the
scattered deck
a living work
A tarot deck is designed as a complete structure — seventy-eight images forming a unified system.
The Scattered Deck alters the condition of containment.
Instead of remaining closed, the structure is dispersed.
What was once held together now moves outward —
not only to move through the world, but to carry the work forward into what follows.
The whole does not disappear — it reorganises, card by card across distance, continuing through those who hold it.
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Individual cards from the Wounded Edition are distributed through this site as part of an ongoing dispersal.
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Each card carries its provenance within the limited 2025 printing. The pieces stand independently while still belonging to the larger structure of the deck.
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Cards are not selected in advance. Each mailing is a blind draw: the card leaves the studio sealed and unseen, determined by chance rather than choice. Even I do not know which image travels in each envelope.
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Recipients may share where a card has travelled or what it meant to them, contributing to the visible record of the deck’s ongoing life.
In this way the work remains active — not stored, but circulating — allowing the story of the deck to continue beyond its original form.
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Each card carries the material weight of the work — time, cost, and labour invested over six years. Their circulation supports what comes next, making the Phoenix edition possible.
a living map
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On this site, a living map gradually forms, showing where each card has travelled.
No names are recorded and no addresses stored — only the card’s title and the city in which it arrives.
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Over time the dispersal creates a visible pattern: seventy-eight points of light across the globe, a structure reorganising itself through distance. When one full sequence has completed its journey, another may begin — not repetition, but renewal.
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Individual cards are not chosen; they arrive. Once received, the holder may explore the full analysis of that card on this site — its imagery, meaning, and interpretations — and, if desired, use it within a personal reading.
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The map does not track ownership. It records movement. The deck is held together through circulation, not containment.
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Each arrival marks a point where the work meets the world — not in theory, but in place. Over time, these points form a visible record: not of ownership, but of presence, as the deck continues beyond the studio and into lived experience.
renewal
What began as a compromised edition becomes movement.
What was once contained now circulates.
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As individual cards travel, the structure does not dissolve — it adapts.
When the last of this edition has found its place, another may follow — corrected, refined, and informed by what came before.
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Not replacement.
Continuation.
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The work is not restarted; it is carried forward.
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To support what comes next:
keep the work in motion
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Follow the project, share the work, or mention it when a card speaks to you. Each act of attention helps the deck continue its journey.
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The Scattered Deck moves one card at a time. When a card is seen, discussed, or passed onward, the structure remains active beyond the studio.
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This project proceeds without sponsors or institutional backing. It advances through those who choose to engage with it.
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If the project resonates, share it. If a card finds you, pass it on, speak of it, let it continue its path.
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Each image circulated extends the life of the deck — not as product, but as practice.
Visibility sustains the work. It is continuation.
NOTE: The first edition Wounded Tribute Tarot decks are also available as a limited edition of 78.
Read about the complete decks here.
other ways you can help
looking ahead
the phoenix edition
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The story continues beyond the first printing. The corrected printed edition will be built on everything the first taught. The same images return — held to the standard originally intended.
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This next run will appear as The Tribute Tarot — Phoenix Edition, not a reinvention, but a return to precision. It will include an accompanying book drawn from the essays and analyses written across this site. That was always part of the original intention.
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When the Wounded decks and single cards have gone out into the world, the Phoenix will rise — corrected, refined, and faithful to the original proof. But it will always carry the memory of what came before, as every repaired thing must.
