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Vespertine Tarot is Now Fully Funded!!
Thank you to all my campaign supporters!
To Purchase Vespertine Tarot go here:
“Vespertine: relating to; occurring or active during the evening.”
Discover tarot from Dusk till Dawn.
79 cards celebrating animals with a Vespertine nature:
-22 Major Arcana steeped in the whimsical darkness of nature.
-57 Minor Arcana cards continue the theme within the traditional four suits: Swords, Wands, Cups, and Pentacles.
Major Arcana
Minor Arcana
Added to the deck is representation of our year’s 12 full moons. Giving additional meaning to every 3rd minor arcana card.
The deck adopts the traditional Rider/Waite/Smith system of reading, with some deviation to be found in the Court Cards.
Giving the moon extra precedence, Vespertine Tarot replaces the Page with the Maiden, the Knight with the Mother, the Queen with the Crone, and the King with the Sage.
As is the common tradition in Neo-Paganism, the moon phases represent the different archetypes of the Goddess’ lunar associations.
The Maiden embodies the lunar energies of the Waxing Moon.
The Mother embodies the lunar energies of the Full Moon.
The Crone embodies the lunar energies of the Waning Moon.
A personal addition to these associations, I’ve added the Sage, who embodies the lunar energies of the Dark Moon.
Each court card is inspired by an ancient Pagan spirit, God, or Goddess, who holds general associations to the element of which the suit represents:
The suit element associations are as follows:
Swords represent the Air element.
Wands represent the Fire element.
Cups represent the Water element.
Pentacles represent the Earth element.
Court Cards
An Additional Two Cards Have Been Added to Vespertine Tarot
The Blue Moon
And
The Super Moon
The deck will be printed with 350gsm white core, semi-gloss, premium card stock.
Additionally, the cards will have blue gilded edges and be housed in a rigid, magnetic-closure flip box; accompanied by a perfect bound booklet with card descriptions.
Back of Card Design
Giving back when I can is extremely important to me. Carrying that value forward into my business is a vision I have. So, for a charitable campaign representing the nocternal theme of my deck, Vespertine Tarot; Chrystal Raven Studios has officially sponsored Ronin the African Fruit Bat!
Ronin resides as a permanent resident at Bat World Sanctuary in the USA; a world renowned, award-winning animal sanctuary just for bats.
Specializing in bat rescue, rehab and educating the public on the importance of bats as insectivores and pollinators.
Chrystal Raven Studios will donate a portion of Vespertine Tarot’s first printing sales, after its initial Kickstarter campaign, to further aid Bat World Sanctuary in continuing their important work.
Inspired by Ronin, I decided to create this artwork of his baby-bat cuteness.
II” X 14” Prints are Available on Etsy!
https://www.chrystalravenstudios.etsy.com
Professionally reproduced prints on hot-press, archival quality paper.
These limited produced prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Carrying on with the theme and aesthetic of the deck, I’ve created the above tarot mat.
A 23.5” x 13.5” mat with a cloth front featuring my custom ‘Vespertine’ inspired artwork, stitched to an anti-slip rubber backing with luminous sides that light up with color-changing LEDs.
Bringing a truly unique experience to reading tarot.
Available here: https://www.chrystalravenstudios.etsy.com