Oracle of the Roses

Mind Body & Soul Card Deck Review: Oracle of the Roses - Blessings to Support Your Heart and Soul by Cheralyn Darcey. Boxed set of 44 cards and guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing on 13/3/2022 size: 10cm x 14cm. £17.99 

“But he that dares not grasp the thorn. should never crave the rose.” Anne Bronte

The deck’s creator is an Australian florist, organic gardener, ethnobotanist, and has more than a dozen other botanical titles already published. She has a regular popular radio show “At Home with the Gardening Gang”.The very beautiful paintings are in the public domain.

Sample Card: The Ancestor - Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) The beginning, the ending, the space between worlds is the place to find the essence of what it is to be you, and where you might find answers that better align with the core of your beliefs. This may be an ending, but in all completions comes the chance to set forth once again. This is an indication or affirmation that your intuitive feelings are leading you in the right direction. The Ancestor leaves the gifts of their experience in the DNA of time for us to discover and work with, so that we in turn may leave something of worth, a thin layer of our truth and view.

 

The deck is divided into Wild Rose, Old Garden Rose and Modern Garden Rose sections. All the beauty of vintage botanical artwork is coupled with 44 archetypes. We see the shiny deep rose pink glinting on the box and on the card edges. Each card has a beautifully drawn and delicately coloured artwork, an archetypal title, subtitle and number. In the guidebook we are given words of advice and information about the rose chosen with a question, academic botanical notes, and plant energies that include meanings and uses, deities and astrological sign.

I will use this deck by choosing a card a day and using The Wild Rose 3 card, The Old Garden Rose 4 card, and the Modern Garden Rose 5 card spreads which are provided. Delightful! My day is perfumed!

Review by Wendy Stokes https://wendystokes.co.uk