Red Tarot

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This radical guide reimagines tarot through a decolonial lens, offering profound insights for marginalized communities, particularly LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC individuals.

Red Tarot is designed to be used with any deck, presenting tarot as a radical epistemology that shifts the authority of knowing into the hands of the people themselves. Christopher Marmolejo frames literacy as key to liberation, exploring tarot as critical literacy. The book delves into 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.

Each card's interpretation is enriched by the teachings of Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Paulo Freire, José Esteban Muñoz, and others, integrating intersectional wisdom with the author's divination practice. Marmolejo situates tarot imagery within cosmologies outside the Hellenistic frame—Death interpreted through the lens of Hindu goddess Chhinnamasta, and the High Priestess through Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui—offering a profound act of native reclamation and liberation.

• Radical reinterpretation of tarot through a decolonial and intersectional lens
• Empowering guide for marginalized communities, including LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC individuals
• Integrates teachings from influential thinkers like Toni Morrison, bell hooks, and Paulo Freire
• Reimagines tarot imagery within diverse cultural and spiritual frameworks