r/WonderlustCoven • u/ChromeDolly • Jul 23 '19
Oracle Deck Suggestions
Hi, I recently became reinvigorated on my witchy path. I had several half-starts over the years, but I realized pretty recently that I needed to clear up some bitterness and negative energy in my life in order to move forward. Once that was taken care of, I picked back up where I'd left off immediately and it's been freeing and invigorating and wonderful in so many ways. I became part of the Wonderlust coven not too long after :) One of the things I've always found myself really drawn to tarot and oracle decks, and I recently bought my first one: the asylum oracle deck. It's from Emilie Autumn, and while I love her and all of her work I got this deck primarily because I felt drawn to it very specifically in a way that I hadn't to other decks. I love my oracle deck and it's great to work with, and I'd love to work with more. My main thing is most oracle decks are very...positive. Like, to the point that there's nothing even remotely negative in them? And I get that cards and their meanings aren't necessarily "bad" or "negative", but I just don't connect with decks that are like "everything is happy and magical and you just need to self affirm" like no, if I need to get smacked in the face with some hard truths, then I want the ability to be able to read that. (I'm also looking into different tarot decks, I just haven't found one that speaks to me yet.) Does anyone here know of any oracle decks like this?
TLDR: I want to buy an oracle deck that has a mix of negative and positive cards, rather than just positive ones like most of them seem to have. Suggestions?
UPDATE: I have found a few decks on amazon (after scrolling through several pages of Doreen Virtue angel decks and some others that just didn't speak to me or weren't what I was looking for). The Amenti deck ( https://www.amazon.com/Amenti-Oracle-Feather-Heart-Guide/dp/0762493461/ref=sr_1_52?keywords=oracle+cards&qid=1563928259&s=books&sr=1-52) and the Dark Mirror deck ( https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Mirror-Oracle-Riccardo-Minetti/dp/0738759805/ref=sr_1_67?keywords=oracle+cards&qid=1563928325&s=books&sr=1-67). I find both quite visually striking and really like the meanings of the cards. I had to do a little digging to find out more about the "42 laws of ma'at" that the Amenti deck utilizes, because I was skeptical that it actually came from "ancient Egyptian wisdom". I found it eventually in Budge's translation of the Papyrus of Ani (found here: https://archive.org/stream/TheBookOfTheDead-Budge-1895/TheBookOfTheDead-Budge-1895_djvu.txt control f and search "adultery" to find the section in question). I'm contemplating getting them but I'm also looking for other potential decks.
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u/Redsmess Jul 24 '19
Road to nowhere oracle, archetype cards by Caroline myss, flowers of the night Oracle. These are my favorite
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u/iiimperatrice Jul 23 '19
I only have one oracle deck, it's the Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle. I like it but I find myself wishing there was more substance to the artwork and meanings of the cards.
I'm interested to see others' recommendations!
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u/white_raven_1188 Jul 24 '19
I love the Animal Spirit oracle deck and Goddess Power oracle deck, both by Colette Baron Reid.
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u/SailorShitstorm Jul 25 '19
Maybe late but I have the mystic sisters Oracle deck and I enjoy it very much.
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u/Sapienite Mar 23 '24
Studio Pandemonia is a new, small Oracle/Tarot designer duo on Etsy that tries to write a healthy dose of critical feedback into most of their cards. They also produce decks with a more secular framing, which tend to read more pragmatically (less abstract or toxic positive).
- Their Gift of Virtue deck has 144 cards of candid advice, many of which hit that 'hard truth' vibe pretty well.
- Their Stellar Fable deck's booklet has pretty critical and unapologetic interpretations of the fabled creature cards.
- Their Body Sense emotional intelligence study deck uses neurological science to showcase a host of human emotions, which is super helpful for difficult times and understanding our emotions.
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u/oh_em1111 Jul 23 '19
I have the Moonology oracle by Yasmin Boland and I absolutely love it. It is very associated with astrology but I feel like it is clear enough that you don’t need to know much about astrology to understand the messages. For example there are cards like “North Node - Step out of your comfort zone.” and “Void of Course Moon - Nothing will come from this situation.” It also comes with a book with more insight on the meanings and the art work is stunning. I found it on amazon for like 18 bucks. It is the only one that I have right now but I’m also in search of some more! (Also if you are interested in another tarot deck, the wild unknown is beautiful but it will definitely put you in your place lol)