Seeds and Sovereigns

If you've spent time with traditional tarot, you know the journey of the Fool through the Major Arcana, ending with the World and the four suits of the Minor Arcana. Seeds and Sovereigns honors that wisdom while offering something fundamentally different: a deck built entirely around the natural cycles of the year and the psychological patterns they mirror in us and how we interact with the world. Although technically an oracle deck, it follows the traditional tarot deck closely, with many overlapping themes and meanings.

This deck has no Major Arcana. Instead, it contains 56 cards organized into four seasonal suits: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, each telling a complete story from Seed (1) to Death (10), followed by four court positions: the Maverick, the Witness, the Herald, and the Sovereign. Where traditional tarot separates the spiritual journey (Major Arcana) from the everyday experiences (Minor Arcana), Seeds and Sovereigns recognizes that the profound and the mundane are inseparable. And while traditional tarot is often read upright or inverted, every card in this deck is read upright only, each card representing a situation most people have been through and most having a question: how will you proceed? The “right” or “wrong” path depends on your needs and environment at the time.

Spring explores connection and belonging through the messy, beautiful work of discovering yourself and how you interact with others. Summer burns with intensity and expression, achieving spectacular heights before collapsing into itself. Autumn offers strategy and mastery, learning from failure until acceptance becomes wisdom. Winter strips everything away, testing your ability to survive.

Seeds and Sovereigns is grounded in psychology, physiology, and lived experience. You'll find Plutchik's emotional wheel mapped throughout, attachment styles woven into relational cards, the stages of grief emerging across seasons, and problem-solving approaches from creative to pragmatic to adaptive. This is a deck that speaks to how we connect, strive, think, and survive as humans.

If you're looking for an oracle deck that follows cycles, embraces shadow, and trusts you to find meaning in the nuance of everyday life rather than mysticism, this one’s for you.

DISCLAIMER: The art in the deck was created as a prototype with AI. Human artists will be commissioned for future editions.

INCLUDED IN PURCHASE: A full 126-page downloadable pdf covering each card in full detail, suggestions for use, background, and suit meanings.