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Dirty Tarot: The Power of Pop Culture to Predict The Future For those looking for a divination tool with modern symbolism, or those who want a fun way to help friends sort though life situations, Dirty Tarot offers great grrl fun! Featured Recipe: Dirty Girl Scout
Ingredients:
* 1 oz White Creme de Menthe
* 1 oz Vodka
* 1 oz Kahlua
* 1 oz Bailey's irish cream
Instructions:
Mix the vodka, Kahlua & Bailey's. Pour into glass with ice. Add the Creme de menthe ~ pouring down the center of the glass. Looks 'dirty,' but tastes delicious!
Dirty Tarot Cards
 The Dirty Tarot is based on the four traditional elements of fire, earth air & water, but there we break with tradition. There are 10 areas corresponding to the elements, but they are much easier to relate to for today's woman: Body, Home, Food, Transportation, Sacred Space, Clothes, Transformation, Altered States, Souvenir, & Lucky Omen.
What kicks ass about these cards is that you need not be a die-hard follower of some lost lore. I mean some cards are all about mythology, historical sacred symbols & other images that may not resonate with you. But these cards are all recognizable, and the meanings are clear. You can read the guide & at once go 'Oh, I see...' Not always the way it is with some cards. (Even the really pretty cards can leave you a bit wanting once you use them - you feel let down when you don't instantly recognize what the hell it all is supposed to mean, or what you should reflect upon...)
But these cards are easy.
Take a look at some of these cards for example:
Bathtub: "Healing. Tapping into the divine flow & washing the other shit down the drain. Cleansing, self-care, comfort. A container for emotional immersion."
 Cheap Fuck: "Pure desire. Vitality. Passion. No thoughts, just pleasure. No consequences, just lust. Sacred cruising & meeting of bodies."
Clean Out Closet: "Distilling. Making choices. Simplification & practicality. True desire. Purifying ritual to make more room for what your really want & need. Having intention in purging & consuming."
Grandma's Handbag: "The warmest best smelling love surrounds you. Emotional preparedness. Equipped with tissues, hard candy, comfort. Bearing gifts of stories. Carrying the tools of the ancestors. Clutching, a little timid, with hands full of ancient wisdom."
 Pretty Pony: "Mischief. Power of fantasy play. Childhood dreams. Freedom from fences. Pleasing self & not compromising. Coming out."
Slutty: "Lusty dynamism. Magnetic attraction. Flexible, easy, confident. Free spirit. Hot shit."
Tattoo: "Decorating yourself to mark a change or bring one on. Physical transformation. Creating personal symbols of growth & declaring beautiful wishes all over your body. Painful scars of memory, loss, living. A big change."
My favorite card, and frankly, the reason I got the deck (we Unholy love our Cheetos!) is The Cheese Puff card.
 Cheese Puffs: "An exciting, but not very wholesome snack. party treats, fingerlicking good, too busy crunchy zeal. Comfort food, light & empty of substance. Let yourself be messy then make the time to feed yourself well." (It even sounds like a night out with The Unholy!)
The brain child behind Dirty Tarot is Dori Midnight -- a chick we'd like to invite over for Cheetos, wine, and maybe a tattoo... (We'll play it by ear, Dori, ok?)
The cards are large, the graphics are vivid & 'pop,' and they are coated, so your cheese puff finger prints do not damage them. The cards come in a satin bag, with guide booklet.
My only complaint is that the Cock card is not naked, even if the Pussy one is. Very unfair, and sort of a let down. But hey, it's the only damn flaw there is. So go get a deck, and figure out what the hell is going on in your life!
Review by DeeDee.
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