Mirror Tarot: Major Arcana Deck and Book Boxset by Sammy Lee and Sarah Shin

LIMITED EDITION BOXSET

Pre-order: publishing October 2026

Mirror Tarot begins from Italo Calvino’s conception of the tarot as ‘a machine for constructing stories’ to present each card as a small world and a generative mirror.

Following the tarot through centuries, a central essay contextualises the cards’ evolution within artistic, literary and intellectual histories. Looking at the tarot’s images in relation to maps, emblems, cosmograms and contemporary art, the essay ranges across ancient China, the Neoplatonist Renaissance, the Islamic Golden Age and al-Andalus, Spiritualism, psychoanalysis, manga, quantum theory and outer space.

Alongside the essay, the book offers a sequence of microfictions and creative writing prompts corresponding to the Major Arcana of the beautiful accompanying artist’s deck. Emerging from Mirror – an ongoing collaboration by Sammy Lee and Sarah Shin spanning game, ritual and performance – the book invites the tarot to be read as a tool for play, divination and worldmaking.

Imprint: Spiral House
Series: Portals
Paperback Original
Publication date: 1 October 2026
ISBN: 978-1-9193180-7-3