The Gentle Heart Tarot — 78 Cards | Vanessa Somuayina
The Gentle Heart Tarot by Vanessa Somuayina is one of those decks that immediately changes the energy of a reading. Soft, luminous, and deeply compassionate in its visual language, it was created from a place of genuine care for the people who might use it — and that intention comes through in every card.
Somuayina's artwork is warm and inclusive. The figures depicted across the 78 cards reflect real diversity in skin tone, body type, and expression, which makes this deck feel genuinely welcoming in a way that matters. Tarot should speak to everyone, and the Gentle Heart Tarot quietly insists on this with every illustration.
The colour palette is light and healing — soft creams, warm peaches, gentle greens and golds. Nothing here is harsh or jarring. Even the more challenging cards — the Tower, the Ten of Swords — are rendered with a tenderness that makes difficult messages easier to receive. This is a deck designed to open rather than close, to encourage rather than alarm.
It follows the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition closely, making it accessible to readers at every level. For beginners, the gentle imagery and clear symbolism make learning feel safe and enjoyable. For experienced readers, it's a deck that works particularly well for emotional support readings, therapeutic contexts, or any situation where the person receiving the reading needs to feel held rather than confronted.
Card quality is beautiful — smooth, well-printed, and a pleasure to handle.
A deck that does what tarot is meant to do: offer insight with kindness.
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