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Hey, pal.
Beltane has come and gone. In Welsh, it’s Calan Haf – the primary day of summer time. It’s blossom and bees, birthdays, fires and rain. Seedlings and digging and artwork. Weekends filling up in that method these middle-months do. Transition. Reaching tendrils of latest development. Only a few brief weeks til solstice. It’s a phenomenal and tiring time of yr. There’s abruptly a lot to do. I maintain my prayer shut – I do much less, so I can love extra – as I really feel for my yesses and my nos amidst the rising tide of exercise.
Meet our great creators!
I’ve been busy speaking with a few of the creators of our stunning decks and books. I need to put individuals earlier than merchandise on this area, join the artwork with the artist and them with you, our group and clients. Completely we promote a stunning number of indie tarot decks – and the humans that designed them are a magical bunch of people. I hope you’ll take pleasure in attending to know everybody 🙂
This web page is a piece in progress – slowly, I’m attain out to creators to speak about their work, their apply, their identities and politics. In April, I used to be excited to share interviews with two of our favorite creators: Casey Rocheteau and Charlie Burgess.
Casey Rocheteau
On surviving 2020 and embracing queer monsters.
“All of my artwork, all of my work actually, is an expression of my queerness, whether or not that’s sexuality or gender. The overwhelming majority of queer and trans people have, in some unspecified time in the future of their lives, come up in opposition to somebody or one thing that has made them really feel like they’re one thing apart from human, and whereas that’s typically a traumatic expertise, there’s such a liberatory joi de vivre I really feel in queer areas, after I’m experiencing queer artwork, and even after I see one other queer particular person passing by on the road.
I believe that has a lot to do with queer liberation being a each day and communal apply. To me, it’s much less about confronting the chaos or the monstrosity than it’s about embracing it.”
Charlie Claire Burgess
In their very own phrases, on ‘changing into’ an artist and creating the Fifth Spirit Tarot.
“I’m a inventive author and digital artist who didn’t take into account myself an artist till I began to create my first tarot deck, Fifth Spirit Tarot.
As a queer and non-binary one that’s married to a transgender man, my identities actually inform my artwork as a result of they’re an intrinsic a part of who am I and the way I understand and expertise the world. Queer and trans illustration have been on the core of my imaginative and prescient for Fifth Spirit Tarot and are central in my persevering with work, and my understanding of Tarot itself is predicated in my perspective as a queer and non-binary particular person.”
#FREESIYANDA
21-year-old Siyanda Mngaza, a black girl, was tenting and having enjoyable with associates in Wales final yr when she was the sufferer of a racist assault. She defended herself – but as an alternative of listening and defending her, police arrested her for GBH in opposition to her white attackers. She is now in jail serving a 4 and a half yr sentence.
Siyanda’s mom together with BAME Legal professionals for Justice and others are working a fierce marketing campaign to struggle this outrageous racism and get justice for Siyanda – and it actually wants all people’s help.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOICE: There’s an online rally hosted by United for Black Lives subsequent Sunday twenty third Could, and freesiyanda.com has 4 clear actions you may take to point out your help and sollidarity. Follow the campaign and spread the word on IG @freesiyanda.
In different information…
The Oriens Tarot has been picked up by a mainstream writer – congratulations, Sun! We’ll miss this stunning bestseller. Happily we now have yet one more batch of Oriens mini decks (certainly one of Hele’s faves!) and guidebooks on the best way, so that you’ll nonetheless have the ability to get a self-published deck for those who’d like. They’ll be right here in a couple of weeks.
HO YES there will likely be an Octavia E Butler Tarot Deck – as followers of the *wonderful* Octavia’s Parables podcast will already know. Check out this first peek!
Casey Rocheteau is searching for a US stockist or writer of their Shrine of the Black Medusa Tarot. If that’s you, or you’ve a sizzling tip, contact Casey!
Cedar McCloud is reprinting the Numinous Tarot later this yr – yippeee! Vibrant, inclusive, joyfully queer, that is certainly one of our most beloved decks. We’ll have it in inventory late autumn, or you may pre-order directly from Cedar right here.
In case you are ready for information of the Akamara Tarot, I’m afraid I can’t say why it’s taking all this time …it merely is. I hope a lot we’ll have this highly effective and delightful deck in quickly.
Astrologer Alice Sparkly Kat has a brand new guide popping out! Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power & Labour is accessible for pre-order now. In the meantime you may take a look at Alice’s frankly good self-published books – Astrology and Storytelling and Planetary Alignment for Mental Bliss Planetary Alignment for Mental Bliss within the LRT Store, and I’m excited to be speaking with them in regards to the new guide subsequent week 🙂
Deck recc
This month’s deck advice is Lettie Jane Rennekamp’s Many Queens Tarot. Giant, sturdy playing cards with Lettie’s distinctive, hanging illustrations of beautiful genderfluid beings in gardens and rivers and scattered with diamonds… for me, readings with this deck really feel like a weepy hug from a strong, never-judges-you finest pal.
Here is a beautiful spring cleaning tarot spread by adrienne maree brown.
Have a phenomenal weekend, associates. You’re fabulous, and also you’re doing nice.
Beth xx
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