Inclusivity and Tarot with Courtney Alexander

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Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:spirituality

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Episode 143. For too long, tarot decks have featured primarily white people. (There was even a tag on Twitter called #tarotsowhite a few years back.) But that has changed. More folks are looking for diverse decks featuring images that represent people who look just like them. Indie artists have been leading the way, creating stunning, multicultural decks. Artists like Courtney Alexander, the talent behind the celebrated Dust II Onyx Tarot. In this episode, Courtney joins me to discuss inclusivity and tarot. We talk about Courtney's journey as a deck creator, how artists can be inclusive and remain respectful, and more. Courtney's wisdom will give all deck creators something to think about going forward. This is an important conversation and one that I hope to explore further in future episodes.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to tarot bites. I'm Teresa Read the Tarot Lady.
0:22.6	I'm the author of the tarot coloring book and the co-author of Terro for Trouble Times.
0:26.6	I'm also your host for this podcast series.
0:29.6	This is episode 143 of Tarot bytes, the podcast where I dish out short, entertaining,
0:34.6	bite-sized lessons on how to re tarot.
0:42.0	And for today's episode, our topic is inclusivity and tarot decks.
0:44.3	And I have a very special guest with me.
0:49.0	I have Courtney Alexander, the creator of the Dust to Onix tarot deck.
0:50.1	Welcome, Courtney.
0:53.4	Thank you for having me again. I'm very excited to talk to you because this is such an important topic.
1:00.5	It's such a timely topic and I know that as a deck creator you are, you know, you created
1:06.8	a groundbreaking tarot deck, which we'll talk about in a little bit. But I think this is a topic right now that's really of the moment.
1:14.6	And because you are a creator, you're the person that was first of mine that I really wanted to talk about.
1:19.6	And you've been talking about this online.
1:22.6	So, you know, for so long, tarot decks have featured primarily white folks, but everything has changed.
1:29.3	I mean, those older decks don't reflect the wide variety of people that read tarot or how they relate to those cards.
1:36.3	So what, first thing I want to ask is, what do you think about the classics such as the Riderweight Smith deck?
1:41.3	Can they still be used or do you think those images cause harm um i think that
1:49.1	the rider weight still has its uses um i think that because because of like it's like it's like a default
1:59.5	right so um i know when i was looking for decks i wasn't really
2:04.3	attracted to the traditional writer way honestly because i think that i could read the the
2:10.7	background um or race of the um characters in that deck more than I said like when I purchased my first
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