Witching Hour Oracle

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Witching Hour Oracle - Awaken Your Inner Magic by Lorraine Anderson, illustrated by Olivia Burki, boxed set of cards and guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing date June 2023. US $24.99 : UK £18.99 ISBN 9781922785008

There is a deck published by US Games Systems Inc published June, 2022 with 39 cards with the title The Witching Hour by Cherie Gerdhardt.

This deck has a colour book which accompanies 44 cards. The set is trendy, young, attractive multi-cultural, you could say LGBTQ plus style images. The author provides her biography and how she came to create the deck, each card had meaning on her life journey. The deck can be used as an oracle in itself or with the Tarot as companion cards. The deck can be used with other card decks, where the reading is provided and a Witching Hour card is drawn for further guidance. Reversed cards are not used. 

Spreads are suggested, such as 7 cards, Interview Your Deck; 3 cards, Three-Card Spread; 3 cards, Bathing in the River; 4 cards, Phases of the Moon; 5 cards, The Elements; 5 cards, The Forest; 6 cards, Book of Spells; and 6 cards, As Above, So Below. 

The content is quite philosophical. The images on the cards also have a number, title and subtitle. In the book, there are several keywords for each card and a write up of 2/300 words. I think this is a beginner’s deck. I like to use it by adding a Witching Hour card to a Tarot reading to provide extra meaning if required. 

The author, Lorraine Anderson, also wrote The Witch’s Apothecary and the Season’s of the Witch series. 

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