The Dark Daughter Tarot by Ellen Lorenzi-Prince

Goddesses of the World Speak from the Depths

Descend into the mysteries of the dark feminine with 78 powerful goddesses drawn from cultures around the world, each inviting you beyond the surface and into the ancient spaces of transformation, intuition and untamed wisdom.

Darkness is not always something waiting to be defeated.

Sometimes it is where things begin.

The womb.

The earth.

The night.

The place between an ending and whatever comes next.

In The Dark Daughter Tarot, acclaimed tarot creator Ellen Lorenzi-Prince reclaims darkness as a place of mystery, regeneration, hidden knowledge and feminine power.

Across 78 cards, goddesses from Egypt, West Africa, Hungary, Sumer, China, India, Greece, the Caribbean, Celtic regions and beyond become guides through the deeper landscapes of tarot.

Some will be familiar.

Others may send you disappearing happily down a mythology rabbit hole for the rest of the evening.

All have something to say.

🌑 Who Is the Dark Daughter?

The Dark Daughter isn't defined by gender.

Ellen describes the Dark Daughter as a child of the Goddess and the Ancestors, someone willing to descend into mystery and encounter the transformative powers found there.

That idea sits at the heart of the deck.

The "dark feminine" here isn't simply an aesthetic of black dresses, ravens and dramatic eyeliner.

It encompasses inner knowing, hidden spaces, righteous rage, ancient wisdom, transformation and the primal aspects of feminine power.

This is tarot for exploring the parts of ourselves that don't always arrive neatly packaged.

Grief.

Anger.

Instinct.

Power.

Boundaries.

Endings.

Transformation.

And the wisdom we sometimes discover only after we've been brave enough to go deeper.

🔥 A Rider-Waite-Smith Structure Transformed

Here's where The Dark Daughter Tarot becomes particularly interesting.

Ellen uses the Rider-Waite-Smith structure as a framework, giving experienced tarot readers something recognisable beneath the deck.

But she doesn't leave it untouched.

The traditional Minor Arcana suits are renamed directly for their elements.

The familiar court structure is transformed into:

Beast • Warrior • Witch • Hag

And The Hanged Man becomes Sacrifice.

Those aren't cosmetic changes.

They shift the language through which we encounter the cards.

Rather than simply illustrating another version of an existing tarot system, Ellen asks us to reconsider the archetypes themselves.

👑 78 Goddesses. 78 Doors.

Each card introduces a goddess connected to its tarot archetype.

Some come from traditions you've encountered many times before.

Others may be entirely new.

The accompanying guidebook explores the mythology of each goddess alongside the divinatory insight she offers, allowing the deck to become both a tarot system and a journey through sacred stories from cultures around the world.

This makes The Dark Daughter Tarot particularly rewarding for readers who enjoy researching mythology alongside their cards.

Pull a card.

Meet the goddess.

Read her story.

Then return to the imagery.

What changes now that you know who she is?

That extra layer gives the deck enormous potential for journaling, study and deeper personal work.

✨ Why You'll Love The Dark Daughter Tarot

🌑 78 goddesses from cultures around the world, including both familiar and lesser-known deities.

🔥 Explores the many faces of the dark feminine, from hidden wisdom to righteous rage.

🃏 Built upon a recognisable Rider-Waite-Smith framework while introducing significant changes of its own.

🌿 Minor Arcana suits are named directly for the four elements.

🐺 Traditional court cards become Beast, Warrior, Witch and Hag.

🖤 The Hanged Man is reimagined as Sacrifice.

📖 Includes a substantial 176-page guidebook exploring the mythology and divinatory wisdom of each goddess.

🎨 Features Ellen Lorenzi-Prince's bold, colourful artwork.

🔮 Beautiful for tarot readings, altar work, goddess study, journaling and personal exploration.

🌒 The Reading Experience

This doesn't feel like a deck designed for pulling a card, glancing at three keywords and putting it away again.

It invites relationship.

Perhaps you recognise the goddess immediately.

Perhaps you've never heard her name.

Either way, the guidebook gives you somewhere to begin.

And because the deck changes familiar tarot structures, even experienced readers may find themselves slowing down.

A court card isn't automatically Page, Knight, Queen or King.

You're meeting Beast, Warrior, Witch or Hag instead.

That little interruption matters.

It prevents autopilot.

You have to look again.

And sometimes the most interesting tarot readings begin when a deck makes us stop assuming we already know the answer.

📖 A Proper Companion Guidebook

The set includes a 176-page guidebook, rather than leaving you to navigate 78 goddesses with a tiny folded leaflet and a prayer. 😂

Alongside the tarot meanings, Ellen introduces the myths and stories associated with the goddesses represented throughout the deck.

For a deck drawing from such a broad range of cultural traditions, that context is particularly important.

It also turns the deck into something you can study over time, rather than simply read.

At a Glance

Deck: The Dark Daughter Tarot
Subtitle: Goddesses of the World Speak from the Depths
Creator & Artist: Ellen Lorenzi-Prince
Publisher: REDFeather / Schiffer Publishing
Cards: 78 art cards
System: Rider-Waite-Smith inspired with unique adaptations
Court Cards: Beast, Warrior, Witch & Hag
Major Arcana Variation: The Hanged Man becomes Sacrifice
Guidebook: 176 pages
Box Size: Approx. 5 × 7 inches
ISBN: 9780764370885
Publication: 2026
Language: English

About Ellen Lorenzi-Prince

Ellen Lorenzi-Prince is an author, artist, tarot reader and dedicated priestess of Hekate.

Her previous work includes The Dark Goddess Tarot, Tarot of the Crone, Minoan Tarot and Goddesses from A to Z, establishing a body of work deeply connected with goddess traditions, tarot and the mysteries of the feminine.

Interestingly, The Dark Daughter Tarot also grew from a period when Ellen had felt disconnected from tarot following the death of legendary tarot author Rachel Pollack. An invitation from Mary K. Greer to teach at the Omega Institute helped rekindle that connection, and an encounter there eventually planted one of the seeds from which this deck grew.

That gives the deck another layer I really like:

A tarot born, in part, from returning to tarot.

Perfect For

The Dark Daughter Tarot will particularly appeal to readers interested in goddess spirituality, world mythology, Hekate and dark goddess traditions, shadow exploration, feminine archetypes, intuitive tarot, altar work and tarot journaling.

I'd place it slightly beyond absolute beginner territory. The RWS framework provides familiarity, but its reworked courts, elemental suits and enormous mythological landscape make it particularly rewarding for someone ready to explore tarot rather than simply learn it.

🖤 Why We Love It at Oneness Emporium

We see a lot of goddess decks.

This isn't simply another collection of beautiful divine feminine imagery.

The Dark Daughter Tarot has teeth.

Ellen Lorenzi-Prince explores aspects of the feminine that historically haven't always been made comfortable or palatable.

The Hag.

The Beast.

The Witch.

Rage.

Sacrifice.

Death.

Transformation.

Hidden knowledge.

These aren't presented as things that need to be softened.

They're given a seat at the table.

And by drawing upon goddesses from cultures across the world, the deck also creates something we particularly value in tarot: curiosity.

You may begin with a reading and finish wanting to know the story of a goddess whose name you'd never encountered before.

That's when a tarot deck becomes more than 78 cards.

It becomes a doorway.

And this one leads somewhere beautifully dark. 🌑