🎃 Tiny Terrors: A Mini Horror Tarot Showcase

Just when I thought my tarot shelf couldn’t get any creepier, three mini decks crawled in from the shadows. They’re small enough to fit in your palm, but don’t let that fool you - the chills are full-sized.

Over the next few weeks I’ll be exploring three horror-themed Tiny Tarot decks, each with its own brand of spooky charm. Think of this as the trailer before the main feature - a first glimpse before I dive into full overviews of each one.

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🩸 Supernatural Tiny Tarot

You know me - I already own the full-sized Supernatural Tarot, so this mini version has a lot to live up to. How do the cards hold up when shrunk down? Does the detail (and that Winchester grit) survive the scale change? I’ll be looking closely at how it compares to its big sibling - and whether the hunters still pack a punch.

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🔪 Horror Tiny Tarot

Here’s where things get interesting. Is this deck a straight-up homage to classic horror tropes, or is it sneaking in specific characters and scenes? I’m itching to see how far it leans into the genre - are we talking gothic atmosphere, slasher cinema, or full-on monster mash? Either way, it’s looking like a bloodstained love letter to the horror canon.

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🎃 The Nightmare Before Christmas Tiny Tarot

Confession time: I’ve never seen The Nightmare Before Christmas. (Yes, yes, I know - revoke my spooky-season card.) Which makes this deck a fascinating experiment. It’s my first fandom deck from outside the fandom - so how well does it function purely as a tarot? And when I do finally meet Jack Skellington and friends, will that change my perspective? Time - and a few draws - will tell.

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Over the next few weeks, I’ll post individual first impressions of each deck, complete with photos, card feel, and usability notes. You’ll find all those links added back here as they go live, so this post becomes your one-stop hub for all things tiny and terrifying.

So grab a blanket, light a candle, and prepare for the Mini Horror Marathon - it’s going to be frightfully fun. 🕯️

Deck Review: Mini Tarot

• Includes 78 full-color, gilt-edged cards featuring new interpretations of Pamela C. Smith’s iconic images

• The accompanying booklet presents a more intuitive interpretation approach by offering quick access to each card’s meaning through fundamental keywords

• Features a travel case with a magnetic closure that allows for easy handling and enhanced portability of this mini deck

Accessible to beginners and initiated alike, this new mini Tarot deck inspired by the style of the well-loved Rider Waite Smith Tarot offers a new interpretation of Pamela C. Smith’s iconic images by French illustrator Nicolas Galkowski.

Complemented by a 104-page booklet, the 78-card full-color deck features a novel approach to Tarot interpretation by offering the fundamental concepts of the cards in a way that combines tradition and intuition. Each card of both the Major and Minor Arcana is featured with three or four keywords and a few sentences that highlight the main aspects and meanings of the card. These brief yet evocative definitions, alongside original card spreads, enable you to arrive at an interpretation both personal and unique by allowing the space between the words to fill with your own inner knowing and insight into the issues and questions at hand. This accessible approach to the Tarot empowers you to dive deeper into personal development and open yourself to intuitive ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, as well as providing a path for engaging with other, more complex divination tools.

The smaller-sized, gilt-edged cards make for smooth handling while the sturdy case with magnetic closure will serve as an attractive ritual item on any altar as well as making this mini deck a perfect traveling companion.

You can see the unboxing on tiktok or youtube and the complete flickthrough is on youtube. I also did two spreads, the interview spread and a five card spread designed for the deck. You can watch the video review on tiktok or youtube.

Wednesday spread; Five card spread, Mini Tarot deck

Welcome to the Wednesday spread! This spread comes from the LWB for this deck, so hopefully it will give us some good insight. I'm interpreting this blind - writing up each card before turning the next - and not thinking of any particular situation, so we'll see what comes out!

Wednesday Spread: Interview spread, Mini Tarot Deck

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Wednesday spread. I'm working with a new deck this week so it's the interview spread!

This is the Mini Tarot Deck from Inner Traditions, a version of the classic Rider-Waite-Smith. As always, I didn't create this spread, but if you did I'd love to hear from you!