Review of the Every Day Oracle

This article was written by Barbara Moore on July 29, 2009
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Summary:

The Every Day Oracle, an authentic Italian oracle, is a great way to get quick, clear answers to common concerns. The images are easy to read intuitively, so you needn�t rely on memorizing the booklet.

Review:

Tarot cards are packed with layers of imagery. You can approach a Tarot card from so many angles: traditional meaning, astrological, elemental, or numeric correspondences, symbolic interpretation, intuitive messages, etc. In fact, although we all love the depth and empowerment that we get from our Tarot decks, let�s admit it—sometimes we just want an easy answer, an old-school fortune-telling. If you, like me, get this occasional craving, it is good to have an oracle deck on hand. Although I like to sometimes play with oracles in general, I find that there is nothing like a historic oracle (such as a Lenormand or Sibilla) for clear, quick answers.

The Every Day Oracle is, according to the booklet, an authentic Italian Oracle. There are 52 cards, just as in a playing card deck. In fact, the cards are all named as such: Ace of hearts, Queen of Spades, Three of Clubs, etc. However, there are no suit designations on the cards, just a letter and a number. The numbers indicate what number the card is, 1�10, and the Jacks, Queens, and Kings are 11, 12, and 13. The letter indicates which suit the card belongs to. The letter, however, correspond to the Italian names of the suits, so we need to remember that C = hearts, F = clubs, Q = diamonds, and P = spades. We really only need the card suit and number to look up the meanings, as that is how they are organized in the accompanying booklet. Beyond that, the number and suit seem to have little to do with the image on the card and the meaning.

I am not sure where the card associations came from. Not from the Lenormand deck, clearly. Although both the Every Day Oracle and the Lenormand have some of the same images, they do not have the same number and suit designation. For example, in the Lenormand deck, the Letter is the Seven of Spades. In the Every Day Oracle, the Letter is the Two of Diamonds. On the downside, this means we (or at least I) don�t know the history of these associations. The upside is that this is not just a renamed and repackaged Lenormand.

Another small, confusing thing to me are these numbers on the bottoms of the cards, printed in red, as if they are extremely important. However, I have no idea what they mean. I�ve used them to pick lottery numbers, but with no luck.

So, there is a bit that is confusing about this deck. But, I really like it for fortune-telling, even if it is a pain to look up the meanings and if the card names are in Italian. Here�s why: I can read the meanings by the pictures very easily. I find the images even easier to read than Lenormand images because there is slightly more activity and the images are more literal.

Perhaps I�m inclined to like this little oracle because I recently used it to do a reading about my finances. The card for good luck fell out as I was shuffling AND showed up in the "near future" position in the reading. So of course I think this is a most wondrous and wise oracle.

Seriously, if you like oracles and are interested in one that is easier to read than a Lenormand, you should give this deck a try.

Deck Attributes
Name of deck:Every Day Oracle
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
ISBN: 9788883956805
Name of accompanying booklet:Every Day Oracle
Number of pages of booklet: 31 (5 in English)
Available in a boxed kit?: No.
Magical Uses: ) None
Reading Uses: General, romance, health, financial, travel, any fortune-telling type of questions.
Ethnic Focus: Early 19th century Europe
Artistic Style: Illustration
Tarot, Divination Deck, Other: Other�playing card oracle
Does it follow Rider-Waite-Smith Standard?: No
If Divination Deck, what is the structure? 52 cards, same suits, numbers, and names as a set of playing cards.
Alternative decks you might like: Any oracle or historic oracle; French Cartomancy Mini-Kit.

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