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Reading guide · Queer practice
Reading tarot as a queer reader is mostly ordinary skill plus a deck that does not argue with your life. This walkthrough uses The New Voice Tarot and New Choice Tarot de Marseille—the two decks we actually sell—and the guidebooks that ship with them.
Queer tarot advice online sometimes implies you must invent new correspondences, new suits, or a private language before you are “allowed” to read. That is extra homework. The 78-card structure already works. What usually needs changing is the artwork—and, sometimes, the question you ask.
Rosario’s New Voice project is a Rider–Waite–Smith inspired deck on purpose: classic archetypes through a modern, inclusive and queer lens, with diverse identities, bodies, and cultures, and real-world locations in the pictures. The Marseille project keeps TdM structure on purpose: traditional symbolism preserved, characters reimagined with modern, urban, queer-inspired aesthetics, flower language in the Minors. You learn the system. The faces meet you halfway.
If you are still choosing a pack, start at the queer tarot collection or the LGBTQ tarot deck guide. The rest of this page assumes you have a deck in hand, or you are about to.
Queer readings go sideways when the question is a performance. “What should I do about this date / this family dinner / this name change / this job?” is enough. You do not need coded language for the cards. Inclusive art is there so the pictures can answer in your register.
If you are using The New Voice Tarot, say what is happening in the scene: who is present, what they wear, where they stand, what the weather of the image feels like. That is the reading. The 120-page guidebook is a check, not a script—meanings, sample spreads, and a reading intro written for these images.
If you are using New Choice Tarot de Marseille, pip Minors will not hand you a little play. Number, suit, and the flower language in the 80-page booklet do the work. Queer life still lives in the courts and trumps; you are not failing the deck if a Three of Wands stays a Three of Wands.
You do not need a new esoteric system to read as a queer person. Rider–Waite–Smith and Tarot de Marseille already have 78 cards, suits, and archetypes. Inclusive casting is the update. If a court title feels off, keep the job of the card and trust the drawing in your hands.
The New Voice Tarot is the easier deck to read at a glance: every Minor shows a full picture. Fashion-inspired colour, contemporary references, and cities such as New York and Florence are part of the visual language. When a card shows a street, a room, or a skyline you recognise, ask how that setting changes the advice you would give—to yourself or to a friend.
The boxed set includes a 120-page full-colour guidebook with card meanings, spreads, and an introduction to tarot reading. Use the book when you stall. Do not treat it as a verdict that overrules what you saw. The dedicated New Voice reading guide walks through scene-first practice in more detail. This page will not invent spread names that are not in that book; open the guidebook for the layouts Rosario wrote for these images.
The object: 78 cards, 88 × 146 mm, holographic box, numbered and signed (1,000 copies), packed here.
New Choice Tarot de Marseille is slower by design. Pip cards ask you to sit with number and suit. This edition adds a floral shorthand: each flower species carries a traditional meaning tied to the card, explained in the 80-page guidebook. That is not a replacement for TdM study; it is a way in. The flower language guide is the public version of that idea.
Queer atmosphere lives more in the courts and majors: fashion, the feeling of a night out, underground club energy, misfit kings. Le Mat (The Fool) is a punk figure—energy without a clear direction, outside the establishment. The House of God / Tower carries a hint of a Berlin techno door if you like looking for real places in the art. You can read those details as flavour, not as a requirement that every spread be about nightlife.
In the box: 78 gilded cards (70 × 120 mm), 80-page guidebook, signed certificate, third edition of 500 numbered copies, packed here.
Consent still matters. If you are reading for someone else, ask what they want on the table. Inclusive cards make it easier to talk about relationships, gender, and family without stopping to explain the artwork. They do not make you a therapist. If a spread lands on something heavy, you can close the deck.
You also do not owe the internet a “queer spread.” Three cards—situation, advice, next step—is enough. The New Voice guidebook includes sample spreads; use those if you want a layout that matches the deck. For Marseille, a smaller daily draw plus the booklet is a kinder start than a ten-card tableau on night one.
Allies are welcome. These decks are not a members-only tool. The art is designed so queer and allied readers alike see themselves. If you are buying a gift, look at the card imagery on the product pages first; the decks are intended for adult readers.
Choosing a pack? How to choose a tarot deck, best LGBTQ+ & queer tarot decks, and gender-inclusive tarot decks. Comparing systems: Rider–Waite vs Tarot de Marseille.
Use a clear question, read the picture (or TdM structure) before generic keywords, and keep the 78-card lineage. Inclusive art means you spend less time translating. The New Voice Tarot’s 120-page guidebook and New Choice Tarot de Marseille’s 80-page booklet are written for the images in those boxes.
No. A small draw—situation, advice, next step—is enough. The New Voice guidebook includes sample spreads for that deck; use those rather than inventing layouts. For Marseille, a daily card plus the booklet is a kinder start than a large tableau on night one.
The New Voice Tarot, because every Minor is a scene you can describe out loud. New Choice Tarot de Marseille is the better fit if you already want pip cards and flower language. Both are studio-sold with guidebooks.
Yes. The decks are designed so queer and allied readers alike see themselves in the cards. Anyone can shuffle them.
Both studio decks include a guidebook and ship from us. Start with New Voice if you want scenes; start with Marseille if you want classical structure.