- Author: Megan Skinner
- Publisher: REDFeather (Schiffer Publishing)
- Publication Date: November 2025
- RRP: US$34.99 / GB£31.99
- ISBN: 978-0-7643-6985-8
- Reviewed by: Magenta
The creator of The Couture Tarot, Megan Skinner lives in Seattle, Washington USA, and is a clairvoyant, Tarot card reader and astrologer. She is also a writer and artist with several publications to her name. With a private practice as a spiritual advisor and life coach, she brings decades of experience in guiding clients to their highest potential.
The Couture Tarot deck comes in a sturdy, well presented box in plain dark blue with gold lettering. The cards themselves are of very good quality card stock with gold edging. The box opens to reveal an inner compartment containing the guide booklet and cards with a handy ribbon to aid removal of both.
On the reverse of the box it states:
‘Couture Tarot re-envisions the archetypes of the Tarot through the lens of couture, fashion and collage art’
So, a very different deck visually, although the Majors and the four suits of the Minors retain their original names. The 192 page guide book that comes with the deck is no ‘little white book’ by any means; it is very informative, and I like the interpretations Ms Skinner has attributed to each card.
Now, as I have already mentioned, these cards are different and not like any usual Rider Waite influenced deck I have come across before. Each of the cards has a full image on it and is a work of art in itself, with imagery from designers such as Gucci, Versace and Dior to name but a few. There is certainly an eclectic mix! Ms Skinner has also assigned a planet or astrological placement to each card: for example the Six of Swords has Mercury in Aquarius, and Saturn for The World, which is helpful if you have a working knowledge of Astrology.
The guidebook interpretations, however, do not include Reversals. As Ms Skinner states, she is “not a believer in the concept of right-side up/positive meanings versus reversed cards/negative meanings”, and instead “offers a more holistic approach that each card holds the energies of both light and shadow”, a sentiment I share.
There are four suggested Spreads to try too; The Destiny (3 card) which is a basic Past, Present & Future, The Lovers (6 card) which explores the dynamics of a relationship, The Moon (4 cards) which can be used to review a creative process or development, and the good old Celtic Cross of 11 cards which is one of the oldest spreads, and good for looking deeper into a situation.
I admire the artwork immensely, but as a Traditionalist, I personally found it difficult to correlate the images to the meanings of the cards. Some examples are the 4 of Swords, 10 of Swords, 5 of Wands, 2 of Pentacles and The Chariot…
If I am totally honest, this is not a deck that I could read with as I found it a bit of ‘imagery overload’, mainly as I usually read with an Italian Tarot de Marseilles style deck. However, as a collectors’ item, this Tarot deck is really beautiful and certainly worthy of adding to your collection.
Magenta
The Couture Tarot can be purchase via the link below:
https://schifferbooks.com/products/couture-tarot-tarot-deck-and-guidebook-box-set
Author Bio
Megan Skinner is a professional clairvoyant, Tarot card reader, astrologer, and author with a private practice in spiritual counseling for over 30 years. She is the cohost of So Divine!, a monthly astrology and Tarot podcast, and does monthly Tarot readings on her YouTube channel: Megan Skinner Tarot. Megan lives in Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit Megan at https://meganskinner.com/
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