Synesthesia Tarot Altar Cloth
A 22-inch square of black 100% cotton, screen-printed in silver foil with a cosmos-inspired mandala and the Synesthesia sigil at center. Designed by Jana Walker as the companion cloth to her tarot deck.
What you get
- One altar cloth
- 100% cotton
- 22" × 22"
- Design screen-printed in silver foil
- Weight: 1.2 oz
- Deck sold separately
About the design
The mandala is radially symmetrical with a central circled sigil, four petal forms around it, an outer geometric frame, and dotted rays running out to the corners with small eye motifs set along the axes. Walker's stated intent is that it guide card placement, with or without a formal spread.
The four-petal structure and the axis lines give you a built-in cross layout: center for the significator or the heart of the question, four quarters around it, corners for context or outcome. Nothing on the cloth labels a position, so it doesn't lock you into anyone's system. You can run a Celtic Cross on it, or a four-card elemental spread, or a single daily draw in the centre circle. The geometry organises the table without dictating the read.
For anyone working elementally — quarters, watchtowers, directional correspondences — the four-fold symmetry maps cleanly onto a cast circle.
About the material
Woven 100% cotton, unlined, single layer. At 22" square it's generous: large enough for a full ten-card spread with standard cards, and large enough to fold in from the corners and wrap a deck for storage. Walker suggests that use explicitly, and it's the reason a cloth this size earns its shelf space — it's a reading surface, a card wrap, and an altar covering in one object.
Silver foil is screen-printed onto the fabric rather than heat-transferred, so it flexes rather than cracking along fold lines. Expect the foil to soften over years of folding, particularly along the creases. Store it rolled or loosely folded if you want to slow that. Hand wash cold and lay flat to dry; machine washing and drying will lift foil.
Who this is for
Tarot readers who want a defined working surface — the practical difference between a spread on a cloth and a spread on a table is larger than it sounds, both for focus and for keeping cards clean. Anyone setting up a portable altar. Practitioners working in rented or shared space where the altar has to come out and go away again. It reads as sacred without committing to any single tradition's iconography, which makes it a safe gift for someone whose path you don't know in detail.
