The Swan River Tarot, The Original Tarot

The Swan River Tarot, The Original Tarot, by David Mitchell

Artist and researcher David Mitchell reveals a groundbreaking view of Tarot’s origins — tracing its story not to Europe, but to the Indigenous Dreaming trail of the Swan River (Derbarl Yerrigan) in Western Australia. The Swan River Tarot shows how the river’s ancient creation story mirrors the Major Arcana, from The Fool’s first step to The World’s completion. Through cultural, geographical, and astronomical connections, David demonstrates that Tarot reflects a far older, Earth-based wisdom encoded in the landscape itself. The Swan River becomes a living mandala — a sacred map that restores the Tarot to its original source in the land.