The Goblin Market Tarot: In Search of Faery Gold

An outstanding new Tarot from John Matthews inspired by the Victorian poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, beautifully illustrated by the renowned artist Charles Newington. The only Tarot to explore fully the whole world of faeries, including its more shadowy aspects - the goblins.

This is a faery tarot with a difference, uncompromising in its portrayal of faeries as they really are: sly, frequently cruel, cleverer than humans and full of secrets, rather than the whimsical, sweet-natured creatures beloved of the Victorians and the New Age. It's the world of Christina Rossetti's The Goblin Market, a place where all denizens of the Otherworld come to buy and sell, to mingle and exchange gossip. It is a place unsafe for humans. But imagine if you could look through a window onto the scene, as Christina Rossetti does in her poem? Imagine the beings you would see there ...

Here is a tarot of wit and wickedness, of challenge and uncertainty, of wonder and truth. This 80-card deck with 176-page guidebook offers as the Major Arcana a gallery of strange and wonderful creatures, from the Faery Queen to the Wiseman, plus intriguing motifs from the poem, such as the Secret Way and the Fallen Tree. Minor suits represent magical implements, fruits, flowers and elements. Enter a haunted, magical world - an enchanting landscape of falling towers, crumbling walls and tangled woods, of streams tumbling amongst mossy stones, of fallen trees and bones threaded with vines and spiked roses. Prepare to be enspelled ... and to discover the answers to your questions and dilemmas.

Author: John Matthews
Publisher: Watkins Publishing
Published: 12/14/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Other
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 5.60h x 4.30w x 2.10d
ISBN: 9781786785541

About the Author
John Matthews is the New York Times bestselling author of several successful divinatory systems based on early spiritual beliefs - including the Arthurian Tarot, the Wildwood Tarot, the Byzantine Tarot and The Tarot of Light and Shadow.

Charles Newington's art has been shown and published worldwide. His career has taken him down many different paths, from founding Alecto Historical Editions (restoring and printing art for the Tate Gallery and the Society of Antiquaries), creating artwork for rock bands including Led Zeppelin, creating the giant White Horse Hill Figure above the Channel Tunnel entrance - and much more.


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