The Sybilline Tarot is a work in progress inspired by mysterious ancient texts known as the Sybilline Books, a collection of oracular verse believed to have been purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus. All of the original text of the Sybilline Books was lost, but the legend of these prophecies remained potent and inspired a later collection of eclectic, prophetical texts known as the Sybilline Oracles.
I chose the name to reflect this ancient lineage of prophetic or divinatory knowledge, as deeply buried in our human consciousness as the original oracular utterances are now buried in the mists of history.
I hope that the symbolism and spirit of the deck will evoke the mystery and veiled lineage of our modern practice of divining.