The Phantomwise Tarot is a 78-card tarot deck with a guidebook, hand-painted by Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus. The black-and-white artwork is part circus, part Wonderland, and part nocturnal fantasy. It mixes myth and fairy tale, and the figures in it may be illusions, reflections, or distortions.
Morgenstern began the paintings as a creative exercise to better understand the tarot while she was working on The Night Circus. The series captures the themes of each of the 78 cards in a traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Archetypal figures such as The Fool, The Hierophant, and The Lovers emerge from dark skies and swirling clouds, alongside ravens and cats.
The guidebook gives interpretations of the cards and suggested spreads for tarot readings. It is written for beginners and experienced readers alike.
- Cards
- 78-card tarot deck
- Tarot system
- Based on the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck
- Artwork
- Hand-painted, black and white
- Artist
- Erin Morgenstern
- In the box
- Tarot deck and guidebook
- Guidebook
- Card interpretations and suggested spreads