Weed Inspired Tarot Decks You Need In Your Life
Self reflection. Creativity. Link.
These are some of the benefits often associated with using tarot cards. Some believe that these results can also be achieved by smoking cannabis or combining the two.
Tarot has its origins in Egypt, Italy or even among the Roma, depending on the person you are talking to. This fortune telling system, which began as a card game, has grown into the personal development tool it is known for today.
Both tarot and cannabis can be used as tools for self-discovery. What if the two meet? This is where the magic happens.
Each tarot deck tells a story
With 78 cards, divided into the major arcana (major secrets) and the minor arcana (minor secrets), Tarot tells the story of the triumphs and defeats of mankind. Maps are based on archetypes that are present in everyday life and have always been present.
“[The deck] combines the magic and joy of cannabis with the wisdom and guidance of the tarot. Cannabis opens and grounds my mind, body and spirit. “
Julianna Rose, creator of The Four Twenty Tarot.
Love, loss, change, and more are woven into tarot cards to help the reader find the answers they are looking for.
The minor arcana
The minor arcana are divided into four colors: pentacles, goblets, swords, and wands with cards numbered from ace to ten. There are also the court cards King, Queen, Knight and Page.
The minors deal with everyday aspects of life – situations that require attention or advice, decisions that can be made, or a reflection on where the reader is in their life.
The major arcana
The major arcana with 22 cards deals with the larger, overarching themes of life – those in which spiritual or cosmic influences play a role. Each card can be read upright or upside down with different meanings depending on its orientation, although some choose not to read inversions at all.
Tarot and cannabis: a weed witch’s dream
There’s no shortage of cannabis-themed decks; the pairing of weed and tarot is a natural addition. While other decks may use outdated language and imagery, these two 420-friendly options are sophisticated AF that combines the spiritual nature of tarot with the chill factor of cannabis.
The Four Twenty Tarot by Julianna Rose
Julianna Rose’s Four Twenty Tarot is an independently released deck with a funky color palette of lime green, fuchsia, black, white, and gray. The cartoon style, a riff on the traditional rider-waite deck, highlights the core of the meaning in a light-hearted and fun way.
This deck is full of variety – WOCs with different skin tones and hairstyles, as well as queer families and people with disabilities, portrayed in a thoughtful and natural rather than symbolic way.
The deck is filled with strong female representation, even in the king cards. The images will look familiar to any seasoned tarot reader, but the subtle allusions to cannabis make it stand out.
For example, the hermit, a veiled, lonely figure who normally holds a lantern, is now also seen with a burning joint protruding from its hood.
Rose speaks openly about how antidepressants, therapy, weed, and tarot play a huge role in her life. She shares with Leafly, “Cannabis and tarot have been beneficial to my sanity, creativity, and the community I connect with.”
Soul cards ‘Green Dream’ Tarot by Kristine Fredheim
The Soul Cards Green Dream Deck is the ultimate luxury for deck lovers and smokers with its rose petal finish (if you know, you know) and beautiful gold foil and gilding. The deck comes from a partnership between the psychic medium and tarot inventor Kristine Fredheim and the cannabis lifestyle brand Allume.
The deck is described as “designed for those who chill out” and everything about it lives up to that expectation. From its bright sage green hue, subdued gold plating to the intricate symbol-based cards, this deck will practically get your shoulders sinking and take a deep breath.
It’s minimalism at its finest.
There are no numbers throughout the deck and this can be difficult for a novice tarot reader to understand right out of the box. Fortunately, Fredheim offers a comprehensive PDF download of the upright and inverted meanings.
The backs of the cards with cannabis leaves and their shadows are the only clues that these cards are weed-themed.
Why do tarot and grass go so well together?
Diana, who prefers not to use her last name, a professional tarot reader who regularly uses cannabis before interpreting a spread, tells Leafly that she prefers smoking to other methods but will use edibles from time to time.
As much as she loves tarot, Diana shares that using the cards for self-reflection is intellectually and emotionally demanding. “Using cannabis in tarot reading helps me think sideways, connect with my intuitive understanding, and naturally relax my body.”
As soon as she begins to feel effects, Diana begins to meditate on which questions she is looking for answers from the tarot cards. When she talks about how this relates to her tarot practice, she says, “Weed helps me read the spreads as one cohesive story rather than a series of separate cards.”
Diana regards both weed and tarot as “Weeds for Self-Improvement” and has her weed handy when she draws cards so she can casually draw while analyzing her spread. She shares how it keeps her in the moment instead of worrying about getting everything right.
Four Twenty Tarot creator Julianna Rose smokes and / or eats edibles while drawing tarot cards. Although Rose also enjoys vaping from time to time, she shares that she is doing what “feels right”, which can change from day to day.
Tarot and cannabis are a powerful combination, shares Rose. “The combination of both is right for me because it reveals new stories and possibilities that need to be taken into account in the cards.”
“Together they helped me to reconnect with my intuition and learn to trust myself again.”
“[The deck] combines the magic and joy of cannabis with the wisdom and guidance of the tarot. Cannabis opens and grounds my mind, body and spirit, ”says Rose.
Whether cannabis and tarot are used together or separately, it is clear that some are turning to them for abundant benefits, either to relieve symptoms of mental illness, connect with their own intuition, or just for themselves take care of.
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