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Witches Tarot Deck & Book by Ellen Dugan — Wiccan 78-Card Kit
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Witches Tarot deck and book by Ellen Dugan — a complete 78-card Wiccan tarot set with Mark Evans’ lush, nature-based artwork and Dugan’s detailed companion book. Rooted firmly in Wiccan symbolism, the deck honors the elements, moon phases, and the Wheel of the Year across all 78 cards. A wonderful deck for Wiccan practitioners, green witches, and those who prefer nature spirituality aesthetics.
Description:Quick Specs
- Author: Ellen Dugan
- Illustrator: Mark Evans
- Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
- Set includes: 78-card tarot deck plus companion guidebook
- Best for: Wiccan and Pagan practitioners, RWS-based readers exploring witchcraft traditions
Witches Tarot by Ellen Dugan: A Wiccan Deck with Practical Study Support
Ellen Dugan is a practicing Wiccan who spent decades as a garden witch before publishing the first of her more than twenty books on witchcraft and natural magic through Llewellyn Worldwide. The Witches Tarot, created with digital illustrator Mark Evans, reflects that grounded, nature-based practice. The deck stays faithful to the 78-card Rider-Waite-Smith structure but layers Wiccan correspondence throughout: each card carries botanical, animal, and deity associations drawn from Dugan's own practice rather than from armchair symbolism. The result is a deck that feels lived-in rather than decorative.
The Major Arcana are mostly intact in structure, but Dugan makes a handful of targeted renamings that signal the deck's intent. The Hierophant becomes The High Priest, fitting the Wiccan dual-priesthood model. The Wheel of Fortune becomes The Wheel of the Year, centering the Pagan sabbat cycle. The Devil becomes The Shadow Side, and Judgement becomes Karma, both shifts that reframe traditionally Judeo-Christian card imagery into language more aligned with contemporary Wiccan cosmology. These changes are not cosmetic: they signal how Dugan interprets these archetypal moments in a practitioner's life.
The Companion Book as a Study System
The companion guidebook is what elevates this from deck to kit. Dugan provides full write-ups for each of the 78 cards including image description, upright keywords, reversed keywords, deity associations, and botanical correspondences. The inclusion of deity associations for the Major Arcana is rare in tarot companion books and gives practitioners a direct tie from each card to the broader Wiccan pantheon. The Minor Arcana receive shorter treatment, but each suit is prefaced with information on the element and magical tools associated with it, giving newer readers a solid framework before they encounter individual card meanings. Browse my full tarot deck selection to see how the Witches Tarot compares to other Wiccan-themed and modern decks.
The companion book also includes a section on using tarot in active magical work, with specific cards recommended for spells related to abundance, protection, romance, and hearth magic. This moves the deck beyond divination and into the category of a practical witchcraft tool, which suits practitioners who work tarot as part of a broader magical practice rather than as a standalone reading system.
How to Use the Witches Tarot Deck and Book
How to get the most from the Witches Tarot deck and book set by Ellen Dugan.
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Read the Book Before Your First Spread
Read the companion book before your first full reading. Dugan explains her symbolic choices for each card, including plant, stone, and deity correspondences. This context helps you recognize those layers when a card appears in a spread.
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Use the Deck-Specific Spreads
Use the Wheel of the Year spread or the Four Elements spread, both designed by Dugan for this deck. These Wiccan layouts draw on sabbat energy and elemental balance, making them more intuitive for Pagan practitioners than generic positions.
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Build Familiarity Through Regular Handling
Store the deck in a cloth pouch or wooden box with a small piece of amethyst nearby. Handling the cards regularly without a formal reading builds natural image recognition and confidence faster than relying on occasional full readings alone.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock the Witches Tarot because the Ellen Dugan and Mark Evans collaboration produced a genuinely functional Wiccan reading deck, not a decorative novelty. The companion book adds real study structure, which matters for readers who want to develop fluency rather than rely on keyword memory. This is a kit, not just a deck, and it performs that way. If you want to explore complementary study materials, browse my witchcraft and spellcraft books for titles that pair naturally with Dugan's Wiccan tarot approach.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Witches Tarot is published by Llewellyn Worldwide and was created by Ellen Dugan, a practicing Wiccan author who has published over twenty books on witchcraft and garden magic, with illustrations by digital artist Mark Evans.
Ellen Dugan renames The Hierophant to The High Priest, The Wheel of Fortune to Wheel of the Year, The Devil to The Shadow Side, and Judgement to Karma, aligning the Major Arcana more closely with Wiccan spiritual concepts.
Yes. The companion book provides card meanings, deity and botanical correspondences, upright and reversed keywords, and several Wiccan-themed spreads, including a Triple Goddess layout and a Wheel of the Year spread for this deck.
The Witches Tarot uses a Rider-Waite-Smith framework, so practitioners familiar with that system will recognize the foundational symbolism. Dugan adds Wiccan botanical and animal correspondences throughout, bridging RWS and Pagan traditions.
