{"product_id":"radical-tarot-queer-the-cards-liberate-your-practice-and-create-the-future-paperback","title":"Radical Tarot: Queer the Cards, Liberate Your Practice, and Create the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Claire Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dynamic re-envisioning of the tarot, including tarot card imagery, that describes how the tarot is queer, that the archetypes are alive, and that tarot doesn't tell the future; it creates it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadical Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Empress and the body positivity movement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJustice, not in the legal sense, but as ethical discernment and accountability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemperance and transcending the gender binary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Devil and anti-capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudgement and revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadical Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Claire Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eFifth Spirit Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, which has swiftly become one of the most beloved queer tarot decks available. They host \u003ci\u003eThe Word Witch\u003c\/i\u003e 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 (2014) and notable mentions in two \u003ci\u003eBest American \u003c\/i\u003eanthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52162001666359,"sku":"9781401971472","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/8303\/8007\/files\/una37tJvll9781401971472.webp?v=1779089600","url":"https:\/\/thelovewitchnyc.com\/products\/radical-tarot-queer-the-cards-liberate-your-practice-and-create-the-future-paperback","provider":"The Love Witch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}