About this item
- The White Rabbit Oracle is a 59-card oracle deck of playful and whimsical art collaged from vintage imagery. The playful white rabbit of the title (who is modelled on Alice's rabbit and pops up throughout) invites you on a journey into your own Wonderland –- a journey of self-discovery, inner adventure, and wonder.
Specifications
Name
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White Rabbit Oracle
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Creators
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Arianna Siegel
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Publisher
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Self Published 2015
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Deck Type
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Oracle Deck
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Cards
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59
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Card Size
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2.75 x 4.75 in. = 6.99cm x 12.07cm
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Card Language
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English
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Companion Material
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Full-size three page guide to the meanings is included with the deck.
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Reviews
Oracle is a 60 card deck created and self-published by
tarot consultant and artist, Arianna Siegel. The
altered-art features a compelling blend of fantasy and vintage
imagery and a white rabbit who serves as a guide on this
magical tour of the human psyche.
The 2.75 X 4.75 card
are borderless with a low sheen and printed on sturdy
card stock that makes for ease of shuffling. The card
backs are black with floral accents of cream and pink
highlighted by antique gold lace. A dark palette is contrasted
with vivid splashes of color on the majority of the
face cards and a stipulated finish that emphasizes the
vintage theme that runs throughout. A black-and-white LWB
is included with purchase and comes packaged with the
deck in an organza bag. An additional color PDF version
of the LWB is available for free download from the
artists site.
A key word or brief descriptive printed at
the bottom offers clues to the possible meanings each
card may hold for those seeking guidance. The theme of
the graphics and key word(s) vary from calls-to-action
to states-of-being and encourages the querent to
engage with the full spectrum of evocative imagery from
the exuberant Celebratea seaside ballerina dancing
with a parasol on the hood of a pink Cadillacto the
haunted shadow self hiding in a dusty corner of the
Secrets card where time has slowed to a standstill.
I
have played with the deck for several months and find
it easily accessible and particularly suitable for
free association with short daily readings. The themes
reflected in the cards run the gamut from the serious to the
contemplative to the sublime. Here are three examples:
Change -
a naked, androgynous figure reclines on a settee
next to a skeleton showered with decaying rose petals.
The figure holds one knee as its neck rests in the
crook of the armrest, its face hidden in shadow despite
the light from the chandelier above. A floor-length
curtain has been drawn tight behind the settee and a
tuxedo cat stands at the base of it, staring out at the
querent: the only spark of animation in an otherwise
languid scene. Is the feline the guardian of this
vignette? Or a harbinger of pragmatic and much-needed
change?
Revelation - a solitary female sits in the grass by a
roadside shrine, the folds of her gown draped in silky
abandon around her. Her only company is the
lavender-and-white wildflowers cascading from the archway overhead
and a crow watching expectantly from the entrance of
the shrine. A set of keys lie on the stones in front
of her, just out of reach, but she is blindfolded and
cannot see them. Will she remain tucked away in her
reverie? Or lift the blindfold, pick up the keys, and
acknowledge the crow and whatever message it is waiting to
share with her?
Invitation - a beaming debutante poses
under a rose arbor with a human-sized white rabbit in
pinstripe pants and suspenders. This is an adult,
blissed-out Alice resting her chin on her escorts shoulder as
hot air balloons rise in the starlit sky behind the
couple. But, in the background, a moonstruck and possibly
inebriated Humpty Dumpty sits on the garden wall grinning
broadly. Does his presence indicate a need for restraint?
Or offer further inducement to party until dawn in
Wonderland?
I found the White Rabbit Oracle immensely fun to
work with and think its fresh and unstructured approach
will hold broad appeal to tarot/oracle enthusiasts and
collectors. It is an ideal divinatory system where a direct
answer to a simple question is the goal and equally
useful as a sophisticated tool for expanded
self-awareness. And a pleasure to look at. In short, a great deck
for novices or aficionados alike!
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