The Viola Lux Umbra Tarot came to be over a lifetime of seasonal change, sprouted from soil to the wisdom of archaic stars that blossom in the night sky. Years of botanical magic brought me here, inspired to grow through art, divination, wonder, and fate with ancient light and shadow — the kindred forces our branches cast upon the mysteries of life. From novice, sprouting Tarot readers to experts whose stems mature with timeworn truths, Viola Lux Umbra will lead you along the growing path.
Ten years ago, in a garden far, far away the Pythia Botanica Oracle would bloom. This botanical, tea-stained dream was a first of its kind, sprouting up from flowerbeds to the cards, to a plant magic deck that would guide myself and so many of us through a decade of truths.
Now, the 10-year anniversary has sprouted a complete and new, 68-card edition of Pythia Botanica, brimming with the best of all our plants, herbs and blooms: hand-illustrated oracle cards that have stood the test of time, words that have matured with enduring depth and meaning, and flowers that inspire our desire for fateful guidance.
The Ophidia Rosa Tarot came to be over a year-long period, cared for and pondered through four seasons of natural change. While framed by the tarot's ancient tradition and structure, my botanical world―full of such transformation, from the soil to the seedling, the sprout and the bloom―placed an emphasis on change bursting forth all around me. Each of these 78 cards―the full Major and Minor arcana―draws on the tarot's timeworn truth carried closer to home.
