€ 47,50
Forty black-and-white illustrations that leave room. Stasia Burrington combines nature, geometry and personal mysticism in quiet imagery without unnecessary detail.
A deck that asks for your own interpretation rather than fixed meanings.
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Not every oracle deck is colourful. This one chooses black ink drawings on a light background and asks you to make the connections yourself.
The Empty Cup Oracle by Stasia Burrington contains forty cards. Each image is built from minimal lines: organic forms next to geometric patterns, natural elements next to abstract symbols. What you do not see is just as important as what is there.
The visual language is sparse. No crowded compositions, no colour fields demanding your attention. Each symbol is there to lead you toward your own interpretation.
Burrington draws on her background as an Asian-American artist in the Pacific Northwest. That shows in the balance between nature and precision, between the tangible and the mystical. The sixty-page guidebook offers context but deliberately leaves room open.
The cards are printed on 300 gsm matte paper with gold edges. The size is 70 x 120 mm, easy to shuffle. The box has a lift lid with gold foil details.
Many people pull one card in the morning and let the image settle. Others use it alongside a tarot reading for clarification. The minimalist style works well when you need calm instead of interpretation overload.
This is not a deck with fixed meanings you memorise. It asks for projection, for you to see what a symbol calls up in you at this moment.
Pull a card without opening the guidebook. Write down what you see and feel. Only then read what Burrington writes about it. Often there is more overlap than you expect.
Stasia Burrington is an independent artist known for her ability to capture emotion in simple lines. Her identity and her surroundings in the Pacific Northwest form the foundation of her work.
With The Empty Cup Oracle she has made an oracle that both respects the tarot tradition and speaks its own modern language.
Are the card meanings fixed or open?
Open. The guidebook gives context and suggestions, but the deck is designed to invite your own interpretation. The minimalist imagery deliberately leaves room for what you see in it.
Does this deck work if you have little experience with oracle cards?
Yes, provided you are comfortable giving your own meaning to symbols. There are no keywords on the cards and the guidebook is not a step-by-step guide. If you prefer clear instructions, this is not the most logical starting deck.
| Auteur | Stasia Burrington |
| Taal | English |
| SKU | 0779-SBI01 |
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