Ephemere: True Black Tarot

Creator: Arthur Wang Self-published, United States
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- 80 cards on thick, 16pt nonreflective matte stock
- Magnetic book-style box
- Guide booklet
- Standard tarot size, 2.75”x4.75”
- Printed and packaged locally in the US 

Ephemere follows in the footsteps of literary classics, historic mythology, and ancient anthropological discoveries to inspire a new odyssey.   The major arcana cards have been reimagined as a  "Hero's Journey"; in place of the classic  "Fool's Journey";. Just as the Epic of Gilgamesh centers around a hero #39;s struggle to conquer death and his own ephemerality, Ephemere follows a timeless story of our willpower, struggles, failures, and how we pick up the pieces to continue onwards.

The majority of these major arcana cards retain strong parallels to traditional Rider Waite-Smith counterparts, though some will seem completely new. These reimagined majors are:  Origin, Dream, Summon Fighter, Alchemist, Keeper Voyager, Dulcess, Nemesis Obscurio, Burn, Healer Seeker, Counterpoint (m/f), (m/m), (f/f) Defiance, Crescendo Victor, Sacrifice, Ovation Death, Legacy, Continuum  The booklet, co-written by Mat Auryn and Arthur Wang, will detail the similarities and differences between these new cards and the traditional RWS majors, as well as diving into the expanded storyline of the Hero’s Journey. The Minor Arcana cards still follow traditional Rider Waite-Smith symbolism and the classic 4 suits.