Stolen Child Tarot

Creator(s): Monica Knighton
Date: 2012
Country: USA
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 
Type: other
Reference: aeclectic

Notes:
This tarot is inspired by William Butler Yeats poem "The Stolen Child"

  Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild
   With a faery, hand in hand...

There are no adult figures or man-made objects in this deck. The cards have no titles or numbers, but they are recognizable from their archetypal imagery. Instead of a LWB a three page digital PDF "Field Guide to the Stolen Child Tarot" is emailed with each deck.

The art is pen and watercolour and the cards are printed on textured matt paper. There are 22 cards, plus two blank cards, and two title cards. They come packaged in handmade art paper portfolio, with no two alike. Mine came with a green inner wrapping, and a beige outer wrapping, It's a signed and numbered limited edition of 500. Mine is number 143.

Tarot of the Dead

Creator(s): Monica Knighton

Date: 1999

Country: USA

Publisher: No Borders Studio

Number of cards: 78

ISBN: 0-9674345-0-5

Type: RWS

Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV. pp. 45, 49

Notes:
The Day of the Dead is a major holiday in Mexico, joyfully paying respect to the ancestors. The holiday inspired Monica Knighton's Tarot of the Dead, which honors the dead and death itself.

The deck generally adheres to the imagery of the Rider-Waite-Tarot.

The number is  placed within the card at the top, and the title is placed within the card at the bottom. The background for the suits is color coded: green for Coffins (cups), yellow for Reels (coins), beige for Pistols (swords) and blue for Pens (wands). The deck has only skeletal figures except for the Death card.

The courts and the pips at first appear to be double ended, like a regular playing card. Careful inspection reveals that these cards contain two images one for the upright and one for the reversed different postures and actions for each.

The backs of the cards is black and white showing two skulls set end to end, so that it cannot be determined if the card is reversed or not.

The art is pen, ink and watercolors on Bristol board.