AORATHIAN
SHADOW ARCHITECTURE
Break Loops and Build Better
With cards that give the right insight at the right time. Every time.
HOW IT WORKS
Shadow Architecture refers to the invisible structures that function within Your Room. The Aorathian Shadow Architecture Deck makes these structures visible so that you can work with them to stabilize and expand your creative capacities on this planet.
THE SYSTEM
Experienced Reality can be broken down into the following categories, moving up from unconscious projections to deliberate expansion. The suits of the deck represent this progression in an architectural way. Picture building a house as you study them
SHADOWS
MIRRORS
FOUNDATIONS
EVOLUTION
Shadows exist underneath the house imbalances in the terrain that will effect building stability longterm if not tended to
Once shadows are sorted, Mirrors are the measuring equipment that can be used to ensure your blueprints are correct and highlight anything you may have missed in your assumptions.
Foundations of course are where you begin to build, ensuring your strategies are solid and materials sturdy.
Then once the Foundation is laid, Evolution allows you to get creative, outfitting your house with your own designs and expanding or fine-tuning it at will
ABOUT
Born of experience and aligned with Stoic, Gnostic, and Buddhist teachings, Aorathian Shadow Architecture is a diagnostic tool that solves problems with clear and actionable insights. Our system treats life’s unfolding as a knowable structure that follows predictable patterns, helping you identify where your patterns may need cleaning up, refining, or expansion.
The deck is broken down into four suits, beginning in the depths with Shadows and moving up through Evolution. Keep the deck in your pocket and pull a card when you feel stuck to get the right insight at exactly the right time.
SUITS
Shadows 1-13 : To clean up what’s darkened
Mirrors 14-26: To see more clearly
Foundations 27-39: To build with precision
Evolution40-52: To expand
DETAILS
Designed by Robin Richardson using public domain images by visionaries such as Hilma Af Klint and Manly P Hall and other more generic illustrative details adapted through collage and sealed with a signature Labyrinth to signify the nature of our shared reality through the lens of Room Mechanics.
2.5 X 3.5 - pocked-sized and easy to handle
52 cards with unique human art and graphics
+ 86 page Guidebook
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