Wisdom of Hafiz

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Car Deck Review: Wisdom of Hafiz - An Art Oracle Deck with Poetic Renderings by Daniel Ladinsky, Art by Silas Toball, Oracle by Angi Sullins. Published by US Games Systems Inc., on 11th July, 2022 Boxed set of 45 cards (9cm x 13.5cm) and full colour guidebook. $23.95 : £17.99 

“We’re all just walking each other home.”

Sufi poet Hafiz takes centre stage with the theme of this charming deck with a Persian influence. Cards are presented in a magnetic closure box, the cards edged with gold leaf. Information is provided on Hafiz, and how this deck was created, how to use the deck. Each card has an image, number and title. The guidebook provides additional subtitle and 60 words of good advice for each card. 

Whispers of the Ocean

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Whispers of the Ocean Oracle Cards by Angela Hartfield, published by Blue Angel Publishing, Boxed set of 50 Cards and Guidebook, £17.99

How relevant this topic is! Ideal energies for an oracle deck! Oceans are the life blood of our planet, of the goddess Gaia upon which we all live and have our being. Three quarters of the surface of our planet is composed of water. The oceans produce a quarter of our precious oxygen supplies. We must care for our seas and not pollute them. Save the oceans! 

The guidebook provides information about the relevance of our oceans. Water is a symbol for our collective unconscious and helps us to imagine our emotional depths. The oceans are our ancient mother as all life is thought to originate in the seas. Under the oceans are mountains, volcanoes and trenches and a huge number of life forms that are yet to be discovered. When we connect with the wisdom of the ocean, we learn to appreciate and understand the immense importance of water and the beauty and wisdom that lies there. 

Tarot Nuages

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Tarot Nuages By Gniedmann, published by US Games, 79 cards with accompanying booklet. £17.99 19th April 2022

Based on the Marseilles Tarot - you will be able to read from these cards if you are a tarot reader, so don’t be put off! This is a terrific deck! Witty, creative, unusual, snazzy! You can give a serious reading, but make your clients laugh when applicable! I’ve used these cards and been able to draw my clients’ attention to the funny motifs within the cards! 

This is a concept deck, a story that takes place within a turreted, royal town that is both ancient and modern, real and imaginary, fun and serious, tarot archetypes and fantasy people! The Majors have their titles and number and image, and we find in the booklet, names for these strange looking characters. The Minors are Wands, Chalices, Swords and Coins with Court Cards of Page, Knight, Queen and King all with new Nuages names.