About this item
- The Chronicles of Destiny Fortune Cards is a set of 60 cards with fantasy art and a storytelling theme. The deck has an eclectic cast of characters and scenarios from stories, myths and legends - The Hero and The Heroine, Accepting the Quest, Pegasus, Downfall, and more. Packaged with a 208-page companion book.
Specifications
Name
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Chronicles of Destiny Fortune Cards
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Creators
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Josephine Ellershaw,
Claudia McKinney,
Emily Ellershaw
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Publisher
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Schiffer Books 2014
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Deck Type
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Oracle Deck
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Cards
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60
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Card Language
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English
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Card Back
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Non-reversible
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Back Design
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Dream-like scene in blues and greys of a Medusa face
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Companion Material
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208-page full-colour, bound companion book with card images and meanings.
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Reviews
into the world of tarot that any other cartomantic
system (Lenormand, oracle, playing cards) never really
appeals to me on the same level as Tarot does.
One of the
reasons for this is because for me Tarot has a well built
in story to the cards. The Major Arcana is often
taught through the Fools adventure through each Arcana
card, called the Fools Journey. Even in the Minor
Arcana, a story can be seen as you start from Ace and
progress to the Ten.
Lenormand, for example, does not have
a story built into it; it is a collection of
symbols, without any interdependence on a preceding card or
successive card. I think that may be something that bothers
me. The same can be said for many other oracle cards,
there are no story, but rather random cards with
titles.
The Chronicles of Destiny Fortune Cards represent
something different and creatively unique in the family of
oracles. These cards were inspired by the love of
literature, folk tales, myths, fantasy and magic.
Tarot is
often explained as a metaphorical unbounded book,
shuffling the pages (cards) and laying them out to create a
story. This unbound book idea is the core of the
Chronicles of Destiny. Each card represents a chapter in the
larger story that is told, which you can follow along
with the book that comes in the set. Each card
(chapter) is part of a continuous story. In the companion
book, you will have a color image of the card with the
moral of the story below in which provides a divinatory
meaning. To the right is the chapters text, the segment of
the story this card depicts. Below this is the card
definition, a fuller account of the cards meaning beyond the
moral of the story. The authors give you tips for when
the cards appear next to other cards and how it would
then impact the card (like in Lenormand and
Tarot).
For example, card (chapter) 41, Conflict. Moral of the
story. Conflicts. Arguments, quarrels, strife and
upheavals. Card Definition (not a full citation), in order to
see where the problem originates check preceding
cards. For instance, family or property, it would be
Castle (card). Friends would be the Fellowship, work
would be Guardian of the Books. Looking at the cards
that follow the Conflict can reveal the outcome of the
events or provide you insight to dealing with the
problem.
The companion book offers a small collection of
spreads (six) to use, which play on the themes of novels
and literature. There is a story spread. I just pull
three cards and read them in a linear fashion.
The
packaging of this set of cards is fantastic, kudos to
Schiffer for presentation. The theme of these cards is
novel and books. The box is created to look like a book
and opens up like one revealing inside the companion
book and deck. Watch my YouTube video to see the
unboxing. The cards have gilt edges; they are glossy, black
borders with classy thin gold lines around the images. The
backs are not reversible.
Using the cards, I did some
practice readings and was able to get direct answers and
saw how the cards when weaved together present a
story. The cards blend well with one another to provide
guidance that is simple in the same fashion of Lenormand.
If Tarot and Lenormand could have a child, it would
be the Chronicles of Destiny Fortune Cards. They
possess a progressive story telling structure like tarot
and the simple fortune telling style of the
Lenormand.
Overall, I am highly impressed by the production and
presentation. The theme of this work is carried through out
every detail consistently. The premise of which the
cards are built on is creative and is executed
perfectly. The system that was created for this set of cards
shows thoughtfulness and detailed care. These cards
present themselves as a fully developed cartomantic
system.
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