Red Tarot

A Decolonial Guide to Divinatory LiteracyAuthor: Christopher MarmolejoDesigned to be used with any deck,Red Tarotis a radical praxis and decolonized oracle that moves beyond self-help and divination to reclaim tarot for liberation, self-determination, and collective healing.

For readers ofPostcolonial AstrologyandTarot for ChangeRed Tarotspeaks to anyone othered for their identity or ways of being or thinkingLGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC folks in particularpresenting the tarot as a radical epistemology that shifts the authority of knowing into the hands of the people themselves.

Author Christopher Marmolejo frames literacy as key to liberation, and explores an understanding of tarot as critical literacy. They show how the cards can be read to subvert the dynamics of white supremacist-capitalist-imperialist-patriarchy, weaving historical context and spiritual practice into a comprehensive overview of tarot.

Situating tarot imagery within cosmologies outside the Hellenistic frameDeath as interpreted through the lens of Hindu goddess Chhinnamasta, the High Priestess through Aztec goddess CoyolxauhquiMarmolejosRed Tarotis a profound act of native reclamation and liberation. Each cards interpretation is further bolstered by the teachings of Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Paulo Freire, Jos Esteban Muoz, and others, in an offering that integrates intersectional wisdom with the authors divination practiceand reveals tarot as an essential language for liberation.