Tarot Decks

Subtle Tarot (formerly Dream Tarot)

I designed this deck to be my own personal deck and is the one that I use most. The colors are subtle and elegant: black, white, and cream, with just the occasional hint of another color tinting the cream. Although the mood of this deck might seem fairly serious, it’s incredibly beautiful and infinitely expressive.

After many years of reading tarot, I started to find it annoying to read with cards that had pictorial images on all the cards, major and minor. I knew so many different things that each card could mean, it was more interesting for me to see the essentially abstract image of three cups, or eight coins, rather than an image of a person doing something. It also gives a much clearer visceral sense of the reading to use a deck without pictorial images for the “pip” cards. You have an instant sense of what’s really important.

Subtle Tarot (formerly Dream Tarot)

I designed this deck to be my own personal deck and is the one that I use most. The colors are subtle and elegant: black, white, and cream, with just the occasional hint of another color tinting the cream. Although the mood of this deck might seem fairly serious, it’s incredibly beautiful and infinitely expressive.

After many years of reading tarot, I started to find it annoying to read with cards that had pictorial images on all the cards, major and minor. I knew so many different things that each card could mean, it was more interesting for me to see the essentially abstract image of three cups, or eight coins, rather than an image of a person doing something. It also gives a much clearer visceral sense of the reading to use a deck without pictorial images for the “pip” cards. You have an instant sense of what’s really important.

El Ted’s Tarot / Melissa Townsend’s Tarot

My first full deck that I designed. Originally drawn on the backs of the business cards for El Teddy’s, the hip Tribeca restaurant owned by my friend and where I began reading Tarot professionally, this deck is delightfully colorful and fun.

Although I’ve designed a number of decks, this is the first full deck that I designed and it remains one of my favourites. I drew the originals on the backs of the business cards for El Teddy’s, the hip Tribeca restaurant owned by my friend where I began reading Tarot professionally in the 1990’s. The deck was re-named “Melissa Townsend’s Tarot” when it was published by New Line, to be offered on my popular online show, Tarot To Go.

This deck is colorful and fun. With bright, inviting colors, and a strong graphic quality, it’s lighthearted and accessible. It’s easy to use and easy to learn from, with pictorial images on all of the minor arcana cards as well as the major arcana. Comes with The Tarot booklet.

El Ted’s Tarot / Melissa Townsend’s Tarot

My first full deck that I designed. Originally drawn on the backs of the business cards for El Teddy’s, the hip Tribeca restaurant owned by my friend and where I began reading Tarot professionally, this deck is delightfully colorful and fun.

Although I’ve designed a number of decks, this is the first full deck that I designed and it remains one of my favourites. I drew the originals on the backs of the business cards for El Teddy’s, the hip Tribeca restaurant owned by my friend where I began reading Tarot professionally in the 1990’s. The deck was re-named “Melissa Townsend’s Tarot” when it was published by New Line, to be offered on my popular online show, Tarot To Go.

This deck is colorful and fun. With bright, inviting colors, and a strong graphic quality, it’s lighthearted and accessible. It’s easy to use and easy to learn from, with pictorial images on all of the minor arcana cards as well as the major arcana. Comes with The Tarot booklet.

***Please note that this book is currently sold out, and will be shipped to you as soon as it is back in stock***

Although small in size, there’s a LOT of information in here and arguably more than you’ll find in many books on the Tarot - it’s grounded, practical, and down-to-earth. If you want to know about the Tarot then you will really love this booklet.

In The Tarot booklet you’ll learn how to do a reading, information surrounding the Tarot, picking a card, learning what each card means and much, much more.

The descriptions for each card are structured around learning the tarot by picking a card a day, so the first thing is a brief, “what it means if you picked this card” for your day, followed by more information about what the card means, what kinds of things, literally, the card tends to show happening. Finally, I include the traditional meanings for each card.

***Please note that this book is currently sold out, and will be shipped to you as soon as it is back in stock***

Although small in size, there’s a LOT of information in here and arguably more than you’ll find in many books on the Tarot - it’s grounded, practical, and down-to-earth. If you want to know about the Tarot then you will really love this booklet.

In The Tarot booklet you’ll learn how to do a reading, information surrounding the Tarot, picking a card, learning what each card means and much, much more.

The descriptions for each card are structured around learning the tarot by picking a card a day, so the first thing is a brief, “what it means if you picked this card” for your day, followed by more information about what the card means, what kinds of things, literally, the card tends to show happening. Finally, I include the traditional meanings for each card.