Did you miss the Lunaea Weatherstone Interview on The Alchemical Artisans Hour? Never fear–the interview is now available on YouTube! Lunaea is the creator of the Victorian Fairy Tarot. She was interviewed on The Alchemical Artisans Hour last Friday, September 27. Visit The Alchemical Artisans Hour for more information about the show.

One of the reason I love working for Lo Scarabeo is the interesting assignments they give me. Their instruction of "make a deck called the Book of Shadows that is comprised of 2 different decks" was the most challenging. Their instruction to make a 32 card inspirational deck featuring cats wasn't quite as overwhelming, but still, there were challenges. What would be the structural feature? How would I decide what cards? What kind of art would I suggest? Unlike tarot decks with their built in structure, oracle decks are wide open. My first decision was that I wanted the cards to have some internal logic. Cat breeds have certain characteristics that set them apart from other breeds. So I

Earlier this month I mentioned that I asked my tarot friends if they had any beliefs or practices that they thought others would think was controversial. One commonly shared statement was that not letting the querent shuffle was outside the normal practice. And I recently shared my fledging idea that maybe the tarot doesn't always tell us the truth but rather what we need to know, even if it isn't the truth. Another allegedly controversial belief was that astrological and Kabbalistic correspondences are not necessary and may, in fact, be overrated in learning and reading the cards.  As usual, I am interested in your thoughts and experiences with these systems. I know that I did

Earlier this month I wrote about multiple decks on single themes, specifically cat decks. Today it is fairy or faery or faerie themed decks. I have heard some of my fellow tarot lovers remark on the number of any sort of themed decks. "How many fairy-themed decks do we need?" Or "How many cat decks are possible?" What do you think? As a deck creator and as a tarot lover, I don't think that any one deck can be the end-all-be-all exploration of any theme. Every artist and creator will present different ideas, both in images and in deck structure. In addition, people are drawn to tarot not just by themes but by art. If there are several decks exploring a theme, all with different