Starman Tarot by Davide De Angelis

Inspired by the artworks he created for David Bowie

Tracking back to how this all started, the spark of imagination that would one day blaze into the Starman Tarot was ignited when the spectral figure of David Bowie walked into the Italian restaurant my dad managed in Old Compton Street, London. I just ten years old, hanging out, drawing with paper and pencil: little could I have imagined that twenty years later I would once again find myself sitting side Bowie, pencil in hand, sketching artwork ideas for his next album, Outside.

The concept of the Starman Tarot was born in those years I spent working with David Bowie on the albums, Outside and Earthling. The deck is a weaving of tantric sci-fi imagery and sacred geometries, the subversive energy of punk, street art and experimental typography, with the dramatic intensity of Caravaggio. It draws on shamanism, ancient philosophies and scientific innovations. Each card is a compelling micro-drama arriving fully formed yet simultaneously shape-shifting. The Starman Tarot is meticulously crafted to shine light and birth new understanding and insight into the compelling drama of our lives. With creativity at its heart it seeks to reveal an astonishing new reality sitting behind the world we directly experience : the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary.