Dark Wood Tarot by Sasha Graham & Abigail Larson

Enter the Dark Wood and Explore the Tarot of Your Shadow Self

Entering the wood is easy.

The interesting question is who you will be when you emerge.

Dark Wood Tarot by Sasha Graham and Abigail Larson transforms the familiar Rider-Waite-Smith journey into a passage through an enchanted forest, where each card invites you deeper into the hidden parts of yourself.

You become the witch entering the Dark Wood.

Across 78 richly illustrated cards, the forest becomes a landscape for exploring secret desires, fears, untapped potential and the aspects of ourselves we might ordinarily prefer to leave hiding behind the trees.

Dark, atmospheric and beautifully immersive, this is tarot created for transformation.

A Journey Through the Shadow

Dark Wood Tarot is built upon the Rider-Waite-Smith system, but Sasha Graham reframes the traditional Fool's Journey as the story of a witch travelling through the forest.

The Dark Wood represents the unconscious: the mysterious inner territory where hidden thoughts, desires, fears and possibilities wait to be discovered.

Rather than treating darkness as something to escape, the deck encourages you to explore it.

Abigail Larson's haunting dark-fantasy illustrations bring that concept beautifully to life, creating a world filled with gothic atmosphere, magical landscapes and characters that seem to belong to a story already unfolding.

More Than a Tarot Deck

The accompanying 304-page guidebook turns Dark Wood Tarot into a complete working system rather than simply a beautifully illustrated deck.

Sasha Graham guides readers deeper into the cards and their shadow aspects, helping you explore what each archetype may reveal when you are willing to look beneath the obvious interpretation.

This makes Dark Wood particularly suited to journalling, introspective readings, personal development and deeper tarot study.

Why You'll Love Dark Wood Tarot

• 78-card full-size tarot deck
• Based upon the Rider-Waite-Smith system
• Written by bestselling tarot author Sasha Graham
• Illustrated by Abigail Larson
• Includes a substantial 304-page guidebook
• Created specifically for shadow exploration and transformation
• Rich gothic and dark-fantasy artwork
• Strong narrative running throughout the deck
• Excellent for journalling and self-reflection
• Accessible to RWS readers while offering considerable depth
• Presented as a complete boxed deck and guidebook set

The Reading Experience

Dark Wood Tarot isn't dark simply for the aesthetic.

Its imagery has a purpose.

A reading can explore the things happening beneath the surface: recurring patterns, hidden motivations, uncomfortable truths, secret wishes and strengths you may not yet have recognised.

The familiar RWS foundation keeps the cards readable, while the Dark Wood narrative encourages a more introspective style of interpretation.

You can use it for everyday readings, but give it a deeper question and this deck really begins to stretch its legs.

At a Glance

Author: Sasha Graham
Artist: Abigail Larson
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
System: Rider-Waite-Smith inspired
Cards: 78
Guidebook: 304 pages
Language: English
Format: Full-Size Tarot Deck & Guidebook Boxed Kit
ISBN: 9780738759302
Original Publication: June 2020

About Sasha Graham & Abigail Larson

Sasha Graham is a bestselling tarot author, teacher and deck creator whose work explores tarot through storytelling, creativity, magic and personal transformation.

Sasha has also joined us at Oneness Emporium for The Creator's Voice, where we explore the people and stories behind the decks we love.

Abigail Larson is an award-winning illustrator known for her atmospheric dark-fantasy artwork. Her gothic visual storytelling is particularly suited to the world of Dark Wood Tarot, turning the forest into a character in its own right.

The pair have since reunited for The Vampire's Tale Tarot.

Perfect For

Dark Wood Tarot is particularly suited to:

• Shadow work and introspection
• Gothic and dark-fantasy tarot lovers
• Rider-Waite-Smith readers
• Journalling and self-discovery
• Exploring recurring patterns and hidden motivations
• Witchcraft and magical practice
• Fans of Sasha Graham
• Fans of Abigail Larson's artwork
• Readers wanting a tarot deck with a strong narrative
• Collectors of atmospheric tarot decks

Why We Love It at Oneness Emporium

Dark Wood Tarot understands that a dark deck doesn't need to shout LOOK HOW DARK I AM from behind seventeen skulls and a strategically positioned raven.

Its darkness actually has somewhere to go.

The forest is part of the reading system, the artwork supports the journey and Sasha's substantial guidebook gives you plenty to explore once you've wandered off the path.

And having welcomed Sasha into The Creator's Voice, it's rather lovely to be able to give her work more space on Oneness than three paragraphs and a specifications box.

The old page walked into the Dark Wood.

This one has finally emerged. 🌲