The Rosebud Tarot: An Archetypal Dreamscape (78 Cards and 96 Page Full-Color Guidebook)

by Diana Rose Harper, Amanda Lee Stilwell (Illustrator)

Overview

"I love the fresh, bold style of The Rosebud Tarot, the renaming of many of the Majors (the High Priestess is the Witch, the Empress is the Lifegiver, the Hierophant is the Professor, etc.), and how the court cards have been transformed into four tiers of energies (Curiosity, Velocity, Generosity, Sovereignty)."
—Benebell Wen, author of The Holistic Tarot
 
The rose is a through line in The Rosebud Tarot, a rose-gold thread weaving its way into each line of the Major Arcana and into the heart of every Minor. The playfulness and sharp edges of the rose shimmer through every reading, each card’s dream-layer collage a petal of insight.
 
The Rosebud Tarot is a 78-card tarot deck based on the structure found in the classic Rider-Waite-Smith. Its exquisite images are digital collages, created by Amanda Lee Stilwell, which offer a dreamscape of pathways into the tarot.
 
Its guidebook, written by Diana Rose Harper, gives keys to meaning, not just keywords to memorize.
 
Several of the cards have been renamed, including the court cards. For example,

• THE FOOL becomes THE YOUTH
• THE HIGH PRIESTESS becomes THE WITCH
• THE EMPRESS becomes THE LIFEGIVER
• THE HIEROPHANT becomes THE PROFESSOR
• TEMPERANCE becomes ALCHEMY
• JUDGMENT becomes EMERGENCE

When it comes to court cards, the names have been changed to highlight a core quality that each embodies:

• PAGES become CURIOSITY
• KNIGHTS become VELOCITY
• QUEENS become GENEROSITY
• KINGS become SOVEREIGNTY

And the deck’s creators have chosen to highlight the elements for each Minor Arcana suit, rather than using the traditional titles.

• PENTACLES become EARTH
• CUPS become WATER
• WANDS become FIRE
• SWORDS become AIR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578638093
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	06/05/2023
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	3.25(w) x 4.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diana Rose Harper grew up eating fairy tales for breakfast and myths for dessert. She is now a professional tarot reader, consulting astrologer, energy worker, and writer based in Los Angeles and serving clients and students worldwide. She has been a lecturer at the Northwest Astrology Conference, a featured guest on The Astrology Podcast and Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, and has spent time as a traveling guest teacher presenting workshops on tarot, astrology, energy work, and radical self-care across the United States.
 
Amanda Lee Stilwell is a queer solitary witch who practices ritual, garden, and kitchen magick. She hails from the swamps of the Gulf Coast and has withstood many a hurricane. Her art focuses on ritual digital collage inspired by altar spaces and her own religious upbringing stirred in a cauldron with vintage photography and cult movies. She lives in Chicago with her spouse and three dogs.

Editorial Reviews

"Amanda Lee Stilwell’s magickly inspired approach to The Rosebud Tarot’s art raised my appreciation of well-produced digital collage. The engaging, inclusive images and Diana Rose Harper’s expressive writing make this deck’s messages come alive. The nuances of myth and evocative poetry add a layer to each card’s meaning, striking familiar chords and producing readings that can genuinely be taken to heart." —Amber Highland, publisher of The Cartomancer Magazine
 

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