The Curiosa Cards are here to give you insight, reflection, and affirmation about any relationship you are building with a co-lead(s). This can be at any level - whether you are leading an organisation or collective, or working with others on a program or project.
The Curiosa Cards have been co-created and produced by feminist artists, tarot readers, organisers, dreamers, and allies in more than 10 countries across the world, from Brazil, to Kenya, from Croatia to Pakistan.
The deck is a curation of different oracles from our lives, collected into 6 sets
Curios: The heart of the deck, and inspired by the Major Arcana in the Tarot - these are symbols and objects that present questions, inspirations, and challenges.
Familiars: We share the world with animals. Their ways of being can be both utterly different and unsurprisingly familiar. What can we learn from them?
Terra: Different places can shape us, and we might shape them in turn. This set is of real-life places, natural and human-made, that might affect the conditions for change, decision-making, collaboration and organising.
Botanica: Our relationships with plants could be as old as our relationships with each other. There is so much that we can learn and collectively remember from them.
Essences: This set emerges from the understanding that our senses convey meaning to our bodies and brains in different ways. They focus especially on the sense of taste, flavours, and textures.
Luna: This is a bonus set of just four cards of moon phases. We envision them being drawn alongside other cards to bring another layer of understanding or a different perspective.
CONCEPT CREATORS Amanda Mercedes Gigler, Devi Leiper O'Malley Ruby Johnson
ARTISTIC PRODUCTION Devi Leiper O'Malley, Shreya Gupta Ruby Johnson
LAYOUT AND DESIGN Shreya Gupta
LOGISTICS AND SHIPPING Charulatha Dasappa
PROMOTION Tshegofatso Senne Laura Vergara
ILLUSTRATIONS Hafsa Ashfaque, PakistanIva Dukic, CroatiaNzilani, KenyaSachiko Kobayashi, PeruShreya Gupta, IndiaMavi Morais, Brazil
