My favorite Oracle cards
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This is a most amazing deck and I love it dearly. When I first got it and was going through the cards and the book together to learn about them, I was touched by so many of the cards in ways I did not expect. They spoke to me distinctly, speaking as a friend and a mentor. The beautiful art work is perfect for the card meanings and different from any other deck I have ever seen. You are drawn right into the card. This is an unequivocal 5 star review for a deck that immediately became a personal treasure.
731514
I've been using these very regularly since I received them. The messages/oracles are usually very helpful, if I'm confused I usually pick another card to help explain the first. This always works and expands on the messages. They are gorgeous, and the insight and messages per card are absolutely fantastic! I would recommend these to everyone who likes reading Oracle cards. I get at least one "jumper" for every read which makes me even more attached to this deck.
95292
I bought this oracle deck over a year ago and still use it very regularly.  I have found the readings to be extremely insightful.  On the rare occasion I am confused by the card I pull but I almost always go along with it and do the accompanying journey; I usually realize the significance soon thereafter (so now I've stopped doubting it).  Usually the cards are extremely relevant.  I drew the "Synthesis" card three times in the past week (The Goddess name is Gyhldeptis).  Right now I am most certainly working on loving all parts of me, even the "ugly" parts (so the card is very fitting), and when I asked the deck how to come into wholeness in regards to a fight I had with my sister I drew this card.  Aha!  Yes!  I need to love all those parts of her that I judge that are also parts of me.  Anyhow, you get the picture.  By the way, when I first got this deck I picked up on the theme of Wholeness so I phrase my questions that way. "How do I come into wholeness with my relationship with my sister?", for example.

I love the accompanying journey that comes with each card's explanation.  It takes the reading a step further.  A guided meditation for every card!  (And there are a lot of cards, even through regular use there are several cards I still haven't drawn; after I year I only drew Gyhldeptis for the first time last week.)

As far as the artwork goes, I really love it.  I think the only negative review is by someone who didn't like the art and didn't actually use the deck.  I am not at all put off by exposed breasts...why would I be?  I'm a woman and this is a Goddess deck, after all!  If you want pretty pictures of Goddesses then I guess look to Doreen Virtue.  Wholeness comes from embracing the light and the dark, and some of the Goddesses (Kali, as an obvious example) are shown as dark.  The card for Uzume shows her breasts, but it makes sense when you read the back story and how she enticed the Sun Goddess to come out of her cave by exposing her breasts and playing with herself as comedic show.

Overall, I highly recommend.  I think it's very unique and quite amazing.
1369454
Absolutely wonderful deck! I always feel a very strong sense of what messages are wanting to be expressed through my use of the deck. Very card is absolutely stunning in their art expression and true to the energy behind their meaning. Colette really did amazing work in creating this transformative deck. It's obvious how much thought and love went to creating it! I'm so happy to have this as part of my collection as it has become one of my "go to" oracles!
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I love them. I have been doing energy readings and am really connected to my card decks. This was an absolute treasure added to the collection. This is my first set of numberology cards and I am so happy that we found each other. They are comfortable to be around, as well as to understand. They are very neutral and work well with my other decks. I absolutely recommend them to anyone that is interested in uplifting energy. Have a happy day.
3415470
I love this deck. The readings are amazingly accurate. Every read I have done has been spot on and insightful. Nice size cards, a little thin but hold up to shuffling well. The artwork is BEAUTIFUL and it comes with a good sized book filled with the meanings of these oracle cards. It even comes with chants to do for each card. Easy to read, easy to understand. GREAT oracle deck !!! I highly recommend it. I am SO glad I bought this deck !!!
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Beautiful, beautiful images. Colette Baron-Ried makes beautiful decks. I'm a big fan of her oracle decks, and the tarot deck does not disappoint. For tarot fans out there, here are a few things to know about this deck:
1. The cards are THICK. This deck stands a bit over a centimeter taller than standard-sized Morgan Greer deck. This makes them slightly different to shuffle, but I've found putting a slight curve in the cards helps. The dimensions of the cards are pretty similar to her oracle decks, a little wider and a little shorter than usual tarot cards.
2. The suits are elements: Fire instead of Wands, Water instead of Cups, and so on.
3. The court cards are Page, Messenger (instead of Knight), Queen, and King.
4. The imagery on the cards is significantly different from standard Rider-Waite imagery. This can be a lot of fun if you like to try intuiting from new images.
5. Each suit has a strong color through-line that matches the element (aqua blue for water, brown for earth, etc.)
6. Some of the Major Arcana have differing names that move in the direction of a thematic element typical to the card. For example, Death is called Transformation, Temperance is called Patience, and The Devil is called Temptation.
I have been looking for a new deck, one that feels more new-agey-positive and less arcane-diabolically-occultish, and this one fits the bill and then some. I had purchased the Happy Tarot, which is delightful, but somewhat cartoonish and felt more immature than what I was looking for. I had bookmarked the Starchild Tarot, another visually gorgeous deck, but fate prevented me from getting that by causing me to miss both release dates. Clearly I was meant to wait for this deck. I absolutely love it!
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I love oracle cards and have many decks, but this beautiful deck is my favorite. One of the best things about it is the level of detail given for what each card number means. They are also amazingly accurate, and give helpful guidance on how to transcend whatever is challenging you. If you enjoy oracle cards or numerology, these cards are for you!
2374949
I love love love this deck! Love the pictures and easy to shuffle this is deck was a great investment and is by far my favorite oracle deck!!
2695656
As many of you know, I love decks and collect tarot and oracle with about 70 decks under my belt.  I've purchased one of Farmer's more notable decks Animal Oracle or something like that and it didn't work for me.  Mostly because I'm not into power animals, etc.  Well I decided to get this deck due to the reviews and I couldn't help pass up the beautiful colors and illustrations.  Because I got this on a large sale, I thought despite my previously bad Farmer experience the monetary loss wouldn't be so bad.

Well I am very happy to say I'm content with this deck.  Mostly because the images on the cards are pretty much consistent despite being from a stream of several different artists and are GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS.  Its the closest thing I will have to a MAAT tarot deck.  The readings appear to be accurate for the most part.  Out of the Hay House oracle decks, this deck and Colette Baron Reid's decks are pretty good.  However, Farmer's deck versus CBR's is that CBR's is a little bit more insightful and detailed in its meanings and also as, or more, accurate than Farmer's.

The beauty of these cards will captivate you.  I sometimes don't care about the meanings and just go with the images on the pictures to get a sense of the reading... and for me these cards are so beautiful that they're so highly therapeutic for me.  I just like opening up the box and looking at the cards.  I pick up messages better with this deck than with many Doreen Virtue decks mostly because the images are so very soulful.  I find them to be so beautiful, I may just enlarge the images myself and make them as posters or even frame them.
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I have been using these cards for more than a year and love them. So simple, one soul-provoking question per card and yet packs a punch for me. I haven't been able to set time aside to meditate. But I keep this pack of cards next to my bed, draw the top card every few days and display it on top of the box. So I get to see it before I sleep and when I wake, and each time, I am "guided" to spend a few seconds to contemplate the question. The card stays until I feel it's time (in a few days) to change to the next and the next. The pack is slowly cycled through. I love how these cards help to ground me, uplift me, and connect me with the wisdom of my Higher Self, even if for a few seconds each day!
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I just got my Blue Angel Oracle today through Amazon.  After buying the Gaia oracle and falling head over heels in love with this deck as it was pretty but for the most part extremely accurate, rarely has it given me an incorrect reading and nor has it predicted inaccurately for me and others.  What more can you ask?  A pretty deck and accurate!

So recently I've gone through a Toni Carmine Salerno buying spree (this man should acknowledge I'm helping him and many of his Blue Angel authors stay in their homes the past two years) and bought his Universal Wisdom Oracle, Angels Gods and Goddesses, and Ask an Angel deck.  Now that I have a small sampling of his decks, I think I can now bravely write a review.

The backs of the Blue Angel Oracle cards look very much like the Voyage Tarot, but more vibrant and hypnotic color... no DNA motif, but just things that look like flames or gasses of the cosmos surrounding a light consciousness.  This is the very stunning aspect of this deck and I truly love it.  There's no need for me to even look at the other side of the cards, can just look at the back of the cards all day.

The cardstock has change.  Its not as firm as some of his past decks, but seems durable.  Think of Lucy Cavendish's Shapeshifter Oracle.  The borders are also like Lucy Cavendish's Oracle of Shadows and Light.
The cards are large (larger than his Universal Wisdom deck) but not awkward in sizing.

The images on the cards are as intense as his Angels, Gods, and Goddesses Oracle.  Really pretty, with some images being the same as in his other decks.

How the deck reads?  I find it to be accurate.  It can be a little bit pollyannish as it tends to repeat the theme of love more often than usual.  But its accurate.  I don't have to find myself focusing heavily on a question for it to answer.  The responses you get from the cards are often ones of an eternal perspective... an overall bigger eternal picture of negative events that may be occuring in your life.  I find this deck to be more "Buddhist" in nature of its teachings as the meanings often point to less action than many of his past decks.  The card meanings are precise and are not long (similar to the Gaia oracle or even less wordy than the Gaia oracle) and they also offer shorter affirmations than usual.  Some of them are quotes from Emerson, Whitman, Blake, etc.

Its possible to predict with these cards using some of the spreads he has.  There is the one card spread,  four card spread, elemental star spread, rainbow chakra spread, relationship spread, and two way spread.

There is enough diversity in meanings for the cards with this deck in contrast to some of his older decks.  Pendragon Sword, Maitreya, Elohim, Gateway 111, Deva Magic, and Lapis Exelsis just to note some of the new and unusual cards.

I think this is a very accessible deck... and worth buying because its truly a beauty to look at.
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I absolutely love these! This is my go-to deck for tarot readings. Other people have said this is a beginner's deck, and while this is a good introduction into the tarot, it's by no means a simple deck. The energy of the cards is strong, but has a gentle and loving quality as opposed to the more potent energy of The Gilded Tarot, another popular deck. When I do a personal reading, I like to just hold each card and feel the energy of it, and it's always loving. The artwork is also gorgeous, and while it has some different symbolism than a lot of the traditional tarot decks, it's by no means less potent. I could stare at these cards for hours!

If you're looking for a step up from oracle cards, I'd highly recommend this. It combines the best of both worlds, having an oracle-card feel with the system of the tarot. For seasoned tarot readers, you can't go wrong!
1038212
Very happy with The Faerytale Oracle, great card stock, very large cards, and are very glossy, this oracle deck works really well with your inner child and more on a very personal level, great for personal use!!!, the artwork is amazing!!!
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Absolutely beautiful cards.  These oracle cards draw inspiration and divination from the ancients from all over the world from throughout the history of mankind.  These beautiful cards have a keyword under the specific image drawn.  The image of  the card matches the main word for the card.  The image and word on the card are physical objects that represent and symbolize the inanimate object keywords that are also printed on the cards below the main word (which is the object).

Awesome Resource, Stunning Design.  Guidebook is very handy and informative.

MysticCardReader.com's Review of the"Divination of the Ancients" Oracle Cards by Barbara Meiklejohn-Free and Flavia Kate Peters. Published by Blue Angels Publishing.  See Below for links to this deck on Amazon, as well as links to the websites for the authors, artist, and publisher.

My Rating Review Form can be found by clicking the link below. (It opens as a PDF, so please be Adobe Acrobat enabled.)
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My Rating: 91/100, A

Packaging ~ 10/10
Guidebook: Quality ~ 4/5*
Guidebook: Content ~ 5/5
Cards: Overall Aesthetics ~ 9/10**
Cards: Quality ~ 10/10
Cards: Content ~ 10/10
Cards: Layout & Design ~ 10/10
Cards: Ease of Use ~ 4/5
Cards: Card Depth ~ 5/5
Cards: Reading Accuracy ~ 15/20***
Overall Appeal ~ 9/10
TOTAL SCORE ~ 91/100, A

Personal Review Notes: [See asterisks above (*, **, and ***)]
*One of the pages was bent and didn't get cut right :-(
**No guilding on the cards, which would have been nice since the cream-colored borders were added to every card from
***I've only done one full spread with this deck and I didn't quite connect with them.  I do usually pull one card from this deck daily because it does give me some insight and how to tackle that day.

Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, Author
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Flavia Kate Peters, Author
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Richard Crookes, Artwork
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Blue Angel Publishing
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Gorgeous artwork rimmed in gold. They feel smooth in the hand, are fun to play with and deliver astoundingly accurate magical messages. Unicorns rock. I couldn't imagine life without them. It's become one of my favorite decks and I have several of Doreen Virtue's Oracle Cards. She rocks also. So beautifully done.
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I purchased these cards many years ago and I used them over and over and over again.  They were used up.  So just a couple of years ago I reordered the same cards from Cheri Mancuso.  I can't say enough about how wonderful and accurate these cards are!  It's such a great and uplifting feeling to know that you have a good connection with these cards.  I've read with them so many times and they helped me with so much throughout the years.  I recently, just today ordered another deck.  I can't live without these cards in my life.  Cheri Mancuso is such a natural and gifted psychic and she made close to perfection when she shared the symbulz psychic card deck.  I will always love these cards and I am proud to use them again and again.  Thank you Cheri  With all my Blessings, Angela Morabito