I’m happy to share The Orchestra Tarot, a deck and guidebook built around the connection between tarot and music.

This project began with a simple idea: a tarot reading can feel a lot like listening to a piece of music. A card has mood, rhythm, timing, contrast, and resolution. Some cards feel quiet and reflective. Others arrive with force. Some ask us to pause. Some ask us to move.

In The Orchestra Tarot, the traditional tarot structure is reimagined through the world of an orchestra. The Major Arcana becomes a larger musical arc, beginning with the Composer and moving through cards such as Notation, Harmony, Conductor, Fermata, Requiem, Finale, and Opus. Each card keeps its tarot purpose while giving the reader a new way to understand it.

The Minor Arcana is organized through the sections of the orchestra: Strings, Brass, Winds, and Percussion. Each suit carries its own feeling and role. The court cards are arranged as orchestra chairs, from 4th Chair to 1st Chair, giving the reader a clear sense of growth, skill, and responsibility.

The guidebook was written to support both tarot readers and people who connect strongly with music. It includes card meanings, reversed meanings, reading guidance, keywords, and reflections. The Minor Arcana also includes deeper writing on selected orchestral works, showing how the music connects to the meaning of the card.

The Kindle, B&W Paperback, and Full Color Hardcover was created to sit beside the deck as both a reading guide and a visual companion. My goal was to make something useful, beautiful, and clear enough to return to again and again.

The Orchestra Tarot is for readers who want a fresh approach to tarot without losing the structure that makes tarot work. It is also for musicians, artists, and reflective readers who understand that music can help us name what we feel before we know how to explain it.

I’m proud of this project and excited to share it.