Hola gorgeous Goddesses!
Anyone who visits me at the cottage knows how big my collection of oracle & tarot card decks is. At last count, it’s about 50.
I wanted to share with you my favourite five oracle decks, incase you are looking for guidance or recommendations.
A little word about oracle cards first though:
I often get asked: What is an oracle card deck? Is that like a tarot deck?
Well, in my experience, yes and no.
Tarot card decks are created in a very specific format – it has 78 cards within it – 4 with 14 cards in each suite and 22 major arcana cards. There are many different versions of the tarot, but they are mostly interpretations of the same 78 cards.
Oracle decks in comparison can have as many or as few cards as it likes, and doesn’t follow a set format. They usually come in packs of about 40, and each card has a different and original message.
I prefer using oracle cards because:
- they are easier to interpret – a little book comes with them, and you can often understand the card’s meaning just from the picture and word on it.
- they usually all have joyful, shining energy. There are usually no negative cards in oracle card decks that may cause unnecessary worry.
I do have loads of friends though that prefer using tarot. That’s utterly perfect – whatever resonates with your soul is just gorgeous!
These cards are my old favourites – they were the first oracle cards I bought when I was 18. They have become old and dear friends, with the edges now softly thumbed.
These are a beautiful deck to start using oracle cards with – they are joyful and like most oracle cards, have no “bad” cards – just positivity.
These cards feature beautiful, luminous artworks of ascended masters. Ascended masters are like the higher archangels – the spiritual teachers and healers.
I work with these cards when I need really shining truth and clarity – they hold a very luminous, loving, truthful energy.
These cards can be especially handy when you need practical answers about your path forward, especially around projects or career paths.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Last year I photographed the gorgeous Goddess Lucy Cavendish – author and oracle card creator. She was the most precious Cancerian spirit, and it was exquisite photographing her tree nymph self dancing in her favourite grove of sacred trees. She gave me this oracle deck while I was there, and the next day, on the bus back home from Sydney, they became my favourite deck.
I used these cards exclusively for six months – they hold such powerful, potent energy… and can give some deep and amazingly accurate readings.
I use these cards less as a divination deck, and more of a reference. When I notice an animal keeps popping up in my life, I check out the big, solid hardcover book that is included in this set to hear why the animal is appearing for me, and what medicine it has to teach me.
Again – I’ve got quite a few animal card decks, but I find these to be the most potent and helpful.
This is a gorgeous deck of goddess wisdom – and my favourite of the Goddess-centred oracle cards I’ve found so far.
The readings I get from this deck can be so helpful in helping women reconnect with the Goddess inside them, and remember the ancient stories of being a goddess.
And…
I’m also looking forward to the release of the Gaian Tarot in 2012 
What about you sweetheart?
What are your favourite oracle cards?
big love!
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My absolute favorite Oracle cards are Brian Froud’s Faery Oracle. Froud sees Faeries the same as I do, so his illustrations kick my heart in just the right way. (:
I just got the Oracle Tarot, which is an interesting mix of Oracle and Tarot, and is utterly gorgeous, too.
Thank you so much for this article! I too have an extensive tarot and oracle collection, so I love seeing the opinions of others on their decks. I have considered getting the Doreen Virtue deck, but have not done so yet. The Goddess Guidance oracle cards look fabulous, I am drawn to them already!
I love the Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards and I need to buy some! I currently use a Mystic Faerie Tarot deck which I also love
I have never used oracle cards… I am curious about them, but I tend to look for things with a balance of influence and some of the oracle cards seemed a bit too “sweetness and perfection” and… well… right now my life is NOT sweetness and light and there is a lot of the less happy things to focus on and *kapow* out of my life…
Do you read an oracle deck in a similar way to a Tarot deck? are there spreads and things?
I like Sonia Choquette’s Soul Lessons cards. They’re great for helping me move through stuck areas.
I also have Doreen Virture’s Angel Cards, which are fun, too.
One of my favorite things to do with the cards is to bring them when I meet people for coffee. Even if we’re just “playing around,” they always get a kick out of the card they get.
Goddess Jenny ~
That is SUCH a gorgeous idea hon… I love the idea of bringing them for coffee
Goddess Pam ~
Yes, I do do card spreads. Some of the spreads are directly from the oracle decks (Dragonfae Oracle has a Seeker’s Journey spread which I use often). Sometimes I do simple past/present/future ones, some times I do more complex ones that are led by spirit
Goddess Fiona ~
Oh my… those faerie cards sound splendid!
Goddess Sandy ~
Oh that is beautiful. And yus, the Goddess Guidance cards are just stunning. Any cards that remind us that we are goddesses are divine
Goddess Kyeli ~
Ooooh! I didn’t know Brian Froud had a deck! And funnily enough – that Oracle Tarot is by the lovely Lucy as well, who does the Dragonfae Oracle… she is an amazing soul!
Daughters of the moon – although the website says that’s a tarot set? mmmm
anyway, i love those cards. they have helped me at times of stuck and helped me see a way.
love
tatty
I think I’ll get the Dragonfae deck! Thanks for sharing Leonie!
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been curious about oracle cards and was thinking of picking up a deck. Now I have a few to consider, as three of these you mentioned call to me: the Ascended Masters, the Dragonfae, and the Goddess Guidance.
Now to decide between them.
I have Doreen Virtue’s Angel Cards. I was drawn to them after studying a number of Doreen’s books and working with crystals and angel healing. I find them very accurate, helpful, and inspiring every day. My first and only deck of oracle cards. Although I do have the ‘classic’ Ryder Tarot deck…they have not spoken to me. I have rune stones…I find fascinating! The Gaian Tarot looks fab! Thanks!
Love & Blessings
I think you might like my friend Gabriela’s Inner Wealth cards: http://www.theinnerwealth.com Actually, you’d probably like each other too (: She’s @onelovealliance on Twitter.
I just bought the healing with the angels cards they are beautiful and brought exactly the positive energy I needed right now.
Good morrow!
I would like to say that I absolutely LoVe my set of Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards.. I give them a daily morning shuffle with a single card & on the odd occasion a long reading. They are a wonderful beginning to each day.. My family & friends enjoy the uplifting presence of the Goddess they receive in a shuffle..
Brightest Blessings in LoVe, Light & sMiLeS Goddesses xXx
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