By Sam West
Π₯ΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΈΠΊ Π’ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΠΈ ΠΠ°Π½Ρ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠ» ΠΌΠΎΡΠΈΠ²Ρ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ·ΠΌ Π² Π°ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎ, ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ. The Archeon Tarot ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΡΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ· 78 ΠΊΠ°ΡΡ, Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· Π½Π°ΡΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΠΈΠΌΠ²ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΊΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠΏΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Ρ ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ Π·Π²ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅. ΠΠ»Ρ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΡ Π±ΡΠΊΠ»Π΅Ρ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Π΅Ρ Π²Π΄ΡΠΌΡΠΈΠ²ΡΡ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ, Π²Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΡ ΠΊ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠ°ΠΌ Π² ΠΏΡΡΠΌΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΡΠ½ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Π² ΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΎ Π² Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡ ΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°Π΅ΠΌΡΠΉ ΠΌΠΈΡ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΠ°. Π‘ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Ρ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΡ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π½Π° Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΠΊ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ΅, Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π° Π²Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠΌΠ²ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ° ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ° XIX Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°. ΠΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ 2021 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ Π½Π°Π±ΠΎΡ ΠΈΠ· 78 ΠΊΠ°ΡΡ ΠΈ 128-ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π±ΡΠΊΠ»Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ³ΡΡ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠΎ Ρ Π²ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ Π½Π°ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΌ. ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Π° Π² ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ Cards Π²Π΅ΡΠΎΠΌ 544 Π³ ΠΎΡΠΈΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π° Π½Π° Π²Π΄ΡΠΌΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΊΡ.
Artist Timothy Lantz has woven mythology and mysticism into a hauntingly beautiful tarot deck that invites deep exploration. The Archeon Tarot preserves the traditional 78-card structure while opening up unique perspectives and contemporary appeal through rich symbolism. For every card, Lantzβs booklet offers a thoughtful quote that leads into upright and inverted meanings, framing the deck as a window into one manβs mythology and imagined world. Conceived by an artist with backgrounds in art education and communications, the work channels a lifetime of fantasy and science fiction reading along with late-19th-century Symbolist influences. Published as a 78-card set with a 128-page booklet in 2021, this edition balances exacting tarot tradition with vivid modern storytelling. Presented in Cards format with a weight of 544 grams, it is designed for sustained study, reflection, and creative practice.