The Oracle-X Concept
Oracle-X was born from a desire to own an expandable, customisable oracle deck that was free of a specific ‘theme’. After many years of desire, it became clear that since nothing suitable existed, then I would need to design and create something to fill the gap from scratch.
As Oracle-X was being conceived, I undertook extensive careful market research to understand what everyday people thought of Oracle decks in general. There was an amazing amount of synergy in regard to common ‘complaints’ and ‘grumbles’ about the current market offerings. Much of this feedback was incorporated into the Oracle-X development project.
I incorporated over 30 years of my own experience into the overall concept and high level design. In conjunction with my 'guides', I continued to shape and expand the concept until it felt 'right'. With many mornings of being awoken by 'guides' with new impressions of cards, or features that somehow had to be incorporated. Each card was required to have a single clear keyword, and that all cards had to be able to work closely together to allow ever increasing resolution of details to be extracted from each owners intuition.
I wanted an Oracle deck that would be non-prescriptive, yet suitable for beginners and the experienced alike, as well as being acceptable to both left and right brained thinkers. Predictive works for some, but others shy away, so it was better to focus on the deck as an intuition tool, and allow owners to use it as they wish.
Importantly, the cards were also required to be direct and honest. 'Sugary sweet' decks are sometimes wide of the mark, Tarot sometimes can be vague, and there is an audience out there crying out for a tool that is non-prescriptive, honest, and able to grow with their owner. Just picture a heavily tattooed male dressed in some football teams kit, looking for such a tool....... looking at the decks on offer today he would see Unicorns, Angels, Mermaids......... nothing that 'rocks his boat'. Tarot is probably over his head, so where does he go? Oracle-X should be a good option for him, and if this is the tool for him to unlock his intuition then perfect!
Equally, I know a very large range of readers that needed something a little different, with a different twist on accessing their intuition, a tool capable of getting to the nitty gritty.
I was aware that if one buys a 'mainstream' oracle deck, whether you purchase it London, York, Flagstaff, Ontario, Edinburgh, Melbourne.... you are buying an indentical deck - one size fits all.
In a departure from conventional oracle decks, I wanted every base deck to be different in some way (i.e. unique) when purchased. I strongly felt that by owning such a unique deck, this would assist the owner in making that special bond between themselves and their deck - to feel a personal connection with it.
Already in our retail outlet, customers of Oracle-X are 'choosing' which box to purchase, and are excited about the fact that their combination of cards is unique (each box is numbered inside).
The 'original' Oracle-X prototype has been in its reviewers hands for some six months. I meet up with her last weekend to discuss how she feels about the deck six months later. She explained that this is now the only deck she uses, and that it has been the perfect deck for her needs, and it continues to be her 'friend'.
One of the first people to purchase a production deck was someone I had given a brief O-X reading to in a cafe using the second prototype deck. The reading so 'bowled her over' (and subsequently was very accurate), she was dying to get one of the first decks....... which she did!
Each individual Oracle-X card features:
* Primary Single Keyword
* An Image
* Card Identification Number (indicating 'series' and number in that series)
* Secondary Keywords (seven options) [and further customisable]
* Primary Theme/Purpose
* Secondary Theme/Purpose (between none and four)
I will go into more detail in a later thread.