Connect with the mystery and wisdom of Tarot in a totally new way with the Art Maker: Tarot Colouring Kit.
Learn how to read, interpret and gain insight from Tarot cards to help you approach and understand life's challenges and opportunities. Plus, combine the mindful and creative practice of colouring with your Tarot journey and colour in your own 78-card deck. Each card is beautifully illustrated with modern line art to colour and make your own.
• 32-page Tarot wisdom book
• 78-card Tarot deck
• 9 colouring pencils
• Drawstring bag to store cards
I've seen kits like this one around but never tried them. But then I got lucky on my birthday! While I still haven't started colouring - I'm saving them for my holiday - I've had a look through the deck and book.
The book is 32 pages, and a lot of that is taken up with spreads. It does talk a bit about the history of tarot and how to get comfortable, and it shows all the cards, but there's no meanings anywhere, apart from the spread interpretations. So this isn't for someone who knows nothing about tarot, they'd never be able to follow it. However, if you know your tarot already, the spreads are great.
There's a little drawstring bag to keep the cards in when you're done, and a set of colouring pencils. The cards shuffle nicely and feel surprisingly sturdy for this kind of set. The image on the back is not reversible:
It's a pip minor deck, only Aces and Courts have full images, with keywords on all cards, which confusingly does make this quite suited to a beginner! However, having looked through the keywords, I think that having only them and no other meanings would make doing readings quite tough, as some of them are confusing and some don't conform to the usual meanings. That's just my opinion though and other readers might find them very useful.
The book shows them all in colour, but of course those colours are only suggestions and the cards can be coloured in any way the user likes. I can see hints of RWS influence here, but in general this deck doesn't conform to those images. Cups are represented by sea animals and shells; Pentacles are woodland animals; Swords are birds; and Wands don't seem to have a theme, we have a snake, a jaguar or puma, an Egyptian cat, a salamander and a dragon! Majors have their numbers, in Arabic, at top right and lower left corners (Justice at 11 and Strength at 8); Minors Aces and Courts have their suit initial at top right and lower left, and the rest of the suit have their number, in Arabic, in those corners.
Here are some sample images:
I'm still not sure if this is meant for beginners or not - the lack of meanings and the complicated spreads make me think not, the keywords make me think yes - but either way I'm going to enjoy using it!
Lush 🙏
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