Radical Tarot, Charlie Claire Burgess
Radical Tarot, Charlie Claire Burgess
List: $20.00 | Sale: $14.00
Club: $10.00

Radical Tarot
Queer the Cards, Liberate Your Practice, and Create the Future

Author: Charlie Claire Burgess

Narrator: Charlie Claire Burgess

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hay House LLC

Published: 09/26/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Radical Tarot meets the tarot in a space of evolution, deconstruction, and creation, using the historical and common meanings of the cards as a launchpad for digging into limiting beliefs and societal conditioning and unlocking the personal truths beneath. The Fool's Journey is re-envisioned as a journey to non-binary thinking, the gender essentialism is ousted from the Major Arcana and the Court Cards-and all the cards-are reframed through a non-hierarchical, anti-capitalist, and intersectional lens. The archetypes are re-imagined in modern, progressive, and queered contexts. For example: - The Empress and the body positivity movement - Justice, not in the legal sense, but as ethical discernment and accountability - Temperance and transcending the gender binary - The Devil and anti-capitalism - Judgement and revolution Radical Tarot also touches on Charlie's personal story of how tarot helped them embrace their queerness, leave their marriage, and radically change their life. It speaks to their queer awakening and how tarot became, for them, a tool for social justice and conscious awareness of the world around them. Their words and experience will help anyone who wishes to be closer to their own authentic selves.This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

About The Author

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) is a queer and non-binary tarot reader, tarot teacher, deck creator, writer, artist, and witch. They are the creator and illustrator of the self-published Fifth Spirit Tarot, which has swiftly become one of the most beloved queer tarot decks available. They host The Word Witch podcast, which guides the listener through tarot from an inclusive perspective and features interviews with tarot readers, deck creators, witches, magicians, and healers who are creating magic from the margins. They are also a short story writer-their stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, and have received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention (214) and notable mentions in two Best American anthologies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rowan's Bookshelf (Carleigh) on October 24, 2023

Really enjoyed this! Easy to read, yet well researched and you can tell a lot of thought went into each interpretation. I thought some of the interpretations of the cards were a bit repetitive. Each traditionally "negative" card boiled down "capitalism and oppression is what's keeping you down - whi......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on January 20, 2025

This book is AMAZING. Dives deep and takes a radical approach to Tarot. Very beginner friendly, but also opens you to ask more questions of yourself and the why. Highly recommend to anyone new or experienced with Tarot.......more

Goodreads review by Adele on January 08, 2025

I really enjoyed this. It is the same as the vast majority of Tarot books, walking through each of the Major Arcana cards, then the Minor Arcana grouped by suit. It has a separate section for court cards. I liked it because the perspective or "take" on each card was different enough from what I've r......more

Goodreads review by Celine on December 19, 2023

I listened to this as an audiobook read by the author. I would highly recommend this to anyone starting with Tarot or wanting to refresh your practice. Charlie Claire covers the major and minor arcana in such a holistic way. From traditional interpretation to contemporary. Touching on the imagery in......more

Goodreads review by Chase on April 01, 2025

This was soooooo fantastic to read! Not only is the book easy to read and incredibly thought-provoking, but it is sooo well- and thoroughly-researched. Charlie did an incredible job of calling out the more problematic tendencies of tarot while still promoting the positives of it. They also did such a......more

Quotes

“This book is a vital jumping-off point for conversation, contemplation, and change-making of your own design . . . Queer or not, you will begin to understand why this modern twist on tarot serves each of us and, more importantly, the world . . . You will be transformed.”— Cassandra Snow, author of Queering the Tarot

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List