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Faunabelle Tarot Review

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Aurica arranging The Fool, The Hierophant, The Lovers, and The Star from Faunabelle Tarot beside its owl box and stacked deck

A note from Aurica

Faunabelle Tarot feels like opening a little storybook where every animal has wandered in carrying a private feeling. I love its soft colours, but I do not find the deck flimsy or merely cute. The owl on the box watches with such calm attention, while the cards hold tiny moments of courage, longing, curiosity, and care. That gentle surface makes difficult emotions feel safe enough to approach.

When I lay out The Fool, The Hierophant, The Lovers, and The Star, I notice how clearly each creature moves through its own world. The white rabbit steps forward with a small bundle; the hummingbird hovers in bright concentration; the swans lean toward one another; and the ladybird rests on wheat beside an open road. Before I reach for a keyword, I ask which movement or relationship feels most like the question in front of me.

This is where Faunabelle becomes especially useful for an intuitive reading. I can begin with the traditional role of the card, then let one visible detail change its emotional temperature. The Fool may be less about reckless freedom than carrying only what truly matters. The Lovers may ask whether closeness is mutual. Beside The Star, that winding path can turn hope into something practical: one small, bright step that can actually be taken today.

I would reach for this deck when a reading needs honesty without harshness, or when someone can feel the answer before they can name it. Its animal fables invite patience, yet they still lead back to a clear choice. Follow the creature that catches your eye, listen for the feeling beneath its gesture, and trust that Faunabelle can help you meet your next step with tenderness and brave curiosity.

Faunabelle Tarot review: soft animal fables with a strange little pulse

Faunabelle Tarot has the kind of sweetness that gets more interesting when you stop treating it as cute. The first impression is pastel, animal-led, and storybook gentle: fish bowls, birds, turtles, dogs, moons, small creatures, framed portraits, and quiet domestic scenes. But the deck is not only decorative. Its best images feel like tiny emotional situations, the kind you can read as a mood before you ever reach for a keyword.

The repaired gallery contains all 78 card fronts in canonical tarot order: Major Arcana, Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles. Every card now carries its verified tarot name. Creator originals and Pinterest originals are used wherever available; the remaining source-only artwork has been recropped to remove neighboring cards, white gutters, and cut-off edges.

That matters with a deck like this. Faunabelle Tarot looks simple from a distance, but it asks you to read expression and environment. A tiny bird in a frame does not land the same way as a fish in open water. A dog holding a lead feels different from a dog looking outward. The emotional weather is the message.

The Fool from Faunabelle Tarot
The Fool

Card study

The Fool — carrying one warm light into the unknown

A white rabbit stands on a dark tree stump with a small glowing lantern held close. The forest does not open into an easy road; it gathers around the figure, deep and watchful, while the zero above keeps the moment poised at a beginning.

In a reading, this Fool asks for curiosity without pretending uncertainty is harmless. Take the first step, but name the light you are carrying: a skill, a boundary, a trusted person, or one honest reason to begin.

How Faunabelle Tarot reads in practice

The deck feels strongest for reflective questions: What am I feeling before I have words for it? What small pattern keeps repeating? Where am I protected, confined, tempted, or ready to move? Many of the images put animals into little scenes with a clear emotional shape, which makes them friendly for daily pulls and journaling.

For practical readings, I would still anchor each card in the traditional tarot position or spread question. Then I would let the visible creature change the flavor. A bird may make a message more mental, hopeful, or restless. A fish may pull it into feeling and instinct. A dog may point toward loyalty, habit, appetite, or companionship. The deck gives you cues without turning every card into a fixed symbol dictionary.

Small scenes, big emotional weather

A bowl, scattered sticks, a careful balancing act, and an open cage show how Faunabelle turns small gestures into clear emotional pressure. The animals make each choice feel immediate without making it simplistic.

Fishbowl leap from Faunabelle Tarot
Fishbowl leap
Dog crossing scattered sticks from Faunabelle Tarot
Dog crossing scattered sticks
Turtle balancing yarn from Faunabelle Tarot
Turtle balancing yarn
Cockatiel beside an open cage from Faunabelle Tarot
Cockatiel beside an open cage

Artwork, symbolism, and gallery notes

Visually, Faunabelle Tarot lives in mint, teal, peach, lavender, cream, navy, and occasional warm red. The palette makes the deck feel airy, but many images have an undertone of vulnerability: creatures in bowls, cages, frames, rooms, or staged little worlds. That gives the cards a useful double quality. They are soft enough for tender questions, but not so sugary that every answer becomes comforting.

Read the gallery as a verified 78-card visual index rather than a guessed title list. The restored originals and sharper source crops make the animals, frames, bowls, feathers, sticks, color shifts, and small gestures much easier to compare.

The Hanged One from Faunabelle Tarot
The Hanged One

Card study

The Hanged One — a gentler way to turn the world around

An opossum hangs by its tail from a flowering branch, relaxed rather than trapped. The upside-down posture changes the view while blossoms soften the pause, making surrender feel thoughtful instead of punishing.

When this card appears, I would ask what becomes visible when effort stops. Its useful expression is patience and a fresh angle; its shadow is waiting so long that reflection becomes avoidance.

Containment and choice

Frames, mirrors, arches, and walls keep asking where safety ends and limitation begins. These scenes are useful when a reading turns toward boundaries, self-image, or the courage to look beyond a familiar enclosure.

Framed turtle portrait from Faunabelle Tarot
Framed turtle portrait
Cockatiel at the mirror from Faunabelle Tarot
Cockatiel at the mirror
Fish beneath the stone arch from Faunabelle Tarot
Fish beneath the stone arch
Dog looking over the wall from Faunabelle Tarot
Dog looking over the wall

Strengths and watch-outs

The strength of Faunabelle Tarot is its readability. Even without safe title labels, many scenes have an immediate emotional hook. You can ask what the animal wants, what it fears, what it is carrying, and what kind of world surrounds it. That makes the deck approachable for visual readers who enjoy intuition but still want concrete details to point at.

The watch-out is that it may not satisfy readers who want ornate occult correspondences, explicit card titles, or dramatic high-contrast tarot imagery. The deck is quieter. It gives you small emotional gestures instead of thunderclaps. If your favorite readings are fast, direct, and heavily keyword-driven, Faunabelle may feel too soft. If you like lingering with an image, it has more to offer.

Softness with shadow underneath

The deck’s sweetness has real shadow beneath it. Temptation, worry, disruption, and suspension are present, but they arrive through expressive animals that make difficult feelings easier to approach without making them smaller.

The Devil from Faunabelle Tarot
The Devil
Turtle and thought cloud from Faunabelle Tarot
Turtle and thought cloud
The Tower from Faunabelle Tarot
The Tower
The Hanged One from Faunabelle Tarot
The Hanged One

Who will love this deck

I would recommend Faunabelle Tarot to readers who want a whimsical animal deck with emotional nuance. It suits daily-card practice, creative writing prompts, inner-child work, relationship reflection, and gentle shadow questions. The deck does not need to shout to be useful. Its best readings probably come from asking one clear question, choosing one visual detail, and letting that detail become the doorway into a practical next step.

Collectors may also enjoy it because the world is cohesive. The animals belong together. The palette belongs together. Even the odd scenes feel like they come from the same small dream logic. That consistency is what makes a themed deck more than a gimmick.

The Tower from Faunabelle Tarot
The Tower

Card study

The Tower — rupture in an animal fable

A dark vulture perches over a burning, split tree while lightning veins the night sky. Bone lies at the base, and the card’s warm flames make the break impossible to romanticise. Something has already changed shape.

The Tower can mark shock, truth, or the collapse of a structure that could no longer hold. Here, the animal witness adds a practical question: after the break, what can be cleared, carried forward, or allowed to feed new life?

The closing mood

These four Major Arcana cards gather the deck’s quiet courage: make something, begin, trust what you sense, and protect what is growing. Together they show how softly drawn creatures can still carry a full archetypal weight.

The Magician from Faunabelle Tarot
The Magician
The Fool from Faunabelle Tarot
The Fool
The High Priestess from Faunabelle Tarot
The High Priestess
The Empress from Faunabelle Tarot
The Empress

TarotFans verdict

Faunabelle Tarot is a soft, strange, animal-fable deck for readers who enjoy image-led interpretation. It is not the deck I would choose for severe ceremonial symbolism or rigid traditional study. I would choose it when a reading needs tenderness, curiosity, and a willingness to let small details speak.

My advice is simple: if the gallery makes you pause, smile, or wonder what the animals are trying to say, Faunabelle Tarot is probably doing its job. Linger over the restored details, compare the recurring creatures and containers, and notice whether this gentle visual language gives you enough texture to build a reading of your own.

Faunabelle Tarot box on a modern tarot reader’s home table beside a candle, crystal, ceramic cup, and houseplantSee Faunabelle Tarot on Etsy

Faunabelle Tarot FAQ

Is Faunabelle Tarot a standard Rider-Waite-Smith deck?

It follows a traditional tarot structure, but the artwork has a very specific animal-fable voice. I would read it with classic tarot meanings nearby, then let each visible scene, expression, and mood refine the message.

How many card images are shown in the TarotFans gallery?

The repaired gallery contains 78 uniquely named card fronts in canonical order. The card back, duplicate frame, neighboring-card strips, white gutters, cut-off crops, and YouTube end screen are excluded.

Who will enjoy Faunabelle Tarot most?

Readers who like whimsical animal decks, soft surreal storytelling, and gentle visual prompts are the best fit. It is especially good for journaling, daily pulls, and questions where tone and image matter as much as strict keyword recall.

Where can I buy Faunabelle Tarot?

The original YouTube description points viewers to an Etsy listing for Faunabelle Tarot. Check the listing photos, edition details, shipping region, and seller notes before buying.

Is Faunabelle Tarot beginner-friendly?

It can be beginner-friendly if the art immediately makes you curious. New readers should pair the deck with a simple tarot keyword guide and write down what they notice first in each image before reaching for a complex interpretation.