Whilst my present Starlight Dragon book (TSQ: The companion Travelling with Starlight Dragons is just released) is focused on the elementary associations of tarot (Golden Dawn tradition) plus the grand mythic tales of great dragons, I am preparing another on a more advanced level with work on tarot correspondences to astrology, kabbalah and alchemy, which have been only touched upon in the first book.
As a very special and exclusive pre-taste
October 2016 saw the release of another innovative deck, by Nora Huszka & Steph Engert. The Starlight Dragon Tarot, a 79 card-deck inspired by dragons, stands out due to a strong elemental orientation and surprising art and shapes. With a name like that you’d expect the motherload in fiery breath creatures and scales, but that isn’t the case. The Starlight…
The Indiegogo campaign for the Starlight Dragon Tarot has started today. If you have no idea to what tarot deck I am referring to, read my previous article on the cards. The Starlight Dragon tarot campaign will run for a month (so until May 7th) and once funded the deck will be send to backers in August or September already. For the last year both author and tarot reader Steph Engert and artist Nora Huszka worked diligently and practically full-time on the deck, which is one of the reasons backers will be able to receive their beauty so soon. On the campaign page a few more details about the deck are made known. Revelations are: -No borders (happy Queen!) – Because of the ‘tiptoe’ shape the cards can be made into image-mandala’s and create very interesting puzzle-spreads. – No titles, but only elemental/astrological symbols and numerals sign on the minors. – Courts are also attributed to the elements – All the cards have so-called elemental rings, so you’ll see how the energy flows between the cards within your spread. Sounds like at least an intermediate deck to me. But definitely one that is promising to add something new to the table. The…
Starlight Dragon Press and designer Nora Huszka, presented the XIX, Sun card of her upcoming Starlight Dragon tarot deck today. The solstice was a good opportunity to unveil the newest addition to the set that is scheduled to be independently published in May 2016. A crowdfunding campaign is on its way to make it possible.
The Sun was the third shown card of The