Queer Animal Oracle: An Inclusive Deck & Guidebook

by Ashley Molesso, Chess Needham

Overview

A joyful, deluxe oracle deck and guidebook set featuring an array of animals and entirely LGBTQ+ characters of all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities, from the artists behind the queer and trans-owned modern stationery brand Ash + Chess.

• AN INCLUSIVE, AFFIRMING DECK: Queer Animal Oracle is a bright, bold interpretation of the animal world that offers inspiration, affirmation, and LGBTQ+ representation. Created by queer and trans artists Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham of Ash + Chess, this oracle showcases a wide range of gender expressions and sexual orientations, and incorporates queer history and iconography throughout.  
• DELUXE SET: This set includes 60 full-color illustrated oracle cards (3 X 5 inches), shrink wrapped in an interior travel case; a 160-page, full-color illustrated flexibind book (4 3/4 X 6 inches); and a keepsake magnetic closure box with metallic foil accents. Cards and travel case are embedded in an interior flocked tray. 
• FULLY ILLUSTRATED ORACLE GUIDEBOOK: The flexibind guidebook provides an illustrated introduction the inherently queer animal kingdom and LGBTQ+ informed descriptions of each card organized by the four elements-Water, Earth, Fire, and Air-as well as instructions for sample readings. 
• VIBRANT FULL-COLOR ART FROM ASH + CHESS: Queer Tarot features Ash + Chess's signature colorful, risograph-style illustrations, including retro color palettes and bold, detailed figures. 
• ALL CARDS BASED ON REAL, DIVERSE MODELS: The illustrations of people paired with the animals on the cards in this deck are based on real LGBTQ+ models commissioned for this project by Ash + Chess. The deck celebrates a full range of races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, sizes, and abilities. 
• A PERFECT GIFT: This joyful, inclusive, and beautiful tarot deck set is an ideal gift for tarot novices, seasoned readers, queer folx of all ages, and their allies. 

A note on packaging: In order to help honor our planet and reduce waste, we have only shrink wrapped the interior tarot cards, rather than the keepsake box. Please feel confident that your product is not defective or used, but rather represents a step we are taking to protect our collective home. When you open your deck, you will find that the actual cards inside the box are shrink wrapped for protection and to ensure first use by the buyer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798894140445
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	05/19/2026
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 6.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ash + Chess is a stationery & gift company run by queer and trans couple Ashley Molesso (she/her) and Chess Needham (he/him), based in Upstate New York. They create greeting cards, art prints, and more in bold, retro color palettes, often using their artwork to uplift the queer community. More than 700 than retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia sell their art and stationery. Ash + Chess have worked on many collaborations including artwork for Target, Smartfood, Skittles, Nooworks, Belletrist, Plaza Style, Brooklyn Roasting Co., Transfigure Print Co., Macy's, and more.