NorthernTigress
I've been talking about my Transparent Oracle a lot on AT lately. And the most common question I get asked is "What kind of system does it use?"
So to start off, I'm going to give my interpretation of the T-O general system.
The cards are divided based on 7 Directions. The cardinal directions: East, South, West and North; as well three more "metaphorical" directions: Above Below and Within.
There is a total of 70 cards. Each Direction has 10 cards. There are different types of cards. Gateways exist for all 7 Directions. The four Cardinal Directions each have an Element card, an Elemental card, a Weather card, and a Time of Day card. Above and Below have Polarity cards instead of Elementals.
Most, but not all of the Directions have Guides (which I have the bad habit of calling Spirit Guides). The Cardinal Directions have animal Guides; 4 each. The Direction of Below has mythological creatures/beings for Guides: Ancestors, Sidhe, Giant and Mermaid. The Direction of Above has only one Guide: the Angel. The Direction of Within doesn't have a Guide, but it does have the Dream card.
Above, Below and Within are quite different from the Cardinal Directions.
Above is focused on Celestial Beings and Astronomy/Astrology. They have the Celestial Gateway, Guide: Angel, and a White Dragon Polarity. (The book explains what Polarities are.) The other 7 cards are Sun, Moon and 5 planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,Venus and Saturn.
Below is focused on the Underworld and Grail Mythology. It has the WorldTree Gateway, the Red Dragon Polarity, and 4 Guide and 4 "Grail Hallows": Cauldron, Spear, Sword and Stone. The Grail Hallows will be most familiar to Tarot users, because they are equivalent to the 4 Tarot suits.
Within is focused on the Self and is (in my opinion) the most unique of all the Directions. There is the Gateway to the Self, Dream, The DNA Labyrinth and The Web. The other 6 cards refer to senses (traditional and otherwise): Touch/Taste, Hearing, Voice, Telepathy, Empathy and Vision.
Myself, I find this system very easy to work with and understand. How comfortable are the rest of you using it?
So to start off, I'm going to give my interpretation of the T-O general system.
The cards are divided based on 7 Directions. The cardinal directions: East, South, West and North; as well three more "metaphorical" directions: Above Below and Within.
There is a total of 70 cards. Each Direction has 10 cards. There are different types of cards. Gateways exist for all 7 Directions. The four Cardinal Directions each have an Element card, an Elemental card, a Weather card, and a Time of Day card. Above and Below have Polarity cards instead of Elementals.
Most, but not all of the Directions have Guides (which I have the bad habit of calling Spirit Guides). The Cardinal Directions have animal Guides; 4 each. The Direction of Below has mythological creatures/beings for Guides: Ancestors, Sidhe, Giant and Mermaid. The Direction of Above has only one Guide: the Angel. The Direction of Within doesn't have a Guide, but it does have the Dream card.
Above, Below and Within are quite different from the Cardinal Directions.
Above is focused on Celestial Beings and Astronomy/Astrology. They have the Celestial Gateway, Guide: Angel, and a White Dragon Polarity. (The book explains what Polarities are.) The other 7 cards are Sun, Moon and 5 planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,Venus and Saturn.
Below is focused on the Underworld and Grail Mythology. It has the WorldTree Gateway, the Red Dragon Polarity, and 4 Guide and 4 "Grail Hallows": Cauldron, Spear, Sword and Stone. The Grail Hallows will be most familiar to Tarot users, because they are equivalent to the 4 Tarot suits.
Within is focused on the Self and is (in my opinion) the most unique of all the Directions. There is the Gateway to the Self, Dream, The DNA Labyrinth and The Web. The other 6 cards refer to senses (traditional and otherwise): Touch/Taste, Hearing, Voice, Telepathy, Empathy and Vision.
Myself, I find this system very easy to work with and understand. How comfortable are the rest of you using it?