Art Nouveau Oracle Cards – February 8, 2008

I bought this oracle "by mistake" because it was bundled together with my Art Nouveau Tarot. Quite frankly this is the first Oracle that I bought but the interpretations are so easy. The illustrations are beautiful and surely there are no distracting writings on it, so it was pretty much exploring my intuition - which I love to do. This is a rare Oracle format - I have searched up and down for something that looks like this (only numbers and pics, no distracting writings and surely no distracting borders), and so far I can only find a handful of them. So if you are in to Oracles with just pics and no distracting writings, this one is definitely for you. The cards feels friendly and pleasing, and I am glad that this is the very first Oracle that I bought.

The Art Nouveau Oracle is a beautiful deck. The cards with the women on them remind me of the work of Alphonse Mucha and are similar to the artwork in the 'Tarot of Art Nouveau' deck by Antonella Castelli and Los Scarbeo. So if you like one, you'll like the other. I expected all the images (or at least most) to be this way , as the images shown on Amazon are all featuring these women, in the 'Mucha' style. However there are many images in this 36 card oracle deck that feature other things, such as the bear, the snake, the tree, the sky, the garden...ect. At first I was disappointed,having purchased the deck because of the artwork. However I have since familiarized myself with the deck, and card meanings and find it works very well. I recommend it. And if you like the artwork style, check-out the 'Tarot Art Nouveau', and the 'Bach Flower Essence' cards. I own, love and recommend them all!

These are superbly done, and are a Lenormand deck with the traditional 36 cards, in delicate line drawings with soft pastel coloring. They follow the standard Lenormand set numbering system but do not have playing card insets or verse insets. They are a little taller than the regular cards of this type. The English section of the instruction booklet is very helpful although I wish it were more in-depth, but there are many books now on Lenormand that can be used with these cards. One odd fact about this deck, for people who like to mix oracles, these cards are the same exact size as the Caring Psychic Family Major Arcana cards, and can be shuffled together to create mega oracle readings. Very nice cards that couldn't be prettier, honestly.

I do love the cards and the art, though they may not be well suited to a beginner. For someone with some familiarity with lenormand or the ability to adapt, these make for a beautiful addition. My main complaint is that the card stock is very thin and bends very easily. The book doesn't contain standard card meanings and seem to treat the deck more as a romantic oracle than a lenormand deck, but again, for someone who knows the system or learns fast, they shouldn't have trouble

Beautiful artwork. A few cards gave me pause, such as as the Ring with a lady looking at a ring on her hand; but after working with these cards, it became easy to recognize the symbols. Shuffles smoothly and cleanly, which is a deal breaker for me! An inexpensive deck of cards, which gave me pause as to purchasing, but so glad I did. My clients love this deck.

I love these cards. Much clearer than their tarot counterpart as the image is not so cluttered with distracting unsupportive artwork. jWould be more useful with the playing card symbols for each card.

Very beautiful & nicely done. The colors are not strong or vibrant, but I don't find them washed out either, as some reviewers have suggested. I think the colors are in keeping with the subject matter. There is a little booklet included with the cards with very very briefinfo on each card. I do wish there was more info.

These cards are beautiful, and I love the work of Mucha and the Art Nouveau movement, but I ended up giving this deck away. Lenormand readings rely on the symbols being strongly pronounced on each card (one symbol per card), and the creator was too focused on modeling the art after the more popular and iconic subject matter of Art Nouveau (women with expressive hand gestures) that the symbols get lost and are hard to see. For example, the ring card depicts a woman examining a ring on her hand, you don't see nor think of it immediately.An avid collector of decks would likely appreciate. As for me, I prefer form and function, and these cards were not fun to read with.

Excellent!

Ein wunder wunderschönes Tarotdeck mit sehr hübschen Motiven. Die Karten sind schön stabil und haben eine praktische Größe, ich denke sie sind so groß wie Standard Skartkarten. Habe mir die Karten schon lange gewünscht und habe den Kauf nicht bereut.

Magnifique tarot avec de très belle illustrations rappelant l'artiste MuchaTrès bonne qualité et arrivé en bon état et bien scellé dans son emballage d'origine.

Es sind richtig schöne Motive und die Karten sagen die Wahrheit. Das Jugendstil Design ist einfach wundervoll :) Vielen Dank!

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