The Witches Tarot

The Witches Tarot was created by Ellen Cannon Reed to "express traditional ideas of tarot with ... traditional Qabalistic symbolism, in a way that would appeal to paganfolk and others." The images by artist Martin Cannon are bright with a luminous clarity. The people in the deck are usually beautiful and wear either no clothes, robes or other medieval-style dress. There are no borders on the cards. Each suit has a color theme: Wands = yellow, Cups = blue, Swords = Red and Pentacles = Green. All the court cards of a certain type (for example, all the kings) are similar. In Reed's system, court cards in readings do not have a specific meaning of their own: they modify the next card dealt. Reed has also written a book to go with this deck called The Witches Tarot (320 pages). In it, she discusses the meanings of the cards, the Qabalistic Tree of Life, pathworking and other ways to use the Witches Tarot.

Number of
Cards Card
Size Copyright Publisher Card Back Design

78
22 major/56 minor 2 3/4"
x
4 1/2" 1989 Llewellyn [back design]

Number of Cards	Card Size	Copyright	Publisher	Card Back Design
78 22 major/56 minor	2 3/4" x 4 1/2"	1989	Llewellyn

Companion Book

Title Author Size Number of
Pages Copyright Publisher Cover

The Witches
Tarot Ellen Cannon
Reed 5 1/4"
x
8" 293 2001 Llewellyn [cover]

Companion Book
Title	Author	Size	Number of Pages	Copyright	Publisher	Cover
The Witches Tarot	Ellen Cannon Reed	5 1/4" x 8"	293	2001	Llewellyn

Language of Card Titles: English

Style of Suit Cards (2-10): pictorial scenes

Also Included: instruction booklet

Major Arcana:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, High Priest, Lovers,
Chariot, Strength, Seeker, Justice (Card 10), Wheel (Card 11),
Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Horned One, Tower, Stars, Moon,
Sun, Judgment, Universe

Suit Names: Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles

Court Cards: King, Queen, Prince (Knight), Princess (Page)

SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:

[Prince of Cups] [Tower] [6 of Wands]