Exploring Your Soul with Oracle Cards For Inspiration, Reflection, & Guidance
- Debbie Irvine
- Nov 5
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 13
Card Decks for Inspiration, Reflection, & Guidance
I use a large range of Oracle Cards for Visual Stimulation, Symbols, Themes and Archetypes in my Counselling, Dream, Shamanic and Healing Pathways processes.
I encourage people to come up with their own responses, insights, guidance and empowerment.
I find Cards are very useful for meditation as gateways into imaginative realms.
I use different layouts for different occasions and goals.
Archetypes
Jung made the use of the word Archetype popular and it is used generally as a theme that relates to the energy associated with specific themes, symbols, images, thoughts.
Archetype was of Latin origin from the Greek word "arkhetupon" which meant "Something moulded from primitive origins" i.e. first or original version.
Jung also believed that the energies of Archetypes lived or were held in the Collective Unconscious as well as the Personal Unconscious.
Common understanding is that they represent themes and energies in our lives that are affecting us either consciously or unconsciously.
Jung observed the existence of four main Archetypes: The Self (Higher or Spiritual Self), Shadow, Persona, and Animus/Anima.
Within these four main Archetypes existed other important ones such as: the Mother, Father, Hero, and Trickster which are all different parts of our personality, behaviours, and internal worlds.
Clues to the power of the Archetypes can be observed through Dreams, Myths, and Stories within our cultures, across all cultures, and within our own lives.
Using Cards as stimulation for symbols, dreams, memories, and desires, or fears can help work with the themes and energy/power of Archetypes to uncover insight, guidance, healing and empowerment in your life.
The Tarot and most Card Decks are based on these common Archetypes, Myths, Stories, and Symbols that have been obserevd and worked with thorughout history along with the Qabalah and other esoteric and spiritual rituals.
The Hero's Journey and the work of Joseph Campbell, based on Jung's work with Archetypes, is now recognised as a common story that has been told and sought for guidance and wisdom throughout history, and is now the template for many modern films, plays, stories, and dance and art-work.
With Animal Cards, each represents a specific energy, theme and archetype, message of wisdom and warning.
Each card deck tells different stories with different characters, or plants, animals, crystals, Gods and Goddesses to help you find inspiration and healing.
Some Card Decks are based on different cultural and Spiritual Lineages.
Again, there is much overlapping because humans are dealing with the same common life questions, challenges, hopes. and fears.
It is amazing how much the Card Decks vary in presentation, themes, art-work, and information accompanying the cards.
Yet all over something as stimulation and Divination for deeper insights, synchronicities, guidance and healing.
My Library
Egyptian 60 Hieroglyps - Seshet Oracle
Egyptian Anubis Oracle - Nicki Scully & Linda Starwolf
Isis - Alana Fairchild
Sidhe Card Deck -Sacred Stone Circles & Sidhe Spirit Dancers by David Spangle & Jeremy Berg
Celtic Spirit - Nicola McIntosh
Celtic Goddesses, Witches, and Queens - Danu Forest
The New Mythic Tarot - Juliet Sharman-Burke and Liz Greene
Osho Zen Tarot
The Medicine Woman Oracle - Catherine Maillard
The Herbal Astrology Oracle - Adriana Ayales
Australian Bush Flower Essences Cards - Ian White
Celtic Shaman’s Pack - John Matthews
Celtic Archetypes -Caitlin Matthews
HallowQuest The Arthurain Tarot - John & Caitlin Matthews
Ancestral Oracle of the Celts - Caitlin Matthews
Wisdom of Avalon - Colette Baron-Reeid
The Celtic Tree Oracle Ogham Alphabet - Liz & Colin Murray
Native American Indian Sacred Path Cards- Jamie Sams
Native American Power Animals - Jamie Sams
Power Animals - Steven Farmer
Messages From Your Animal Spirit Guides - Steven Farmer
Earht Magic - Steven Farmer
Native Spirit - Denise Linn
Mother Mary - Alana Fairchild
Mary Magdalene - Meggan Watterson
Mary Magdalene - Danielle Ram Hoffman
The Rose Oracle - Rebecca Campbell
Work Your Light - Rebecca Campbell
The Tree of Life Qabalah - David Wells
Kali - Alana Fairchild
Kwan Yin - Alana Fairchild
Rumi Oracle - Alana Fairchild
Savred Rebels - Alana Fairchild
Goddess Guidance Oracle - Doreen Virtue
Goddesses - Paintings Cards- Susan Seddon Boulet
Angel Tarot - Radleigh Valentine
Archangel Power Tarot Cards - Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine
Gaia Oracle: Toni Carmine Salerno
Galactic Heritage Cards - Lyssa Royal Holt
Crystal Mandala Activation Cards - Alana Fairchild
Sacred Earth Oracle - Toni Carmine Salerno
The Mystical Shamans Pack - Villodo
The Shaman's Dream - Villodo & Colette Baron-Reid
The Dream Weaver's Oracle - Collette Baron-Reid
Oracle of the 7 Energies - Colette Baron-Reid
The Healing Spirits Oracle - Gordon Smith
Ask Your Guides - Sonia Choquette
James Van Pragh - Your Soul’s Purpose
Messages From the Guides - James Van Praagh
Life Purpose Oracle Cards - Doreen Virtue
The Four Agreements 48 Card Deck - Don Miguel Ruiz
Psychic Tarot - John Holland
Archetypes - Carolyn Myss
You are Light and part of the Cosmos and of Nature
Coming into Relationship with your Soul
Your Oversoul or Amakua, which births you into this world and is Your Higher Self and remains in the Cosmos as well as part of it birthing itself into this World of Earth.
Your Physical and Emotional Soul or Ku, and
Your Mental Creative Soul or Lono using the Cosmology of Hale Makua and Hawaiian Mysticism.
Egyptian Mysticism knows and honours 9 Soul parts.
“We all come here to this beautiful earth to grow and increase,
to become more than we were before,
and to enjoy ourselves.
We also come here to remember our Divine Origins,
which is only possible through one vehicle:
through the experience of Love for one another.”
“It’s through the experience of love,
that we remember who and what we really are,
and where we came from.
That reveals that all of us are Star People.”
“We came from the stars and will return.”
– Hale Makua/ Hank Wesselman.
Reflective Questions
With gratitude to my teachers Dr Pauline McAuley and Rev Dr. Normandi Ellis
1. What do you hold as Your Soul Contract that you wished to learn, heal, enjoy, and expand in your current Life?
2. What people do you recognize from previous incarnations?
3. What are they supporting you with and how?
4. What challenges are you facing to learn from, heal and grow?
5. What are your special loves?
6. What are your dislikes?
7. What are your Gifts and Talents?
8. What and who supports you: both human and non-human?
9. What do you wish to accomplish before you die?
10. What have you learned from Past Lives or wish to learn?
11. What lessons do you wish to take forward with you?
12. What do you wish to leave behind?
13. What are your virtues?
14. What are you vices?
Re-Visioning and Re-Writing a New Soul Contract:
What do you consider is finished or completed?
What do you wish to make new?
Work through your answers to the above questions and consider what is important now?
What is impoertant for your future?
Your Dharma:
1. What do you wish to Create?
2. What to you wish to be?
3. What is your motive?
4. Why?
This motive will help you build your solid Foundation that will allow your Dharma to withstand all obstacles and challenges.
It will help empower you to achieve your goals and dreams/
The WHY is stronger than any adversity, illness, and misfortune.
It will become your Purpose which your Soul knows at a higher level than the Ego
Action Steps
How do you define success, both personally and financially?
In Values lived?
Creatively?
Spiritually? Relationships? What is your Leagacy?
To Others? Family? Friends?
The World? Yourself?
What is your one thing you are most proud of achieving or trying to achieve?
For more detail see the Post: Soul Connection & Life Purpose
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