€ 39,95
An oracle deck set at a 19th-century carnival where karma and choice take centre stage. Matt Hughes combines 32 cards with green foil accents with an 80-page hardcover story book on transformation and shadow work.
For those seeking shadow work and narrative depth in an oracle.
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Most oracle decks give you meanings. This deck gives you a story. Mother Mort's Carnival 1897 is set at a carnival at the end of the 19th century, where visitors come to reckon with their past.
The deck is designed by Matt Hughes and contains 32 cards, an 80-page hardcover novella and a 76-page full-colour guidebook. The cards have green foil accents and gilded edges. The box also includes a collectible admission ticket with copper foil.
The style is gothic, with influences from Art Nouveau. The imagery conjures the carnival culture of the late 19th century: fortune tellers, curiosity cabinets, enigmatic figures each embodying a lesson. The colours are dark, the atmosphere theatrical.
Each card carries a character or scenario linked to a karmic theme. Mother Mort herself is the triple goddess, the guide through the carnival. In the story book you follow Jane, a visitor who learns how her choices have shaped her.
Most oracle decks give you card meanings and leave the rest to you. This deck gives you a literary framework first. The novella introduces the characters, the setting and the logic of the carnival. Only then do you work with the cards.
That makes the deck slower. You read, you lay out, you let it settle. This is not a deck for a quick daily draw at the breakfast table. It is a deck for shadow work, for examining patterns that repeat themselves.
Read the novella all the way through before working with the cards. The storylines give the card meanings a context that would otherwise be missing.
This deck is designed for people who value narrative depth. The 76-page guidebook contains interpretations and background information, which makes it accessible for those who have not worked with oracle cards before. But the tone and pace ask for focus.
If you prefer cards that are direct and light, this is not the right choice. The atmosphere is dark, the themes are heavy. Karma, justice, transformation through confronting yourself.
Matt Hughes works with historical art styles and translates them into spiritual tools. His work combines technical precision with a sense of theatricality. For Mother Mort's Carnival 1897 he drew his inspiration from neo-gothic and classical illustration art.
Do I need to read the novella to work with the cards?
No, but it is recommended. The cards speak for themselves through the imagery, but the story gives the characters and symbols a depth that would otherwise be missing.
How is this different from a tarot deck?
This is an oracle with 32 cards, not a tarot with 78. The structure is narrative rather than archetypal. The focus is on karmic lessons within one story, not on universal symbols.
| ISBN | 9781646712694 |
| Taal | English |
| Uitgeverij | Us Games System |
| Auteur | Matt Hughes |
| SKU | 1462-CS01 |
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