Oct 4 - 9 of Wands

9 of Wands Across Decks 🎴✨

It's an uphill slope, but I won't lose hope

The 9 of Wands is the card of perseverance, determination and holding on through dark times. It's the card of refusing to be beaten. Across decks, artists have shown this in different ways.

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1. Witch's Cat — Feline friends

The Witch's Cat deck leans into the recovery phase. These cats are sleeping around a fire, regaining strength to keep going tomorrow. They're getting ready for a new push.

9 of Wands Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Recovery, perseverance, preparation
• 🎨 Emotional tone: Weary, peaceful, quietly determined
• ✨ Unique: Resting isn't giving up - it's gathering strength for tomorrow

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2. Cosy Witch — Meditative magic

A witch kneels in front of her altar, studying a candle. The mantra here is pitch perfect; 'it would take a hell of a lot more to defeat you.' She's not defeated; she's planning her comeback.

9 of Wands Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Resilience, inner strength, determination
• 🎨 Emotional tone: Focused, defiant, quietly powerful
• ✨ Unique: Turning inward to find the strength to keep fighting

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3. Light Seers — Boho beauty

A young woman leans on her wand, surveying the path ahead. She's made it this far and she'll make it the rest of the way when she's ready.

9 of Wands Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Endurance, persistence, progress
• 🎨 Emotional tone: Tired, hopeful, resolute
• ✨ Unique: Pausing to look at how far you've come before continuing

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Reflection:
Across decks, the 9 of Wands reminds us that resilience doesn't mean never getting tired. Sometimes we need to rest, regroup and find our strength before taking the next step. What helps you keep going when you're weary?

Caption:
Stay strong, the end is near. 🌙✨

Aug 31 - 3 of Pentacles (images)

3 of Pentacles Across Decks 🎴✨

I get by with a little help from my friends

The Three of Pentacles is the card of teamwork, collaboration and shared expertise. Traditionally, it's shown as skilled craftspeople working together, but modern decks use all sorts of settings to show what happens when people bring their different skills together.

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1. Unfolding Path — Modern and bright

Bees are some of nature's most famous team players, and this card brings that idea to life with honeycomb, an orchard in bloom, and a young worker learning from an older one. It's a bright, modern take on the traditional meaning of the card.

3 of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Teamwork, mentorship, shared knowledge, craftsmanship
  🎨 Emotional tone: Warm, productive, encouraging
  ✨ Unique: The bees make the collaborative nature of the card literal, while the older worker teaching the younger one adds the idea that skills are passed from one generation to the next.

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2. Witch's Cat — Cute but meaningful

The Witch's Cat shows three paws, each contributing an ingredient to help the plant in the centre grow. They're working together to create something new. 

3 of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Cooperation, contribution, growth, shared purpose
  🎨 Emotional tone: Playful, hopeful, nurturing
  ✨ Unique: Each cat contributes something different, showing that teamwork doesn't mean everyone doing the same thing. The finished creation depends on all three.

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3. Tarot Draconis — Scary but honest

Although the huge looming dragon could be a bit distracting in this card, he seems to be offering advice to the stone carver, who's concentrating hard on his work. Advice can come from anywhere, even an unusual source, and still be valued.

3 of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Learning, mentorship, expertise, openness
  🎨 Emotional tone: Curious, thoughtful, slightly mysterious
  ✨ Unique: The teacher is an enormous dragon rather than another human craftsperson, reminding us that useful knowledge can come from unexpected places.

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Reflection:
Across decks, the 3 of Pentacles emphasises the value of working together and honing skills. It shows us that learning from each other lifts us all. Who can you teach, or learn from, today?

Caption:
Together, we build success. 🌙✨

Aug 5 - The Magician (images)

The Magician Across Decks 🎴✨

I can chase the wind

The Magician is the force of creation, of imagination made real and possibilities spoken into being. He never says 'I can't' - he says 'what if I could?' Across decks, artists represent this in different ways.

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1. Witches Tarot — Classic inspired

This deck is based closely on RWS imagery, with a magician standing over a table holding his elements. This version is a bit more dramatic than the usual, with huge arm movements and a storm brewing in the background, but the classic elements are all there.

Magician Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Creation, willpower, skill, manifestation
  🎨 Emotional tone: Powerful, dramatic, energetic
  ✨ Unique: The storm around the Magician emphasises that this is active creation - he isn't waiting for magic to happen; he's making it happen.

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2. Witch's Cat — Cute and meaningful

This Magician is more like the wise guide of stories, watching with a benevolent look. He's ready to make his move, but he's letting us try first.

Magician Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Guidance, potential, learning, hidden ability
  🎨 Emotional tone: Patient, encouraging, wise
  ✨ Unique: This version focuses on the Magician as the person who helps others discover their own power.

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3. Cat's Tarot — Fun and lively

This Magician is enjoying himself! He's not worried about anything else right now, just doing as he pleases. He's a lighter version of the card.

Magician Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Curiosity, confidence, experimentation, play
  🎨 Emotional tone: Joyful, mischievous, carefree
  ✨ Unique: It reminds us that creation doesn't always begin with a grand plan. Sometimes it begins with "what happens if I try this?"

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Reflection:
Across decks, the Magician shows us how focus and intention transform ideas into reality. Which part of your life needs some focus today?

Caption:
Your power begins with intention. 🌙✨

Jun 3 - Three of Cups (Images)

Three of Cups Across Decks 🎴✨

I get by with a little help from my friends

The Three of Cups celebrates love, friendship and enjoyment. It usually shows a party or friends dancing together, emphasizing joy and fun. A few decks do change it up a bit, though!

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1. Unfolding Path — Modern and sweet

These friends have reached the tired and giggly stage of their time together. They're completely comfortable in each others' company, relaxed and playful.

Three of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Friendship, emotional support, shared happiness, belonging
  🎨 Emotional tone: Warm, relaxed, affectionate
  ✨ Unique: Instead of focusing on a celebration itself, this card captures what comes after - the comfortable ease of people who know each other well. It suggests that true friendship isn't just about special occasions, but about feeling at home together.

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2. Witchs Cat — Cute but deep

These magical cats are enjoying each others' company. The Perthro rune represents the dice cup, suggesting that they enjoy playing games together - and, perhaps, that their friendship was divinely fated.

Three of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Friendship, good fortune, playfulness, connection
  🎨 Emotional tone: Cheerful, cosy, slightly magical
  ✨ Unique: The Perthro rune introduces an element of fate and chance. Whether through luck or destiny, these cats have found companions who bring joy to their lives, reminding us that some friendships feel meant to be.

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3. Patch Tarot — Colourful and meaningful

In this card, the characters are laying on the ground, evoking the easier friendships of childhood. The fruits and nuts surrounding them suggest abundance and harvest. 

Three of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Community, abundance, shared experiences, gratitude
  🎨 Emotional tone: Nostalgic, peaceful, content
  ✨ Unique: The relaxed pose evokes childhood summers and unstructured time with friends. Surrounded by the harvest, the card suggests that relationships, like gardens, flourish when they're nurtured over time.

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Reflection:

Across decks, the Three of Cups celebrates friendship, community and shared joy. Life is easier when we have people to laugh with, lean on and celebrate alongside.

What have you done lately that deserves celebration?

Caption:
Celebrate together. 🌙✨

Apr 29 - The Lovers (Images)

The Lovers Across Decks 🎴✨

What if we rewrite the stars?

The Lovers is often seen as the card of romance, but at heart it's about making choices - choosing your person, your path or your new way of life. Across decks artists have imagined this in different ways.

Mar 29 - Page of Pentacles (Images)

Page of Pentacles Across Decks 🎴✨

Nobody learns without gettin' it wrong

The Page of Pentacles is one of the students of the deck. Pentacles are willing to put in the time and learn from their mistakes. Decks show this dedication in different ways.

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1. RWS — Classic and well known

In the RWS deck, the Page is entranced by his Pentacle, learning every detail of it. He's utterly absorbed by this task.

Page of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Absorption, concentration 
  🎨 Emotional tone: Determination
  ✨ Unique: The RWS is the basis for many modern decks.

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2. Witch's Cat — Deeper than it looks

This Page is learning by doing, practising with his cauldron. He has a recipe, but he'll learn more by experimenting with his herbs.

Page of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Learning, experimenting
  🎨 Emotional tone: Cheerful, excited
  ✨ Unique: This deck looks childish, but there's a lot of depth in the illustrations.

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3. Light Seer's — Colourful and inclusive

Like the RWS, this Page is studying her Pentacle closely. But she's also testing it - what happens if I stand on one leg like this? How can I manifest what I want?

Page of Pentacles Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Studying, experimenting
  🎨 Emotional tone: Balance, enjoyment
  ✨ Unique: Light Seer's is modern, inclusive and gentle.

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Reflection:
The Page of Pentacles is ready to start studying, to start creating something real out of nothing. What are you being called to create?

Caption:
A new lesson begins. 🌙✨

Feb 17 - Seven of Swords (Images)

Seven of Swords Across Decks 🎴✨

It wasn't me.

The Seven of Swords is the card of deception and risk - either directed at you or carried out by you. Traditionally it pointed to betrayal, but many modern decks reinterpret it as necessary secrecy and careful timing. 

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1. Tarot for You and Me — Modern and inclusive

In this deck the theme of deception is shown by having the character wear a Colombina mask, made famous by the Venetian Carnival to allow wearers to move unnoticed and hide their true identity. The tattooed dagger on her forearm adds to the sense of danger.

Seven of Flags Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Keeping secrets, hiding things, showing no opinion
  🎨 Emotional tone: Sly, secretive
  ✨ Unique: In this deck the Minors have been renamed, so this is the Seven of Flags.

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2. Sugar Skull Tarot — Western swagger

This bank robber is using a sugar skull mask to hide their identity as they steal from the bank. Some of their gains lie strewn behind them, forgotten in the rush. The Seven of Swords isn’t always a thief. Sometimes it’s a disguise.

Seven of Swords Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Choosing who gets to see the real them
  🎨 Emotional tone: Protective, hiding
  ✨ Unique: The Western flavour of this deck adds a rough and ready feeling.

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3. Witches Cat — Looks cute, has depth

The cartoon like illustrations in this deck hide a surprising amount of depth. This cat didn't steal swords (Claws in this deck): she stole money, potions and crystals, the symbols of power and magic in the deck.

Seven of Claws Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: self satisfaction, over confidence
  🎨 Emotional tone: 'that went well'
  ✨ Unique: The cat is showing seven claws between all its paws.

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Reflection:

These versions show a card less about betrayal and more about control over information. The Seven of Swords can be the wisdom of silence - knowing when speaking openly would cost you too much. Which version speaks to you most clearly?

Caption:
Some plans grow best in secret. 🌙✨

Feb 4 - 5 of Cups (images)

5 of Cups Across Decks 🎴✨

Sometimes people leave you, halfway through the wood...

The 5 of Cups is the cup of grief and fixation, focusing on what's lost and ignoring what's left. Grieving what’s gone is natural and necessary, but this card reminds us not to let loss eclipse everything else. Across decks, these artists have shown this feeling in different ways.

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1. Witch's Cat Tarot — Whimsical images hide deeper meanings 

A young white cat looks in dismay at some smashed potion bottles. Behind it, others are still standing upright, glowing in the moonlight, but the cat is focused on the losses.

5 of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Focusing on loss 
  🎨 Emotional tone: Upset, miserable
  ✨ Unique: This deck's cute artwork hide a lot of details, like the astrological symbols on the bottle labels.

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2. Unfolding Path Tarot — Modern and simple

A young woman sits crosslegged, looking at three spilled goblets. There are two upright behind her, but her posture speaks of utter despair and resignation.

5 of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Despair
  🎨 Emotional tone: Sadness, resignation
  ✨ Unique: The deck's modern tone helps people relate to it

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3. Gaian Tarot — Nature's healing balm

In the Gaian Tarot, a woman sits crosslegged on the bank of a lake. It's frosty out, but she's well wrapped up, holding a bowl of something warming. She's moved past the blame phase and is deciding how to move forward from here.

5 of Cups Vibes:

• 🧪 Key themes: Nature, gentleness
  🎨 Emotional tone: Planning, moving forward
  ✨ Unique: The Gaian Tarot focuses on nature and living gently.

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Reflection:
Across decks, the 5 of Cups always speaks of loss - but not all grief looks the same. Some images linger in the pain, while others gently turn toward what comes next.
Which version meets you where you are today?

Caption:
"...Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good." 🌙✨

Jan 21 - Death (images)

Death Across Decks 🎴✨

You're on the other side of the storm now

Death isn’t about endings alone - it’s transformation, release, and the clearing away of what no longer serves. Across decks, this card ranges from tender and reassuring to stark and unavoidable to quietly mystical. Each version reminds us that change, however daunting, is part of living.

Here are three striking interpretations.

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1. Rider–Waite–Smith — The classic

The skeletal rider on a white horse, carrying a black banner marked with a white rose, is the archetype of transformation. Death here is both final and purposeful: the old must fall so something new can emerge. Stark and symbolic, this image acts as an anchor point for nearly every Death card that follows.

Death Vibes:

🧪 Key themes: inevitability, equality, transformation
🎨 Emotional tone: even-handed, resolute
✨ Unique: Death has already passed kings and bishops, yet pauses before the child - reminding us that change touches everyone differently.

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2. Kids’ Tarot — Gentle passing

This card shows a ghostly dog curled beside its owner in bed, presenting Death as comfort, companionship, and peaceful release. Instead of fear, the emphasis is on care and continuity. It’s a tender interpretation, especially suited to introducing younger readers to profound themes with softness rather than shock.

Death Vibes:

🧪 Key themes: change, transition, continuity
🎨 Emotional tone: tender, reassuring
✨ Unique: Death appears as the presence of loved ones remembered - changed, but not gone.

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3. Witch’s Cat — Mystical Cycle

A cat surrounded by the spirits of its past lives reflects Death as part of an ongoing, magical cycle. The emphasis is on memory, connection, and the unseen threads that bind one life to the next. Nothing truly disappears; it simply transforms.

Death Vibes:

🧪 Key themes: remembrance, cycles, endurance
🎨 Emotional tone: hopeful, reflective
✨ Unique: What has ended still offers strength - through memory, wisdom, and love.

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Reflection: Death is never just one thing. It can be gentle or frightening, intimate or universal, final or quietly hopeful. Each deck brings its own voice to the truth that transformation is unavoidable - and often necessary.

Caption: "Endings are just another form of magic."