I bought the Goddess Guidance oracle really just to add a Doreen Virtue deck to my collection. Our society needs a Doreen Virtue right now, and for that I believe what she is doing is great. She’s a lovely spirit with a positive, uplifting message. The Goddess Guidance is my first Doreen Virtue deck and I absolutely see why millions swear by her angel stuff. As for my first card, let’s just say it could be a very appropriate card, though we shall see.ĭoreen Virtue has created just shy of 20 oracle/tarot decks in the span of about 13 years and I confess being one part jelly of how creative she is and one part skeptical of how much thought was really put into each deck when other practitioners take upwards 10 years to produce a single deck. The guidebook is what elevates the Goddess Guidance oracle cards to something I would consider giving away as gifts to girlfriends who are mildly intrigued by the idea of tarot and oracle cards, but don’t know much about them. I love the collection of goddess profiles and content. Here’s where the oracle deck really shines: the guidebook. The point is not to retrieve occult information from the collective unconscious the point is to look at the pretty painting and read the fortune cookie statement at the bottom of each goddess card and feel warm and fuzzy inside. Oh, and FYI, not all of them were goddesses, but that’s fine, I don’t want to split hairs here.Īfter consecrating and then shuffling these oracle cards for the first time, I drew the most interesting first card. The cards feature soft, pretty paintings of the goddesses in question. There is no need to jump into the symbolism on this deck because there is no symbolism. See, for that purpose, I really, really like this deck. It’s a cutesie, girly, goddessy deck you keep in your personal drawer that you pull out for yourself from time to time.
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It’s not a professional reading deck by any means and here is where I revert to the snot again and say that if a tarot professional did pull out this oracle deck during a reading, I would be very put off.
If a couple of figure drawings on cards can frighten you, then real life must be terrifying. Virtue where she emphasized the non-frightening-ness of her Angel Tarot. “There are no frightening cards in the deck.” That’s written on page 1 of the opening in the accompanying guidebook. They’re as peaches and cream as you can possibly get without literally painting peaches and cream. These are feel-good cards, no doubt.Įvery card has a sweet message that would make you a better human being if you followed. Don’t get me wrong– I completely understand why.
Everybody and their mother, sister, and third cousin twice removed is gushing over one Doreen Virtue angel oracle deck or another. Doreen Virtue is a bit of a celebrity in the New Age circles. I won’t post many photos of the deck images because they’re all over the place online. Shuffling well with these cards, for me at least, is next to impossible. While the cards are sturdier than most tarot decks, I don’t know what they coated the cardboard with, but it causes the cards to stick to each other. She’s not a goddess per se, but there were many figures in this deck that weren’t goddesses so I think it would have been nice to include Aryuda as well. I would have also liked to see Aryuda, the benevolent sorceress who thought of the malevolence and evil of humanity and, thinking on sentient suffering, cried tears of crystal. Personally, I would have liked to see He Xiangu, the Immortal Woman (from my culture), who was the only female deity among the Eight Immortals of Chinese mythology. I don’t know whether 44 was an intentional number (though 444 does indicate God’s presence) or that was just the number of goddesses they could come up with. The cards are 3.5″ x 5.0″, with gilded gold edges, and come in a sturdy cardboard box. Because I really like Doreen Virtue’s Goddess Guidance oracle cards. Deep down, I’m just a big fluffy bunny rabbit tarot practitioner. I wanted to toss my chin and hand up in the air and say, “What fluff!” But…
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