THE HIP-HOP QUEENS ORACLE DECK

Delivered with the swagger only hip-hop can provide, this oracle deck features 52 of the genre's most influential female stars serving as compass points for spiritual growth and portals to guidance and meditation-from the author of God Save the Queens, the essential history on women in hip-hop.

Women have been the backbone of hip-hop since its earliest inception. Along with perseverance and creativity, they possess a spiritual and metaphysical presence. These female creators have a profound potency that makes them the perfect symbols for an oracle deck. The 52 artists included - from Aaliyah, Salt N' Pepa, Queen Latifah, and Lil' Kim to Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, Cardi B, and Janelle Monae - are hip-hop's oracles, now immortalized from tape deck to card deck.

Certified oracle reader Kathy Iandoli matched each queen with an appropriate symbol, based on her 20+ years of experience interviewing (and befriending) iconic music artists, past and present. And rendered in the bold, colorful, pop art-style portraiture of artist Monica Ahanonu on sturdy, oversized cards with rounded corners, these MCs and DJs will guide you the same way they've blazed trails from the underground to the mainstream since day one. Cards can be used in a variety of ways from daily readings, single-card layout, or custom hip-hop inspired three-card layouts.

Kathy Iandoli is a critically acclaimed journalist and author of God Save The Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop and Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah (coming in 2021). She has written for publications including Vibe, The Source, XXL, Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, The Guardian, and Vice. She has held editorial positions at top hip-hop/urban websites, including AllHipHop.com, HipHopDX.Com, and BET.com. Iandoli is an alumna-in-residence of music business at New York University and has appeared across the media, in television and on radio and panels discussing hip-hop and gender.

Monica Ahanonu is a freelance illustrator working and living in Los Angeles. After graduating from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 2013, Monica started her career at DreamWorks Animation. As a full-time freelance artist, Monica has worked with companies such as The New York Times, Samsung USA, Time, InStyle, Adidas, Sprite, Salvatore Ferragamo, McDonalds, Red Table Talk, Tampax, Simon & Schuster, Vogue.com, Afropunk.com, Everystylishgirl.com, UprisingBrand.com and DesignMilk.com. Her work has also been showcased at the Art Basel festival.