Herbcrafter’s Tarot Deck and Book Set — by Colbert & Guthrie

$24.95

The Herbcrafter’s Tarot by Latisha Guthrie and Joanna Powell Colbert — a 78-card botanical tarot where every archetype is expressed through a specific plant’s energy, lore, and medicine. The Minor Arcana suits are renamed as Air, Fire, Water, and Earth — each aligned with botanical families. Lush nature illustration paired with deep herbal lore makes this an exceptional deck for kitchen witches, hedgewitches, and anyone who works with plant medicine and divination together. Comes with a full guidebook.

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Quick Specs

Brand: U.S. Games Systems
Type: 78-card tarot deck and book set
Size/Quantity: 78 cards, 3″ x 5″ card size, with companion guidebook
Best for: Herbalists exploring tarot, tarot readers building plant knowledge, plant spirit practitioners

Herbcrafter’s Tarot: A Full 78-Card Plant Spirit Tarot

The Herbcrafter’s Tarot deck by Joanna Powell Colbert and Latisha Guthrie is a full 78-card tarot system built entirely around the plant kingdom. Joanna Powell Colbert is the artist and creator behind the Gaian Tarot, and Latisha Guthrie is an experienced herbalist, wildcrafting instructor, and founder of HerbMother.com. Together they structured each of the 78 cards around a specific herb, tree, flower, or plant, making this one of the most coherent botanical tarot decks in print.

The suit assignments follow elemental logic: Wands are associated with fire herbs like mugwort and yarrow, Cups with water herbs like rose and blue lotus, Swords with air herbs like lavender and mint, and Pentacles with earth herbs like dandelion and burdock. The Major Arcana features plants of mythic and archetypal weight, including mandrake, sacred tobacco, and the world tree. This elemental botanical system means that every card reading also becomes a moment of plant study.

Herbal Tarot Deck Plant Spirit Practice: Who It’s For

This deck is designed to be used without prior herbalism knowledge, though it rewards deeper learning. The 190-page companion guidebook by Guthrie includes traditional herbal uses, plant lore, creative craft projects tied to each card, and simple recipes, turning the deck-and-book set into a self-guided herbalism curriculum. Practitioners who already work with herbs report that the deck sharpens their intuitive relationship with specific plants far more effectively than flash cards or field guides alone.

This is a distinct product from oracle decks such as the Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle (52 cards, watercolor naturalist style by Siolo Thompson). The Herbcrafter’s Tarot follows the full Rider-Waite-Smith structure, with all 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana cards intact, making it interchangeable with any traditional tarot practice. Suit titles are renamed to reflect craft traditions rather than the standard Wands/Cups/Swords/Pentacles, but the numerological and archetypical positions remain standard. Browse my tarot decks collection to compare botanical and nature-themed options.

How to Use the Herbcrafter’s Tarot Deck

Three ways to integrate plant knowledge with tarot practice using this deck and book set.

Begin with the guidebook plant profiles
Before reading, spend time with the companion guidebook. Each card entry covers the plant's traditional uses, its elemental quality, and a hands-on craft suggestion. This context deepens the meaning you bring to each pull.
Pull a daily plant card and work with it
Draw one card each morning and identify the herb featured. Smell it, brew a tea with it if appropriate, or simply observe it outdoors. This embodied practice builds a direct sensory relationship with the deck's botanical vocabulary over time.
Use plant pairings to layer a spread
After a multi-card spread, note which plant families appear. Recurring fire herbs across several cards amplify each other's themes. The elemental groupings let you see patterns in a reading that standard tarot suits sometimes obscure.

The Tarot Fellow Standard

I stock the Herbcrafter’s Tarot because it solves a real problem: most nature-themed decks are either purely decorative or sacrifice the rigor of the tarot structure for botanical aesthetics. This one does neither. The RWS structure is fully intact, the plant correspondences are grounded in actual herbal tradition rather than invented associations, and the companion guidebook is substantive enough to function as a standalone reference. If you’re building a practice that integrates plant spirit work with structured divination, this is the deck to have. For books that go deeper into the herbalism side, browse my herbs and plant magic books collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the Herbcrafter's Tarot follow the Rider-Waite-Smith structure?

Yes, it's a full 78-card RWS-structured deck with all 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. Suit names differ slightly but the positions and numerology are fully standard and compatible with any traditional tarot practice.

Can you use this deck without herbalism knowledge?

Yes. The companion guidebook teaches the plant lore alongside the tarot meanings, so no prior botanical knowledge is needed. Many users report learning both systems simultaneously, each reinforcing the other through card imagery and plant profiles.

How are the suits organized botanically in this deck?

Wands correspond to fire herbs such as yarrow and mugwort, Cups to water herbs like rose and blue lotus, Swords to air herbs such as lavender, and Pentacles to earth herbs like dandelion. The Major Arcana features plants of archetypal significance.

Does the Herbcrafter's Tarot come with a companion book?

Yes, it is sold as a deck and book set. The 190-page guidebook by Latisha Guthrie includes plant profiles, herbal craft projects, recipes tied to each card, and suggested tarot spreads for working with specific plant energies.