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The Good Tarot

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The Good Tarot is a seventy eight card deck created by intuitive counsellor Colette Baron-Reid with artwork by Jena DellaGrottaglia, published by Hay House in 2017. It keeps the standard structure of twenty two major arcana and fifty six minor arcana across four elemental suits, but recasts every card's printed message as a positive affirmation rather than a traditional divinatory reading, aimed at readers who want tarot's structure without its harsher warning cards.

Facts
Identity
Publication Year
2017 1
Attributions
Publisher
Hay House 1
Tradition
Rider Waite Smith influenced but not a strict clone: the Major Arcana follows A. E. Waite's ordering, while the four suits are recast as the elements Air, Water, Earth and Fire and card text is written as present tense affirmation rather than the traditional card meanings. 2
Origins
Creator / Originator
Colette Baron-Reid 1
Artist
Jena DellaGrottaglia 1
Deck
Cards in the Deck
78 1
Pip Cards
Scenic pips: every suit card is an illustrated scene 1
Trump Numbering
Strength VIII, Justice XI (Golden Dawn and Rider-Waite-Smith order) 1
Cult
Attributes and Iconography
Soft, luminous digital illustration; the four suits are renamed Earth, Air, Fire and Water for their elements rather than the traditional suit objects. 1
Method
How the Cards Are Read
Read upright for a direct positive affirmation tied to the card's traditional meaning; the deck is designed around encouragement rather than warning. 1
Learn More
Trading the Tarot's Warning Cards for Affirmations

The Good Tarot is a seventy eight card deck created by intuitive counsellor Colette Baron-Reid with artwork by Jena DellaGrottaglia, published by Hay House in 2017. It keeps the standard structure of twenty two Major Arcana and fifty six Minor Arcana cards across four suits, renamed Earth, Air, Fire and Water for their elements, but recasts every card's printed message as a positive affirmation rather than a traditional divinatory reading, aimed at readers who want the tarot's familiar structure without its harsher warning cards such as the Tower or the Ten of Swords.

That editorial choice, keeping the full traditional card count and sequence while rewriting every card's message toward encouragement rather than warning, sets The Good Tarot apart from decks such as Tarot of the Divine or Modern Witch Tarot that keep the historical interpretive meanings intact and change only the imagery around them. It shares its affirmation focused approach most closely with Guardian Angel Tarot Cards, which also reads upright only for a positive message tied to each card's traditional meaning, though Baron-Reid's deck goes further by replacing the underlying divinatory message itself rather than reframing it through an angelic messenger.

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Sources
1. The Good Tarot, A 78-Card Deck and Guidebook (Penguin Random House listing)
Colette Baron-Reid, Hay House, 2017View the Source
2. The Good Tarot, Review (Aeclectic Tarot deck database)
Aeclectic Tarot editorial staff, Aeclectic Tarot, 2026View the Source
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