I’m psyched to do @hillbillyoracle‘s NonBinary November Tarot Challenge again this year!
Last year, I used ‘The New Tarot’, a deck printed in the mid-1970s, and it was my very first Tarot deck. Its images are all high-contrast black&white artwork, and all human/humanoid figures in it are for the most part, very, very gendered.
This year, I’m going to use ‘The Numinous Tarot’, a deck printed in 2018, and my latest acquisition. It is very, very deliberately not gendered, and the art is in vibrant color.
On the altar above, the card shown is V The Visionary, which is what came up after my first thorough shuffling on the question of how the deck feels about working with me this month on this challenge. Among the key words for this card, which is the Hierophant renamed, are truth-seeking, self-determination, and spirituality. I think we’re going to have a fine time together, and I expect I will learn a lot about myself and my relationship to gender in the process.
Also above, I must confess that the other day when I reblogged the gorgeous green isopod by @itsthebeastpeddler, I did so immediately after buying her. I couldn’t believe she was still in the shop when I got there! Her name is Sebastian and she’s going to follow along with me for this.
In addition to the deck and guidebook, I have a currently-blank-but-soon-to-be-written-in journal with a trans flag sticker already on it. Now that I’ve got the altar set up and a printout of all the prompts, my plan is to work in the journal first, then photograph and transcribe my notes for posting here.
