About the Spacious Tarot Deck

The Spacious Tarot is a 78 card tarot deck created by Carrie Mallon and Annie Ruygt. The deck comes with an extensive guidebook, making it suitable for beginners as well as seasoned tarot practitioners.  This deck doesn't have any people in it.  Instead, YOU are the fool on your journey through the Spacious Tarot realm, gathering wisdom from natural symbols, expansive scenery, and once in a while from an animal companion.

If you'd like a sneak peek at the entire deck, check out this unboxing video by Áine Orga on YouTube. 

The first edition was made possible by Kickstarter supporters in 2019. The 2nd edition deck is out of print, and we are launching a special EXPANDED edition deck with 99 cards.

The current edition is very similar to the first, but there are a few small changes. Here’s all the details:

• Updated spelling on the Three of Pentacles. This card had a small spelling mistake in the first edition which has been corrected for the second edition. 
• The line work on a couple of cards has been very subtly changed (Guardian of Cups, Ace of Cups). The Five of Pentacles is the most noticeable change, it has been reworked so that the creature is more clearly identifiable as a wolf!
•  The back of the box has been redesigned and a ribbon has been added inside the box.

Please note that any deck you find online that looks different than our deck here (different style of box, card size) is a plagiarized deck.  Our deck is in a book shaped box, and measures about 4.5" x 2.75", and comes with a beautifully printed guidebook.  Official Spacious Tarot decks are only sold from this website and from our official stockists.

How does the Spacious Tarot Compare to Other Decks?

The spacious tarot is a gentle deck, and is informed by the original Rider Waite Smith deck, but takes its own path with varied symbolism.  Still, the structure is there.  It is made to be read intuitively, with or without a guidebook.  It's made for people who want to feel like they are entering a quiet world, and for people who want to engage with natural and welcoming symbols. 

Carrie and Annie both love The Wild Unknown Deck, but where the Spacious Tarot differs in a tangible environment with colors and subject telling a story, the Wild Unknown uses color and more pure symbolism, even directional line, to communicate meaning.

The Spacious Tarot is a space for you to find your footing and hopefully some peace along your journey.