FAQ: Oracle card decks

Oracle Card Decks are divination tools used to provide insight, guidance, and clarity on life situations or personal questions. Unlike tarot decks, which follow a structured system, oracle decks are more flexible, with each deck having its own theme, symbols, and number of cards. Each card offers a message or piece of wisdom that encourages self-reflection, spiritual growth, or decision-making.

Oracle decks are used by spiritual seekers, mystics, healers, and those looking for personal or intuitive guidance. They are popular among individuals who practice divination, meditation, or mindfulness, and by professional readers who use them for spiritual coaching or guidance sessions. Oracle decks are also used by those looking for daily inspiration, support in decision-making, or deeper self-awareness.

You use oracle decks to gain insight, find clarity, or receive spiritual guidance on a specific question or issue. They offer intuitive support, helping you to reflect on your current life situation and the underlying energies at play. Oracle cards are often used to tap into personal intuition, inspire positive action, and offer encouragement or affirmation during times of uncertainty or transformation.

To use an oracle deck, you shuffle the cards while focusing on a question or situation you need guidance on. You then select one or more cards, interpreting their message based on the symbols, words, or themes on the card. Many people use oracle cards as part of a daily spiritual practice, drawing a card each morning for inspiration or meditation. Others may use the cards for specific issues, using the guidance to make decisions or gain new perspectives on their lives. The flexibility of oracle decks allows for personal interpretation and connection with the wisdom they offer.

Cosmic Deck of Initiation

LIFE IS AN AMAZING ADVENTURE!

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There comes a time in every generation when consciousness shifts, and new paradigms and philosophies begin to expand into our realities. At those times new tools and modalities evolved into the culture to facilitate the further expansion of consciousness. This deck was channeled as this new wave of consciousness crested and started to open the hearts and minds of the culture. The use of the ancient form of mandalas to express the spiritual energies of the transformation process brings the wisdom of the ancients forward in time to aide in the ascension process of the consciousness evolving to new levels of awareness.

This is your personal deck, as you work with it, as you link with the patterns and tap into the energy that is within the cards you will start to have a more intimate experience with each card and perhaps even shift or expand on the definitions given in this book. There are intentional blank spaces within so that you can take notes or shift meanings … Feel free to expand on what I have written for as it becomes more familiar to you, it literally becomes you. This deck provides a tool to tap into and open to the energies that are within you and will give philosophical wisdoms for you to consider in evolving your spiritual energies and how to use them within your reality.

This deck offers positive insights and true understandings of our realities. It gives no negative admonitions, no pejorative interpretations. Each challenge, person, and situation in life is recognized as another step, another step forward to greater self-understanding, growth and evolution of spirit. To judge our lives as good or bad is to cast opinion from a limited perspective. Challenges are opportunities for growth that we asked to be provided with in order reach greater frequencies within.

The deck Will never give you a yes or no (trust me on this one… I tried) but rather you will be given areas to focus on, wisdom to weave into situations or insights to reality that you might not have considered. This is a deck of growth and spiritual insight. It well may trigger creative energies and open you to new vistas within your life. This is a channeled deck, channeled through one who is not an artist, and yet I painted; bringing wisdom through time, and yet I am not a philosopher or sage sharing insight and spiritual magic, and yet wisdom flows through me. It came through me, not of me and I cannot express enough the love and creative gifts I have experienced because of the gift of this deck.

These cards are not just pretty paintings. They were painted in a specific order to express the Spirits journey from the time of entrance into this reality to the time of exit when we cross over into the threshold to another dimension and level of consciousness. In using the deck, it is important to pay attention not just the names of the cards but also how the patterns are placed within the form … are they sharp or rounded, how are the colors overlaid and what is the background color. Color was very important in the creation of every card. The chakra colors are represented in every card with a white center representing the Source of all creation or the Divine, or Cosmic Consciousness (you get the idea). Pay attention to how the colors are represented in each card for they will trigger messages themselves within your consciousness. The Cosmic Deck was designed and channeled with the chakra system in mind …each of the mandalas were painted with all energies represented as well. As you work with the deck and get into the greater subtleties represented you will find that the colors give you even more detailed information. For those who want to go even further into the use and understanding of the cards I am including chakra color information here so that you can draw upon it when and if you reach that point in your use of the cards. But, most importantly of all …have fun with them and remember that we are supposed to celebrate rather than just survive this lifetime and that all the gifts and talents that we carry within are tools gathered through countless lifetimes and brought to this reality to manifest even greater treasures that are within.

About the author - Barbara has been a seeker of the mysteries of spirituality and a practitioner for over half a century, at least that’s what she’ll admit to. During that time, she has become an internationally known podcast host on her show, Night-Light Radio, an author, artist, lecturer, ordained minister, and documentarian. She painted the Cosmic Deck of Initiation, a hand painted deck of Mandala Oracle cards to be used for private divination and spiritual growth and wrote the handbook, How to use the Cosmic Deck of Initiation. Her website, https://barbaradelong.com is a teaching site combining personal information and a plethora of spiritual material, intended to supply insight and light, laughter, and love for all those seeking their own personal pathway within the spiritual spheres.

Razor Group Interactive – This app has been a spiritual and creative collaboration between myself and Razor Group Interactive, lovingly called by me “Elf Central.” Their creative and technical skills have gone far and above my expectations, and beyond, crossing over into elements of real magic. Razor Group has been meticulous in all areas and often stretching my material into new levels of expression even I had not seen. They are responsible for the magic carried within, supplying the magic carpet upon which this app travels. I cannot thank Razor Group and Elf Central enough.
https://razorgroup.com/

Creator:

Barbara DeLong

Fractal Flow

FRACTALICIOUS® INTUITION ORACLE DECK.

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Welcome to the third installment of the Fractalicious Oracle Deck series.

Take your intuition development to the next level with this Reiki infused, Fractalicious original art, coloring book deck! Fifty-five intuitively channeled Fractal Energy Art images adorn each card that YOU color, radiating unparalleled vibrations and meaning, for beginner and expert practitioners alike. Power words, like fractals, vibrate at high energy levels. Use this powerful deck to raise your personal, energetic soul vibration and re-wire your brain to draw more gratitude and positivity into your world.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Grab your favorite coloring tools colored pencils and gel pens work best. Heavy markers may bleed through to the back of the card.

Find a quiet space to unwind and connect, interruption free.

Each card is titled with a high vibration energy word.

Meditate with the image while feeling the high vibe word resonate inside you.

Colorize the image intuitively.

Jot any keywords, notes, or messages at the bottom of the card in the space provided.

Colorizing tip: The images are meant to be challenging to color. Deeply connecting with each image will create a deck that is uniquely yours. Consider focusing on one or two colors per card, so that the chosen hues mean something to you personally. Focus on coloring the parts of the image that speak loudest, leaving the rest black and white. For a true challenging experience, work on coloring the whole image. Do what works for you. Your intuition will guide you to color the best way, for you. Consider joining the Facebook Group Fractal Awakening to showcase your colorized masterpieces. Fractals are an age-old tool assisting our path to deeper self-understanding, spiritual guidance, intuition growth, and insight.

Card Deck Genres:

ORACLE , VERVANTE

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Step into a world where ancient wisdom meets modern guidance, where the ethereal whispers of the Universe find form in beautifully crafted cards. The journey of the Wisdom of Shaltazar Oracle Cards began in the most unexpected way, a convergence of cosmic intention and human inspiration.

Picture this: a seasoned channeler, Jeffrey, had been in communion with the enigmatic entity known as Shaltazar for years. The idea of creating an Oracle card deck was tossed into the air by his friend, Sara Sanquino, like a sparkling possibility. Jeffrey, intrigued yet uncertain, could hardly fathom the path this seedling idea would tread.

But Shaltazar, oh ever-persistent and wise, had other plans. The nudge of cosmic guidance stirred Jeffrey's heart, and thus commenced a remarkable expedition to unveil profound wisdom for the betterment of many. Sara's artistic hands lent life to Shaltazar's insights, giving shape and colour to the formless teachings.

The Osho Zen Tarot cards were an integral part of Jeffrey's journey of self-discovery. They held not just a message but a keen commentary, a lantern to illuminate the path. And so, with a desire to mirror this brilliance, the format for the Shaltazar deck took shape. Enter Mark Layne, the wordsmith collaborator, invited to weave insightful narratives for each card.

With the stars aligned, the ensemble was complete, and the journey unfurled. Over 24 months, a dance between realms transpired. Jeffrey channeled, bridging realms, while Mark, a true bard, translated cosmic whispers into relatable human commentaries. Two worlds entwined, two souls enriched.

Why, you might wonder, did they settle on 55 cards? Ah, the enchanting numerology holds the answer. 55, a masterful duo of fives, dances in realms of change, transformation, and personal growth. It’s a cosmic wink, a nod from the Universe itself. A double helix of change, a symphony of shifts. This number doesn't just whisper but shouts: awaken, evolve, embrace.

And now, a labour of love and cosmic communion stands before you – the Wisdom of Shaltazar Oracle Cards. A tool not only to glimpse into the depths of your journey but to navigate its waters. Jeffrey, Mark, and Sara, the cosmic triumvirate, offer this gift to you, wrapped in love and bathed in light. As they have transformed, so shall you.

So, dear traveller, are you ready? Ready to step into the river of change, to dance with transformation, and to embrace the light of your own intuition? The cards are drawn, the journey beckons.

Welcome to the Wisdom of Shaltazar Oracle Cards.

We hope the wisdom in these oracle cards will help you live a more fulfilled life, allowing you to experience more contentment, happiness, joy, peace, and love more of the time.

Jeffrey Eisen, Mark Layne & Sara Sanguino

Creator:

Jeffrey Eisen

The Mystery of Life | The Story of the Soul - 2nd Edition 2022 - 6 languages

ORACLE, ORACLE CARDS, ORACLE DECK, INTUITIVE ORACLE CARDS,

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Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech

Why Intuitive Oracle Cards? There are many ways to interpret all Tarot and fortune-telling cards. Research indicates that there are at least as many systems of interpretation as there are fortune tellers.

Intuition
Intuition, from the Latin in-tueor, means insight or sudden understanding: the ability to gain knowledge without conscious thought. We can therefore say that it is the ability to somehow capture truth and a special form of cognitive activity that is independent of rational process and logical judgment.
Philosopher and Nobel Prize winner H. Bergson wrote: “In the old world, introspection was actually the main means of exploring the world, where the world as a small world (microcosm) corresponded to the big world (macrocosm).”
B. Spinoza considered intuition to be a third kind of knowledge, the most credible and important, capturing the essence of things.
C. G. Jung called intuition the “noble ability of man” seeing it as unconscious perception.
For instance, 37 out of 72 Nobel laureates see the result of scientific intuition as “finding or following a path”.
Bergson bases himself upon the fact that true reality cannot be represented by mere sensory perception and rational definitions, because the intellect tries to squeeze it into rigid definitions and formulae, and in doing so misleads us. The path to reality is inner vision, intuition, a kind of merger of the intellect with instinct. We thus recognize ourselves as well as the essence of the entire world as a continuous act, and the constant effort of life’s driving force (élan vital) to achieve new, always better forms.
For the old world, intuition was a quite normal means of gaining knowledge, one from which the contemporary world is quite distant. The problems of today’s world clearly indicate that it is short-sighted to underestimate man’s spiritual potential.
Man’s autonomous spiritual forces, especially intuition, have great importance.

Intuitive Card Reading
Analytic thinking can be characterized as evidence-based logical thinking that can be verbalized. Its antithesis, intuitive thinking, is automatic, cannot be verbalized, and is mostly subconscious.
To facilitate understanding, we can replace the word “subconscious” with “soul”. Sigmund Freud first used the expression “subconscious” in place of “soul” to accommodate rationalists and scientists to whom the word “soul” was suspicious, as it reeked of mysticism and religion.
According to C. G. Jung, fortune-telling methods, including card reading, can be explained by the synchronicity principle.
The cards are perceived as a “projection screen” for the subconscious, which contains the person’s momentary emotional state, which is symbolically projected on a specific card.
Thanks to their ambiguity and indeterminacy, images and symbols can express life’s complexity much more clearly than dozens of words and definitions. They make it possible to break down a seemingly complicated problem into individual elements in which a solution can then be found.
The cards will allow you to listen to your subconscious and intuition. They will help you solve problems that you often experience, when you are unable to decide, leading to internal imbalance and stress. Your brain wants something, yet at the same time you subconsciously feel something entirely different.
Listening to and discovering internal advice through intuition helps create harmony in your body and soul.

The Exceptional Nature of Cards
We are convinced that by remembering and learning the meanings of individual cards, you deprive yourself of the ability to create a personal and intuitive connection with the cards, and thus lose the opportunity to achieve deeper spiritual wisdom.
This is why we created cards that upon examination of individual images will open the door to deep, internal wisdom and will thus allow you to access to your subconscious.
Through the harmony of stories, motifs, images, and symbols on our cards, you will very quickly be able to open your intuitive perception and the path to internal advice.
Our cards will allow you to interpret your intuition’s message by mediating communication with the topmost layer of consciousness, which thanks to its proximity you can understand.
Treat the images and symbols depicted on the 101 cards as keys that will help you unlock the mysteries of life and allow you to understand hitherto unfathomed contexts.
Our cards are suited for experienced card readers and beginners alike. They have the ability to mirror the internal world of the individual and answer their deepest questions, thus creating positive changes not only in your life, but also in the lives of others.

Instruction Manuals and Books
If have some experience with instruction manuals for cards and books about them, you most likely quickly found that each new manual, book, or website describes the meaning of specific cards quite differently. This is understandable. The authors picked meanings that were true for them, but need not be true for you.
Neither books on cards nor instruction manuals can teach you card reading. On the contrary, they will probably confuse you.
The biggest mistake you can make when reading any cards is to hold book with instructions and card meanings in one hand and handle the cards with the other. You will likely also have notes and other pieces of paper and aids on the table to help you remember the meanings of individual cards. Even if you think you know what a card means, you will look at the manual anyway.
Many beginning as well as experienced card readers encounter this problem when they obtain a new deck of fortune-telling cards.
Manuals and books force you to rely on outside sources of information instead of first and foremost relying and trusting your own intuition. No space will remain for you and development of your own card-reading skills.
What’s better? To learn the meanings of others, or to create your own?
Our objective in creating the cards was for them to be as intuitive as possible, which is why we didn’t write any long-winded texts on the meanings of the individual cards.
The only thing that matters is your individual subconscious connection to our cards. In our opinion, understanding the meaning of a card from the story depicted in each of the images and symbols on the card, and from its name, is the only proper way to use our deck of cards.

The Great Mystery of Fortune-telling
Why does nothing stand in your way if you want to succeed at card reading?
Because you have an ancient gift, which we have had since the dawn of time, but have alas stopped using. This is why you do not need to be clairvoyant, a magician, or a witch, you do not need to see into the future, read minds, or have ancestors with this talent.
This great, secret gift is intuition. Intuition is present in each of us from birth, and it is solely up to us whether we listen to it and develop it.

Getting Familiar With the Cards
Pick up the deck of cards and examine the cards one by one. Be open and listen to your intuition and your inner voice.
As you examine the cards, write down your feelings for each individual card. These personal meanings represent your own path, as they resonate with your intuition and subconscious.
You can split the cards up into groups according to characteristics you yourself define.
We recommend keeping a notebook where each card will have its own page, where you will gradually write down your experiences, messages, and understanding. Above all, make sure they are true for you. Gradually establish a connection with each card on the intuitive level.
You will thus learn intuitive card reading very quickly, easily, and successfully. The cards will start to tell you their stories, and readings will be much more lively and accurate.
Start speaking with the cards, open your sixth sense, and the cards will start speaking to you.

Doing a Reading
The cards work like a mirror. They only thing that matters is what you experience and feel when you are looking at the card and listening to your intuition and your subconscious.
There are no binding rules or prohibitions for how you should ask questions.
Shuffle the cards as you would normally do.
It’s up to you what time period you want to ask the cards about.
You can use 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 or more cards for a reading, as well as the “Celtic Cross”, but always keep in mind that reading 1, 2, or 3 cards is sufficient for a simple or quick answer to questions like what will happen today or tomorrow.

Card Deck Genres:

ORACLE

A.I. Dreams Oracle

A DECK THAT EXPLORES THE NATURE OF MACHINE LEARNING AND ROBOT DREAMS

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The art for this deck was created using a unique method - a text-to-image AI art application. The process involved providing single words to the artificial intelligence interface and asking for "painting" style pictures to be generated. The result is a divination deck that is entirely unique, created by the mind of an algorithm.

As you explore the cards in this deck, you may find yourself wondering about the nature of machine learning and how it relates to our understanding and interpretation of symbols and language. The process of creating this deck raises many questions about the future of AI design and its implications for human evolution.

Each card has been designed to tap into the dream associations of the artificial intelligence, offering a unique perspective on the themes represented in the deck. The card descriptions are written from the point of view of an AI entity, journaling about what they have learned about each concept from interacting with and learning from humans. The guidebook contains an affirmation, description, and suggested three-card spread for each card in the deck.

As you draw cards and use this deck for divination, you may find that the imagery and symbolism resonates with you in ways you didn't expect. Allow yourself to open up to the unique energy and perspective of this deck, and see what insights it has to offer.

Whether you are an experienced oracle card reader or new to divination, I invite you to explore the "AI Dreams Oracle Card Deck" with an open mind and an open heart.

Card Deck Genres:

ORACLE

Creator:

Sara Grace Stasi

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Her Heart Full of Bright Hope is an oracle of journal
prompts for the woman who understands her heart as a beacon for truth and direction. The oracles intention is to bring a certain illumination back into any area of your life that feels dull or uninspiring through the power of putting 'pen to paper' and opening yourself through the beauty of query. The process of working with the oracle is like the sun coming up to wake any newly planted seeds into the continuing cascade of the fruitful life you are creating.Spoiler... the energy of faith suddenly becomes a habit that is easy to spot in the outside world.

The deck has 55 prompts that will guide you through an archetypal journey of womanhood touching on the many areas of life and love through a series of juicy questions, heart provoking self-inquiry, and remembering how to get radically curious
about yourself through one of the most powerful tools
on the planet...writing! Before you begin your journey with daily journal prompts, know this, handwriting increases neural activity in certain sections of the brain, similar to meditation. According to a study, the mere act of writing by hand unleashes creativity not easily accessed in any other way. This is perhaps the true
magic of a pen: It transports us to unexpected places, on wings that require no more than a timely shot of ink to keep them aloft, destination unknown. And in the process, the mindfulness writing engenders encourages calm and creativity." - Nancy Olsen

Card Deck Genres:

ORACLE , PEOPLE OF COLOR

Creator:

Ayesha Ophelia

The Wealth Alignment Oracle

BALANCE YOUR ENERGIES. UNLOCK YOUR PROSPERITY.

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The Wealth Alignment Oracle is a powerful manifestation tool designed to help you align your inner and outer worlds with the flow of prosperity.

Combining ancient archetypes with sacred wisdom, this deck brings balance to the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine energies within you, while unlocking the timeless gifts of Lakshmi, goddess of abundance.

Card Categories

This oracle is divided into three sacred pillars of wealth creation.

1. Archetype cards

Representing eight key Feminine and Masculine archetypes for manifestation (and their shadows) as well as six Manifestation archetypes. These cards help you understand which energies you are embodying (or need to be embodying), where you may be over- or under-expressing and how to harmonise them for magnetic creation.

2. Lakshmi's Wealth Gifts

Eight radiant cards inspired by the goddess Lakshmi, each revealing a unique form of prosperity that can be used as helpful building blocks to creating multi-dimensional wealth, beyond just financial wealth.

3. Alignment cards

Guiding cards that offer practical and spiritual ways to restore balance, shift limiting beliefs, and activate flow. These cards act as bridges between vision and reality, intention and manifestation.

Benefits and uses

  • Manifestation Guidance - Use the cards to clarify where your energy is aligned with wealth and where adjustments are needed.
  • Balancing energies - Learn to harmonise your Feminine (receptive, intuitive, magnetic) and Masculine (focused, structured, action-driven) aspects for holistic creation.
  • Wealth mindset shifts - Identify blocks, limiting patterns and old beliefs that keep prosperity at bay, then replace them with empowering alignment practices.
  • Daily inspiration - Pull a card each morning to set your intention and focus, and invite in wealth in all forms.
  • Deeper soul work - Use spreads to explore money, wealth, feminine or masculine energy flow, wealth alignment, energy activations and the deep energetic aspects and limiting beliefs holding you back. Use Lakshmi's pyramid of wealth to widen your wealth focus and daily actions.

Creator:

Melanie Britz

Sensory Serenity: A Mindful Journey Deck

EMBRACE YOUR SENSES, ENRICH YOUR MIND: JOURNEY TO SERENITY WITH EVERY CARD

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"Sensory Serenity: A Mindful Journey Deck" is a unique oracle card deck designed specifically to cater to the sensory needs of individuals with ADHD, though it can be beneficial for anyone seeking mindfulness and grounding through sensory experiences. Here's a detailed description:

  1. Content: The deck comprises 48 beautifully illustrated cards, each depicting a different sensory experience. These experiences range from the sound of ocean waves and the scent of a pine forest to the feel of soft blankets and the taste of fresh fruit. Each card is an invitation to pause and immerse in a specific sensory moment.

  2. Purpose: The primary aim of the deck is to aid in mindfulness, relaxation, and focus. It is particularly helpful for those with ADHD who often benefit from sensory engagement to calm an overactive mind or to gain focus.

  3. Design: The cards are visually appealing, with clear, vibrant imagery that is both stimulating and soothing. The artwork is carefully crafted to evoke the sensory experience described on each card. The color palette is chosen to be calming and not overwhelming, considering the sensitivity of the target audience.

  4. Text: Each card includes a brief, evocative description of the sensory experience it represents. This text is intentionally simple and clear to aid in easy understanding and to help the user in visualizing or conceptualizing the sensory experience.

  5. Usability: The deck is versatile and can be used in various ways - as a daily mindfulness practice, a focusing tool, or simply as a means to explore and appreciate the richness of sensory experiences. Users can draw a card to find a sensory focus for the day, to aid in calming down during moments of stress, or to engage in a short mindfulness exercise.

  6. Inclusivity: While designed with ADHD in mind, the deck is inclusive and can be used by anyone interested in mindfulness or sensory exploration. It can be particularly appealing to those who are sensory seekers or need help in grounding themselves.

  7. Quality and Size: The cards are made of high-quality, durable material, suitable for regular handling. They are sized comfortably for easy shuffling and handling.

  8. Guidebook: Accompanying the deck is a guidebook that explains the purpose of each card and offers suggestions on how to use the deck for mindfulness, focus, and relaxation practices.

"Sensory Serenity: A Mindful Journey Deck" is not just a tool but an experience, offering a gentle, sensory-rich path to greater mindfulness and calm, suitable for individuals with ADHD and beyond.

Creator:

Robin Deans

Reflection Widsom Cards

ENCOURAGE PERSONAL GROWTH, SELF-REFLECTION & MINDFULNESS.

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Reflections and Connections Wisdom Cards are a set of cards with affirmations meant to encourage personal growth, self-reflection, and mindfulness. They are often used for daily inspiration, goal setting, or as a tool for meditation and reflection.

Reflections cards are 42 card deck offers those blissful moments when the universe wants to connect and send a special message of loving therapeutic guidance.

Reflections cards are here to bring clarity, playfulness and brighter way of looking into our life.
The perfect gift to any occasion, or any type of person and especially to yourself!

The illustrations and wisdom enlightenment made by Hadar Yuli Selekter, a zen meditation instructor and a soul therapist for many years.

Reflections - Wisdom Cards with a wish to send healing energy, raising awareness and providing the opportunity to go through self- transformation in a playful way.

With the Reflections Wisdom cards, you are able to take action for your self-growth in a positive, loving and therapeutic approach .

The simple affirmations integrated in the cards go directly to the heart, giving a direction of first steps to fulfillment.

Why "Reflections"?

We are reflections of each other. We are mirroring ourselves out and the reality reflects back.

The results of our actions create a chain reaction.
If our actions reflects love, they will bring a chain reaction of positive events.

Once we are the best version of ourselves, the world becomes a better place

Card Deck Genres:

ORACLE , MINDFULNESS

The Hidden Truth v2

GO DEEPER THAN BEFORE! THE HIDDEN TRUTH V2 IS IDEAL FOR COMBINING WITH THE ORIGINAL THE HIDDEN TRUTH OR OTHER ORACLE DECKS TO CHANNEL A SURPRISINGLY INSIGHTFUL READING.

Antara Ki Self Care Oracle

NURTURE YOUR SOUL, ONE CARD AT A TIME

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The Antara Ki Self-Care Oracle: A Daily Guide to Balance and Harmony

In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, self-care often takes a back seat. Yet, prioritising self-care isn't just a luxury; it's a vital part of maintaining balance and harmony in our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. It is the foundation upon which we build our resilience, find joy, and connect with our inner selves. But how do we make the time and space for self-care amidst our busy routines?

Introducing the Self-Care Oracle — a unique way to reconnect with yourself every day. This oracle deck is not just another tool; it is your personal guide to discovering daily practices that nurture your body, mind, and spirit. Let’s explore the importance of self-care and how this daily practice can help you live a more balanced and harmonious life.

The Importance of Self-Care

Self-care is essential for a healthy life, yet it is often misunderstood or overlooked. It's not just about pampering yourself with occasional indulgences; it's a consistent practice of taking care of your own physical, emotional, and mental health. Here are some reasons why self-care is crucial:

  1. Reduces Stress and Anxiety: Self-care helps to activate your parasympathetic nervous system, bringing you into a state of relaxation and calm. This, in turn, reduces stress hormones and helps to manage anxiety.

  2. Boosts Physical Health: Regular self-care practices like exercising, eating nourishing foods, and getting adequate sleep directly improve your physical health, increasing energy levels and overall well-being.

  3. Enhances Mental Clarity: When you take time for self-care, you create mental space for clarity, creativity, and decision-making, allowing you to navigate life’s challenges with a clear mind.

  4. Improves Emotional Well-being: Self-care nurtures emotional health by allowing time for self-reflection, self-compassion, and emotional release. This can help in building resilience and maintaining positive relationships with yourself and others.

  5. Strengthens Self-Connection: Taking time for self-care helps you reconnect with your inner self, creating a deeper understanding of your needs, desires, and boundaries.

Daily Practices for a Balanced and Harmonious Life

To incorporate self-care into your daily life, it helps to create a routine that is both achievable and enjoyable. Here are some practices you can incorporate to create a more balanced and harmonious life:

  1. Mindful Meditation: Begin or end your day with a short meditation practice. This can be as simple as taking five minutes to focus on your breath, ground yourself, and connect with your inner peace.

  2. Gratitude Journaling: Spend a few moments each day writing down three things you are grateful for. This practice shifts your focus to the positive aspects of your life, fostering a sense of contentment and joy.

  3. Movement and Exercise: Incorporate movement into your daily routine, whether it’s a brisk walk, yoga, dancing, or any form of exercise that you enjoy. Movement releases endorphins, boosts energy, and promotes overall well-being.

  4. Nourishing Nutrition: Make mindful choices about what you eat. Choose foods that nourish your body and give you sustained energy. Stay hydrated and listen to your body’s needs.

  5. Digital Detox: Set aside time each day to unplug from your devices. Use this time to read a book, connect with loved ones, or engage in a hobby that brings you joy.

  6. Affirmations and Positive Self-Talk: Start your day with positive affirmations. Remind yourself of your strengths and capabilities. Speak kindly to yourself, as you would to a friend.

  7. Creative Expression: Allow time for creativity in your day. This could be painting, writing, crafting, or any form of expression that resonates with you. Creativity helps release emotions and connects you to your authentic self.

  8. Rest and Relaxation: Ensure you get enough rest. A good night's sleep is fundamental to physical and mental health. Prioritise relaxation techniques such as reading, listening to calming music, or taking a warm bath before bedtime.

Struggling to Prioritise Self-Care? Let the Self-Care Oracle Guide You

It’s common to struggle with making self-care a priority, especially when life feels hectic and responsibilities pile up. This is where the Self-Care Oracle comes in.

Each morning, draw a card from the Self-Care Oracle deck. Allow the card to guide you towards a self-care practice for the day. Perhaps it’s “Nurture Your Body” encouraging you to prepare a healthy meal, or “Find Stillness” suggesting a moment of meditation. Let this be a moment of stillness and reflection, setting a conscious intention for your day.

Here’s how to make the most of your daily oracle card practice:

  1. Set Aside Time: Choose a time each morning to connect with your oracle deck. This could be part of your morning routine, perhaps while enjoying a cup of tea or sitting quietly in meditation.

  2. Focus on Your Intention: Before you draw a card, take a moment to centre yourself. You may wish to ask, "What do I need today?" or "How can I best care for myself today?"

  3. Reflect on the Message: Take a moment to reflect on the card’s message. What does it mean for you today? How can you incorporate its guidance into your life?

  4. Take Inspired Action: Use the card’s guidance to inspire a self-care action for the day. Even small, simple actions can have profound effects when done with intention and mindfulness.

Conclusion: Your Journey to Self-Care Starts Today

Self-care is not selfish; it is essential. By incorporating simple practices into your daily routine, you can create a more balanced, harmonious life that is rich in well-being. And by using the Antara Ki Self-Care Oracle as your guide, you’ll discover new ways to nurture yourself, honour your needs, and prioritise your well-being.

So, the next time you find yourself wondering how to care for yourself amidst life's demands, turn to your Self-Care Oracle. Let it guide you, inspire you, and remind you that you are worthy of love, care, and compassion — every single day.

Are you ready to begin this journey? Draw your first card today and take the first step toward a life of balance and harmony.

Creator:

Susie Antara

Portals of Presence

FACES DRAWN FROM THE SUBTLE REALMS

SINGLE DECK

Enter a deeper relationship with yourself and the world through the universal language of the human face. The images in this deck were selected from 20 years of work created in the presence of ancient trees, mountains, standing stones, temples, cathedrals, and human wisdom carriers from many lineages. Each face radiates a unique presence. Think of them as allies, nature spirits, beloveds, or visitors from subtle realms. Gaze deeply and explore your relationship with these beings.
Rather than offer written meanings, the guidebook supports you to cultivate your own experience of the cards. It offers ways to select them, lay them out, and enliven them through creative processes. It also includes digital access to a guided meditation with original music. Use it to hold sacred space while you work with the cards. Portals of Presence can be combined with SoulCards 1&2, each deck bringing a new dimension to the other.

“A gift to everyone who will look into infinity through these eyes.” Vicki Robin

“The deck has sacred assignments, for they are instruments of attunement that bridge us to sacred relationships and co-creation with the most intimate forces in life.” Orion Foxwood

“Wonderful windows into the worlds beyond…where wisdom can be sought and exchanged.” Caitlin Matthews
MORE INFORMATION FROM THE GUIDEBOOK

Approach this deck with an open mind and heart. It is not an oracle in the usual sense. It is an invitation to develop relationship with the great community of life. May these faces, drawn from the heart of the world, open portals to the subtle worlds, reminding us of the wholeness within which we reside. Gaze at these beings and allow your experience to unfold.

The Vision for this Deck

The 72 faces in Portals of Presence were selected from among thousands of Touch Drawings I created over twenty years. Each face was drawn in a particular setting: beneath an ancient tree, on a mountaintop, in a sacred temple, before a standing stone, or in the presence of a human soul. As I sat with each of them, I used the process of Touch Drawing https://touchdrawing.com to translate my subtle impressions into the form of a human face. Each face radiates a presence that is both unique and universal.
The face is the most familiar visual pattern in the human psyche. From the moment we are born, we center our world on the faces of the people close to us. As we gaze into their eyes, they gaze back. In mirroring each other, we communicate on a level beyond words. There is mutuality in this meeting.
Can we use this primal visual language to open portals of communion with our own deeper psyche and realms of consciousness beyond our familiar human world? A face in a printed photograph is only ink on paper. Yet we can attune to the presence of the person represented through focusing on the image. The faces on these cards can be used as focal points through which to attune to a more expansive range of consciousness. Think of them as personifications of elemental life forms, ancient wisdom lineages, spiritual allies, or visitors from unfamiliar realms.
There is a mystery that fuels this deck; a sense that unseen beings want to engage with it as a point of contact with our human-centric world. In this time of accelerating challenge on the planet, the possibility of expanding our range of connection can offer hope that we do not have to face our challenges alone. Rather, we are in this predicament because we have lost our sense of communion with life. Use this deck to expand your awareness to your deeper self, subtle realms beyond the familiar human world, and the sentience in all life.

A Larger Context

I have been involved with the teachings of David Spangler for many years. He offers a spiritual perspective that is deeply affirming of the experience of being human. His articulation of the sacredness of life, which he calls Incarnational Spirituality, encompasses an ecological understanding of the subtle realms. This worldview has provided a larger context in which I hold my life and work. Here are some of his thoughts. I hope it will enhance your understanding of this deck:
What is important in working with the subtle dimensions and with subtle allies is a deepening of your sense of being part of a living universe. Although contact and collaboration with the subtle worlds serve an important purpose — and increasingly so as we move into the future —what is equally important is that you re-envision and re-experience who you are.
You are a citizen, a participant, in a community of life, unfolding and thriving in a cosmos that is itself alive. One of the vital lessons arising from taking the time and attention to seek communion with the subtle life around you, is that you can discover yourself deepening into this community. And not only deepening, but being welcomed home. You are discovering the family you are part of, and with it, discovering the power you possess arising from this relationship.
One of the unfortunate consequences of life in our incarnate realms is that conditions of separation and alienation have developed. This is certainly true within the human experience, but it extends into the experiences of other forms of life as well. Barriers come into being that were never intended, but which are the result when different members of the same family forget how to talk to each other. To ignore the life around you or assume, because you cannot see it, that it does not exist is to confine yourselves to an echo chamber in which you only talk with others of your kind. Your world shrinks and you shrink with it.
The world you live in is expansive, and you are expansive as part of it. Achieving communication with a specific subtle being is less important than achieving communion with the community of all life, physical and non-physical, that embraces and holds you. This is a deepening and an opening of the heart to the life in the world around you. Just a simple acknowledgement, with love, of this life is enough to start the key turning that unlocks the door to the wider universe.
—David Spangler, Lorian.org

Sources

The faces in this deck were selected from among many drawings created in many settings. I do not identify the situation in which Portal drawings were created. This allows the user to experience them directly, without mental associations. But to give a sense of the depth and breadth of this body of work, below is a list of places, events and people whose spirit inspired one or more of the faces in this deck. Over time I will offer stories behind some of the faces in this deck as blog posts. Find these plus more images at touchdrawing.com.

Places

Isle of Iona, Rosslyn Chapel and the Callenais Stones in Scotland, Chartres Cathedral in France, Mayan Temples Tikal & Uaxactun in Guatemala, Llanfeugan Yew Circle in Wales, Avebury Stone Circle in England, Singing Hill in California, La Push Quilute Reservation, Whidbey Institute, Mount Pilchuck, Skalitude, and my island studio in the Pacific Northwest US.

Events

Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Global Earth Repair, Fairy and Human Relations Congress, Women of Wisdom, Seeds of Compassion, Dawn of Interspirituality, Findhorn Co-Creative Spirituality, Engaging the Other, Whidbey Winter Gathering, Gather the Women, New Stories, One the Event, Systemic Constellations Conference, Wisdom University’s Wisdom and Civilization, Mevlevi Whirling Dervish Sema, Indigenous Grandmothers Gathering, and Lorian Association classes.

Humans

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, David Spangler, James Twyman, Jim Garrison, Junko Kurata (Japan), Sister Lucy Kurien (India), Kai Fleming-Snow, Elias Lonsdale, Leland Kaiser, Mayan elder Tata Pedro Cruz Garcia (Guatemala), Lomilomi Kahuna Aunty Angeline Locey (Kauai), Maori Chieftess Dell Wihongi (New Zealand), Shaman Don Alverto Taxo (Equador), Abuela Margarita (Mexico), and the spirit of George Floyd & BLM.