Cat Tarot Cards — 77-Card Gallery
Browse the 77 available Cat Tarot card images in a native TarotFans gallery. This recovered gallery keeps same-deck card fronts only and does not pad the missing card with uncertain art. Tap any card to open a larger carousel view.
Cat Tarot review: Orica’s quick take
Cat Tarot, illustrated by Megan Lynn Kott, is a playful Rider-Waite-Smith-style tarot deck for readers who understand that cats can be wise, chaotic, dramatic, tender, and completely ridiculous within the same five minutes. That is exactly the charm of this deck. It keeps the familiar tarot structure, but it translates many of the lessons into everyday cat behavior: curiosity, comfort-seeking, sudden fear, stubborn independence, and the brave little leap into the unknown.
My quick take: Cat Tarot is best when you want a reading that feels friendly without becoming shallow. The art is soft watercolor, the expressions are funny, and the messages are easier to receive because the deck does not shout at you. A hard card still feels honest, but it arrives through a cat moment you can smile at before you think more deeply.
Recovered gallery note: the original source board currently gives us 77 usable Cat Tarot card fronts. Knight of Pentacles was not available from the exact recovered source, so the gallery above is transparent instead of padded with the wrong card.
What makes Cat Tarot different?
The magic of Cat Tarot is not that it turns every card into a joke. It is that it notices how much tarot already lives inside ordinary behavior. A cat staring at a bowl, hiding behind a fence, stretching in sunlight, or looking deeply offended can express desire, fear, patience, confidence, and uncertainty in a way that feels instantly readable.
This makes the deck especially good for people who sometimes find traditional tarot imagery too dramatic. Swords, Towers, and shadow cards can feel intense in older decks. Here, the same lessons are softened through animal body language. You still get the message, but the emotional temperature is gentler.
Deck-specific card study
Why The Fool feels so cat-like here
The Fool shows a wide-eyed cat under a bright sun, wearing a floppy red-and-white hat, with little flowers near the bottom of the card. The face is the whole reading: open, unsure, and ready to wander into whatever happens next.
That makes the card feel less like a heroic cliff jump and more like the tiny, brave foolishness of curiosity. In a reading, this image can ask: are you being called forward by real wonder, or are you about to chase the shiny thing without looking around first?
First impression cards
These cards show the deck’s main personality: soft color, expressive cats, and a sense that wisdom can arrive through humor as much as through solemn ritual.
Art style and deck feel
Megan Lynn Kott’s watercolor style is loose, warm, and very readable. The cards do not feel overstuffed. Most scenes have one strong cat moment, which helps beginners understand the emotional point quickly. The palette is gentle rather than neon: sunny yellows, pale blues, soft oranges, muted greens, and cozy domestic spaces.
Because the deck uses cats as the main symbolic language, it works best when you read body language. Is the cat relaxed, alert, hiding, demanding, reaching, staring, or sleeping? Those details become the first doorway into the card. The deck rewards readers who ask, “What is this cat doing, and what human feeling does that remind me of?”
How Cat Tarot reads in practice
Cat Tarot reads best for daily pulls, gentle self-reflection, relationship check-ins, creative blocks, and readings where the person needs the truth but not a lecture. It can be surprisingly direct because cat behavior is so honest. A cat does not pretend to be interested. A cat does not hide when it wants food, comfort, space, or attention. That honesty gives the deck a clear voice.
For a one-card reading, the image usually lands fast. For a three-card spread, the deck creates little emotional stories: the nervous cat, the proud cat, the patient cat, the sleepy cat, the cat who is definitely about to knock something over. Those stories make the meaning memorable.
Deck-specific card study
The 2 of Cups as shared comfort
This 2 of Cups shows two cats drinking from the same pink bowl, with another cat tail visible above them. It is a small domestic scene, but it says a lot about trust: closeness is not always grand romance. Sometimes it is simply feeling safe enough to share space.
In a relationship reading, this version can point to mutual comfort, everyday care, and the little routines that build affection. If the question is about friendship or family, it asks whether both sides feel welcome at the same bowl.
Is Cat Tarot good for beginners?
Cat Tarot can work well for beginners who already know the basics of tarot structure or are learning with a simple guidebook beside them. The deck follows the traditional 78-card tarot system closely enough that you can connect it to Rider-Waite-Smith meanings, but the cat scenes make the emotional lesson easier to remember.
The only caution is that some cards are intentionally cute or funny, so a brand-new reader may under-read the harder meanings. The Tower is still disruption. The Moon is still uncertainty. Five of Cups is still disappointment. The cats make those lessons friendlier, not meaningless.
Reading mood cards
These cards are useful for seeing how the deck handles warmth, affection, confidence, and social energy without losing its playful cat personality.
Easy, medium, and hard reading examples
Easy question: “What energy should I bring into today?”
If you pull The Sun, read it simply: choose warmth, openness, and the kind of uncomplicated joy cats find in a bright patch of light. Do the thing that brings your nervous system back to life.
Medium question: “Why do I feel stuck?”
If 8 of Swords appears, the deck may be showing a cat-like freeze response: you are not powerless, but your mind has turned the room into a trap. The advice is to test one small exit instead of solving the whole maze at once.
Hard question: “What am I avoiding?”
If The Moon appears, do not rush to make everything logical. This deck may be asking you to notice instinct, fear, projection, and the strange noises behind the fence. Some uncertainty needs patient observation before action.
Deck-specific card study
The Moon turns instinct into the message
The Moon shows a cat perched high on a fence under a huge moon, while two animals face each other below. The scene feels watchful and a little tense, like everyone is aware of something but nobody has the full story yet.
This is a lovely Cat Tarot version of uncertainty. It does not make fear look evil; it makes it look alert. In a reading, this card says: pause, watch the pattern, and do not assume every nighttime sound is a monster.
Who will love this deck?
You will probably love Cat Tarot if you want a deck that is cute but still usable, funny but still emotionally truthful, and simple enough for daily readings. It is a natural gift for cat lovers, but it is not only a novelty deck. The best readings come when you let the humor open the door, then still do the real interpretation.
You may not love it if you prefer very serious occult symbolism, dense esoteric systems, or highly detailed fantasy art. Cat Tarot is more like a clever friend sitting beside you at the table. It gives honest nudges, not thunderous prophecies.
Shadow and self-honesty cards
The softer art does not remove the harder tarot lessons. It helps readers stay with them long enough to learn something useful.
What to know before buying
Buy Cat Tarot because you want a charming, animal-led tarot deck with familiar structure and gentle humor. Do not buy it expecting a dark ceremonial deck or a deeply esoteric companion system. Its strength is accessibility: it makes tarot feel warm, approachable, and emotionally safe.
Because the imagery is whimsical, I recommend pairing it with a more traditional deck while learning. Pull the same card from both decks and compare the lesson. The traditional deck may show the formal symbol. Cat Tarot may show the behavior. Together, they make the meaning easier to remember.
Orica’s golden rule for Cat Tarot
Read the cat first, then read the tarot. Before reaching for a memorized meaning, ask what the cat is doing. Is it curious, guarded, comfortable, possessive, startled, playful, or completely over it? Then connect that behavior to the card’s traditional lesson. That small step makes this deck feel alive instead of merely cute.
Cat Tarot FAQ
Final thoughts
Cat Tarot is charming because it understands both tarot and cats. It does not try to make the cards grander than they need to be. Instead, it brings the lessons into the home: the bowl, the fence, the sunny spot, the dramatic stare, the sudden leap. For the right reader, that makes the deck easier to return to again and again.
If you enjoy animal decks, you may also like exploring other TarotFans reviews such as Animal Totem Tarot, Mini Cat Tarot, and Mystic Mondays Tarot. Each one has a different personality, but Cat Tarot is the one I would reach for when a reading needs honesty with a soft little paw tap.
Who created Cat Tarot?
Cat Tarot was illustrated by Megan Lynn Kott. The deck is known for watercolor cat scenes that translate classic tarot situations into expressive feline behavior.
Is Cat Tarot a real tarot deck or just a novelty cat deck?
It is a real 78-card tarot deck with familiar tarot structure, but the artwork uses cats to explain the emotional mood of each card. It can be lighthearted and still give useful readings.
Can beginners learn tarot with Cat Tarot?
Yes, especially if they enjoy animal symbolism and use the guidebook or a basic tarot reference. Beginners should remember that the cute artwork does not erase the serious meanings of cards like The Tower, Death, or the Swords.
Does Cat Tarot follow Rider-Waite-Smith meanings?
Mostly, yes. The deck is easiest to read if you know Rider-Waite-Smith tarot basics, then let the cat scene show the card’s mood in a more everyday, humorous way.
Why does the TarotFans gallery show 77 recovered cards?
The recovered original source board provided 77 usable card fronts. Knight of Pentacles was not available from that exact source during the gallery rebuild, so TarotFans shows the verified recovered set rather than mixing in a wrong or mismatched image.
