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Tarot of the Divine

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Tarot of the Divine sets the standard seventy eight card Major and Minor Arcana against a different world folklore, deity or fairy tale on every card, illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani and published by Clarkson Potter in 2020. It keeps the traditional tarot's structure and sequence while drawing its imagery from cultures across the globe rather than a single tradition.

Facts
Deck
Cards in the Deck
78 1
Pip Cards
Scenic pips: every suit card is an illustrated scene 1
Every minor arcana card illustrates a specific folklore or mythic scene (the Crane Wife, Fenrir, Oedipus and others).
Trump Numbering
Strength VIII, Justice XI (Golden Dawn and Rider-Waite-Smith order) 1
Strength VIII, Justice XI confirmed directly.
Attributions
Publisher
Clarkson Potter 1
Tradition
Rider Waite Smith derived: the Aeclectic Tarot deck database records its Deck Tradition as Rider Waite Smith. Each card matches a Rider Waite Smith archetype retold through folklore, deities and fairy tales from more than 40 cultures. 2
Cult
Attributes and Iconography
Vibrant, flat colour illustration drawing a different world folklore, deity or fairy tale onto every card. 1
Identity
Publication Year
2020 1
Origins
Creator / Originator
Yoshi Yoshitani 1
Artist
Yoshi Yoshitani 1
Method
How the Cards Are Read
Read upright and reversed, following the standard Major and Minor Arcana structure, each card keyed to a different world folklore or deity. 1
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A Different World Folklore on Every Card

Tarot of the Divine sets the standard seventy eight card Major and Minor Arcana against a different world folklore, deity or fairy tale on every card, illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani and published by Clarkson Potter in 2020. It keeps the traditional tarot's structure, sequence and Golden Dawn and Rider Waite Smith trump order, Strength at eight and Justice at eleven, while drawing its imagery from cultures across the globe on a card by card basis rather than settling on any single tradition, pairing figures and stories from unrelated historical and cultural sources within one reading system.

That cross cultural, card by card approach differs from this catalogue's closest structural relative, Osho Zen Tarot, which draws its entire theme from one teacher and movement rather than varying its source with every card, and from Tarot of Sexual Magic's single sustained thematic lens across the whole deck. Yoshitani's vibrant, flat colour illustration style gives each card its own distinct visual treatment suited to whichever folklore or fairy tale it depicts, published the same year Sterling issued Modern Witch Tarot, both decks reworking the standard seventy eight card structure toward a more contemporary and culturally varied readership without departing from the underlying Major and Minor Arcana framework.

Cross-Tradition Connections

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Depicts

Fenrir, confirmed as one of the deck's named Minor Arcana inspirations from Norse myth.

Oedipus, Figures

Oedipus, confirmed as the Greek myth this deck draws on for its Swords suit material.

The Pandavas, Figures

The Pandavas, confirmed as one of the deck's named Minor Arcana inspirations from Indian epic.

Sources
1. Tarot of the Divine (Penguin Random House listing)
Yoshi Yoshitani, Clarkson Potter, 2020View the Source
2. Tarot of the Divine, Review (Aeclectic Tarot deck database)
Aeclectic Tarot editorial staff, Aeclectic Tarot, 2026View the Source
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