Month: January 2025

Ancestral Magick Oracle by Nancy Hendrickson and Stacey Williams-Ng

On By benebellIn cartomancy, deck review, oracle deck6 Comments

The Ancestral Magick Oracle by Nancy Hendrickson and Stacey Williams-Ng is a divination tool designed to facilitate connection with ancestral spirits, enabling you to honor, communicate with, and seek guidance from your lineage.

Working with the Ancestor Communication spread (by Nancy Hendrickson)

It’s more than just a series of cards– it’s a sacred bridge built on love, the fierce protection and nurture of those who have come before you, whose legacy you carry, and most important of all, familial love.

Whether you’re seeking clarity on life’s challenges, offering gratitude, or requesting intervention, the Ancestral Magick Oracle empowers you, deepening your spiritual practice with ancestor veneration.

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Clairvoyant Reading Cards by Belinda Grace, illustrated by Elaine Marson

On By benebellIn cartomancy, deck review1 Comment

This is a 36-card oracle deck that came out back in 2015, and at this point, the production value shows its age, with images that are a smidge blurry, but I wanted to do a quick post so you can have a look-see of the cards.

This is not a deck review. It’s a walk-through where you can click on any of the photos and zoom in for a close-up viewing of the deck.

I’m currently in the process of packing away decks I never use and relocating them to storage. As I logged this deck into inventory, I thought, although I never use it, there’s something about it I really like, and so maybe you will, too. Hence, the quick pause before packing it away to take a few pics and memorialize them in my Deck Reviews archive.

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PipSpeak Tarot by KittenChops & How To Read with a Marseille Pip Deck

On By benebellIn cartomancy, deck review, divination, Learn the Tarot, tarot, tarot card meanings, tarot community, tarot exercises2 Comments
The Playful Heart Tarot and the PipSpeak Tarot by KittenChops

You may be familiar with the Playful Heart Tarot by Kitten Chops (Zaara), based on the RWS, whereas the latest creation from the KittenChops studios is a Marseille-based pip deck, the PipSpeak Tarot.

After completing the RWS-based Playful Heart Tarot, Zaara redefined her work with the tarot by unpacking her RWS framework and re-learning the tarot with the Marseille. The result is the PipSpeak Tarot, which became a liberating experience. Likewise, this might just be the very deck to get a seasoned RWS reader out of a rut.

From the little white book (LWB) for the PipSpeak Tarot

“Fortune tellers and cunning folk have been reading with Marseille and playing card/pip decks for hundreds of years,” writes the artist. “Instead of esoteric intellectual prowess, these readers have been relying on their common sense, their understanding of human nature and key card reading wisdom passed down from generation to generation.”

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