The Psychopomps Oracle

Walk between worlds with 44 deities, spirits and mythological figures who have guided souls across thresholds for centuries, now reimagined as companions for shadow work, healing and life's profound transitions.

There are moments in life when we stand between two places.

Something has ended.

Something else hasn't quite begun.

The old path has disappeared beneath our feet, but the new one isn't yet visible.

These are threshold moments.

And mythology has always given us figures who understand how to cross them.

The Psychopomps Oracle by Tiffany Lazic and Fabio Listrani introduces 44 deities and spirits drawn from traditions around the world, all connected in different ways with guiding souls through death, transition and the spaces between worlds.

But this oracle asks us to look beyond literal death.

Instead, the psychopomps become guides through the many smaller deaths and rebirths we encounter throughout a lifetime.

Loss.

Change.

Uncertainty.

Healing.

Release.

Transformation.

The ending of one version of ourselves and the emergence of another.

🕯️ What Is a Psychopomp?

The word psychopomp comes from Greek roots meaning, essentially, a guide of souls.

Across cultures and throughout history, stories have emerged of beings who accompany the dead from one realm into another.

Some guard thresholds.

Some gather souls.

Some announce death.

Others comfort, rescue or guide.

Rather than presenting these figures as something frightening, The Psychopomps Oracle explores their role as companions through transition.

Because sometimes what we need isn't someone to remove the darkness.

We need someone who knows the way through it.

🌑 44 Guides from Across World Mythology

The deck draws together an extraordinary collection of figures from different cultures and traditions.

You'll encounter familiar names alongside beings you may never have explored before.

Among them are:

Hekate • Heimdall • Ankou • Freya • Persephone • Pwyll • Branwen • Demeter • Eir • Banshee • The Morrigan • Medusa • Hygeia • Asclepius

Each offers a different perspective on crossing thresholds, releasing what has ended and moving towards whatever comes next.

And this is where the structure becomes particularly clever.

🔮 Seven Paths Through the Darkness

Rather than presenting 44 unrelated beings, Tiffany organises the psychopomps according to the roles they play.

You'll encounter:

🚪 The Threshold Keepers
Including Charun, Heimdall and Hekate, guardians of boundaries and liminal spaces.

🌑 The Gatherers
Including Ankou, Freya and the Grim Reaper.

🔥 The Rescuers
Including Aphrodite, Dionysus and Heracles.

🌙 The Visitors
Including Persephone and Pwyll, figures who have themselves journeyed between realms.

🤍 The Comforters
Including Branwen, Demeter and Eir.

🖤 The Harbingers
Including the Banshee, Cyhyraeth and The Morrigan.

Alongside them stand three Master Healers: Medusa, Hygeia and Asclepius.

That structure gives the oracle a fascinating additional layer.

You're not simply asking who has appeared.

You can begin exploring what kind of guidance you need.

✨ Why You'll Love The Psychopomps Oracle

• 44-card cross-cultural oracle deck
• Created by spiritual psychotherapist Tiffany Lazic
• Illustrated by award-winning artist Fabio Listrani
• Designed for shadow work, healing and navigating change
• Explores mythology surrounding psychopomps and guides of the dead
• Includes figures from Greek, Norse, Welsh, Irish, Breton, Etruscan and other traditions
• Organised into meaningful categories including Threshold Keepers, Gatherers, Rescuers, Visitors, Comforters and Harbingers
• Includes three Master Healers
• Substantial 152-page companion guidebook
• Each entry explores mythology, keywords, symbolism and divinatory guidance
• Particularly powerful for journaling, reflection and periods of transition

📖 More Than Card Meanings

The accompanying guidebook is particularly important with a deck like this.

Unless your casual evening reading happens to include Welsh death omens and Etruscan Underworld beings, there are probably going to be figures here you've never encountered before. 😂

Tiffany introduces the myth or story behind each psychopomp, alongside associated keywords and symbols.

She then brings that mythology into the present with a divinatory message exploring how the guide's particular wisdom might apply to your own situation.

That makes the deck an invitation to study as much as an oracle to read.

Pull the card.

Meet the guide.

Learn their story.

Then ask why this particular figure has appeared at this particular threshold.

🌘 A Powerful Deck for Shadow Work

The Psychopomps Oracle is explicitly designed to support shadow work.

But shadow work here isn't about endlessly digging around inside ourselves looking for something terrible.

It can also mean recognising what we're carrying.

Understanding old wounds.

Acknowledging endings.

Releasing what no longer belongs to us.

And developing the courage to move towards something different.

Llewellyn describes the deck as supporting movement from uncertainty towards confidence, despair towards hope and darkness towards light.

That gives the deck a surprisingly hopeful centre.

It isn't an oracle about becoming comfortable in darkness.

It's about learning how to move through it.

🎨 Artwork by Fabio Listrani

The artwork comes from Fabio Listrani, an award-winning Italian artist whose work extends from tarot and oracle into international comics and illustration.

Tarot collectors may already know him as the creator and artist behind decks including Night Sun Tarot and Santa Muerte Tarot. His wider illustration work has included publishers and brands such as Marvel, Titan Comics, Heavy Metal and IDW.

That makes him a particularly good artistic match for this subject.

Psychopomps need presence.

And these certainly have it.

About Tiffany Lazic

Tiffany Lazic is a spiritual psychotherapist based in Wales with almost thirty years of experience in individual, couples and group therapy.

She is also an international presenter, keynote speaker and retreat facilitator, and founder of the Soul Alchemist Academy, which offers learning for modern mystics and psychopomps.

That professional background gives this deck an interesting foundation.

The mythology may be ancient.

But the intention is deeply human:

How do we navigate change, loss and transformation?

At a Glance

Deck: The Psychopomps Oracle
Subtitle: From Darkness to Light with Soul Guides
Author: Tiffany Lazic
Artist: Fabio Listrani
Publisher: Llewellyn
Cards: 44
Guidebook: 152 pages
Format: Boxed oracle kit
Theme: Psychopomps, Shadow Work, Healing & Transformation
ISBN: 9780738782478
Publication: October 2026
Language: English

Perfect For

This oracle will particularly appeal to readers interested in shadow work, mythology, psychopomps, death and rebirth symbolism, grief and transition, Hekate, Persephone, The Morrigan, Underworld mythology, spiritual exploration and darker oracle decks.

I'd also put it firmly in front of customers who enjoy decks such as Santa Muerte Tarot, dark goddess decks and mythology-based divination.

🖤 Why We Love It at Oneness Emporium

The title might make you think this is an oracle entirely concerned with death.

Look closer.

It's really about thresholds.

The moments when we have to leave something behind without knowing exactly what waits on the other side.

And that makes the psychopomp a rather beautiful archetype for ordinary human life.

We all experience endings.

We all get lost.

We all occasionally need help finding the next path.

By bringing together 44 guides from different mythological traditions, Tiffany Lazic and Fabio Listrani have created an oracle that doesn't promise to eliminate difficult journeys.

Instead, it asks something rather more powerful:

Who might walk beside you while you make them?