Throughout history and folklore, violets have represented life and fertility, death and remembrance—a striking contrast of joy versus grief, beginning versus end, and future versus past.
Created by Heidi Phelps as she became a mother while losing her own mother to cancer, the Black Violet Tarot was illustrated entirely in black and white, to reflect this idea of bittersweet dualities—of shining a light in times of darkness.
The first Black Violet Tarot deck was published in 2020. This “Deluxe” edition is a special edition of the deck for its 3rd anniversary. It is a tarot deck for artists and dreamers.
It includes:
Larger guidebook with foreward by Benebell Wen and creator's notes on the design of some of the cards
Decorated magnetic close box
350 GSM art paper, 2.75" x 4.75" standard tarot size
80 cards per deck, including 2 bonus cards.
Matte lamination
Black on black card backs—black foil violet pattern on solid matte black card stock
Matte black edges
Design updates to the Death and Empress cards