The Symbolic Tarot by writer Suki Ferguson and artist Ana Novaes reimagines all 78 cards of the Major and Minor Arcana through everyday objects, each one layered with meaning accumulated across generations of human experience. The symbols shift in response to the questions you bring, making space for intuition alongside interpretation. Ferguson's writing and Novaes' dreamlike illustrations work together to connect across cultures and languages through shared, primordial archetypes.
A tarot that rewards readers who want to sit with a card rather than simply look up its meaning.
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The Symbolic Tarot is the result of a creative partnership between London-based writer Suki Ferguson and Brazilian artist Ana Novaes. The 78 cards reinterpret the full tarot structure through everyday symbols, chosen not for their decorative quality but for the depth of meaning generations of human experience have pressed into them. Ferguson describes the deck as a process of discovery in the fertile space between seeing and knowing. The imagery bridges cultures and languages through primordial archetypes, rather than drawing exclusively from any one Western esoteric tradition. Readers who are drawn to associative, intuitive approaches to tarot will find this deck particularly well suited to the way they already think.
Each symbol in the deck functions as an entry point into the unconscious, with meanings that intentionally shapeshift depending on what you bring to the reading. Novaes' illustrations exist in a space between the conscious and unconscious, between reality and dream, with a deliberate focus on feminine figures and representations created far from the male gaze. The images evoke dreams waiting to be deciphered rather than fixed answers waiting to be found. Ferguson's writing adds a mythic layer that reaches across cultural and linguistic boundaries. The overall effect is a deck where feeling and wondering carry as much weight as knowing the traditional meanings.
Suki Ferguson is a writer living in London who reads tarot online for people around the world as @mirrortarot. She describes reading cards for others as one of her great joys. Ana Novaes is a Brazilian artist based in São Paulo, active in the market since 2015, with publications worldwide including Soul Mirror Oracle, Nova Witch Tarot, Feminine Myths Oracle, The Tarot of Secrets, and Soul Reflections Tarot with Blue Angel Publishing. Novaes explores the collective unconscious through symbols and images that evoke dreams, with a sustained focus on feminine figures and perspectives that exist outside the male gaze.
This deck works especially well for readers who already have a feel for tarot's basic structure and want to move toward a more intuitive, less prescriptive way of reading. Because the symbols are not tied to one specific cultural tradition, the deck lends itself naturally to open-ended reflection and journaling rather than straightforward predictive readings. The shifting layers of meaning make single-card pulls particularly rich for anyone sitting with a specific question over time. Readers who enjoy writing about their cards, or who use tarot as a contemplative practice, will find the imagery consistently generative.
Try placing a card beside a personal object that holds particular meaning for you, and let both sets of symbols speak before reaching for any written interpretation.
How does The Symbolic Tarot differ from a standard Rider-Waite-based deck?
Rather than depicting the traditional figures and scenes associated with the Rider-Waite system, The Symbolic Tarot uses everyday objects as its visual language. These symbols carry meaning accumulated across many cultures and generations, making the imagery broadly recognisable without being tied to a single Western esoteric tradition. This approach invites a more active, intuitive reading style than strictly illustrative decks tend to require.
Do I need a guidebook to use The Symbolic Tarot effectively?
The deck is designed to engage your intuition directly through its imagery, so it is possible to read with it using your own associations. That said, Ferguson's writing provides a mythic framework that adds genuine depth to each card's meaning, especially for readers who are still developing their own symbolic vocabulary. Using the accompanying text alongside the images, rather than instead of them, tends to produce the richest readings.
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| Auteur | Tess Whitehurst |
| Taal | English |
| Uitgeverij | Blue Angel Publishing |
| ISBN | 9781646713110 |
| SKU | 1234-SMBT78 |
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