New Women's Tarot (aka Amazon Tarot)
Book Cover - 2nd edition 1978
Name/Title
New Women's Tarot (aka Amazon Tarot)Entry/Object ID
2024.9.29Tags
SPIRITuality, FeminismDescription
Tarot Deck with images drawn by wimmin for wimmin - unconventional cards. Reimagines tarot in feminist/Lesbian perspectives. Cards include original black and white drawings as well as photographs by several Lesbian artistsUse
Spirituality / DivinationContext
Researcher Notes: A New Women’s Tarot deck and pamphlet by Billie Potts is the culminating work of various female artists from the Catskill Mountains of New York State. At the time of its creation in the late 1970s, most tarot decks were heteronormative and Christianized. The New Women’s Tarot allows women and Lesbians to repossess tarot as a healing practice. The imagery on the cards center Goddess culture, including plants, moons, serpents, and sacred animals. The back illustration of a double-sided axe, or labrys, was a popular symbol of Lesbianism in the 1970s due to its association with Amazon fighters. Along with the cards found in most standard tarot decks, A New Women’s Tarot also includes cards that speak to women’s spirituality, such as “Amazon of Swords” and “Sybil.” -- Maya Joncas, 2026Category
Spirituality / Divination