A soft English twilight descends, and you step outside to savor the sweet evening. You catch a faint phrase of fleeting melody, as if a tiny harp has been struck nearby, a haunting strain from echoing pipes that draws you on through the bluebells, luminous in the dusk. You feel small tugs at your clothing and your hair. You have found the Faery Wood . . . and the faeries have found you.
The Victorian Faery Tarot reveals a rich society in miniature, half-glimpsed among the flowers at the bottom of the garden. The Major Arcana features traditional tarot archetypes reimagined for the Victorian era, such as the Conjuror, the Seeress, the Faery Bride, Goblin Market, and the intoxicating Green Faery. In the Minor Arcana, four Faery Courts draw you into a seasonal social whirl with its pastimes and predicaments, occupations and amusements. The Victorian language of flowers weaves its fragrant spell throughout, adding an extra layer of meaning to the cards.
Acclaimed tarot master Mary K. Greer says: "I am very impressed. . . . It gives the feeling of the idealization of nature and its spirits that characterized the Victorian reaction against industrialization and social ills. It's a story-telling deck that makes one nostalgic for tales told in the nursery and imaginative games played among trees, hedges, and creeks. As a peek into the tiny world of the fair-folk, it evokes a sense of what the Tarot might have signified through the four seasons to these little people. The book is filled with interesting facts about Victorian life and interests in ways that elucidate an understanding of the cards. The deck is truly original, yet can be used effortlessly by those who know their Tarot."
This is a Waite-Smith (RWS) based tarot deck. The set includes:
Tarot-size deck: 78 cards, 3x5 inches, printed on 350 gsm art paper with matte varnishing
Mini Deck
Full-color book: 136 pages, 7x5 inches, 300 gsm cover and back, 105 gsm matte paper pages
Box: Sturdy magnetic flip box with inner cardboard tray with glossy lamination (157 gsm) to hold both tarot-sized and mini decks, pull ribbon, and the guidebook
Exclusive bonus also included are: reading cloth, postcards, and journal
Everything pictured above
Lunaea Weatherstone has been exploring the realms of tarot for more than half a century. She is the creator and author of the Forest of Enchantment Tarot and the Mystical Cats Tarot and has written guidebooks for many others. Her Fool-inspired tarot philosophy leads her to seek new metaphors and symbols to express the beloved traditional card meanings. She lives in Portland, Oregon. For more, visit lunaea.com.
Gary A. Lippincott is an award-winning master illustrator whose fantasy and faerie art shows a vibrancy and depth only possible in the traditional watercolor medium. In this increasingly digital age when images are more frequently painted with pixels than paint, Gary remains an illustrator’s illustrator. He lives in the woods of central Massachusetts. For more, visit garylippincott.com.
Carrie Paris divides her time between Italy and on the northern California coast where she and her husband make art in a converted big-rig garage. She is the creator of the Magpie Oracle casting kits, the Relative Tarot, Beloved Dead, and several Lenormand decks. Carrie is the designer and producer of this special edition of the Victorian Faery Tarot. For more, visit carrieparis.com.
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