A dark and hazy landscape sets the tone for this photo-based deck. Empty buildings, foreboding beaches, and desert boulders punctuate the images. Each card, including the minor arcana, contains an image of a young figure contrasting with the desert-like background.

With the Invisible Light tarot deck Brandy Allen showcases the people and nature of California. The California she portrays, however, is more apocalyptic than the bubbly brightness most of us associate with this state. Half the cards consist of black and white photography and the other half uses a limited palette of crimson, chartreuse, and lilac. The subdued tones enhance the dystopic dreamscape portrayed in these images.

The dusky figures in this deck are thin and fragile, yet their beauty is evident. They occasionally appear nude, yet their sensuality is not the main focus. They seem lost, searching perhaps, as eternal wanderers in this strange world. In this deck the figures look like us, are fragile like us, and in that way we can relate and connect to them on our level.

Occasionally this deck uses Rider-Waite symbolism but the references are often subtle and not the main focus of the image. I would consider this deck to be an intuitive deck. A deck that would be good to meditate with, possibly to place one or two images on an altar and envision yourself walking among these California searchers.