The Wildwood Tarot

The Wildwood Tarot is a deck that reaches back before the familiar medieval imagery of tarot to something older and wilder. Rooted in pre-Celtic mythology, seasonal rhythms, and shamanic tradition, it introduces archetypes drawn from the ancient forest rather than the court or the church. The Green Man and Woman, the Archer, the Blasted Oak, these are figures that speak to a different layer of human experience than the standard tarot canon.

Will Worthington's artwork sets this deck apart. Moving from gouache to tempera, the technique favored by Renaissance artists using ground minerals and egg yolk, he created images that seem almost to glow from within, each card like a window opening onto a world that is both imagined and deeply felt. The accompanying book includes Worthington's account of his process and the specially designed typeface he created to complement the imagery. For those drawn to nature-based spirituality, ancestral wisdom, or simply stunning illustration, this is an essential deck.