Round she goes and where she stops, nobody knows

Star Tarot, Cathy McClelland

Is the Wheel of Fortune turning for me? It's a silly question, because of course the wheel is always turning for us all. Sometimes, though, it seems to be whirling, while at other times it is ceaking along very slowly indeed. When you take an action that could have consequences affecting your daily life and routine, you always feel its motion more distinctly. I think it's apt that I drew this card today, because I have just set one particular wheel in motion by sending an email this morning. (This has to do with the previous AnnaK Tarot reading below).

Let's take a closer look at this amazing Wheel of Fortune card from Cathy McClelland's self-published Star Tarot. The central wheel is much like the original RWS one, with additions. Working from the centre outward, we see an 8-pointed star, a hand, a rainbow. Radiating from the star's points we see a vertical red line, a horizontal blue line, diagonal yellow lines. The lines intersect and/or point to symbols or letters. Do you have any ideas about what those symbols are? They are a combination of Native American ideas, alchemical symbols, Hebrew letters and Golden Dawn notions. The companion book tells us if we keep ourselves centered in the hub of this circle, we will be better equipped to deal with the spinning of the Wheel. Makes sense! (Answers: red line=material plain, blue line=spritual plane, yellow lines lead out to the Tetragrammaton, or name of God, the letters spell TARO, just as in the RWS card). On the outside of the circle we see moon phases, and Native American power animals, then in the four corners, we see the four archangels, beginning in upper left: Raphael, Gabriel, Michael, Uriel.

I keep using the word 'stunning' to describe this deck, but seriously. This is a stunning card.

The cards are also HUGE. Here's a photo of the Wheel of Fortune next to a standard size tarot card, for comparison:

Star Tarot with Rider Waite Tarot

They would make wonderful altar pieces and of course with their depth of detail and richness of colour, could easily serve as focal points for meditation or deep contemplation.