Tarot of These Times
A new tarot deck created and illustrated by Molly Chidsey
Deck coming in 2026
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Illustrating Play: the Six of Cups
In this post, I share my illustration process for the Six of Cups from my Tarot of These Times deck. This card is all about play, having fun, and expressing youthful energy. Roller skating down a hill, anyone?
Illustrating Grief: the Five of Cups
In this post, I share my illustration process for the Five of Cups from my Tarot of These Times deck. I explore what this card means to me, and how I illustrated the complex emotions of grief, mourning, and loss.
Illustrating the Four of Cups
In this post, I share my illustration process for the Four of Cups from my Tarot of These Times deck. I explore what this card means to me—how it reflects self-reflection, emotional walls, and the courage to open the heart again.
Why illustrate the tarot?
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.

