Trans Tarot Resources

I can’t answer that for you, Anon. There’s pros and cons to transitioning that I cannot weigh for you. I will point out that you can transition in some aspects of your life, and not in others (depending on how you define “transition”), so it doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing thing. 

Best of luck Anon!

Sincerely,

Hello! 

My recommendations for a first deck tend to be a generic, “Go with what you feel called to get” ... which doesn’t help you necessarily if you’re struggling to decide between several decks!

I will say that price isn’t always an indication of quality. There are some really well-made $20 decks and really crappy made $60 decks. 

For gender-inclusive decks (which is what this blog is all about), I don’t know that many that are mass-market. I’m actually blanking on any mass-market decks that showcase different genders and acknowledge that “Kings” don’t have to be men and “Queens” don’t have to be women, for example. I know plenty of indie decks, but if you’re worried about price-point that can be tricky.

I’m going to post this in the tarot tags in hopes that others can recommend to you their favorite decks, or maybe the decks they started with?

At any rate, I hope you find your first deck and you have an amazing connection with it!

This I have not personally encountered, but it doesn’t seem a far leap away from decks having their own personality (which I have encountered). That sounds like a very lively deck with lively cards! :D 

Has anyone else had this experience? 

Hello Anon!

First off, you can totally do readings for yourself. It can be tricky sometimes for me to do a reading for myself if I’m too emotionally invested, but I pull cards for myself all the time when I’m not too emotional to be level-headed about the results. 

I have a workbook I made to help people get familiar with their tarot decks, which you can find [ here ]. It’s 100% free and has exercises that you can do to help get comfortable with a deck and with reading cards. 

But my #1 starting-out-tip is to just practice by doing informal readings (using the guidebook, using just your intuition, or even using both.) The best way to do informal readings in my opinion is to read for fictional situations. Either pick a TV show you watch, a book you like, or even a fairy tale and read for a character within that fiction. For example, a class I went to had us read for Cinderella right after she was told she couldn’t go to the royal ball. What advice would your cards give her in that moment?

I hope this helps Anon! Best of luck to you :)

Hello! Congrats on your new deck :D

So for cleansing, you can use incense instead of sage to smoke-cleanse the deck. I think that’s perfectly reasonable, with better results being incense that has cleansing properties (however you define that.)

Another way to cleanse your deck is to leave it out in the sunlight or moonlight, like on a windowsill.

Put a cleansing crystal with the deck is another way to cleanse.

Or bubbles! Similar to smoke cleansing, just waft some air bubbles over the deck (probably shouldn’t submerge into water given most cards are made of paper, so be careful!)

Also worth mentioning is that cleansing gets rid of energy, but you should probably put some intent or some charging so the deck is “programmed” how you want it to be after cleansing. 

Those are the methods that come immediately to mind.

Does anyone else know of any other methods?

Good question... I honestly don’t know? I’m not sure if I’ll make any sibling blogs to this on other platforms :/ I’ll think about it though.

Hello! What a wonderful gift idea :) Here are some places you can get tarot decks:

- Metaphysical Stores: If you live in an area with a metaphysical store, there is a high possibility that they carry tarot decks there. 

- Book Stores: Places like Barnes n’ Noble and Half-Priced Books have tarot decks in stock usually (usually in their metaphysical section.) Local book stores are hit-or-miss if they’ll carry tarot decks.

- Etsy: There are a LOT of indie decks on Etsy. Take a look using the search function by typing in “Tarot Deck” to see what you get. (Be careful -- this also sometimes turns up results for tarot readings, which isn’t going to get you a deck!)

- Amazon: Like Etsy, type in “tarot decks” in Amazon’s search engine and you’ll find a lot of tarot decks.

- Ebay: Again, search for “Tarot Deck” and see what you find. Be aware if the deck is used and what kind of condition it’s in before you buy.

Check out @decklove if you want to see decks, particularly the tumblr’s “Deck Pictures” tag. Then you can google the deck and try to find the deck that way.

I hope this helps! And good luck!