The Vedic Tarot- “East meets West” is perfectly named!

I was sent a copy of the Vedic tarot, and this is my genuine review of the deck. I'm grateful to have received it as I may not have bought it otherwise, and it is a curious and fascinating deck and book.

It felt very strange looking through the deck. Some of the images are almost straight out of the Rider Waite deck, others almost unrecognisable, so this is not a deck you can easily pick up and read based on existing Tarot wisdom. I loved the artwork- it had the perfect blend of simple and stylised with enough detail to really absorb me.

This feels like a deck you need to take the time to get to know, and perhaps more importantly a deck worth getting to know. This is where the uniqueness and value of the deck comes in.

As well as beautiful images the deck has a great guidebook to help take your Tarot knowledge even deeper. For each card there is;

Sanskrit: Sanskrit power words, and some background information and advice based on this word.

Hebrew: A Hebrew letter associated with the card, with background information. I’ve never really researched the Hebrew connections; this feels like a very accessible way to get started.

Ogham: This is the Druid tree alphabet. Now runes are my language, so again this is a great way to find out more about the Ogham- and more about Tarot.

I really loved the depth of the book that came with the deck- it totally takes this deck from just a Tarot set to a tool to deepen your study of Tarot. If I get a stalker card I’m often looking for new and unique ways to unlock the card- and I think this will now be a tool I reach for to deepen my study of Tarot.

I couldn’t write a review without actually trying the deck out, after all everything I’ve written so far is just academic. Honestly I wasn’t really expecting to like the deck, I prefer Northern European imagery as that is my culture and chosen path. But I have enjoyed reading with this deck, and I will be keeping it on my shelf to dip into.

I found the images in the cards did draw me in, but perhaps the best part of this deck is the guide book. A fascinating introduction into the Sanskrit, Hebrew, and Ogham connections to Tarot.