An Italian Deck Read Through Tantra and Desire

Tarot of Sexual Magic is a seventy eight card deck created by Laura Tuan and Mauro De Luca and published by the Italian tarot house Lo Scarabeo in 2009. It keeps the standard Major and Minor Arcana structure and the Marseille and Continental trump order, Justice at eight and Strength at eleven, while pairing every card with original artwork commissioned specifically for the deck that depicts the human body and sexual imagery, read through a tantra inflected lens of sexual energy and desire rather than the historical deck's more conventional figures.

Lo Scarabeo, based in Turin, has published a wide range of tarot decks pairing the traditional structure with alternative imagery, and Tarot of Sexual Magic sits within that catalogue as one of its more explicitly themed titles, intended for adult readers exploring the deck's stated tantric framing rather than for general use. As with several decks in this catalogue that layer a specific thematic lens over the standard seventy eight card structure, from Osho Zen Tarot's Zen reframing to The Wildwood Tarot's seasonal mythology, Tarot of Sexual Magic keeps the traditional card count and trump order intact while directing its imagery and interpretive framing toward one specific theme throughout.