I'm not an artist, but I want to make my

· Answered by the Doramagic.ai AI assistant · Tarot

Question

I'm not an artist, but I want to make my own deck. Is this a good path for me?

Answer

This is a trade of skill, not of talent — and the middle card says the trade isn't the problem.

Past: Two of Wands (upright) — you're at the planning end. The want is real and it has a shape; you can point at what you'd do differently.
Present: The Chariot (reversed) — this is the whole question in one card. Reversed Chariot is scattered drive: several wills pulling at different harnesses, momentum without a rein. Not "you're not artistic" — "you're trying to hold the whole 78 at once."
Future: Knight of Pentacles (upright) — if the drive stays harnessed, this reads slow, methodical, boring-good: the deck gets made by repetition, not by inspiration. That's a tendency under that condition, not a promise.

So: if what you actually want is a deck you'd use and study — meaning, notes, practice, a system you built — then yes, this is viable for someone who isn't an artist, and the future card even favors it, because the work is methodical rather than painterly. If what you want is a finished, illustrated, publishable object in your hand, then something has to change hands: the Chariot reversed says you can't drive that one alone, and the honest answer is that you'd need an illustrator or a small team, not a stronger grip from you.

Two of Wands into a reversed Chariot into a Knight of Pentacles: vision first, then the harnessing, then the grind. The order is telling — the harness has to come before the grind, and neither comes from talent.

Your step, this week, alone: take one deck you love and hand-write your own meanings for three cards — pick the Fool, the Tower, and one card you actually draw on. Not the "correct" meanings from a book. Then put your three pages next to that deck and read them cold, days later. If you reach for your own words without checking the original, the Knight of Pentacles has a real floor under it. If you find yourself apologizing for them, that's the Chariot telling you where the hitch is — and you can act on that too.

Want the three cards drawn as a picture, or this spread saved to your journal?