Divinatory Oracles
Several millennia ago, the word Oracle referred to the answer that a deity gave to those women and men who came to consult it. We can therefore understand that, even back then, Oracles were as mysterious as they were beneficial to the many seekers.
But it was only a little later that the Oracles moved beyond the realm of the Gods of Olympus to name the prophetic predictions of certain people. Thus were born the first forms of divination, then called divinatory Oracles, which would transform our vision of the world by revealing its destiny to whoever wished to hear it.
Nowadays, while clairvoyance is still practised in many forms, a divinatory Oracle has become a card deck filled with powerful symbols much like a tarot.
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What sets tarots apart from divinatory Oracles
The card decks of the tarot and those called Oracles are equally filled with symbols that are esoteric and with spiritual representations and metaphysical ones. They are therefore both used to perform divinatory readings, in order to predict the future of a male or female seeker, through the reading and then the interpretation of the cards.
Il existe pourtant une différence de taille entre un jeu de tarot comme celui de Marseille ou du Rider waite par exemple, et un Oracle comme celui des anges ou de Belline pour ne citer qu’eux : le fait que les cartes Oracle permettent d’être bien plus libres dans leurs interprétations.
This is because Oracle cards, unlike tarots, are far more open to the various spiritual subjects that still inspire so many people on our planet.
Aussi, car parce qu’un jeu de cartes dit Oracle n’est aucunement défini par un certain nombre de cartes comme c’est le cas avec le tarot, qui lui est toujours composé de 78 lames, divisées en 56 arcanes mineurs et 22 arcanes majeurs.Â
The many themes explored by divinatory Oracles
While we can therefore consider tarot card decks to be more classic, we can also say that today the Oracles are indeed somewhat trendy, and that they blend wonderfully into the spirit of the times, which is marked by a rare spirituality across the world.
Ainsi, suivant les Oracles et leurs provenances, de nombreux thèmes y sont abordés au sein de cartes magnifiquement illustrées : les anges, les planètes, les animaux, les éléments naturels, la gent féminine, les cycles de la vie, l’amour, les représentations des Dieux de l’Olympe, les signes astrologiques, et bien d’autres encore qu’il serait trop long de tous les citer ici.
When we speak of these Oracles and the role they play during a divinatory reading, we are certainly talking about predictions of the future, but even more about personal development, better self-knowledge, and one’s life mission through a kind of initiation.
These cards are therefore made to nourish our karmas, and to awaken or rebalance our vibratory energy.
We are therefore more in the spiritual realm proper to the awakening of each person’s consciousness than in the pure esotericism embodied by the tarot cards. Indeed, here there is no black magic, grimoire or witches, but rather fairies, dragons and mermaids drifting beneath the scented wisps of incense.
Tarot readers specialised in Oracles
Ever since the famous Oracle of Belline, released in the 1960s of the last century, many tarot readers have set out to have published their own deck of cards for divination in the form of an Oracle.
And among them are a great many women, certainly more inspired by spirituality than men.
Among these women, some have become very famous in recent years, publishing books and card decks championing a new oracle, attuned to one particular spiritual subject.
This is the case for Doreen Virtue and her Oracle of the Angels, for Barbara Moore and her Oracle of the Enchantresses, and for Isabelle Cerf and her Oracle of the Voice of Souls, among the most recent publications.
But also for Mlle Lenormand who, with her Lenormand Oracle, made headlines in the 19th century.
Tous ces jeux de cartes, livres, coffrets, et review revues, consacrés à un Oracle en particulier, sont aujourd’hui disponibles un peu partout. Ainsi, on les trouve dans toutes les bonnes librairies ésotériques, dans les bibliothèques rayon divination, mais aussi en livraison via internet à partir du moment où ils sont bien en stock.Â
Tarots still rule the game
We will therefore have understood that divinatory Oracles hold a place of choice today in the world of clairvoyance, and in particular in tarot reading and cartomancy.
Mais l’on constate que même si leur succès est grandissant auprès d’une certaine frange de la population, ils sont encore loin de dépasser la réputation toujours aussi accrue du plus célèbre jeu de cartes divinatoire au monde : le tarot de Marseille !
Indeed, the latter is still the best-selling divinatory card deck in the entire world, and its effectiveness during divinatory readings remains exemplary and unbeatable.
It is therefore the tool still used today by many practising tarot readers, even if they also own one or more Oracles. Moreover, even those who have designed and produced their own Oracle, often with considerable success among the public, swear only by the famous Marseille tarot to perform a reading in the best possible conditions. This shows just how much the latter remains the master of the game…
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