About this item
- The Singing Serpent Tarot is based firmly in tradition, with a 'unique twist, coil and slither'. The 78 black and white,
- hand-drawn cards each have a serpent present on the card, and are deliberately simply styled. Self-published by the
- artist and due for release at Samhain 2014.
Specifications
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Name
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Singing Serpent Tarot
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Creators
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Eleanor Boyce
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Publisher
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Nakthag 2014
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Deck Type
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Tarot Deck
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Cards
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78
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Major Arcana
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22
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Minor Arcana
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56
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Card Language
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English
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Companion Material
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A companion book is in progress.
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Reviews
perfect Tarot deck. Eleanor Boyce presents us with a deck
of powerful and transformative images that are
sensual, edgy, lyrical and otherworldly. She takes us to
the liminal realm in which the unconscious flows into
awareness. Her beautiful imagery lingers in the mind long
after the readings end. The introductory text is as
powerful as her drawings:
“This deck is not themed beyond
all recognition, but rather based firmly in the visual
tradition of Tarot, albeit with a unique twist, coil and
slither.”
‘The Singing Serpent’ calls to us from a place
unknown – mysterious and magical. Like some element of
dream or an optical illusion, her images make us aware
of what we see and wonder about what we do not. Each
image calls to us with the hint of a story suggested but
untold. As in any ancient ritual, the power of the masked
figures is tangible in these wonderful interpretations of
archetypal powers that, to quote Jean Houston, “never were
and always are.”
The black and white design of this
deck is distinctive, the stylized serpent is featured
on the back of each card as well as in each
illustration of asymmetrical figures. It serves as a reminder
of the serpent as a constant companion and guide on
the spiritual journey and sets the sensual tone of the
drawings, which are refined, delicate and elegant— a perfect
counterbalance for the strength of bold splashes of black shapes
on a white background.
If our lives are aimed at
finding a balance between the polarities, ‘The Singing
Serpent’ invites us to enter the mystery and entices us to
seek the balance between light and dark, conscious and
unconscious. This deck is a must have for novice and collectors
alike.
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