Tarot study doesn’t always have to be serious, mystical, or heavy—sometimes it can be downright fun. One of my favorite ways to shake up my daily practice is asking AI to create a one-card pull in different art styles. It’s like watching the tarot dress up: watercolor today, Art Deco tomorrow, comic book drama the next day.
Seeing the cards in new artistic expressions gives you a totally fresh angle on symbols you’ve looked at a thousand times. And because these prompts are customizable, you can ask for the skin tones, hairstyles, or character features that resonate with you. The tarot becomes a little more yours every time.
Full transparency: AI can be a mixed bag with certain requests. Sometimes I ask it to make a full-figured character or a visibly disabled figure and it delivers beautifully; other times it throws a flag like I’m plotting a crime. It’s inconsistent. If that happens, you can always ask the generator why it flagged something—and if it doesn’t tell you, just ask it for alternative words that will pass content filters. That usually gets you where you want to go.
This whole experiment started with my own daily one-card pull, and it turned into such a delightful rabbit hole that I knew I had to share it. My personal favorite, today is the folk art style, but that Afrofuturist is running a really close second!
So have fun with these. Play. Explore. Let the tarot show up in shapes, colors, and moods you’ve never seen before. I included my personalizations for the cards to show you where you can add your preferred characteristics. Once you’ve tried a few, tell me which ones became your favorites.
How to Use These Prompts
Each prompt below is designed for a one-card pull with no interpretation. You can:
- Paste the prompt into ChatGPT (or another AI image tool).
- Optionally add your question before the prompt (for example: “My question is… Now: [prompt]”).
- Let the AI choose a random card and illustrate it in the style you picked.
I’ve written the prompts so they’re as “plug-and-play” as possible. Just pick a style, copy the text, and see what shows up for you.
Afrofuturist Style
(Wheel of Fortune)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in an Afrofuturist illustration style. Use glowing neon accents, cosmic circuitry patterns, deep-space colors, and futuristic African-inspired fashion elements. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Art Deco Style
(The Lovers)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a bold Art Deco illustration style. Use strong geometric symmetry, metallic gold highlights, elegant stylized shapes, and a limited vintage palette. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Art Nouveau Style
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in an Art Nouveau illustration style. Use flowing organic lines, botanical frames, soft gradients, and ornate decorative curves. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Cel-Shaded / Kawaii Storybook Style
(The World)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a cel-shaded, kawaii storybook illustration style. Use rounded proportions, pastel tones, soft shading, and a playful, whimsical atmosphere. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Dramatic Comic Book Style
(Empress)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a dramatic, classic comic book illustration style. Use bold inking, expressive shadows, dynamic poses, and high-contrast coloring. Maintain traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Expressionist Painting Style
(Temperance)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in an Expressionist painting style. Use thick gestural brushstrokes, bold emotional contrast, textured color layering, and dramatic intensity. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Folk Art Style
(The Magician)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a vibrant folk-art illustration style. Use thick black outlines, warm earthy colors, hand-drawn floral motifs, and simple expressive shapes. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Classic Rider - Waite - Smith
(Ace Of Swords)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card using the traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism and layout. Use clean lines, saturated vintage colors, and a lightly aged printed texture. Depict all human figures with brown skin tones, and keep the classic RWS proportions and composition. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Traditional Woodcut Style (Black Ink)
(Knight of Pentacles)
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a traditional black-ink woodcut illustration style. Use bold carved lines, stark shadows, high contrast, and a historical printmaking appearance. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Visionary / Painterly Spiritual Style
Prompt:
Draw one tarot card in a visionary painterly illustration style. Use luminous layered color, radiant highlights, subtle mystical textures, and a soft transcendent glow. Keep traditional Rider–Waite–Smith symbolism, and depict all figures with brown skin tones. Do not interpret the card—just pull one card at random and illustrate it.
Whether you’re doing a daily draw, building your intuition, or just entertaining yourself between readings, these visual pulls offer a fresh way to meet the archetypes. No interpretation required unless you want it. Just choose a style, run the prompt, and see what shows up for you.
Use these as inspiration, as study tools, or simply as creative joy. And of course, feel free to personalize the prompts to reflect your identity, your body, your culture, and your aesthetic. The tarot will meet you where you are.
Have fun experimenting—and come back and let me know which styles surprised you, delighted you, or made you see a familiar card in an entirely new light.
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