're not stubborn, you're sure about what you believe; capricorn also has earth energy, which (with the next card) can tell us that you have a good balance between earth life and spiritual life

the high priestess "positive": if the capricorn tells us about earth life, the high priestess talks about spiritual life and my friend i woulnd't be surprised if you are psychic in some ways (again, you don't have to); this card has a very calm energy, the energy of someone who has no doubts in what they believe and hence, if you have one, has no doubt about their spritual practice; to go back a bit to the toad, the high priestess with her water and moon, is also about emotion and introspection, which makes me believe that you are also calm when you're facing something deep: you are not scared of what is hidden, you may even be aware that many times they're scary only bc they're hidden and once brought to light they aren't anymore; it also gives a lot of committed to know yourself energy

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