Afros. Saris. Sphinxes. Rainbows. These are some of the striking images found in actress Rachel True’s new tarot deck and guidebook — “ True Heart Intuitive Tarot ” — released this month with a decidedly multicultural bent. Best known for her starring roles in the 1996 cult hit “The Craft” and the 2002 sitcom “Half & Half,” True has studied tarot for most of her life and wanted her guide to reflect the diversity of her New York City birthplace. True’s tarot cards, illustrated by Toronto artist Stephanie Singleton , stand out for their inclusive imagery. “I wanted it to be representative of the world around us,” said True, a rare woman of color to release a deck with a major publisher (Houghton Mifflin), who in 2017 completed a stint as a tarot reader at the House of Intuition in Los Angeles. “I just wanted to have as many skin tones and flavors as we could possibly get in there, and I’m happy about that because I know, for me, when I was reading books and looking at decks, they were all very homogenous.” Having gained popularity as a parlor game in 15th century Italy — though some have […]
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