Tarot Disassembled

What if you could see tarot's symbols without the stories layered on top of them?

Tarot Disassembled by Jennifer Cooper Steidley takes the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith tarot apart — symbol by symbol — and rebuilds it with bold, modern graphic design and a vivid sky blue palette. The result is a deck that strips away the human figures, the medieval costumes, the pictorial narratives, and asks: what does the sun mean? What does the rose mean? What does the crown mean? What happens when you see those symbols clearly, without everything else in the way?

Almost every card in this deck is human-free by design. Only four cards retain human figures — The Hanged One, The Tower, Judgement, and The World — because in those cards, the position of the human body is the meaning. Every other card speaks in pure symbol: sun, moon, rose, crown, wings, water, mountain, star, infinity. Bold graphics, bright colors, complete accessibility.

This makes Tarot Disassembled exceptional for two very different readers: the complete beginner, for whom the clarity of symbols makes tarot legible and approachable for the first time; and the experienced reader, for whom removing the familiar pictorial layer reveals the symbolic architecture they've been reading intuitively for years. It's also deeply inclusive — free from pictorial narratives around gender, skin color, age, size, or ability.

What's Included:

• 78 full-color cards | Bold modern graphic design by Jennifer Cooper Steidley
• Published by Weiser Books | ISBN: 9781578638659

Why This Deck:

• Deconstructed RWS symbolism — the same traditional meanings in a completely fresh visual language
• Almost entirely human-free — deeply inclusive, accessible across all backgrounds and identities
• Bold, bright, modern graphic design — vivid sky blue palette, clean symbol-focused imagery
• Exceptional for beginners — symbols are clear, legible, and free of narrative clutter
• Rewarding for experienced readers — reveals the symbolic architecture beneath familiar imagery
• Weiser Books quality production

For beginner tarot readers, inclusive practice seekers, modern design lovers, experienced readers ready to see the symbols fresh, and anyone who has ever wanted to understand tarot from the ground up.