THE TAROT TATTOO PROCESS
Every tarot tattoo begins with intention.
The process ensures that your tattoo reflects not just imagery from the cards, but the energy,
symbolism, and meaning that will continue to support you long after your session.
Step One: The Reading
Your session begins with a tarot reading, where I channel archetypes and symbols that reflect your current journey.
The cards illuminate patterns, challenges, and opportunities that are asking to be acknowledged.
Whether one card or a full spread, this reading sets the energetic foundation for the design that follows.
Step Two: The Healing
Before the design process, I lead you through an energy healing to help release tension and bring clarity.
Using Reiki techniques, I work with your energy field to clear blockages and ground you in presence.
Clients often describe feeling lighter, calmer, and more open to receiving insight during this stage.
Step Three: The Design
Drawing on the insights from your tarot reading and healing session, I create a symbolic tattoo design that channels the archetypes most relevant to you.
Every image is drawn in the moment, shaped by your story, energy, and intuitive guidance.
This collaborative process ensures your tattoo is one-of-a-kind, deeply personal, and meaningful.
Step 4: The Tarot Tattoo
Once you feel aligned with the design, I begin the tattoo.
Each line and symbol is applied with care, anchoring the archetypes and wisdom of the tarot into permanent form.
This final step seals your session into your body, making the tattoo a lasting reminder of your transformation and truth.
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Tarot Tattoo Prices
A flat rate by size, in Canadian dollars. One visit covers the reading, the energy healing and the tattoo itself.
Mini, $444
Up to 3 inches. Room for one clear symbol, and the usual choice for a first piece.
The deposit holds your date and comes off the total.
Small, $555
Three to four inches, about palm size. Room for a symbol and the detail around it.
Booked as a five hour block, so no part of the day is rushed.
Medium, $777
Five to six inches, about hand size. The size for a fuller scene out of the reading.
Deposits are non-refundable, and rescheduling needs 48 hours notice.
Choosing Your Card
Or Letting It Choose You
If you already know your card, bring it. If you don't, the reading does the choosing. Either way the drawing happens on the day, with you in the room.
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Where to start:
Major Arcana: the twenty-two, and rarely the meaning you expect.
Minor Arcana: court cards, suits, or one symbol lifted out of a spread.
Nothing is drawn before the reading.
“I traveled from Colorado for my first piece and am already planning my next trip back.”
– Chelsea, Colorado
What The Day Feels Like
One Sitting, In Order
This appointment opens with a conversation, not a stencil. You talk, I listen, and the cards go down on the table.
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In order:
The reading: what is actually going on, said more plainly than polite conversation would.
The energy work: no Reiki knowledge needed. You settle, and shoulders come down.
The drawing: made in the moment, so by the time the machine starts you know what it means.
"It was absolutely amazing! I got a tarot reading and based off my intention and phrase I was resonating with Lucy came up with this one of a kind tattoo."
– Kim Haydon
Questions Before You Book
Answered straight, before you decide.
Will it look like the card?
More often it carries the symbols and the energy of the card than a copy of the illustration.
Two people with the same card rarely leave with the same tattoo.
What if I don't like it?
Then I change it. Nothing goes on your skin until you look at the drawing and know it's yours.
That's why it's drawn in the room, not sent to your inbox weeks earlier.
Can I skip the reading?
Not in this session. The reading is how the design gets made, so taking it out leaves me nothing to draw from.
Want an idea copied line for line? Email me first and I'll be honest about it.
Questions About The Day
The practical side, so nothing on the day is a surprise.
Does it hurt?
Some, yes. It's a needle and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. Tell me when you need to stop.
Ribs, spine and feet are the toughest. Outer arm, thigh and shoulder are easier.
How do I prepare?
Eat before you come, and wear something that gives easy access to the area we're working on.
Come with the question rather than the answer, and don't book anything tight afterwards.
Do I need to know tarot?
Yes. The reading is done out loud and I explain what's on the table as it comes up.
You don't need to believe anything in particular, and I won't ask you to.
Find Me In New West
A short walk from New Westminster Station.
10 min on the Expo Line from Metrotown.
15 min on the Expo Line from Surrey Central.
25 min over the Queensborough Bridge from Richmond.
30 min on the Expo Line from Downtown Vancouver.
60 min from YVR on the Canada Line, then the Expo Line.
Parking out front on McKenzie St, and more along Columbia St.
Westminster Pier Park boardwalk is right behind the studio.
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Lucy@IntuitiveTattoos.com
Grapevine Tattoo
6 McKenzie Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5