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.
Yet there is a major difference between a tarot deck such as the Marseille or the Rider Waite, for example, and an Oracle such as that of the angels or of Belline to name but a few: the fact that Oracle cards allow far more freedom in their interpretations.
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.
Also, because a deck of cards known as an Oracle is in no way defined by a set number of cards, as is the case with the tarot, which always consists of 78 cards, divided into 56 minor arcana and 22 major arcana.
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.
Thus, depending on the Oracles and their origins, many themes are explored on magnificently illustrated cards: angels, planets, animals, the natural elements, womankind, the cycles of life, love, depictions of the Gods of Olympus, the astrological signs, and many more that would take too long to list here.
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.
All these card decks, books, box sets, and magazines devoted to a particular Oracle are now available almost everywhere. You will find them in all good esoteric bookshops, in the divination section of libraries, but also delivered via the internet as long as they are in stock.
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.
But it is clear that even though their success is growing among a certain segment of the population, they are still far from surpassing the ever-increasing reputation of the most famous divinatory card deck in the world: the 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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