Melinda
Lee
Holm

reads tarot
and writes books.

She is the author of Your Tarot Guide, Tarot of Tales, Your Magickal Year, and Elemental Power Tarot, as well as the co-author of Divine Your Dinner. Her writing has appeared in Air/Light Magazine, Watkins Mind Body Spirit Magazine, SheKnows.com, HelloGiggles.com, and Stylist UK. Her sixth book, Language of Tarot, is due out in fall 2026 from Red Wheel/Weiser Books.

Melinda has read tarot for people all over the world including GZA of Wu Tang Clan and Buddhist leader Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (Khyentse Norbu). She holds a MFA in creative writing and a BA in Art History. Melinda has been featured in Vogue, InStyle, WWD, Condé Nast Traveler, and the Hollywood Reporter. She hails from Minnesota and lives in Los Angeles.

“The intelligent writing and distinctive, illuminating interpretations of each of the 78 tarot cards, plus the exquisite nautical illustrations by Eason, make this title a stand-out.”
—Library Journal

I Am Small, the first chapter from Melinda’s memoir in essays, out now in
Air/Light Magazine.

Books

Your Tarot Guide: Learn to navigate life with the help of the cards

Uncover the meanings of the cards to interpret the past, present, and future with this inspiring guide from expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm.

In this essential handbook, expert tarot reader Melinda Lee Holm shares her method of understanding tarot as a language and a tool for navigating life. With her guidance, you’ll gain the fluency you need to read the map provided by the cards. Beginning with the basics, you’ll find out about the deck structure and suits, the history of tarot, and how to choose your deck. Learn about different spreads (patterns of cards chosen for a reading) and discover how the cards combine to tell stories and provide direction. The book also includes a dictionary of the meaning of each of the 78 tarot cards and the different ways they can function. With their symbols and richly detailed scenes, Rohan Eason’s stunning illustrations provide visual clues to the meanings of the cards. Whether you are a complete beginner or would like to add further depth to your readings, this unique approach to tarot will help you to gain insight into your past, present, and future, and find the wisdom and answers that you need.

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Tarot of Tales: A folk-tale inspired boxed set including a full deck of 78 specially commissioned tarot cards and a 176-page illustrated book

Discover a new approach to tarot with this folk-tale inspired deluxe boxed book-and-card set from tarot expert Melinda Lee Holm and lavishly illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason.

Folk tales have brought us invaluable lessons on life for thousands of years. With The Tarot of Tales, veteran tarot reader and author Melinda Lee Holm and illustrator Rohan Daniel Eason invite you into their magickal world of art and prose where your readings become personalized fairy tales told by the cards in narrative form. The meaning of each card is told in five different ways—one for each of five possible positions given in the accompanying full-color guidebook. Lay out the cards, find the corresponding passage for each card and position, and link them together to read the tale told to you by the Tarot. Presented in their own compact box for easy storage, the 78 cards provide richly detailed illustrated scenes that allow you to step inside your own personal storybook, one that changes to bring you the wisdom you need when you need it. Tarot is a language: let it tell you your story.

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Your Magickal Year: Transform your life through the seasons of the zodiac

Establish a magickal spiritual practice and conjure the life you desire one day at a time with this excellent grimoire.

Your Magickal Year is like always having a wise witchy friend by your side. Within these pages you will find all you need to know to help you live your best magickal life, even if you are a complete novice in the metaphysical arts. Tarot priestess Melinda Lee Holm details the core guidance you need to align your life with the natural flow of energy in the Universe. She gives you the basics of magick, simple Tarot spreads that anyone can master and learn from, rituals to follow for each full and new moon, and a guide to key astrological dates, including the sun’s and moon’s transits through the signs, moon cycles, the solstices and equinoxes, and other major astrological events. You’ll also learn how to personalize your rituals for your specific needs and discover tips on integrating magickal intention into everyday life through food, personal care, and more.

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Elemental Power Tarot: 78 cards and 64-page illustrated book

A unique approach to tarot with symbol-rich scenes based on the five elements—fire, water, air, earth, and spirit—translating the cards’ divine wisdom into actionable guidance.

Tarot and magick opened Melinda Lee Holm’s life to endless possibilities and she’d like to help you open yours in the same way. Through unique imagery and elemental card interpretations, Melinda, a tarot priestess, creates a most personal, integrative experience of self-discovery. Eliminating human figures entirely, the cards in the Elemental Power Tarot present symbol-rich scenes that invite the user to step in and explore for themselves. The objects and scenes of the cards feel as accessible as they do magickal. You'll learn what it is like to inhabit the garden of The Empress or to reach out and grab the Ace of Swords. Rohan Eason’s expressive illustrations hold a treasure trove of symbols that offer visual clues to the wisdom of the cards. The accompanying guide book contains Melinda's philosophy of Tarot, card meanings, and her elemental system of interpreting cards and spreads, including an apothecary item for the major arcana cards, embodying a real Earth element solution.

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Divine Your Dinner: A Cookbook for Using Tarot as Your Guide to Magickal Meals

Everything is made of energy, even food. Especially food. This tarot-cookbook mash-up brings together magick and 78 recipes to transform everyday energy into something extraordinary.

With a flick of the wrist and a shuffle of your favorite tarot deck, you’re on your way to a life of kitchen witchery. In Divine Your Dinner, tarot priestess Melinda Lee Holm and chef Courtney McBroom have conjured up a feast for the mind, body, and spirit.
Each of the 78 recipes in this cookbook interprets a specific tarot card and its energy. Pull a card—at random or with intent—from your deck, flip to the card’s corresponding recipe, and you’ll find magickal ingredients to infuse your meals with spiritual energy from the Tarot.

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