We seem to now have a good base to go ahead with for this Oracle so now I will refelect upon my general feelings, thoughts and opinions regardeing Oracle X.
I really like the earthy quality I feel when gazing upon this deck and the subtle, soothing color scheme. The colors may be subtle but that doesn't mean they are any less demanding in their presence. I get a real scense of grounding even before I'm reading- which is very relaxing to me and helps me prepare to read.
I personally like title or names on each card. The names stand out against a white background but not so obtrusivly that you only look at the titles.
I like the Grid color bar coding at the bottom which shows the strength of significance to each cards primary theme/grouping ie: relationships, questions, nature etc...
However since I am not a practitioner of extensive knowledge I'm wondering how I will fair in regards to the references with the four runes bar on each card (I just cant seem to wrap my head around this yet in understanding- sorry!), Mayan, and Chinese Zodiacs, and Runes. I will have to see how these work out when I use the cards more in depth.
I am thrilled to now know the extra costs involved when wanting to add the "extra" cards to expand my deck out and I REALLY like that printing is all done in country of origin. I feel for my deck I will be expanding as looking at the names alone seem to strike a cord with me. Such as:
Cactus, Snail, Pecock, Anvil, Masculine, Feminine, and perhaps Unconditional. I shall have to look at the website again to see if the pics confirm what is in my mind as I am very visual.
The only card so far that doesnt quite fit for me is Harvest. The picture just doesnt compute fully within my mind for what I think when I hear Harvest.
One question I wanted to ask is will you in future be printing the deck numbers inside the deck case, instead of using black marker? I only ask as it would appear neater and easier to read for some.
Next I will comment on size of cards. I have rather small hands, usually I can not wear most bracelets as my wrists and hands are too small the jewlery usually slips clear off. SO I love that the cards are very comfortable in my hands, yeah!
I can honestly say that I really don't feel the cards are specific to any areas on the globe yet the images seem to fluidly connect to anyone around the world- that in itself I think is a wonderful accomplishment.
I'm not terribly fond of the backs of the cards with such a prominent black logo band across them; I would have preferred just the golden amber color.
I like that the cards aren't sticky feeling and they glide across each other with ease but yet arent so slippery you feel like your going to drop them all over the floor!
With all this I have also had a thought with how to work with this set. I want to try and use my Spice of Life Oracle cards in combination and see how this works. Basically my spice deck is a deck of playing cards and each card portrays a certain spice- I thn use how that spice can be incorporated into ones life and highlight what was shown in a reading.
So say for instance I pull Awareness from Oracle X; then pull the Joker card from my spice deck which depicts Sugar Cane. I want to relate how adding sugar in my daily life also will add cosmic awareness.
Since sugar came from India thousands of years ago to Europe and is known the world over as a sweet flavoring this can somehow help me in my daily cosmic knowing. Somehow I get the feeling its telling my by adding sweetness to my day it will in turn help me to lighten up and be more willing to recieve cosmic knowledge with a lightened heart instead of having a heart blocked by daily oppressions.
Thats it for todays thoughts I will post again soon xx