Card Decks - Pathways and Destinations

CARD DECKS

Pathways and Destinations

Divination tools that assist your customers along the way of their Soul Journey!

By Melinda Carver

Many people are hearing a clarion call for a voyage to connect with and deepen their intuition. Tarot and oracle cards are wonderful tools that offer guidance either as a map to the level that they want to arrive at or as surprising diversions to hidden places. Choosing the right tool can be daunting for your customers when they are searching for the right course. Your unique position both as retailer and as a guiding light provides the opportunity to place strong tools in their hands. The following divination decks offer insights to new pathways for their journey and may assist them to their desired soul destination.

Tarot in Wonderland Barbara Moore Illustrated by Eugene Smith $29.99 ISBN 9780738746807 Llewellyn Books www.llewellyn.com

This deck is based on Rider-Waite cards paired with exquisite art inspired by Alice in Wonderland. The characters from the children’s classic become the Major Arcana and are also sprinkled through-out the charming Minor Arcana suits. Moore continues to choose top-of-the line collaborators with her decks, and the playful illustration by Smith give readers a deeper appreciation of his intricate detailing. This deck is a perfect gift for those that still want the child within to enjoy the fun experience of their favorite story come to life in the Tarot. 78-card deck and 360-page full-color guidebook

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Modern Spellcaster’s Tarot Melanie Marquis Illustrated by Scott Murphy $29.99 ISBN 9780738741666 Llewellyn Books I www.llewellyn.com Magickal practices and the tarot converge in this visually stunning artwork by Murphy that draws the eye and won’t let go. The multicultural and varying witchcraft paths are showcased, especially in the glorious Court cards. Marquis provides descriptions for each card along with their magickal uses for the modern witch. The chapter on Tarot Deck Care and Maintenance is a good tool for new readers. Besides interpreting life issues and spiritual paths, readers may enjoy learning tarot magick with this very versatile deck. 78-card deck and 264-page book

Sacred Sites Oracle Cards Barbara Meiklejohn-Free Illustrated by Yuri Leitch $24.95 ISBN 9781780288420 Watkins Media Imprint I www.watkinspublishing.com Discover how to connect to the planet’s most sacred sites like mountains, temples, pyramids, and more from your own home. Leitch’s spiritually channeled artwork features the sacred site, its culture, symbol, and animal. The cards’ borders are color-coded to the location’s placement North, South, East, and West on Earth. The Meiklejohn-Free’s guidebook explores the lower, middle, and upper World of each site that corresponds to your past, present and future. Attune to these energies, including Mont Saint-Michel, Karnak, Glastonbury, and Sedona to gain insight into your life. This deck is a great tool for those that love traveling or are experienced in astral projection. 52-card deck and 120-page full-color guidebook

Chakra Wisdom Tarot Tori Hartman Illustrated by Katarina Sokolova $22.95 ISBN 9781786782526 Watkins Media Imprint I www.watkinspublishing.com It’s a unique new vision of interpreting tarot through the seven chakras. The Major and Minor Arcana are categorized into seven color-coded chakra sections. The author shares how to magnetize your energy to manifest with the deck using four new deck-specific spreads. Sokolova’s digital art subjects are in the same color hues of the chakra color border. This deck may be used to find your energy blocks, areas to focus on, as well as answering life path questions. Readers that are moving into healing modalities will find this to be a useful tool. 78-card deck and 112-page full-color guidebook

The House of Shadows Lenormand Deck Monica Bodirsky $30.00 ISBN 9780995237339 Self-Published I www.monicabodirsky.com Labeled as a “whimsically dark” oracle, this adorable deck features artwork that is hand-drawn in black and white. Bordirsky’s intent is to allow people to explore their shadow side. Layered meanings are found in the spooky looking animals, objects and people that adorn this Lenormand deck. The Halloween vibe of the drawings adds a delicious chill to your Grand Tableau readings. This potent deck is great to use for readings about your current life issues, as well as your shadow work. The cool artwork is engaging and fun to interpret during sessions. 36-card deck and 17-page booklet

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Tarot of the Moors Gina Thies $29.99 ISBN 9780764356094 Red Feather I www.schifferbooks.com Step into the world of the Moors of Southern Europe, North Africa and Arabia and discover their little-known 900-year history. Culturally diverse, this deck features hand-drawn art with a gold foil-edged trim. The author has renamed some of the Major Arcana to reflect Moorish names (The Jinn = The Devil, The Charmer = The Magician, The Priestess = Sybil), as well as the Moorish titles for Kings (Emir) and Queens (Malika). Professional reader Thies’ artwork also features astrological symbols and elements to enhance your readings. This attractive Tarot deck is easy to read for any level of practitioner for life issues and spiritual path questions. The cosmopolitan feel of the artwork is a welcome addition to your deck collection. 78-card deck and a 96-page guidebook

Hope’s Heart Tarot Joan Kristin Haugan $25.00 Odin’s Legacy Press I www.prairiemagic.com Featuring characters from the award-winning Adventure Seekers Saga, Haugan has created a 4.5 inch round Tarot deck. The deck is color-coded by Major and Minor Arcana suits. She has replaced The Fool with “The Seeker” and The Devil with “Fear.” The artwork is based upon Haugan’s Prairie Magic classes and Elder FUThARK wisdom. Each card features a title, the art in the center, and three different keyword meanings printed along the edges, which depend on the face placement of the card. These keywords (in place of a booklet) will be a helpful guide for new Tarot readers, but professional readers may find them distracting from the artwork. This straightforward deck may be used in readings for life issues and spiritual path questions. It is an ideal teaching deck. 78-card deck

Sacred Geometry Activations Oracle Lon Art $19.99 ISBN 9781582706351 Beyond Words Publishing I www.beyondword.com Including pulsating colors and sacred geometric patterns, this Dutch born artist has a passion for others to access their quantum energy field through sacred geometry to connect to and vibrate in their infinite potential. Each card is titled and describes the frequency of the pattern plus what you are activating physically, emotionally, or spiritually. This deck is best for consciousness or meditative inner work, instead of your life (love life, career) issues. 44-card deck and 160-page guidebook

The Fundamentals of Astrology Heather Arielle Illustrated by Thom Cummins $34.95 ISBN 9780996860062 Luminous Moon Press I www.luminousmoon.com An astrology oracle deck presenting color-coded cards of the zodiac signs, planets, houses, elements and aspects. The thin cards feature a title with both upright and reversed mini-guides with the painted artwork in the center. Cummins artwork uses order/disorder which merge beauty and ugliness together. Professional astrologer Arielle provides snapshots, meanings, and inspirational insights for each card in her guidebook. Her goal is to teach you the fundamentals of astrology in a visual way and to assist you in enhancing your astrological energy. Beginner astrologers and those looking for a unique deck will find this to be a helpful tool. 52-card deck and 300-page full-color guidebook

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Odin and the Nine Realms Oracle Sonja Grace $30.00 ISBN 9781620559130 Findhorn Press I www.innertraditions.com Created by mystic healer Grace, discover your life path through the famed Norse gods (Odin, Thor) and goddesses (Freyja, Skadi) that mysteriously move among the Nine Realms within the great tree of Yggdrasil. The dark colored cards are titled, but not numbered. For those not familiar with Norse myth or language, you will rely heavily on the guidebook which offers detailed insights for each god or goddess, the nine realms, and the 24 runes of the deck. Direction is provided for oracle spreads to look toward life success and your spiritual path. 54-card deck and 144-page guidebook

Rainbow Warrior Activation Deck Tracee Dunblazier Illustrated by Justine Serebrin $18.95 ISBN 9780996390750 GoTracee Publishing I www.beaslayer.com The vibrant colors hand-painted by Serebrin engages us to open your intuition. Each card is numbered and displays symbols, animals, plants, and figures. The Allow, Fire and Life Force cards are soul soaring. The author’s purpose is to activate your soul knowledge by viewing and mirroring the energies of each card. The author hopes to activate your super conscious to amplify your awareness, trust, and sacred pattern. This is a knockout-of-the-park activation deck for use during meditation, as well as shadow and ascension work. This deck is a strong healing tool for all ages. 52-card deck and 108 full-color guidebook

Mirrors to Your Soul Archetypal Oracle & Booklet Jayni Bloch, M.A.C. Psych. Assoc. $60.00 ISBN 9780995002609 Self-Published I www.genian.net Born in South Africa and now residing in Canada, psychologist and artist Bloch has spent 30 years teaching and healing patients based on integrated cognitive and spiritual healing modalities. Her archetypal key cards are numbered and feature striking colors laden with dream-like imagery of faces and symbols. Divine portals are unlocked in her full-color booklet, describing each key’s constructive and destructive qualities, questions to ask, and healing practices for the soul. A zippered purse holds the cards and booklet. This deck is a powerful tool to remove conflict patterns from your life. The keys unlock your power to transcend issues. Energy healers and teachers would do well to add this deck to their library. 9-card deck and 78-page full-color booklet

Melinda Carver is an award-winning author, psychic medium and speaker. To know more about Melinda, please visit her page at www.psychicmelinda.webs.com

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