Top Melanated Tarot Decks
Tarot decks are designed to reflect your personal story. Melanated tarot decks were created to fill the void for accurate tarot readings for people of color. When reading the tarot, the images on the cards are supposed to represent the person being read and their environment. With that in mind, we present our picks for the best melanated tarot decks on the market today.
1. Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot Deck
Rating: ★★★★★
Price: $65-$149
The second edition of the Dust II Onyx Melanated Tarot Deck was created by multimedia artist Courtney Alexander. The Dust II Onyx Tarot features 78 cards featuring images of mixed-media collage paintings with metallic and holographic foil accents.
The Dust II Onyx tarot features a well-researched 200+-page hardcover guidebook full of information about numerology, astrology and the elements. This set comes highly recommended.
You can get the Dust II Onyx tarot here.
2. The Hoodoo Tarot
Rating: ★★★★★
Price: $29.99
The Hoodoo Tarot is like a journey back through time viewed through the lens of the complex heritage of American Hoodoo and Rootwork. The Hoodoo Tarot combines the esoteric knowledge of Hoodoo with the botanical knowledge of Rootwork into a beautiful tarot deck.
The Hoodoo Tarot has a 78-card deck featuring beautiful artwork in warm sepia tones that resembles early 20th century paintings of people of color, a full-sized 160-page guidebook that includes discussions of the complex history of Hoodoo and the traditional forms of divination, and a designer storage box with slipcase.
The Hoodoo Tarot is available now on Amazon.
3. The Kemetic Tarot: Veil of Aset Edition
Rating: ★★★★★
Price: $89
The Kemetic Tarot: Veil of Aset Edition combines the classic Rider-Waite tarot archetypes with ancient Kemetic magic from The Book of the Dead. This edition of The Kemetic Tarot features 82 cards with gold-foil stamping on the front, and back, with gilded edges.
The Veil of Aset edition comes with a 200+-page full-sized, full-color guide book detailing each card, and including Kemetic tales of the Neteru deities. It also includes a second book containing tales of the goddess Aset, a red jasper stone tjet protection amulet, and a double-layered embroidered satin/velvet card-carrying bag. The entire set is packaged in a designer storage case with magnetic flaps. The Kemetic Tarot: Veil of Aset Edition is one of our favorite Melanated Tarot decks.
You can get the Kemetic Tarot: Veil of Aset Edition here.
4. The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot
Rating: ★★★★
Price: $30.99
The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot is rooted in the Voodoo/Santeria spirits. The cards are rich, colorful and vibrant, just like the Big Easy itself. The cards are slightly smaller than a standard tarot deck.
The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot features a 79-card deck, a 270+-page guidebook describing the loa (spiritual forces) of the deck.
The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot is available on Amazon.
5. The Tarot of the Orishas
Rating: ★★★★
Price: $29.99
The Tarot of the Orishas combines the power of West African Yoruba magic with Brazilian Candomble, Santeriam and Umbanda. The vibrant artwork and stories of these cards are designed to open the doors to divination and magic.
The Tarot of the Orishas features a 77-card deck and 300+-page guidebook full of spread ideas, rituals, and prayers.
You can get the Tarot of the Orishas here.
6. The African American Tarot
Rating: ★★★★
Price: $23.95
The African American Tarot is a vibrant deck of African and African-American culture, combining powerful imagery from two continents. Each card is linked with deities, characters, and locations in African-American history. The companion booklet is a small black & white booklet.
You can buy the African American Tarot at Amazon.
7. African Tarot
Rating: ★★★★
Price: $45.99
The African Tarot deck features graceful, beautiful images that feature geometric shapes and earthy tones commonly associated with the artwork of the Motherland. With classic elongated silhouettes and images of exotic animals, these cards will take you on a tour of Africa.
The African Tarot includes a guidebook.
Buy the African Tarot now on Etsy.
8. African Tarot
Rating: ★★★
Price: $21.95
Another take on African-themed tarot, African Tarot is a colorful deck featuring African ceremonial and tribal designs, drawn in a simplistic style. The deck is good for beginners and comes with a small booklet.
You can buy the African American Tarot at Amazon.
