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True Heart Intuitive Tarot
Rachel True—beloved for her role in the cult classic movie The Craft—shares her tarot knowledge, gained through a lifetime of practice. Accessible and conversational, this guidebook, which is compatible with any tarot deck, helps readers use the cards as True with an intuitive approach. She shares personal stories from her experiences in Hollywood to illuminate how to personalize the meaning of each card, and how—much in the way Carl Jung used them in his practice—tarot offers wisdom based on the reader’s present energy.
Download the True Heart Intuitive Tarot ebook for tarot readings on the go, or for use with your own deck. The ebook includes the full guidebook, complete with art, but does not include the physical tarot deck.
“That's the beauty of tarot; you don't need any special talents. Just your open mind. You can pick up your own deck, clear your energy, and feel empowered doing it. The only thing you'll be summoning is your own intuition, insight, and connection to spirit.”—Rachel True, from True Heart Intuitive Tarot
Download the True Heart Intuitive Tarot ebook for tarot readings on the go, or for use with your own deck. The ebook includes the full guidebook, complete with art, but does not include the physical tarot deck.
“That's the beauty of tarot; you don't need any special talents. Just your open mind. You can pick up your own deck, clear your energy, and feel empowered doing it. The only thing you'll be summoning is your own intuition, insight, and connection to spirit.”—Rachel True, from True Heart Intuitive Tarot
407 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 13, 2020
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September 26, 2023
A semi auto-biographical, spiritual and mindful journey into the art of reading Tarot. Rachel True, from the movie The Craft, has filled this book with a fun, lighthearted, take on Tarot Cards that is also very deep and engaging. They don’t need to be feared or avoided… they can help you get to know yourself better (not through woo but a gentle introspection into your inner feelings).
Personally, I love collecting Tarot Cards for the gorgeous art but I’ve always felt like I needed to learn exactly what every card means prior to using them properly. Now, I feel more confident to start a mindful relationship with each card, a unique self exploration and enjoyment for myself.
My Audible copy of this audiobook also included a free PDF containing layouts to try out and what each card placement could mean.
Seeing not only tarot but life through her eyes for only a moment was so intriguing and informative.
Personally, I love collecting Tarot Cards for the gorgeous art but I’ve always felt like I needed to learn exactly what every card means prior to using them properly. Now, I feel more confident to start a mindful relationship with each card, a unique self exploration and enjoyment for myself.
My Audible copy of this audiobook also included a free PDF containing layouts to try out and what each card placement could mean.
Seeing not only tarot but life through her eyes for only a moment was so intriguing and informative.
May 14, 2022
What’s great about this tarot guide is that the author (Rachel True of 90s movie The Craft🖤) shares stories from her life to help illustrate the meanings of the major arcana. I love this method and I haven’t seen it in many tarot books.
August 29, 2026
The thing I love most about True Heart Intuitive Tarot is how personal it feels. Rachel True doesn’t teach tarot as a rigid symbolic code that has to be memorized perfectly before you’re allowed to trust yourself. She teaches it as a living relationship between image, intuition, experience, memory, and the circumstances unfolding around you.
Rachel’s personal stories are a huge part of what gives the guidebook its strength. She connects the cards to experiences from her own life, including her years in Hollywood, and those stories make the archetypes feel embodied rather than abstract. You begin to understand the cards as patterns that actually show up through choices, relationships, disappointments, opportunities, and turning points.
That is where the psychology of tarot becomes fascinating to me. We understand symbols partly through association, and a card can activate memories, emotions, expectations, personal experiences, cultural meanings, and unconscious material before the analytical mind has finished deciding what it is looking at. Two people can see the same image and immediately notice completely different details because perception is already being shaped by what each mind carries into the encounter.
Rachel makes that subjectivity useful. Rather than pretending that there is one correct interpretation locked inside every card, she encourages the reader to notice what the imagery is actually doing in their own consciousness. What catches your attention first? What does the scene remind you of? What emotional response appears? What does the card seem to be saying in the context of this particular question?
I also like her approach to prediction. The future in this system is dynamic, shaped by present conditions and choices, which makes tarot feel much more empowering than fatalistic. A reading can reveal trajectories and possibilities while the reader remains an active participant in what happens next.
That happens to fit beautifully with the way I think about precognition as well. Even if consciousness can sometimes access information about future events, precognition does not necessarily require a completely fixed future. A future could contain probabilities, branching outcomes, attractors, or events whose likelihood changes as choices are made.
The book’s intuitive philosophy also makes room for something experienced readers eventually discover on their own: sometimes a card means something completely different from the textbook definition. A particular symbol suddenly becomes important, a figure reminds you of someone, or a card traditionally associated with one subject suddenly speaks very clearly about something else because of the surrounding context.
That flexibility is where tarot begins to feel alive. It also creates an interesting meeting point between ordinary intuition and potentially psychic perception. Psychology can explain a tremendous amount of intuitive reading through implicit memory, pattern recognition, unconscious inference, projection, and associative thinking. A skilled reader may notice subtle information without consciously realizing how they noticed it.
But occasionally something comes through that seems to exceed those explanations. That is the territory that keeps tarot endlessly interesting to me.
Rachel’s approach leaves space for that mystery without making the practice intimidating. You don’t need to present yourself as someone possessing rare supernatural gifts before you can begin reading. You develop a relationship with the cards, pay attention to your responses, learn the traditional structure, notice what emerges spontaneously, and gradually become more confident in your own perception.
The deck itself supports that beautifully. The multicultural imagery feels contemporary and human, and I love seeing a tarot deck whose figures reflect a broader range of people and experiences. Representation matters particularly in a symbolic system built around the idea that these archetypes describe human life.
The deeper I get into tarot, the more convinced I become that one of its greatest strengths is its ability to operate simultaneously on multiple levels. A card can be a traditional occult symbol, a psychological mirror, an archetypal pattern, a trigger for memory, a stimulus for intuition, a synchronicity, and potentially a vehicle for psychic information at the same time.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot feels comfortable with that multiplicity. It also understands that divination can reveal just as much about the person asking the question as it does about external circumstances. Sometimes the most important message in a reading is realizing that you already knew the answer but were avoiding it. Sometimes a card exposes a pattern you keep repeating, clarifies what you actually want, or shifts your perspective enough that an apparently fixed situation suddenly contains choices.
That is where tarot becomes psychologically transformative.
Rachel’s personal storytelling reinforces this beautifully because she demonstrates how card meanings become meaningful through lived experience. You begin recognizing the Fool because you have been the Fool. You understand the Tower differently after your own structures collapse. The Hermit means something different after genuine solitude. The Devil changes once you recognize your own attachments.
Eventually the deck becomes a map of experiences rather than a vocabulary list.
There is something wonderfully Jungian about approaching tarot this way. Archetypes become meaningful because we encounter their patterns both internally and externally, and tarot gives those patterns images that consciousness can engage with directly.
Then synchronicity enters the picture.
Of all the mysteries surrounding tarot, the meaningful coincidence of drawing a particular card at a particular moment may be the one that fascinates me most. Psychology can tell us a tremendous amount about what happens once we see the image and begin interpreting it, while the selection of the image itself creates another fascinating question: why does this particular symbol appear at this particular moment and so frequently seem to meet the situation with uncanny precision?
I don’t need a final answer to that question in order to appreciate it. The mystery is part of what makes divination worth practicing.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot succeeds because Rachel True understands that tarot lives in the space between structure and spontaneity. You learn the cards, but you also learn yourself. You study symbolism while remaining responsive to what happens in the moment, and you develop intuition through experience rather than trying to imitate someone else’s reading style.
Most importantly, the cards become companions rather than authorities. That distinction makes the whole practice feel more alive, personal, and empowering.
For someone interested in tarot as both a psychological mirror and a genuinely intuitive or psychic art, this is a wonderful approach. Rachel brings warmth, honesty, humor, lived experience, and an obvious long-term relationship with the cards to the book.
It feels less like being handed a system and more like being shown how to build a relationship with one. That is exactly the kind of tarot teaching I value most.
Rachel’s personal stories are a huge part of what gives the guidebook its strength. She connects the cards to experiences from her own life, including her years in Hollywood, and those stories make the archetypes feel embodied rather than abstract. You begin to understand the cards as patterns that actually show up through choices, relationships, disappointments, opportunities, and turning points.
That is where the psychology of tarot becomes fascinating to me. We understand symbols partly through association, and a card can activate memories, emotions, expectations, personal experiences, cultural meanings, and unconscious material before the analytical mind has finished deciding what it is looking at. Two people can see the same image and immediately notice completely different details because perception is already being shaped by what each mind carries into the encounter.
Rachel makes that subjectivity useful. Rather than pretending that there is one correct interpretation locked inside every card, she encourages the reader to notice what the imagery is actually doing in their own consciousness. What catches your attention first? What does the scene remind you of? What emotional response appears? What does the card seem to be saying in the context of this particular question?
I also like her approach to prediction. The future in this system is dynamic, shaped by present conditions and choices, which makes tarot feel much more empowering than fatalistic. A reading can reveal trajectories and possibilities while the reader remains an active participant in what happens next.
That happens to fit beautifully with the way I think about precognition as well. Even if consciousness can sometimes access information about future events, precognition does not necessarily require a completely fixed future. A future could contain probabilities, branching outcomes, attractors, or events whose likelihood changes as choices are made.
The book’s intuitive philosophy also makes room for something experienced readers eventually discover on their own: sometimes a card means something completely different from the textbook definition. A particular symbol suddenly becomes important, a figure reminds you of someone, or a card traditionally associated with one subject suddenly speaks very clearly about something else because of the surrounding context.
That flexibility is where tarot begins to feel alive. It also creates an interesting meeting point between ordinary intuition and potentially psychic perception. Psychology can explain a tremendous amount of intuitive reading through implicit memory, pattern recognition, unconscious inference, projection, and associative thinking. A skilled reader may notice subtle information without consciously realizing how they noticed it.
But occasionally something comes through that seems to exceed those explanations. That is the territory that keeps tarot endlessly interesting to me.
Rachel’s approach leaves space for that mystery without making the practice intimidating. You don’t need to present yourself as someone possessing rare supernatural gifts before you can begin reading. You develop a relationship with the cards, pay attention to your responses, learn the traditional structure, notice what emerges spontaneously, and gradually become more confident in your own perception.
The deck itself supports that beautifully. The multicultural imagery feels contemporary and human, and I love seeing a tarot deck whose figures reflect a broader range of people and experiences. Representation matters particularly in a symbolic system built around the idea that these archetypes describe human life.
The deeper I get into tarot, the more convinced I become that one of its greatest strengths is its ability to operate simultaneously on multiple levels. A card can be a traditional occult symbol, a psychological mirror, an archetypal pattern, a trigger for memory, a stimulus for intuition, a synchronicity, and potentially a vehicle for psychic information at the same time.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot feels comfortable with that multiplicity. It also understands that divination can reveal just as much about the person asking the question as it does about external circumstances. Sometimes the most important message in a reading is realizing that you already knew the answer but were avoiding it. Sometimes a card exposes a pattern you keep repeating, clarifies what you actually want, or shifts your perspective enough that an apparently fixed situation suddenly contains choices.
That is where tarot becomes psychologically transformative.
Rachel’s personal storytelling reinforces this beautifully because she demonstrates how card meanings become meaningful through lived experience. You begin recognizing the Fool because you have been the Fool. You understand the Tower differently after your own structures collapse. The Hermit means something different after genuine solitude. The Devil changes once you recognize your own attachments.
Eventually the deck becomes a map of experiences rather than a vocabulary list.
There is something wonderfully Jungian about approaching tarot this way. Archetypes become meaningful because we encounter their patterns both internally and externally, and tarot gives those patterns images that consciousness can engage with directly.
Then synchronicity enters the picture.
Of all the mysteries surrounding tarot, the meaningful coincidence of drawing a particular card at a particular moment may be the one that fascinates me most. Psychology can tell us a tremendous amount about what happens once we see the image and begin interpreting it, while the selection of the image itself creates another fascinating question: why does this particular symbol appear at this particular moment and so frequently seem to meet the situation with uncanny precision?
I don’t need a final answer to that question in order to appreciate it. The mystery is part of what makes divination worth practicing.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot succeeds because Rachel True understands that tarot lives in the space between structure and spontaneity. You learn the cards, but you also learn yourself. You study symbolism while remaining responsive to what happens in the moment, and you develop intuition through experience rather than trying to imitate someone else’s reading style.
Most importantly, the cards become companions rather than authorities. That distinction makes the whole practice feel more alive, personal, and empowering.
For someone interested in tarot as both a psychological mirror and a genuinely intuitive or psychic art, this is a wonderful approach. Rachel brings warmth, honesty, humor, lived experience, and an obvious long-term relationship with the cards to the book.
It feels less like being handed a system and more like being shown how to build a relationship with one. That is exactly the kind of tarot teaching I value most.
August 29, 2026
True Heart Intuitive Tarot does something deceptively sophisticated with a beginner-friendly premise: Rachel True teaches tarot through lived experience rather than abstraction.
There are countless ways to memorize seventy-eight cards. One can learn keywords, elemental dignities, astrological correspondences, Qabalistic attributions, numerological patterns, visual symbols, or traditional divinatory meanings. All are potentially useful. Yet none automatically produces the ability to recognize how an archetypal pattern is expressing itself within the untidy circumstances of an actual human life. True is unusually interested in that final step.
Her introductory material is consequently more thoughtful than I expected. Before moving deeply into individual cards, she addresses intuition, journaling, deck selection and care, altars, numerical patterns, suits, court cards, shuffling, clarifiers, reversals, reading for others, and spreads. This provides a perfectly serviceable foundation for someone learning tarot, but True continually redirects the reader away from dependence upon prescribed definitions and toward observation of their own responses.
Her “Actor’s Way” of connecting with the cards is particularly interesting. True’s background as an actor becomes a genuine divinatory methodology rather than celebrity decoration. Instead of looking at a figure on a card exclusively from the outside, the reader can imaginatively enter the scene: What does it feel like to inhabit this posture? What has just happened? What does this figure want? Where is the tension in the image? What might happen next?
This is essentially an exercise in disciplined imaginative identification. Occultists have employed analogous techniques for centuries in various forms, while depth psychology would recognize something adjacent to active engagement with symbolic imagery. True arrives at the practice through the craft of acting, which gives her version an unusually embodied and accessible quality.
The autobiographical structure of the Major Arcana is where the book becomes genuinely distinctive. True connects the trumps with episodes from her own life, including her experiences navigating Hollywood, relationships, professional disappointments, successes, questions of identity, and moments when circumstances forced a reevaluation of what she thought was happening. The stories are entertaining, certainly, but their real function is pedagogical. She demonstrates how a tarot card ceases to be an abstract definition and becomes recognizable as a pattern within experience.
This is an excellent way to teach archetypal literacy.
One can memorize that the Tower signifies disruption, for example, but understanding the Tower requires eventually recognizing the peculiar psychic texture of a Tower experience. The same applies to the Devil, Lovers, Hermit, Star, or Fool. True repeatedly translates symbolic vocabulary into biography, then implicitly invites the reader to perform the same operation with their own life.
Her distinction between the higher and “low vibe” expressions of cards is similarly practical. I generally prefer more philosophically precise language for the polarity contained within archetypal symbols, but the underlying principle is sound. A card is not exhausted by a single favorable or unfavorable definition. Its pattern can manifest constructively, destructively, consciously, compulsively, internally, relationally, or circumstantially. Learning tarot requires developing sensitivity to these variations.
True’s philosophy of divination is also refreshingly resistant to fatalism. She is interested in possible outcomes emerging from present conditions rather than an immutable future waiting to be discovered. Tarot therefore becomes diagnostic as much as predictive. A reading reveals patterns already in motion, allowing consciousness and choice to enter the situation.
There is an implicit theory of divination here that deserves more attention than True herself necessarily gives it philosophical language. If the cards become meaningful through the interaction of symbol, circumstance, intuition, and the consciousness of the reader, then divination occurs in the interpretive relationship among all four. Meaning is neither contained entirely within a printed card nor invented arbitrarily by the reader. It emerges through encounter.
The artwork supports that approach beautifully. The deck retains enough of tarot’s recognizable symbolic vocabulary to remain readable while presenting a markedly more multicultural human world than one finds in many traditional decks. That matters beyond representation alone. Archetypes are universal only in a very qualified sense; their cultural images are always particular. Expanding who is permitted to inhabit tarot imagery consequently expands the range of lives through which those symbols can be contemplated.
Experienced ceremonial tarotists looking for detailed Golden Dawn correspondences, decanic astrology, Hebrew letters, or historical analysis will naturally need other books. True is pursuing a different art. She wants the reader to become fluent enough in tarot that the cards eventually provoke recognition before intellectual translation.
That is a legitimate and surprisingly difficult stage of divinatory development. Beginners ask, “What does this card mean?” Experienced readers increasingly ask, “What is this card saying here?”
True Heart is largely about crossing that distance.
What I found most successful is that True does not accomplish this by dismissing traditional meanings. She teaches the underlying structure, then demonstrates how personal experience gives that structure dimensionality. Intuition becomes neither random guessing nor an excuse for failing to learn the cards. It is the cultivated ability to recognize which possibilities contained within a symbol have become relevant in the present encounter.
The result is one of the more genuinely personal tarot books I have read. The memoir material gives the Major Arcana flesh, but it also models a valuable exercise: look backward through one's own biography and identify where these archetypes have already appeared. Find one's Towers, Devils, Lovers, Hermits, Wheels, and Stars. Tarot then becomes more than seventy-eight images one is attempting to memorize. It becomes a symbolic vocabulary for patterns one has actually lived.
That is where True Heart Intuitive Tarot becomes considerably deeper than its conversational presentation initially lets on. Rachel True teaches the cards by demonstrating that their symbolism has been present in our lives long before we learned its names.
There are countless ways to memorize seventy-eight cards. One can learn keywords, elemental dignities, astrological correspondences, Qabalistic attributions, numerological patterns, visual symbols, or traditional divinatory meanings. All are potentially useful. Yet none automatically produces the ability to recognize how an archetypal pattern is expressing itself within the untidy circumstances of an actual human life. True is unusually interested in that final step.
Her introductory material is consequently more thoughtful than I expected. Before moving deeply into individual cards, she addresses intuition, journaling, deck selection and care, altars, numerical patterns, suits, court cards, shuffling, clarifiers, reversals, reading for others, and spreads. This provides a perfectly serviceable foundation for someone learning tarot, but True continually redirects the reader away from dependence upon prescribed definitions and toward observation of their own responses.
Her “Actor’s Way” of connecting with the cards is particularly interesting. True’s background as an actor becomes a genuine divinatory methodology rather than celebrity decoration. Instead of looking at a figure on a card exclusively from the outside, the reader can imaginatively enter the scene: What does it feel like to inhabit this posture? What has just happened? What does this figure want? Where is the tension in the image? What might happen next?
This is essentially an exercise in disciplined imaginative identification. Occultists have employed analogous techniques for centuries in various forms, while depth psychology would recognize something adjacent to active engagement with symbolic imagery. True arrives at the practice through the craft of acting, which gives her version an unusually embodied and accessible quality.
The autobiographical structure of the Major Arcana is where the book becomes genuinely distinctive. True connects the trumps with episodes from her own life, including her experiences navigating Hollywood, relationships, professional disappointments, successes, questions of identity, and moments when circumstances forced a reevaluation of what she thought was happening. The stories are entertaining, certainly, but their real function is pedagogical. She demonstrates how a tarot card ceases to be an abstract definition and becomes recognizable as a pattern within experience.
This is an excellent way to teach archetypal literacy.
One can memorize that the Tower signifies disruption, for example, but understanding the Tower requires eventually recognizing the peculiar psychic texture of a Tower experience. The same applies to the Devil, Lovers, Hermit, Star, or Fool. True repeatedly translates symbolic vocabulary into biography, then implicitly invites the reader to perform the same operation with their own life.
Her distinction between the higher and “low vibe” expressions of cards is similarly practical. I generally prefer more philosophically precise language for the polarity contained within archetypal symbols, but the underlying principle is sound. A card is not exhausted by a single favorable or unfavorable definition. Its pattern can manifest constructively, destructively, consciously, compulsively, internally, relationally, or circumstantially. Learning tarot requires developing sensitivity to these variations.
True’s philosophy of divination is also refreshingly resistant to fatalism. She is interested in possible outcomes emerging from present conditions rather than an immutable future waiting to be discovered. Tarot therefore becomes diagnostic as much as predictive. A reading reveals patterns already in motion, allowing consciousness and choice to enter the situation.
There is an implicit theory of divination here that deserves more attention than True herself necessarily gives it philosophical language. If the cards become meaningful through the interaction of symbol, circumstance, intuition, and the consciousness of the reader, then divination occurs in the interpretive relationship among all four. Meaning is neither contained entirely within a printed card nor invented arbitrarily by the reader. It emerges through encounter.
The artwork supports that approach beautifully. The deck retains enough of tarot’s recognizable symbolic vocabulary to remain readable while presenting a markedly more multicultural human world than one finds in many traditional decks. That matters beyond representation alone. Archetypes are universal only in a very qualified sense; their cultural images are always particular. Expanding who is permitted to inhabit tarot imagery consequently expands the range of lives through which those symbols can be contemplated.
Experienced ceremonial tarotists looking for detailed Golden Dawn correspondences, decanic astrology, Hebrew letters, or historical analysis will naturally need other books. True is pursuing a different art. She wants the reader to become fluent enough in tarot that the cards eventually provoke recognition before intellectual translation.
That is a legitimate and surprisingly difficult stage of divinatory development. Beginners ask, “What does this card mean?” Experienced readers increasingly ask, “What is this card saying here?”
True Heart is largely about crossing that distance.
What I found most successful is that True does not accomplish this by dismissing traditional meanings. She teaches the underlying structure, then demonstrates how personal experience gives that structure dimensionality. Intuition becomes neither random guessing nor an excuse for failing to learn the cards. It is the cultivated ability to recognize which possibilities contained within a symbol have become relevant in the present encounter.
The result is one of the more genuinely personal tarot books I have read. The memoir material gives the Major Arcana flesh, but it also models a valuable exercise: look backward through one's own biography and identify where these archetypes have already appeared. Find one's Towers, Devils, Lovers, Hermits, Wheels, and Stars. Tarot then becomes more than seventy-eight images one is attempting to memorize. It becomes a symbolic vocabulary for patterns one has actually lived.
That is where True Heart Intuitive Tarot becomes considerably deeper than its conversational presentation initially lets on. Rachel True teaches the cards by demonstrating that their symbolism has been present in our lives long before we learned its names.
August 15, 2026
Copied from my other review on here (for the version with the deck):
As a Gen-X witch and longtime fan of The Craft, I was blown away to discover that Rachel True has been deeply into tarot for years, long before her iconic role in the film. I found out about her tarot practice while listening to The Circle is Podcast, which she co-hosts with Mat Auryn, another witch whose work I absolutely admire. So, when I heard she had created her own deck, True Heart Intuitive Tarot, I knew I had to have it. What I didn’t expect was how much this deck and guidebook would exceed my expectations.
First off, the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. The multicultural aesthetic Rachel brings to the deck is so refreshing and makes the cards feel inclusive and dynamic. Each illustration feels incredibly intentional, with beautiful details that make the deck stand out visually. You can tell she put a lot of thought and energy into creating a deck that reflects her own experiences while remaining accessible to everyone. As someone who owns many tarot decks, I can confidently say this one is truly unique, with artwork that draws you in and makes you want to connect with each card on a deeper level. The images themselves invite contemplation and speak to a range of experiences that resonate across different cultures and perspectives, which I really appreciate.
However, what truly sets this set apart is the guidebook. This has to be one of the best tarot guidebooks I’ve ever used. Rachel’s approach to tarot is deeply intuitive, and she does an incredible job of guiding readers to connect with the cards in a way that’s personal and reflective of their own journey. She shares personal stories from her time in Hollywood and beyond, which add a layer of richness and depth to the meanings of the cards. Rather than sticking to rigid definitions, she encourages readers to use their intuition to explore what each card might mean for them in the moment. This makes the deck feel more like a living tool for personal growth, rather than just another guide to memorizing card meanings. It feels like you’re having a conversation with Rachel herself, and that personal touch really elevates the reading experience.
The guidebook also offers practical advice on how to build a relationship with the cards over time, which I found incredibly helpful. Her focus on using tarot to tune into your energy and explore potential outcomes is empowering, and it aligns perfectly with my own approach to tarot. As a fan of Mat Auryn, I was thrilled to see how seamlessly this deck complements his new tarot book, to which Rachel wrote the foreword. Together, they offer a comprehensive approach to tarot that blends intuition, psychic development, and practical guidance, making them a perfect pairing for anyone serious about deepening their tarot practice.
My only critique is that the box and card stock could be of higher quality. The cards are sturdy enough, but I would have liked a more durable feel to the set, especially given how beautiful the deck is. However, this is a very minor issue and does not detract from the overall experience of working with this deck. The art, the guidebook, and Rachel’s intuitive approach more than make up for any shortcomings in the packaging.
Trust me when I say that True Heart Intuitive Tarot is a stunning, thoughtful, and powerful deck that belongs in every witch’s collection. Rachel True has created something truly special, and I’m so glad I stumbled across it through the podcast. Whether you’re a seasoned tarot reader or just starting out, this deck and guidebook provide a beautiful, intuitive way to deepen your tarot practice. Five stars without hesitation!
As a Gen-X witch and longtime fan of The Craft, I was blown away to discover that Rachel True has been deeply into tarot for years, long before her iconic role in the film. I found out about her tarot practice while listening to The Circle is Podcast, which she co-hosts with Mat Auryn, another witch whose work I absolutely admire. So, when I heard she had created her own deck, True Heart Intuitive Tarot, I knew I had to have it. What I didn’t expect was how much this deck and guidebook would exceed my expectations.
First off, the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. The multicultural aesthetic Rachel brings to the deck is so refreshing and makes the cards feel inclusive and dynamic. Each illustration feels incredibly intentional, with beautiful details that make the deck stand out visually. You can tell she put a lot of thought and energy into creating a deck that reflects her own experiences while remaining accessible to everyone. As someone who owns many tarot decks, I can confidently say this one is truly unique, with artwork that draws you in and makes you want to connect with each card on a deeper level. The images themselves invite contemplation and speak to a range of experiences that resonate across different cultures and perspectives, which I really appreciate.
However, what truly sets this set apart is the guidebook. This has to be one of the best tarot guidebooks I’ve ever used. Rachel’s approach to tarot is deeply intuitive, and she does an incredible job of guiding readers to connect with the cards in a way that’s personal and reflective of their own journey. She shares personal stories from her time in Hollywood and beyond, which add a layer of richness and depth to the meanings of the cards. Rather than sticking to rigid definitions, she encourages readers to use their intuition to explore what each card might mean for them in the moment. This makes the deck feel more like a living tool for personal growth, rather than just another guide to memorizing card meanings. It feels like you’re having a conversation with Rachel herself, and that personal touch really elevates the reading experience.
The guidebook also offers practical advice on how to build a relationship with the cards over time, which I found incredibly helpful. Her focus on using tarot to tune into your energy and explore potential outcomes is empowering, and it aligns perfectly with my own approach to tarot. As a fan of Mat Auryn, I was thrilled to see how seamlessly this deck complements his new tarot book, to which Rachel wrote the foreword. Together, they offer a comprehensive approach to tarot that blends intuition, psychic development, and practical guidance, making them a perfect pairing for anyone serious about deepening their tarot practice.
My only critique is that the box and card stock could be of higher quality. The cards are sturdy enough, but I would have liked a more durable feel to the set, especially given how beautiful the deck is. However, this is a very minor issue and does not detract from the overall experience of working with this deck. The art, the guidebook, and Rachel’s intuitive approach more than make up for any shortcomings in the packaging.
Trust me when I say that True Heart Intuitive Tarot is a stunning, thoughtful, and powerful deck that belongs in every witch’s collection. Rachel True has created something truly special, and I’m so glad I stumbled across it through the podcast. Whether you’re a seasoned tarot reader or just starting out, this deck and guidebook provide a beautiful, intuitive way to deepen your tarot practice. Five stars without hesitation!
August 17, 2026
I’ll admit that the first thing that made me curious about True Heart Intuitive Tarot was Rachel True herself. Like a lot of people who grew up loving The Craft, I knew her first as Rochelle. What I didn't realize until much later was that Rachel was practicing the occult and reading tarot long before she ever appeared in that movie. True Heart makes that abundantly clear. This isn't a celebrity attaching her name to a tarot deck. This is a tarot reader sharing a practice she has actually lived with for decades.
The deck itself is gorgeous, but what makes True Heart special to me is Rachel's approach to reading. She doesn't want you trapped inside seventy-eight rigid definitions where a card always means exactly the same thing regardless of who you're reading for or what is happening around it. She teaches you to know the traditional language of tarot while remaining open to intuition, context, imagery, and the way a card actually speaks within a particular reading. That's where tarot starts becoming a living language instead of a memorization exercise.
The guidebook is also much more personal than I expected. Rachel uses stories from her own life and experiences in Hollywood to illustrate the cards, which makes the meanings feel human rather than theoretical. You begin understanding a card through situations, choices, relationships, successes, disappointments, and all the messy circumstances that make up an actual life. I found myself remembering those stories later when particular cards appeared, which is exactly what a good tarot book should do. It gives the archetypes somewhere to live in your mind.
I also really appreciate the multicultural artwork. Tarot has been reimagined endlessly, but representation genuinely changes how people relate to archetypal imagery. Seeing different kinds of people inhabiting these cards makes the deck feel expansive and contemporary without losing its connection to tarot's traditional structure.
Rachel's philosophy about prediction is interesting as well. Rather than presenting the future as something permanently fixed that the cards simply reveal, she approaches tarot as showing possibilities arising from the conditions and energies present now. Whether or not you personally approach predictive tarot exactly the same way, it encourages a much more active relationship with a reading. The cards aren't handing down an unavoidable sentence. They're giving you information you can actually use.
I've collected and worked with a lot of tarot decks, and True Heart has something that can't really be manufactured: personality. It feels like Rachel. It's stylish, intuitive, funny, thoughtful, occasionally vulnerable, and grounded in actual experience. The more you work with it, the more obvious it becomes that tarot isn't something she discovered because she played a witch in a movie. It's part of the person who was cast in The Craft in the first place.
If you want a beautiful deck, you'll absolutely get that here. But True Heart Intuitive Tarot is much more than a beautiful deck with a famous name attached. Rachel True is the real deal, and this set gives you the opportunity to learn tarot from someone who has been quietly doing the work for a very long time.
The deck itself is gorgeous, but what makes True Heart special to me is Rachel's approach to reading. She doesn't want you trapped inside seventy-eight rigid definitions where a card always means exactly the same thing regardless of who you're reading for or what is happening around it. She teaches you to know the traditional language of tarot while remaining open to intuition, context, imagery, and the way a card actually speaks within a particular reading. That's where tarot starts becoming a living language instead of a memorization exercise.
The guidebook is also much more personal than I expected. Rachel uses stories from her own life and experiences in Hollywood to illustrate the cards, which makes the meanings feel human rather than theoretical. You begin understanding a card through situations, choices, relationships, successes, disappointments, and all the messy circumstances that make up an actual life. I found myself remembering those stories later when particular cards appeared, which is exactly what a good tarot book should do. It gives the archetypes somewhere to live in your mind.
I also really appreciate the multicultural artwork. Tarot has been reimagined endlessly, but representation genuinely changes how people relate to archetypal imagery. Seeing different kinds of people inhabiting these cards makes the deck feel expansive and contemporary without losing its connection to tarot's traditional structure.
Rachel's philosophy about prediction is interesting as well. Rather than presenting the future as something permanently fixed that the cards simply reveal, she approaches tarot as showing possibilities arising from the conditions and energies present now. Whether or not you personally approach predictive tarot exactly the same way, it encourages a much more active relationship with a reading. The cards aren't handing down an unavoidable sentence. They're giving you information you can actually use.
I've collected and worked with a lot of tarot decks, and True Heart has something that can't really be manufactured: personality. It feels like Rachel. It's stylish, intuitive, funny, thoughtful, occasionally vulnerable, and grounded in actual experience. The more you work with it, the more obvious it becomes that tarot isn't something she discovered because she played a witch in a movie. It's part of the person who was cast in The Craft in the first place.
If you want a beautiful deck, you'll absolutely get that here. But True Heart Intuitive Tarot is much more than a beautiful deck with a famous name attached. Rachel True is the real deal, and this set gives you the opportunity to learn tarot from someone who has been quietly doing the work for a very long time.
September 1, 2026
I own more tarot books than I probably need, and at this point it takes something unusual for another explanation of the seventy-eight cards to genuinely change how I approach a reading. Rachel True managed to do exactly that by approaching tarot through lived experience rather than memorization. True Heart Intuitive Tarot teaches the familiar architecture of tarot—numbers, suits, court cards, reversals, spreads and individual card meanings—but its real subject is intuition. True encourages the reader to develop a personal relationship with the cards and recognize that an image can communicate something much more specific than the definition printed beside it in a guidebook.
My favorite part of the book is True's use of autobiographical stories for the Major Arcana. She connects the cards to experiences from her own life and career, turning archetypes that can sometimes feel abstract into recognizable human situations. This approach appears to be one of the things readers respond to most strongly as well. I found myself instinctively doing the same thing while reading: What does the Tower actually feel like in my own history? When have I embodied the Hermit? Who has shown up as the Devil? Those associations create an emotional and symbolic vocabulary that belongs to the reader, and that is precisely where tarot becomes much more interesting to me.
True also includes a section devoted specifically to tapping into intuition before getting deeply into card meanings, along with journaling, connecting with the cards, reading for others, clarifiers and several spreads. As someone interested in psychic development, I loved that order. Tarot can become an elaborate flash-card exercise where we become so concerned with remembering what the Seven of Cups is supposed to mean that we stop noticing what our consciousness actually does when we look at it. True continually brings the reader back to that internal response. The cards provide the stimulus, but intuition participates in making the reading alive.
I also really appreciated the artwork and the diversity of the people represented throughout the deck. The imagery remains recognizable enough to work intuitively while having its own visual personality, and multiple reviewers similarly praise both the multicultural representation and the artwork. More importantly, I actually want to read with these cards. That sounds like an obvious requirement for a tarot deck, but anyone who collects them knows how many beautiful decks somehow remain beautiful objects instead of becoming working tools.
True Heart ultimately reminded me why I became interested in tarot in the first place. I don't want seventy-eight predetermined answers sitting in a box. I want seventy-eight doors capable of opening associations, memories, psychic impressions and unexpected ways of seeing a situation. Rachel True gives beginners enough structure to learn the language of tarot while encouraging them to eventually speak that language in their own voice. The longer I worked with the book and deck together, the less interested I became in asking, “What does this card mean?” and the more interested I became in asking, “What is this card telling me right now?” For me, that is where reading tarot actually begins.
My favorite part of the book is True's use of autobiographical stories for the Major Arcana. She connects the cards to experiences from her own life and career, turning archetypes that can sometimes feel abstract into recognizable human situations. This approach appears to be one of the things readers respond to most strongly as well. I found myself instinctively doing the same thing while reading: What does the Tower actually feel like in my own history? When have I embodied the Hermit? Who has shown up as the Devil? Those associations create an emotional and symbolic vocabulary that belongs to the reader, and that is precisely where tarot becomes much more interesting to me.
True also includes a section devoted specifically to tapping into intuition before getting deeply into card meanings, along with journaling, connecting with the cards, reading for others, clarifiers and several spreads. As someone interested in psychic development, I loved that order. Tarot can become an elaborate flash-card exercise where we become so concerned with remembering what the Seven of Cups is supposed to mean that we stop noticing what our consciousness actually does when we look at it. True continually brings the reader back to that internal response. The cards provide the stimulus, but intuition participates in making the reading alive.
I also really appreciated the artwork and the diversity of the people represented throughout the deck. The imagery remains recognizable enough to work intuitively while having its own visual personality, and multiple reviewers similarly praise both the multicultural representation and the artwork. More importantly, I actually want to read with these cards. That sounds like an obvious requirement for a tarot deck, but anyone who collects them knows how many beautiful decks somehow remain beautiful objects instead of becoming working tools.
True Heart ultimately reminded me why I became interested in tarot in the first place. I don't want seventy-eight predetermined answers sitting in a box. I want seventy-eight doors capable of opening associations, memories, psychic impressions and unexpected ways of seeing a situation. Rachel True gives beginners enough structure to learn the language of tarot while encouraging them to eventually speak that language in their own voice. The longer I worked with the book and deck together, the less interested I became in asking, “What does this card mean?” and the more interested I became in asking, “What is this card telling me right now?” For me, that is where reading tarot actually begins.
August 20, 2026
Rachel True’s True Heart Intuitive Tarot didn’t just become another deck on my shelf—it quickly turned into a personal companion. From the moment I opened it, I felt like I was being welcomed into something much more intimate and special than your average Tarot set. Every card feels like it was designed to invite you into a conversation, not just about Tarot, but about life, about struggles, about joy, and about finding a deeper sense of connection in all of it.
What surprised me the most was the guidebook. I wasn’t expecting to be so moved by Rachel’s stories, but the way she weaves her own experiences—especially her journey in Hollywood—into the card meanings made everything feel real and relatable. I’ve read plenty of Tarot books that tell you what a card should mean, but Rachel doesn’t do that. She shares how these cards have shown up in her life, what they’ve taught her, and how she’s come to interpret them in moments of confusion, pain, and triumph. It’s like sitting down with a friend who’s seen it all and is willing to be completely honest with you. I found myself nodding along to her reflections, even tearing up a bit at her story about overcoming self-doubt and finding her own strength.
I’ve got to say, that approach shifted how I saw my own readings. Instead of looking for definitive answers, I started thinking more about how the cards were reflecting my personal narrative and emotional state. Rachel’s words encourage you to ask, “What does this card mean to me right now?” and that simple shift makes the whole process feel so much more meaningful. When I pulled the Nine of Wands during a rough week, I heard Rachel’s voice reminding me that being guarded and exhausted doesn’t mean you’ve lost—it means you’re still standing, still pushing forward. It was like she gave me permission to feel everything without judgment, and I can’t express how healing that was in the moment.
The deck itself is stunning, but what really caught my heart was how inclusive and real the artwork felt. There are so many Tarot decks out there that claim to be diverse, but True Heart Intuitive Tarot actually shows the richness of human experience. The faces in the cards are different ages, different ethnicities, different expressions of life and love. It makes you feel seen in a way that’s rare, like this is a deck that’s truly for everyone. I found myself lingering over each image, wanting to dive deeper into their stories.
I also love how Rachel doesn’t shy away from the tough cards. When she talks about the Three of Swords or the Tower, she’s honest about the hurt they can signify, but she doesn’t leave it there. Her interpretations are like a hand reaching out, showing you the light that can be found even when you’re surrounded by darkness. That balance—between realness and hope—is what makes this deck so special to me. It’s not sugar-coated, but it’s not cynical, either. It’s grounded, compassionate, and very, very human.
What surprised me the most was the guidebook. I wasn’t expecting to be so moved by Rachel’s stories, but the way she weaves her own experiences—especially her journey in Hollywood—into the card meanings made everything feel real and relatable. I’ve read plenty of Tarot books that tell you what a card should mean, but Rachel doesn’t do that. She shares how these cards have shown up in her life, what they’ve taught her, and how she’s come to interpret them in moments of confusion, pain, and triumph. It’s like sitting down with a friend who’s seen it all and is willing to be completely honest with you. I found myself nodding along to her reflections, even tearing up a bit at her story about overcoming self-doubt and finding her own strength.
I’ve got to say, that approach shifted how I saw my own readings. Instead of looking for definitive answers, I started thinking more about how the cards were reflecting my personal narrative and emotional state. Rachel’s words encourage you to ask, “What does this card mean to me right now?” and that simple shift makes the whole process feel so much more meaningful. When I pulled the Nine of Wands during a rough week, I heard Rachel’s voice reminding me that being guarded and exhausted doesn’t mean you’ve lost—it means you’re still standing, still pushing forward. It was like she gave me permission to feel everything without judgment, and I can’t express how healing that was in the moment.
The deck itself is stunning, but what really caught my heart was how inclusive and real the artwork felt. There are so many Tarot decks out there that claim to be diverse, but True Heart Intuitive Tarot actually shows the richness of human experience. The faces in the cards are different ages, different ethnicities, different expressions of life and love. It makes you feel seen in a way that’s rare, like this is a deck that’s truly for everyone. I found myself lingering over each image, wanting to dive deeper into their stories.
I also love how Rachel doesn’t shy away from the tough cards. When she talks about the Three of Swords or the Tower, she’s honest about the hurt they can signify, but she doesn’t leave it there. Her interpretations are like a hand reaching out, showing you the light that can be found even when you’re surrounded by darkness. That balance—between realness and hope—is what makes this deck so special to me. It’s not sugar-coated, but it’s not cynical, either. It’s grounded, compassionate, and very, very human.
August 20, 2026
I was already a big fan of Rachel True from THE CIRCLE IS podCAST with Mat Auryn, so I was genuinely excited when I discovered that she had created a tarot deck. What I wasn’t expecting was just how personal True Heart Intuitive Tarot would feel. This isn’t a celebrity putting her name on a deck. Rachel True is very clearly a tarot reader, and the depth of her relationship with the cards comes through everywhere in this set.
One of my favorite things about True’s approach is how often she grounds tarot in lived experience. Rather than simply giving you another collection of keywords for cards you may already know, she shows how those archetypes actually manifest in a human life. She draws from her own experiences with relationships, career, Hollywood, intuition, disappointments, successes, and all the strange turns that eventually give tarot symbols their meaning. It makes the guidebook feel less like an instruction manual and more like spending time with an experienced reader who is showing you how she came to understand the cards.
I especially love the emphasis on intuition. True gives you traditional foundations without making you feel trapped by them. Her “high vibe” and “low vibe” approach gives the cards room to breathe beyond a rigid upright-good/reversed-bad binary, and throughout the book she encourages you to develop your own relationship with the imagery and symbolism. That is ultimately where I think strong tarot reading comes from. You learn the established language, but eventually you have to speak it yourself.
Stephanie Singleton’s artwork is also wonderful. The imagery feels contemporary, expressive, and inclusive while still retaining enough connection to familiar tarot symbolism that I never felt lost in the deck. That balance is harder to achieve than it looks. There’s plenty here for intuition to grab onto without requiring you to relearn tarot from scratch.
I also appreciated discovering this side of Rachel True after knowing her primarily through the podcast and, of course, The Craft. The deck makes it obvious that tarot isn’t something she became interested in because of her association with witchcraft in popular culture. This is a practice she has actually lived with, and that authenticity gives the entire project its heart.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot understands something that can get lost in books about tarot: eventually the cards stop being definitions and become experiences. The Tower becomes a time your life actually fell apart. The Star becomes the moment hope returned. The Fool becomes the risk you took without knowing where it would lead. Rachel True teaches from that place, where tarot has become intertwined with life itself. I went into this because I already enjoyed listening to her talk every week, and came away with an entirely new appreciation for her as a tarot reader and teacher. This one is absolutely staying in my collection.
One of my favorite things about True’s approach is how often she grounds tarot in lived experience. Rather than simply giving you another collection of keywords for cards you may already know, she shows how those archetypes actually manifest in a human life. She draws from her own experiences with relationships, career, Hollywood, intuition, disappointments, successes, and all the strange turns that eventually give tarot symbols their meaning. It makes the guidebook feel less like an instruction manual and more like spending time with an experienced reader who is showing you how she came to understand the cards.
I especially love the emphasis on intuition. True gives you traditional foundations without making you feel trapped by them. Her “high vibe” and “low vibe” approach gives the cards room to breathe beyond a rigid upright-good/reversed-bad binary, and throughout the book she encourages you to develop your own relationship with the imagery and symbolism. That is ultimately where I think strong tarot reading comes from. You learn the established language, but eventually you have to speak it yourself.
Stephanie Singleton’s artwork is also wonderful. The imagery feels contemporary, expressive, and inclusive while still retaining enough connection to familiar tarot symbolism that I never felt lost in the deck. That balance is harder to achieve than it looks. There’s plenty here for intuition to grab onto without requiring you to relearn tarot from scratch.
I also appreciated discovering this side of Rachel True after knowing her primarily through the podcast and, of course, The Craft. The deck makes it obvious that tarot isn’t something she became interested in because of her association with witchcraft in popular culture. This is a practice she has actually lived with, and that authenticity gives the entire project its heart.
True Heart Intuitive Tarot understands something that can get lost in books about tarot: eventually the cards stop being definitions and become experiences. The Tower becomes a time your life actually fell apart. The Star becomes the moment hope returned. The Fool becomes the risk you took without knowing where it would lead. Rachel True teaches from that place, where tarot has become intertwined with life itself. I went into this because I already enjoyed listening to her talk every week, and came away with an entirely new appreciation for her as a tarot reader and teacher. This one is absolutely staying in my collection.
September 3, 2026
I have more tarot decks than I have any reasonable excuse for owning, and at this point a new one has to do something besides give the Fool a new outfit to keep my attention. True Heart Intuitive Tarot did. What makes this slightly embarrassing is that I started reading the guidebook without realizing Rachel True was one of the girls from The Craft. I certainly knew the movie, but somehow I had never connected the actress who played Rochelle with the woman whose tarot deck I was now holding. Once the penny dropped, I had a good laugh at myself, and it also made the personal stories she shares about acting, relationships, family and finding her way through Hollywood land differently. Those experiences become part of how she teaches the cards, and I found myself understanding certain meanings differently because I'd first seen them operating in an actual life.
I also liked her emphasis on intuition because it resembles the way my own reading changed over time. I certainly learned traditional meanings when I was younger, and I'm glad I did, but eventually you have to stop mentally consulting the invisible instruction manual every time you turn over a card. True encourages that movement without suggesting that intuition means saying whatever pops into your head. The images, your response to them, the circumstances of the question and your accumulated relationship with the deck all begin speaking together. I found several of her observations wonderfully perceptive, particularly when she gets into the emotional territory of the cards rather than treating them as fixed definitions.
What won me over completely was that this deck has a personality. It feels contemporary without trying desperately to prove how contemporary it is, and there is warmth in it without sanding down the difficult cards. I have old decks that carry decades of memories in their cardstock, so I don't say lightly that a newer deck earned a place in my regular rotation. True Heart did, and I think Rachel True understands something important about tarot: eventually the cards become less like seventy-eight answers you're trying to memorize and more like seventy-eight voices you've learned to recognize. This is a lovely deck for beginning that relationship, and a surprisingly rewarding one for those of us who have been having the conversation for a very long time.
I also liked her emphasis on intuition because it resembles the way my own reading changed over time. I certainly learned traditional meanings when I was younger, and I'm glad I did, but eventually you have to stop mentally consulting the invisible instruction manual every time you turn over a card. True encourages that movement without suggesting that intuition means saying whatever pops into your head. The images, your response to them, the circumstances of the question and your accumulated relationship with the deck all begin speaking together. I found several of her observations wonderfully perceptive, particularly when she gets into the emotional territory of the cards rather than treating them as fixed definitions.
What won me over completely was that this deck has a personality. It feels contemporary without trying desperately to prove how contemporary it is, and there is warmth in it without sanding down the difficult cards. I have old decks that carry decades of memories in their cardstock, so I don't say lightly that a newer deck earned a place in my regular rotation. True Heart did, and I think Rachel True understands something important about tarot: eventually the cards become less like seventy-eight answers you're trying to memorize and more like seventy-eight voices you've learned to recognize. This is a lovely deck for beginning that relationship, and a surprisingly rewarding one for those of us who have been having the conversation for a very long time.
September 6, 2026
I will confess that Rachel True being Rachel from The Craft was what first made me notice this deck, but it stopped being interesting for that reason almost immediately. She has clearly lived with tarot for a long time. There is an ease in the way she talks about the cards that is difficult to fake, particularly when she begins connecting them with stories from her own life rather than reciting the standard meanings one more time. It feels like listening to someone who has actually had the cards turn up during divorces, bad decisions, career changes, friendships, periods of uncertainty, and all the other occasions when tarot becomes considerably more interesting than it is in a classroom.
Her approach to prediction also appealed to me. True does not treat the cards as photographs mailed backward from an already completed future. A reading describes forces, patterns, tendencies, and possible outcomes arising from where things stand now. Change something and the trajectory can change with it. That has always made more sense to me magically and philosophically than the fatalistic version of tarot where apparently the universe has already scheduled your breakup for March and merely thought you deserved advance notice.
The artwork deserves more than the usual observation that the deck is beautiful. Seeing a genuinely multicultural tarot still has an effect on me because I remember when diversity in occult illustration often meant somebody had given one figure vaguely darker skin and considered the matter settled. Here different kinds of people simply belong inside the symbolic universe of tarot. The deck still speaks a recognizable Rider-Waite-Smith language, but it does not look trapped inside the social world in which that imagery was originally created.
What ultimately won me over was the permission to know the cards and still let them surprise you. True respects traditional meanings without allowing them to become little cages. The card in front of you has a history, symbolism, and established range of meanings, but it is also appearing now, beside these cards, for this person, asking this question. That is where reading actually begins. After enough years with tarot, memorization becomes the least interesting part of the practice. The mystery is why a familiar image can suddenly say something you have never heard from it before.
Her approach to prediction also appealed to me. True does not treat the cards as photographs mailed backward from an already completed future. A reading describes forces, patterns, tendencies, and possible outcomes arising from where things stand now. Change something and the trajectory can change with it. That has always made more sense to me magically and philosophically than the fatalistic version of tarot where apparently the universe has already scheduled your breakup for March and merely thought you deserved advance notice.
The artwork deserves more than the usual observation that the deck is beautiful. Seeing a genuinely multicultural tarot still has an effect on me because I remember when diversity in occult illustration often meant somebody had given one figure vaguely darker skin and considered the matter settled. Here different kinds of people simply belong inside the symbolic universe of tarot. The deck still speaks a recognizable Rider-Waite-Smith language, but it does not look trapped inside the social world in which that imagery was originally created.
What ultimately won me over was the permission to know the cards and still let them surprise you. True respects traditional meanings without allowing them to become little cages. The card in front of you has a history, symbolism, and established range of meanings, but it is also appearing now, beside these cards, for this person, asking this question. That is where reading actually begins. After enough years with tarot, memorization becomes the least interesting part of the practice. The mystery is why a familiar image can suddenly say something you have never heard from it before.
September 12, 2026
I liked this more as a personal guide to how Rachel True experiences tarot than as a book I would recommend for really learning the cards in depth. Her voice is warm, funny, grounded, and she has a good instinct for making tarot feel like something you can actually live with instead of a mysterious exam you are doomed to fail. The memoir-style essays connected to the Major Arcana are easily the best part. They make the cards feel personal and human, and I appreciated the way she brings in real difficulty without making every message artificially upbeat. The Rider-Waite-Smith foundation is solid, and the material on intuition and spreads gives a beginner enough to start playing with the deck. My issue is that the minor-card entries are fairly brief, so once you move beyond the basics there is not as much to work with as I wanted. It feels like a wonderful companion to the deck and a sweet entry point for someone who wants tarot to feel friendly, but it doesnt quite have the depth to be the only tarot book on your shelf. I would still gladly hand it to a new reader who needs permission to relax and let the cards become part of their own story.
August 12, 2026
I discovered True Heart Intuitive Tarot because I’ve become a huge fan of Mat Auryn’s work and found out that he and Rachel True do a podcast together. That led me to Rachel’s deck and writing, and I’m SO glad it did because I absolutely loved this. Rachel writes about tarot in such a warm, conversational way that it feels like learning directly from an experienced reader rather than studying a traditional guidebook.
I especially loved her emphasis on developing your own relationship with the cards instead of simply memorizing definitions. Her personal stories, including experiences from her life and career in Hollywood, show how tarot actually comes alive in real situations, and you can feel the decades of experience behind her approach. It’s intuitive, practical, funny, insightful, and refreshingly accessible. I went into this because of the Mat Auryn connection and came out a huge fan of Rachel True and her work in her own right. I’m so glad I discovered this!
I especially loved her emphasis on developing your own relationship with the cards instead of simply memorizing definitions. Her personal stories, including experiences from her life and career in Hollywood, show how tarot actually comes alive in real situations, and you can feel the decades of experience behind her approach. It’s intuitive, practical, funny, insightful, and refreshingly accessible. I went into this because of the Mat Auryn connection and came out a huge fan of Rachel True and her work in her own right. I’m so glad I discovered this!
August 28, 2022
I found the major arcana section most interesting as Rachel included personal stories for each card. Yes, they were all Hollywood-centric stories but at least it created a point of view and how one might reinterpret the card symbols to modern life. It was a bit like getting a biography told through the tarot.
The minor arcana was more traditional meanings and descriptions and often the text felt copied and pasted — I.e. each ace started out with the exact same sentence for all four suits. It’s true, aces are about beginnings but the text could have used a little editing to make it feel less like “didn’t I just read this page?”
The minor arcana was more traditional meanings and descriptions and often the text felt copied and pasted — I.e. each ace started out with the exact same sentence for all four suits. It’s true, aces are about beginnings but the text could have used a little editing to make it feel less like “didn’t I just read this page?”
September 11, 2026
True is much less interested in making you memorize what the cards mean than in getting you to notice what theyre actually saying in front of you, which is how tarot starts getting useful anyway. The personal stories from her own life give the cards some meat instead of another dry list of keywords, and I like that she treats the future as something moving rather than already nailed to the floor. Its accessible enough for a beginner but theres a real readers brain behind it, I found myself looking at a few cards differently afterward and thats usually all I ask.
January 22, 2023
I was interested in reading this book when I found out the author of the book was in the movie The Craft. I do not have the tarot deck but audio had her book so I decided to check it out. First the book does work well as an audio. There is a PDF attachment for the tarot spreads and the book was formatted correctly so it’s easy to find the definition of each card. I think the best part was the description of the majors. The author had personal stories to demonstrate her point.
May 2, 2025
True Heart Intuitive Tarot is a satisfying mix of a tarot guide and an autobiography. It’s nice to learn about how tarot affected her. She discussed her life in Hollywood and how the cards affected it as well as offering clear instruction on how to read tarot and interpret it your way. It was very insightful and entertaining
October 19, 2023
Tarot instruction mixed with an autobiography. It’s nice to learn about how tarot effected this person’s life and how she learned the cards by association with her own life experiences. Tarot is not just cards to the author they are cherished friends.
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