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Occult Tarot — Travis McHenry 78 Card Goetic Demon Deck
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Occult Tarot by Travis McHenry — a complete 78-card tarot deck fusing the classical tarot structure with Goetic demonology and occult ceremonial magic imagery. Each card features a summoned demon from the Ars Goetia alongside traditional tarot symbolism, creating a uniquely dark and powerful reading tool. For advanced practitioners, ceremonial magicians, and those drawn to left-hand-path aesthetics.
Description:Quick Specs
- Brand: Rockpool Publishing
- Author: Travis McHenry
- Type: Full 78-card tarot deck with guidebook
- Best for: Occult practitioners, Goetic demonology, Solomonic tradition, shadow tarot work
The Ars Goetia Meets the Tarot Structure
The Occult Tarot by Travis McHenry is the first tarot deck constructed on the principles of Solomonic demon conjuration. McHenry, an author and occultist, mapped the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia, drawn from the Lesser Key of Solomon, across the 78-card tarot structure, then added six Grand Princes of Hell to complete the count. Each demon in the Goetia carries a specific rank, sigil, traditional office, and set of abilities documented in 17th-century grimoires including the Archidoxis Magica. The Occult Tarot reproduces those sigils faithfully and frames each card's divinatory meaning through the demon's traditional Solomonic attributes rather than through standard Rider-Waite symbolism.
This is deliberately the dark counterpart to McHenry's Angel Tarot, which assigns the 72 Shem HaMephorash angels from Kabbalistic tradition to the same 78-card format. Together the two decks form parallel cosmologies: one celestial, one infernal, both grounded in Western esoteric tradition rather than Wiccan or New Age interpretation. Where the Angel Tarot is built for practitioners interested in Kabbalistic angelic work, the Occult Tarot is built for those drawn to grimoire magic, Goetic practice, and the shadow dimensions of Western occultism.
Grimoire Tradition, Sigils, and the Shadow Dimensions of Tarot
The Goetia assigns each of its 72 spirits a specific function: some govern eloquence, some command legions, some reveal hidden knowledge, some cause love or strife, some teach liberal sciences. McHenry aligns those traditional offices with tarot positions in a way that produces genuinely unexpected interpretive angles. A card that would normally carry a mundane meaning in standard tarot takes on a specific demonic charge when read through the Goetic spirit assigned to it, giving the deck a texture that standard dark-aesthetic tarot decks, which change only the artwork, cannot replicate.
The six additional cards filling the gap between 72 and 78 are printed in red, making them visually distinct from the black-printed spirit cards. This design decision communicates hierarchy within the system and gives the reader an immediate visual indicator when one of the Grand Princes appears. Practitioners familiar with the ranking structure of the Goetia will recognize this distinction immediately; the guidebook explains it for those approaching the system fresh.
How to Use Occult Tarot
Three approaches for working with this Goetic demon tarot, from initial study to active shadow reading practice.
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Ground Yourself in the Goetic Tradition
Study the Ars Goetia before your first reading. The Occult Tarot maps 72 Goetic spirits plus six Grand Princes of Hell across 78 cards. Knowing each spirit's rank and office from grimoire literature grounds your interpretations in the tradition.
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Identify the Spirit and Cross-Reference
Pull a card and identify the spirit assigned to it. Cross-reference the spirit's sigil and attributes from the Key of Solomon against the card's spread position. The demon's traditional office in the Goetia directly informs the divinatory meaning.
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Use for Shadow-Oriented Readings
Use this deck for shadow readings where lighter tarot imagery does not fit the work. The Occult Tarot follows Solomonic conjuration principles, rewarding practitioners familiar with grimoire tradition, Goetic demonology, or ceremonial magic.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock the Occult Tarot because it is not a dark-aesthetic deck with pretty demon art layered over standard meanings. It is a genuine attempt to apply Solomonic grimoire principles to the tarot format, and the result reads differently from any other 78-card deck in the dark or occult tarot genre. Practitioners who take the Western esoteric tradition seriously will find it more rigorous than most. If you want to explore the full range of my divination offerings across traditions, browse my esoteric and occult books collection for the grimoire literature that contextualizes this deck.
Frequently Asked Questions
The deck has 78 cards mapping the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia plus six Grand Princes of Hell to the tarot structure. It is the first tarot deck built on Solomonic conjuration principles, drawing from the Key of Solomon and Archidoxis Magica.
Travis McHenry also created the Angel Tarot, which maps the 72 Shem HaMephorash angels. The Occult Tarot is the demonic counterpart, assigning Goetic spirits to the same 78-card structure. Together they form two sides of one Solomonic system.
Each of the 78 tarot positions is assigned a named Goetic demon or Prince of Hell with sigils drawn from 17th-century grimoires. Standard Rider-Waite imagery is replaced entirely with occult symbolism from the Solomonic and Hermetic traditions.
Basic tarot knowledge helps, as the 78-card structure remains. Familiarity with the Ars Goetia enriches readings, but the guidebook provides enough context on each spirit's attributes that newcomers to grimoire tradition can still use the deck.
