Welcome to a new beginning. The Ace of Swords signals moment of clarity so bright you may feel momentarily blinded by it’s light. In this post, I share why I chose a “ghost light” to represent this card — and describe my creative process for drawing and painting this illustration for my Tarot of These Times deck.

This is the whole juicy back story about why I decided to illustrate a tarot deck. It all began with a three-card spread I pulled for myself in 2018. Using the tarot was a way for me to learn how to listen to myself, to hear what I already knew deep within.