A 58-card oracle deck using the prophecies of Nostradamus. Based on the 1911 Tarot de la Reyne.
The True Oracle of Nostradamus tells the story of Nostradamus' predictions for Catherine de Medici, the notorious Queen of France who has been called “a sinister Queen noted for her interest in the occult arts.”
This oracle deck contains the revealed wisdom of Nostradamus through new translations of his 1555 work Les Prophéties undertaken by occultist Travis McHenry.
This deck was originally published in France in 1911 as the Tarot de la Reyne featuring beautiful illustrations by Henry Steimer. However, the deck suffered from poor design, too many cards, and terrible cardstock. As a result, it was only printed once and was quickly forgotten.
Although this is an oracle deck, the 58 cards are divided into a Major and Minor Arcana like the traditional Tarot.
The 22 Major Arcana cards will be familiar to any fan of Tarot cards, and the remaining 36 Minor Arcana cards fit very neatly into the meanings and imagery of the Rider-Waite-Smith Minor Arcana.
Because the original illustrations were created in the wake of the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, there are many similarities between the two decks which will make The True Oracle of Nostradamus feel like an old friend in new clothes.
The 36 Minor Arcana cards are numbered 1 - 36 and follow the sequence of the standard Minor Arcana:
- Cards 1 - 9 = Cups 2 - 10
- Cards 10 - 18 = Wands 2 - 10
- Cards 19 - 27 = Swords 2 - 10
- Cards 28 - 36 = Pentacles 2 - 10
One of the coolest aspects of this deck is the way the meanings of each card are printed on the top and bottom. The upright meanings and the reversed meanings are easy to grasp as you're reading.
Some of the cards, such as The Star and The Zodiac, even have different images to depict their upright or reversed meanings.
**This is a gently used deck and book. All the cards are accounted for and we have done an energetic cleansing on it--we encourage you to do your own, like you'd do with any deck you bring home!
