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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them)

@thewordwitch.bsky.social

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Gender anarchist, dirty Aquarius, devoted heretic, that witch // books: QUEER DEVOTION (5.20.25), RADICAL TAROT // decks: FIFTH SPIRIT TAROT, THE GAY MARSEILLE TAROT // www.thewordwitchtarot.com

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jan 24

For the new folks, I’m a queer & trans nonbinary author/illustrator working at the intersection of queerness, witchcraft, & spirituality. I’m the author of RADICAL TAROT and QUEER DEVOTION (May ‘25) and the author/illustrator of 2 queer tarot decks. I love pugs and houseplants and hate natzis. 💕

An image of Charlie’s books and tarot decks. Queer Devotion (book) has a medieval illuminated manuscript design featuring queer/trans figures in the margins, including Joan of Arc, Venus, a satyr, and two gay couples. The Gay Marseille Tarot (deck) shows a Cupid with purple hair shooting 3 arrows tipped with hearts in the colors of the trans flag. Fifth Spirit Tarot (deck) shows a person with blue hair wearing a binder, raising their hands to touch palms with their mirror image made of stars. Radical Tarot (book) has a bold title surrounded in the corners by tarot’s suit symbols in the form of a sloshing teacup, a hand raising a sword, a wooden staff with flowers growing from it and a salamander perched on top, and a row of dangling crystal pendulums.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is my favorite thing to hear! This, and that it was part of your deck-creation journey. That’s probably the biggest compliment ever, imo!

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hey, y’all! After burning out hard post-book launch, I’m slowly returning to social media! While I was away, I started a new project—a queer horror novel 🔪🩸🌈💉—and I’m halfway done. 😁 So my presence will still be spotty from the writing cave.

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Mora S. Rosa 🍄✨ @rosasininho.bsky.social · Jul 1

I was inspired by this amazing books by @thewordwitch.bsky.social that I recommend to everyone seeking to explore the Divine Queer #witchsky

A book titled “Queer Devotion” in front of a shelf

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you so much! I’m so happy you’re connecting with the book! 🌈💖

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

Heck yeah! 🐶🪴✊🏻

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Oliver B @bozsle33.bsky.social · Jul 15

#tarot

I've just read this, and I wanted to share with you.

From The Fifth Spirit Tarot Guide by Charlie Claire Burgess @thewordwitch.bsky.social

9 of Swords:
A nightmare is scariest in the dark. Turn on the lights.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m so happy you’re enjoying them!! ❤️

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

Aw yay! I love to hear this! 🥰

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thanks for listening! Glad you enjoyed it! 💚

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 23

It’s liiiiive!!! This is the podcast recording that I was so excited about last month. ☺️💚 Listen in for one of my favorite interview convos ever, on one of my very favorite podcasts!!

Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 23

This week, author and artist Claire Burgess joins us to talk about their work around tarot and the intersection of spirituality and queerness. Listen in for our witchy awakenings, getting rid of the binary in tarot readings, and so much more! Out now on all your podcast apps.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jul 23

It was indeed!! Thank you for listening! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! ☺️💚

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jun 3

P.S. The recording went GREAT. Not sure if I’m supposed to say what it is yet, but the episode should drop in July, so stay tuned!

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jun 3

Just recorded a VERY COOL interview with a podcast I’m a huge fan of! We were originally supposed to record 2 weeks ago, but I got sick. I pulled cards for whether to reschedule. For no, I pulled The Hanged One. For yes, Page of Pents. And here he is again in my daily draw today! TAROT WORKS Y’ALL.

Two cards from The Gay Marseille Tarot propped on the corner of Charlie’s altar. The cards are the Ace of Coins (Pentacles) and the Page of Coins (Pentacles). The Ace has a stylized coin with leopard print and a 4-petaled violet in the center, with budding vines growing from it. The Page shows a trans guy in green overalls that show his top surgery scars, a straw hat, and a diabetic arm patch. He stands in a tilled garden and holds up a larger-than-life coin in one hand and smiles at it.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jun 2

Literally SCREAMING that @kristenkorvette.bsky.social is reading my book!! *Witches, Sluts, Feminists* was so powerful for me. It’s the first place I read other queer and trans witches articulating that queerness, transness, and Other-ness can be a source of power. ❤️‍🔥

𝕶𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖏. 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊́𝖊 @kristenkorvette.bsky.social · Jun 1

No better way to kick off Pride Month than by diving into the Queer Divine 🔮

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Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · Jun 2

Beginning @thewordwitch.bsky.social 's *Queer Devotion* tonight, and I love that I'm reveling in the chapter on Aphrodite after spending the day thinking on last year's Pride month ritual dedicated to Kybele...and planning for this year's to Inanna.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying it!! And I love that you’re planning a ritual to Inanna this year! I feel like she’s the deity we need for Pride 2025. Unashamedly genderqueer, indomitably powerful, no mercy. 🔥

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 31

Haha! Every time I see that photo, you crack me up! 🤣💚

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 31

I haven’t done a ritual there (what a cool idea!), but I pass by it multiple times a week and almost always remember to look up and say hi!

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 31

Yesterday’s book release party for QUEER DEVOTION was epically lovely!! Here’s just a few of my favorite shots. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate with me and to Seagrape Apothecary for hosting! My heart is full. 🌈💗

Charlie is standing behind a podium and speaking. They’re wearing a black suit vest with a silver watch chain, black knee-length trouser shorts, and Doc Marten combat boots. Their bare arms are covered in black and grey tattoos. Their hands are lifted in front of them because they talk with their hands. To their left is an ASL interpreter and to their right is a display of Queer Devotion books and limited edition candles that Charlie collaborated on with Seagrape Apothecary.

A wide shot of the reading that shows the room with every seat full! Charlie stands at the front. The room is paneled in warm wood behind them. To the right is a wall of geometric bookshelves filled with books, candles, and witchy goods and a dusty pink rainbow mural. Edison bulbs dangle from a gnarled tree limb that extends across the space overhead. Guests sit in an assortment of folding chairs, couches, and along a long wood table with benches.

Charlie is wearing a face mask and giving a thumbs up beside an absolutely luxurious, decadent, and gigantic charcuterie board piled with fruits and cheeses, which is probably the fanciest thing that has ever been assembled in their honor.

Charlie is holding a large bouquet of flowers in rainbow colors and laughing with a huge smile on their face.

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 31

Omg I love to hear this! Thank you so much. And your bestie too! 🥰

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 29

Ooh yay! I hope you’re enjoying it! 💕

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 28

👆🏻 The Seagrape event is also ASL interpreted!

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you, Jeanna! (Very belated over here too, lol) 🥰🌈💞

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 28

Aw, yay! This warms my heart! 💗

Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you for sharing! 🥰🥰💞💞