Which botanical-themed deck would suit m
Question
Which botanical-themed deck would suit my readings?
Answer
For readings done with this deck, the safest botanical pick is one that keeps the Rider–Waite–Smith card order and imagery logic — otherwise the plant layer quietly rewrites what the cards mean to you.
Good fit — RWS structure, botanical art:
- Heather Winter's Botanical Tarot — RWS layout with each suit re-cast as a plant group (earth/root, fire/sun, water, air). Card meanings stay where you expect them; the plants are a reading layer on top, not a replacement system. Easiest transfer if you're used to standard Waite–Smith meanings.
- Green Witch Tarot — also RWS-structured, with plant correspondences keyed to the suits and a companion book for the system detail. A bit more "system" than Winter's, so it rewards a few sessions before it feels natural.
Skip for this skill's readings:
- Wildwood Tarot — beautiful botanical imagery, but it's Caroline Myss's own system, not RWS. Cards will not line up with the meanings I read them by; you'd be learning a second tarot.
- Smaller "mushroom"/"herbalist" decks on marketplace listings — often pretty, but the card count, numbering, and correspondence tables vary, and the meanings are whatever the artist chose.
One thing worth deciding before you buy: whether you want the plants as illustration only (Winter, safest) or as an added correspondence system you learn on purpose (Green Witch). Both are legitimate; the second one just asks for more study before the deck "clicks."
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