This deck is based on Native American symbolism and claims to blend symbolism of the tarot with the spirit of tribal shamans and the medicine wheel. However, no particular tribe is mentioned and I have limited knowledge of the North American tribes. The pictures are painted with vibrant colours. There is a white border around the image, which is wider on the bottom, where the number and title of the card are printed. The Majors numbers are typed in Roman numerals and the Minors are spelled out (as in “Nine of Earth”).

The four suits are Fire, Air, Water and Earth, which are represented by arrows/wands, feathers/birds, jars/bowls and vegetables/flowers respectively. The Court cards are Father, Mother, Son and Daughter. The Minors seem to loosely follow Thoth symbolism and each has a name. Some have the same names as their counterpart in the Thoth deck (such as Ten of Fire: Oppression) and some have different names but similar themes (such as Ten of Water: “Fulfillment” instead of “Satiety”).

Most of the Major arcana vary from traditional names and meanings. Below I’ve listed the names of the Major arcana, including the correspondences given in the LWB. Differences in the interpretations will be mentioned when we get to each card.

0. Clown (The Fool)
I. Medicine Man (The Magician)
II. Medicine Woman (The High Priestess)
III. Grand Mother (The Empress)
IV. Grand Father (The Emperor)
V. Shaman (The Hierophant)
VI. Lovers
VII. Spiritual Warrior (The Chariot)
VIII. Balance (Temperance and Justice)
IX. Hermit
X. Small Medicine Wheel (The Wheel of Fortune)
XI. Life Force (no equivalent given, seems to correspond most closely with Thoth’s “Lust”)
XII. Vision Quest (The Hanged Man)
XIII. Transformation (Death)
XIV. Integration (Temperance)
XV. Torment (The Devil)
XVI. Chaos (The Tower)
XVII. Star
XVIII. Moon
XIX. Sun
XX. Spirit Guide (relates to Ćon/Justice)
XXI. Big Medicine Wheel (The World)

The backs have a beautiful picture of the night sky, with varying hues of indigo and purples with pinpoint stars and an eagle soaring up from the lower right corner. The backs have the same white border as the side used for reading.

One other thing I want to mention about this deck has to do with the “Little White Book”, which is much more in-depth than most booklets that come with tarot decks. It is 108 pages long and includes a few spreads. Each card has keywords and an “inner message” and “outward message”. This is a little difficult to adjust to when doing readings, I still have to experiment to figure out which meaning applies in that specific situation. I guess it has to do with the position of the card and its relation to others in the spread. No reverse meanings are given.

I look forward to learning more about this deck, the pictures are fabulous and very expressive.