The Insect Tarot is, predictably, an insect-themed tarot deck, with major and minor arcana as well as a companion guide full of insect facts and tarot card explanations. The first print run of this deck met with great success - so great, in fact, that we're doing another! The second edition is mostly the same as the first, but with improved art and several new insects.

The deck contains 78 sturdy tarot-sized cards (2.75" x 4.75") with a smooth matte finish. It comes in a rigid two-part box with designs on the top and sides.

Insects, with their metamorphoses and biological castes and extreme ecological diversity, provide a wealth of symbolism that can be worked into a tarot deck. Each individual card has been paired with an insect, but additional symbology is spread across multiple cards. For instance, five cards in the major arcana line up to tell the story of the Fool's Journey as portrayed by a universal symbol of change and growth: the monarch butterfly.

Each of the minor arcana suits is associated with a type of eusocial insect that appears on the aces and court cards: bees (cups), termites (pentacles), wasps (swords), and ants (wands). Other motifs tie the entirety of each suit together.

The glyphs on the major arcana, court cards, and aces are written in a cipher I created for this deck. They are translations of the cards' names. The guide will include a page on how this cipher works!