Teen Witch Tarot - CARDS

By Brian Stevenson View Profile
This deck has a bright, highly coloured, Disney cartoon quality that will appeal to its target audience of girls aged from 8 to 18. Most of the people depicted in these cards are young, lithe and beautiful girls. Dressed in mini skirts, corsets, bikinis, hot pants and thigh boots, they all seem to have difficulty keeping their clothes on! The few men and boys that do appear are all boyishly young, muscled and usually dressed in snugly fitting shorts or jeans. Most of the Major Arcana keep their original titles and expected images. There are a few exceptions. For example, The Magician becomes The Witch, The Hanged Man becomes The Hanged One and The World becomes The Universe. All the Major Arcana have a subtitle relating to a piece of witchy paraphernalia in one of three categories: Tools, Plants and Animals. So, The Witch (Magician) has an athame, The Hierophant a walnut tree, The Hanged One a bat and so on.

The Minor Arcana suits are changed from Cups, Pentacles, Wands and Swords to Cauldrons, Boulders, Flames, and Broomsticks. The court cards are very different from their usual form, Pages become Celebrations, Knights become Moons, Queens become Goddesses and Kings become Trials. Overall, the cards traditional meanings are not always apparent from the images. This means that the deck will mainly appeal to young girls who want to look up the cards meanings in the booklet, rather than learn them. However, the deck should be a good introduction to Tarot for girls who can successfully relate to the lively images.