A traditional tarot deck consists of 22 major and 56 minor arcana divided into 4 suites. A multitude of decks have been made with the intent to faithfully update and/or re- stylize the compositions and motifs of the classic Rider Waite Smith deck.

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This is not one of them.

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This deck is a full re-interpretation of the traditional tarot, using themes, objects, and motifs from my own life and music. It contains 78 original illustrations that follow the themes and divinatory meanings of the traditional tarot, using original compositions, personal motifs, and featuring places, objects, and situations from my life. The deck is organized into 22 major arcana, and 56 minor arcana divided into 4 new suits - Dogs (wands), Flowers (cups), Bugs (swords), and Disks (pentacles).

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When I started this project, I knew little about Tarot. I’d had a handful of readings, mostly from close friends, but had never seriously endeavored to learn the cards, myself.

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I purchased my first tarot deck on a whim at a festival, and I was immediately fascinated by the tone of the illustrations. I was enamored by the way these little images could have the capacity to generate deeply personal and flexible meaning for any reader at any time around the whole world. There is something fundamentally true

about the nature of art that I think is clarified in this aspect of Tarot.

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Over three-ish years of working on this deck, I experienced some of the highest highs and deepest lows of my life so far. I pulled cards randomly about once a week and did my best to come up with something that would satisfy the standard interpretation of the card, while also feeling personally resonant in my life at the time.

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As an artist, I had mostly worked from observation up to this point, and the process of creating an illustration from scratch that satisfies an existing interpretation was a very new challenge for me.

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Through this experience, I grew a lot as an artist, and gained a much deeper respect and appreciation for tarot. I hope this deck (like the many other unique, rare, personal versions of tarot from artists all over the world) can continue to serve as an avenue for reflection, divination, and clarity for those who seek it.