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LUMINUSThe Mirror of Transformation

223 painted oracle cards and spreads for self-knowledge and change

223painted cards
12arcs
520page handbook
4languages
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Card 1, The Child: a girl holding golden light in a night forest Card 7, The Mirror: a woman in red looking into a dark basin Card 222, Virelai: two luminous figures before a gate of light Card 115, The Key: a golden key in a dark doorway Card 223, The Still Point: a seated figure among standing stones under a violet sky

Why a mirror

Recognise yourself in the myth — and in the card

Every card is a painted threshold: a figure, a landscape, an object or a moment from the great stories of humankind. Draw one and ask what it shows you about where you stand.

Luminus began as a way to talk about change in leadership work without reducing people to boxes. Over two years it grew into a full symbolic system: 223 cards in twelve arcs, moving from the self out into the world and back again, from The Child to The Still Point.

Not a fortune-telling deck. A mirror for reflection, conversation and action.

Each card can be read upright or reversed, used alone or in one of twelve spreads, in coaching, in teams or on your own at the kitchen table.

The card back: a gold compass rose with the four elements on night-blue
“Wonder is not a lack of knowledge. It is where knowledge begins.”The Child · Card 1

The deck

Twelve arcs, 223 cards

From the core archetypes of the self, through gods and companions, elements and seasons, landscapes and dwellings, to the Mayan day signs and the Luminus Compass. The first three cards of every arc are revealed now. The rest are unveiled at launch.

All 223 cards

RevealedUnveiled at launch

Card names are shown in Swedish, the deck's first language. English, German and Spanish editions follow.

Ask the mirror

Bring a question. Draw a card.

Write a real question you are carrying, about work, a relationship or a choice. Then draw. The card may come upright or reversed. You get what the card means, and a mirror that turns it back towards your question.

The back of a Luminus card

Your question stays in your browser; nothing is sent or saved. The mirror draws from the 37 cards revealed so far. It is a tool for reflection, not a prediction.

Inside the books

One card, two depths

Every card has a spread in the Handbook that comes with the deck, and twelve pages in the Great Work, the special edition. Two sample spreads from the typeset proofs:

The Handbook · with every deck

Card 1 · The Child

One spread per card: the painting, a key phrase, element and resonances, the gift and the trap, a myth, an exercise and the card in six encounters.

The Great Work · special edition

Card 33 · Kali

Twelve pages per card in six linen volumes: symbol notes, sources quoted in full, ink illustrations, a guided meditation, and mirrors across cultures, each marked by how close the parallel really is.

How it works

One card, four moves

Draw

Shuffle, ask a real question and draw. The arc marker shows when you have travelled the whole deck.

Look

Read the image first. Every painting is built from symbols that the Handbook explains.

Turn

Upright or reversed? Each card carries its message, its obstacle, its challenge and its omen.

Act

A question, a short exercise and three related cards turn reflection into a next step.

What you get

The deck, the Handbook and the Great Work

The deck

223 cards

Painted cards with a dark name plate and gold rim, the arc marker and the card back you see above.

  • Magnetic box
  • Collector's deck with linen finish and gilded edges
  • Optional oak card box that holds all 223 cards

The Handbook

About 520 pages

One spread per card: image, key phrase, message, upright and reversed, a question, an exercise and the weave of related cards.

  • 17 × 24 cm, flexibound with tabs
  • Linen hardcover in the Collector's edition
  • Twelve spreads and three indexes

The Great Work

Six volumes

About 3,300 pages, twelve per card, with symbol notes, mythic sources, ink illustrations and a guided meditation for every card.

  • 24 × 30 cm, linen bound with gold foil
  • Magnetic slipcase with the map Topography of Transformation
  • 300 numbered sets
“The whole tree is already here. What is missing is not more — it is time, earth and darkness.”The Seed · Card 164

Reward tiers

Choose your edition at launch

Pricing is announced when the campaign opens. Join the waitlist to get the early-backer window.

Digital

The Handbook in PDF

  • The Handbook as PDF
  • 24 guided audio meditations
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Standard

Deck and Handbook

  • 223 cards in a magnetic box
  • Arc marker
  • The Handbook, about 520 pages
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Collector's edition

Linen and gold

  • Premium deck with linen finish and gilded edges
  • The Handbook in linen hardcover
  • Oracle cloth
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Exclusive

The Great Work

300 numbered sets

  • Premium deck
  • The Great Work in six volumes, about 3,300 pages, 24 × 30 cm
  • Magnetic slipcase
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Facilitator pack

For coaches and teams

25 packs

  • Five Standard decks with Handbooks
  • Half-day remote training in reading and facilitating
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Patron

Everything, and your name

10 patrons

  • The Exclusive edition and the oak card box
  • A personal 60-minute digital reading with Mattias Seger
  • Signed art print and your name in the Great Work
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Add-ons

Oak card box

Holds all 223 cards and the arc marker, with a window for the top card and a magnetic base.

Oak card stand

Shows the card of the day on the table or the desk.

Oracle cloth

A reading cloth to lay the spreads on.

Extra deck

A second deck in another language.

A3 art print

A card painting printed on fine art paper.

Stretch goals

Fifteen things we unlock together

The goal covers printing, the oak box prototype, translation and shipping hubs in the EU and the US. Swedish and English are part of the base goal. Every stretch goal adds to every backer's reward.

  1. All 223 guided meditations as audioin Swedish and English
  2. German editiondeck, Handbook and audio
  3. A linen pouchwith every Standard deck
  4. Digital pocket handbookePub and PDF in every published language
  5. Gilded edgeson the Standard deck
  6. Spanish editiondeck, Handbook and audio
  7. Spread cardstwelve spreads as cards in the box
  8. Oracle cloth for the Great Workincluded in the Exclusive and Patron editions
  9. All 223 meditations in German and Spanishas audio
  10. Virelai's hundred questionsa digital booklet in every language
  11. Online reading coursesix video lessons with Mattias Seger
  12. Three A4 art printsin the Great Work's slipcase
  13. A digital day with Mattias Segerwalkthrough and readings, live and recorded
  14. Gilded edges on the Great Workall six volumes
  15. Extended spread catalogue40 spreads as PDF

The companion book

Karaktärerna vi bär
The Characters We Carry

A coffee-table book on identity, personal transformation and leadership, told through myths, sagas, films and novels.

The same visual world as the cards: a chapter painting in oil for every chapter, rough ink spreads in between, and exercises you can use alone, in pairs or in a leadership programme. Fifty-two chapters in four volumes, ending with a bank of 170 exercises.

An ink-and-wash spread from the book: travellers around a fire at dusk

Volume I

The Map and the Gallery

Prologue and the characters, chapters 1–12

Volume II

The Journeys

The hero's journey and the other stories, chapters 13–26

Volume III

To Lead

Leadership and ten ways to lead, chapters 27–38

Volume IV

The Workshop

Twelve skills and 170 exercises, chapters 39–52

A grid of oil-painted chapter images from the book Sample spreads from the book with oil paintings

The book is published separately from the deck. Join the waitlist to hear about both.

Read while you wait

Essays from the Luminus Journeys newsletter

Sixteen essays on leadership through myth and psychology. Each one opens a state that also lives in the deck.

Questions

Frequently asked

When does the campaign launch?

The launch date will be announced to the waitlist first. Sign up and you will get one email when the campaign opens.

Do I need to believe in oracles to use the deck?

No. The Handbook has a chapter on working with the cards without believing in them. They are a tool for reflection and conversation, not prediction.

Why are most cards grey?

The first three cards of every arc are revealed now. The other cards are unveiled when the campaign opens.

Which languages?

Swedish and English are part of the base goal. German and Spanish editions are stretch goals.

How were the paintings made?

Every painting began with detailed direction from Mattias Seger on content, details, style, look and feel, and went through many iterations with AI image tools between 2024 and 2026. The chosen images were then upscaled, retouched and framed. All AI-generated material on this site is labelled.

Where do you ship?

Worldwide, from Sweden and through warehouses in the EU and the US. Shipping is charged after the campaign in the pledge manager.

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