The Playing Card Oracles

Reveals the secrets of ordinary playing cards through delightful poetry and insightful prose.

Playing Card Oracles transforms the ordinary 52-card deck into an extraordinary divinatory tool. Each card in this divination deck features exquisite original artwork that invokes the mysteries of the ancient oracles. Instruction booklet for card reading included. Oversized deck measures 3" x 4-1/2".

deck of 54 playing cards with a 14 page little white book in a tuck box

Now anyone can practice a six-hundred-year-old tradition of fortune-telling that survives to this day. Chances are you already own the cards. You will learn the meaning of each card, how to interpret groups of cards, special spreads to answer questions about love and romance, and much more.

A full-color guide to fortune-telling with the Lenormand oracle • Explores the meanings of the 36 Lenormand cards and their playing card insets to help build a resourceful, interpretative vocabulary • Provides instructions for many spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards • 416 pages and full-color throughout • Reveals the origins of the Lenormand oracle from both coffee-ground symbols and playing card cartomancy More than 200 years old, the 36 Lenormand cards are an oracle combining standard playing cards with images from the everyday world, such as key, book, animals, and flowers. Their simple, predictive, and non-esoteric nature opens the realm of fortune-telling to all, offering a traditional cartomantic divination where card combinations fuse together to give clear answers. In this complete guide to Lenormand card reading, Caitlín Matthews explains the multiple meanings for each card, providing keywords so the reader can quickly build an interpretive vocabulary for Lenormand fortune-telling. She details how to lay spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards. She explores the significance of the playing card pips and suits on each card and how cards combine to create a variety of meanings. Matthews enables readers to learn the Lenormand card keywords so they can both read for themselves and express their interpretations to clients. Providing real case histories for readers to interpret, she also includes self-tests and practice exercises with answers to check at the end of the book. In addition to her comprehensive practical introduction to the Lenormand oracle, Matthews delves deeply into the history of cartomancy to reveal the mythic blueprint that underlies this simple deck, the key to which lies not in their imagery but in their connection to playing cards.

Wild Goddess Oracle features 52 vivaciously illustrated cards and a 144-page guidebook that explore the mysteries of the universe outside and within through the power of goddess archetypes. Illustrated by Amy Zerner and written by best-selling author Monte Farber, this full-color package is a work of art that will help you expand your practice of self-discovery and empowerment. Zerner’s powerful, original artwork in tandem with Farber’s mystical expertise offer insight into relationships, personalities, behaviors, and tendencies, adding layers of depth to oracle readings. The fully illustrated guidebook offers grounded, easy-to-understand explanations of the cards as well as rituals, meditations, affirmations, earth magic spells, and more to help you activate the power of the Wild Goddesses in yourself. The book also gives a detailed look at the many spreads, practices, and concepts that can be used with the deck, providing deep insights into how each goddess helps illuminate our contradictions, our complex natures, and the endless mystery of who we are.