The Three of Cups is all about friendship, community, and celebrating life together. In this post, I share my watercolor illustration for this tarot card from my Tarot of These Times deck and reflect on the strength that flows through connection.

The Two of Cups is all about love, friendship, and dynamic duos. 💕 In this post, I share how I illustrated this card in watercolor for my Tarot of These Times deck — exploring the beauty of connection, balance, and how two truly can be better than one.

The Ace of Cups marks a new emotional beginning! 💧 In this post, I share my watercolor illustration process for the Ace of Cups tarot card from my Tarot of These Times deck. I explore its meaning, the symbolism of water, and what this card can teach us about love, intuition, and fresh starts — scroll to the end to see the final design!

I’m diving into the Tarot Suit of Cups and how it mirrors our emotional journey. In this post, I share my take on the Cups, how water and watercolor inspire my illustrations, and what I’ve learned about emotional literacy along the way. Join me as I explore feelings, creativity, and the next step in my Tarot of These Times project!

The World card, final in the Major Arcana, symbolizes harmony, wholeness, and completion. In this post, I share why I chose to illustrate the galaxy as “the world” for my upcoming tarot deck. Inspired by Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot and the Milky Way, I combined my love of watercolor with my fascination for space to create a tarot illustration that feels both cosmic and personal.

The Judgment card, #20 in the tarot major arcana, is usually about how we will be judged. Instead, I interpret as how we judge others. Read this post to find out how I drew this card, painted it with liquid watercolor, and assembled it for my upcoming tarot deck.

The Sun card, #19 in the tarot major arcana, is all about feeling radiant with bright, positive energy. I am taking this a step further in my illustration, by emulating real-life images of our Sun, solar flares and all. Read this post to find out how I drew this card, painted it with liquid watercolor, and assembled it for my upcoming tarot deck.

The Moon, card #18 in the tarot major arcana, is a place of self reflection, faith, and patience. Along with The Star, The Sun, and The World, this series of cards is super celestial. In this post, I share how I created tiny spiral galaxies, inspired by the images captured by the Webb Telescope.

The Star card, number 17 in the tarot major arcana, is acts like a balm for the soul, following the sudden change and tragedy of The Tower card. In this post, I share my process for digitizing watercolor, and how I paired it with my digital drawing to create the reflections in this card.

The Tower, card 16 in the tarot’s major arcana is all about unforeseen and sudden change. In this post, I describe why I swapped the traditional tower image with a tornado, an archetype of fear from my childhood.

The Temperance card, #14 in the tarot’s major arcana, is all about moderation or self-restraint. The meaning of this card has long eluded me. Whatever temperance was, I knew I didn’t have it. Especially when it comes to foods I love. That’s why I illustrated this card the way I did.

I interpret The Devil card as all the traps we can get sucked into during our lives. Traps that seem inescapable. Situations that we can rationalize all day long, but which may cause more harm than good. In this post, I describe my process for creating my most complex illustration to date.

Everyone’s least favorite tarot card: the Death card. Number 13 in the major arcana, the Death card represents transformation, where death is a metaphor for a situation ending. I wanted to illustrate this card to represent the way that death shows up in our lives, unannounced. 

The Hanged One, number 12 in the major arcana of the tarot, is about good things we have to wait for. This card points to times when we need to be patient and resist the urge to take action. In this post, I share the ideas that I scrapped and my process for creating this original watercolor illustration.

The Justice card, number 11 in the major arcana, appears when we are called to fight for justice, or when we are dealing with injustice in our own lives. Given the current political landscape in the US where I am, this card is having a moment. It is for this reason that I decided to illustrate the Justice card the way I did.

The Wheel of Fortune card, number 10 in the major arcana, is about change, and the fact that change is constant. If you have ever repeated the phrase “All is impermanent,” to yourself during a tough moment, the Wheel of Fortune was at play in your life. But if change is the one thing we can count on, why do we resist it? 

The Hermit, card 9 in the Tarot’s major arcana, is all about those times when we just need to be alone. This card asks, what if we all had the space we need to live our fullest, truest lives? What would we witness there in the quiet?

This is the whole juicy back story about why I decided to illustrate a tarot deck. It all began with a three-card spread I pulled for myself in 2018. Using the tarot was a way for me to learn how to listen to myself, to hear what I already knew deep within.

The Strength card, number 8 in the Major Arcana, is sandwiched between the Chariot and the Hermit. The Chariot is all about getting ready to go into battle, and the Hermit is about retreat. It turns out Strength is needed for both. This is how I reimagined the illustration for this card, and how I created it.

The Chariot card, number 7 in the Major Arcana, represents swift action, getting ready for battle, fighting for what’s right. In this post, I share why I selected my Chariot and why justice and love are always worth fighting for.