Benjamin Rose · Writer, filmmaker & creator

Decades of curiosity.
One connected oracle.

A storyteller’s exploration of Tarot, Astrology and I Ching, brought to life through 64 archetypes and their companion stories.

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Lightly retouched portrait of Benjamin Rose in a black hat and grey jacket, holding a hexagonal Creatrix card.
Benjamin with a Creatrix card · lightly retouched portrait.

The story behind the system

From a library discovery
to an oracle in your hands.

Before there were hexagonal cards, there was a question: could the recurring themes of Tarot, Astrology and I Ching become one connected language? For Benjamin, the answer grew through reading, writing and returning to an idea he could never quite leave behind.

  1. 1991

    A room full of possibility.

    In the companion’s opening story, Benjamin recalls discovering Sydney’s Theosophical Library above the Adyar Bookshop. Reading its sacred texts opened an interest in mythology and the divinatory traditions that would become the Creatrix.

  2. 1994

    The first connections.

    He describes spending months comparing Tarot cards, I Ching hexagrams and Astrological influences. An early 40-page manuscript brought their shared themes together. It was a beginning, not yet the illustrated oracle.

  3. Over time

    An idea kept alive.

    A career in storytelling followed. The manuscript travelled between computers as Benjamin continued exploring spiritual ideas through articles, books and meditation. Later revisits developed its Divine Feminine themes and the fuller world behind the cards.

  4. 2024–25

    From manuscript to object.

    Benjamin’s account describes finishing the work in 2024, after further research and consultation with practitioners. The companion’s First Edition is dated April 2025: the written system and its artwork became a physical oracle of 64 archetypes.

This is Benjamin’s account of the project’s development, briefly retold from the companion storybook.

See what the finished system contains

Writer · Director · Producer · Educator

A life in stories.
A continuing search for meaning.

On screen

Film & television.

Ronin Films credits Benjamin’s screenwriting on Australian dramas including G.P., Corelli, Heartlands and Echo Point. His filmography includes On the Edge and Over the Edge, documentaries following young people’s journeys into adulthood.

In print

Spiritual ideas, explored over time.

His official biography describes a decade writing spiritual features for Good Medicine magazine and work with Paul Bailey on Think of an Elephant. In his companion’s introduction, Benjamin explains how that research continued feeding the Creatrix.

In practice

Teaching the craft. Deepening the inquiry.

The same biography records that he created and owned the Sydney Academy of Film and Television (SAFTV) for 15 years, and undertook Vipassana twice. Film education and a personal meditation practice sit alongside the reading and writing behind the oracle.

Goddess, card 62: The Alchemist, with a golden border and candlelit artwork.
62 · Goddess · The Alchemist

Artwork by Lars Doerwald

When the meanings
became images.

Lars describes a six-month collaboration: Benjamin supplied the card names, meanings and initial visual ideas; Lars developed them in his own artistic language.

His aim was more than illustration. Atmosphere, emotion and expression would help a reader sense the archetype before opening the book. Each card became an individual visual world, connected to the larger system.

Explore Goddess and its meaning

Hear from Benjamin

Meet the person
behind the work.

Watch the creator feature shared by Crystal Lovers Australia at Divine Soul Events, then return here to explore the system and its artwork.

Go to Benjamin’s video introduction

Prefer to start with the story?

The Royal Roads.

Benjamin’s separate short film introduces the free Part One digital story, following an Orphan through the first 21 archetypes.

Watch the free-ebook invitation

A digital story, not the full companion guide or physical box set.

The creation

Now meet
the world he made.

64 archetypes. Three wisdom traditions. One physical box set, made to explore at your own pace.

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Biographical source notes

The origin story and artist collaboration are briefly paraphrased from the supplied companion. Professional details are attributed to Ronin Films’ Benjamin Rose biography and Benjamin’s official account of the project, incorporated in the story above. Read the origin story here or explore Benjamin’s filmmaking here, without leaving this website.