Pagan X
Some publishers use the term "Tarot" on packages of cards because, heck, it's cards, it tells fortunes, must be Tarot. So you get things like "Runic Tarot" and "I Ching Tarot".
I think "Oracle" is also driven by marketing, to get away from "Tarot" which has an occult connotation. Hence, Angel Oracle, Fairy Oracle, Archangel Oracle, yad yada. Those can be placed in religious bookstores that might not carry Tarots.
"Oracle" sounds classier than "fortunetelling", but people really use them for the same thing. Fortunetelling, poor mere fortunetelling, has a bad rap these days.
One Example of The Power Of Labeling is (follow this carefully) is the deck put out by Llewllyn as "The Rune Oracle". As it is a deck of cards, they could have called it a "Rune Tarot", but what they did wind up doing is changing the name, and the box color, calling it "Witches Runes"
It is still cards. It is still the Elder Futhark. It is, in fact, a rather nice deck of Rune Cards. It is not especially Witchy or Wiccan.
I think "Oracle" is also driven by marketing, to get away from "Tarot" which has an occult connotation. Hence, Angel Oracle, Fairy Oracle, Archangel Oracle, yad yada. Those can be placed in religious bookstores that might not carry Tarots.
"Oracle" sounds classier than "fortunetelling", but people really use them for the same thing. Fortunetelling, poor mere fortunetelling, has a bad rap these days.
One Example of The Power Of Labeling is (follow this carefully) is the deck put out by Llewllyn as "The Rune Oracle". As it is a deck of cards, they could have called it a "Rune Tarot", but what they did wind up doing is changing the name, and the box color, calling it "Witches Runes"
It is still cards. It is still the Elder Futhark. It is, in fact, a rather nice deck of Rune Cards. It is not especially Witchy or Wiccan.