How to Choose a Tarot Deck | Millennial Tarot
How to Choose a Tarot Deck
Here's the actual secret to choosing a tarot deck: pick the one that makes you want to use it. Revolutionary advice, I know. But seriously — if the art doesn't grab you, that deck is going to collect dust between your unused yoga mat and that journal you bought during your "morning pages" phase.
Oh, and that whole "someone has to gift you your first deck" thing? Total myth. About as real as the idea that your quarter-life crisis would only last a quarter of your life. Buy your own deck. You're a grown adult who buys your own oat milk. You can buy your own tarot cards.
The guidebook matters more than most people realize. A couple of keywords on a card insert is not a guidebook — it's a pamphlet, and it's going to leave you staring at a card called "The Hierophant" like it's a word problem on the SAT. You want something substantial that actually walks you through meanings, spreads, and how to read without a PhD in mysticism.
Millennial Tarot was designed for exactly this. The card names do half the work for you: "Student Loans" (Death), "Dumpster Fire" (The Tower), "The F#*$ Boy" (The Devil). You already know what those mean because you've lived them. The 152-page guidebook — published by Hachette Book Group, created by Scott Bergman — breaks every card into TL;DR, The Sitch, Real Talk, and Reverse, Reverse sections. It's like having a therapist-slash-bartender walk you through each pull.
Think about how you'll actually use it, too. Solo journaling after a glass of wine? Reading for friends at brunch? Millennial Tarot works for both because cards like "Boozy Brunch" (The World) and "Funemployed" (The Hanged Man) start conversations immediately. The suits — Vibes, Feels, Thoughts, and Swag — tell you the energy without needing a reference chart.
If you're shopping for someone younger or want something bolder and brighter, Gen Z Tarot is the sibling deck with the same Hachette quality and a 136-page guidebook tuned to a different generation.
Trust your gut on this one, babe. The right deck is the one you keep pulling off the shelf — not the one that looks aesthetic in your shelfie but hasn't been touched since you bought it.
