Inspired by traditional Rider-Waite, the Dreamkeepers deck plumbs the spiritual depths of tarot to help readers come to terms with the mysterious forces that influence our lives. Liz Huston presents tarot as a mirror that reflects our deep inner truths and reveals our hidden motivations, beliefs, and expectations. Her art creates an alchemical blend of multiple paint media with digital photographic montage, offering signs and symbols to help the reader interpret tarot and all its wisdom.
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A Brief History of L iz HUSTON’s DreamKeepers Tarot
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Self PublisHed, 1st & 2nd Printings
1st Printing, October 2018
2nd Printing June 2019
The 1st printing consisted largely of a limited edition print for Kickstarter backers only; comprised of signed & numbered editions numbering 150 bordered decks and 376 borderless decks.
The 106 page guidebook was offered to Kickstarter backers in hardcover or softcover with full-color interior.
The 2nd printing used the same box design and card design as the first, and were not signed and numbered. The 106 page softcover guidebook was sold separately, and had a black and white interior.*All editions of the self published Dreamkeepers Tarot are out of print.
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Self Published, 3rd & 4th Printings
3rd Printing, September 2019
4th Printing, July 2020
The 3rd & 4th printings of the self-published Dreamkeepers Tarot featured an updated box design with a new, easier to read font. The card texture was upgraded to the newly available linen finish, which provided longevity for the cards.
The 106 page softcover guidebook was sold separately, and had a black and white interior.
*All editions of the self-published Dreamkeepers Tarot are out of print. -
PublisHEd by US Games Systems
Published by US Games, January 2021
This current edition of the deck includes new tarot art created especially for this U.S. Games Systems edition. Features 78 cards and a 180-page illustrated guidebook with instructions for relationship readings and for making life choices. Comes in a beautiful keepsake box measuring 5” x 7”.
Liz Huston
on tHe process
and timeline
of Creating
THE Dreamkeepers Tarot
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I have been reading the Tarot since 1993, when my best friend gifted a Rider-Waite-Smith deck on my birthday. In the many years since then, I’ve read daily for myself, friends, and clients with that very deck. It was the foundation for The Dreamkeepers Tarot, and the inspiration for my path as an artist. I am self taught in the arts, and it was those cards who taught me how to how to see, how to believe, and how to tell a visual story.
That original deck may now have weathered edges and images, but it continues to hold great wisdom, is much loved, and still consulted to this very day. -
I first began working in earnest on The Dreamkeepers Tarot one sunny day in a suburb of LA, on September 30, 2008. It began innocently enough; I had an idea and thought I’d just see what might happen...
Well, what happened was that my life was given meaning and a purpose greater than I can even still wrap my head around. Also, the date turned out to be rather auspicious, as the final piece of art was completed with The Emperor card on September 29, 2018.One day shy of a decade.
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Even before the art was complete or the book was finished, I made the decision to self publish the deck. In order to bring a project of that magnitude to the shelves, I went to Kickstarter to fund the printing costs. On August 6, 2018, the Kickstarter was launched, and in less than 24 hours, we had already surpassed the initial modest goal of $8,000. It was a short, but intense campaign. (Nobody seems to talk about how difficult and exhausting it is to run a Kickstarter alone. But I digress.)
I hung in there, and thanks to the kindness of many supporters, by the end of the 25 days, my little dream had raised over $42,000 from 537 backers! -
The self-published Dreamkeepers Tarot was in print from October 2018 until December 2020.
In January 2021, a new version of the deck was released — published by (the very company who brought the Rider-Waite-Smith deck to us!), US Games Systems, Inc. This version of the deck featured some redesigns of the art, reorganization of the guidebook, and a lovely box to store them in. -
In the summer of 2021, I signed a new contract with US Games to create another deck, this time an Oracle deck. As of this website update (July 2022), I am fully immersed in the task, creating the art and writing the guidebook for this new Oracle. I can’t promise when this deck will hit the shelves, but I do hope it will be in early 2024. (And if you’re into the idea of this new deck, I appreciate all the good juju you have to spare…)