Wisdom of the Hidden Realms Oracle Cards: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook for Spiritual Guidance, Peace, Happiness, and Prosp erity

Wow! I just got this deck today and really love it already. Another reviewer was concerned that this deck was not multi-cultural- but it is. As an African-American living in a very diverse, large city; I am usually not drawn to decks that do not reflect my social reality.I have a lot of tarot decks and it seems there are some cards that have similar energy (like 3 of swords, 9 of swords and 5 of cups) I find that this oracle deck with it's 44 instead of 78 cards helps to get to the issue faster and I dont have to draw so many cards.The little book is good too, tho it seems that some of the challenger (reversed) meanings are not so clear. But, my opinion of this may change with more use over time. I felt Colleen's down to earth vibe throughout the explanation of the cards, it felt more casual rather than scholarly- and I like that.The art is good, but more on the goth side. There's a lot of unused areas and space for the written title of the card that I think should have been used to create a larger visual image. I like the artwork of the wisdom of avalon better. But in this deck, there's a lot more detail and things going on in the images- if only they were bigger and just a little brighter!The cards are sturdy and almost large, a person with really small hands might struggle with shuffling. I was surprised by the gold gilding; something none of my other decks have. It makes me want to be more careful with them and if not, the under 15 price wont break the bank if I get new ones when the gold wears off.Overall, I am looking forward to developing a life-long friendship with this deck. I will check back if I have any further insights or to compare to her wisdom of avalon deck should I get that one too.

I have a LOT of different tarot/divination decks that I use for personal growth and to do readings for other people. While there are many decks to choose from out there, I have to say that this one is very special. And the price! The Wisdom of the Hidden Realms Oracle Cards is not a traditional tarot deck; it's a tool for exploring what is happening in your life right now, and the best direction for you to go in. They are amazingly insightful and accurate. Very wise. Also very beautiful. It's a unique blend of nature spirits, native american spirituality, the mystical allure of Avalon, faerie and I don't know what else. The images are also multi-ethnic which I think is cool.Each card is named for a different spiritual being or energy that is meant to help us in knowing ourselves and fulfilling our life purpose. When you draw a card right side up, that being/energy is speaking to you as an "ally." When you draw a card upside down, that being/energy is speaking to you as a "challenger,"letting you know you may not be going in the best direction for you and that you need to change course.You can go to the author's website and do a one-card reading there (it alternates this deck with her Avalon deck). I did that before buying this deck and was immediately hooked. It's great to have that web reading available, but the physical cards are so beautiful. Great energy. Thank you Colette Baron-Reid!

I have been using Colette's Wisdom of Avalon Oracle Cards The Wisdom of Avalon Oracle Cards: A 52-Card Deck and Guidebook for over a year and half and they are by far some of the most powerful cards I've ever used in both my personal work as well as my intuitive work with clients. I never go anywhere without them. Well, now I have a new deck I will never go anywhere without.Colette's Wisdom of the Hidden Realms is an innovative and beautiful set of cards supported by a very practical guidebook. I have seen a lot of decks, but this one is really unique. Colette has gifted us with a set of archetypes and spiritual helpers that are nothing like anything I've ever seen. Each of the 44 (Master Number) cards can be seen as an Ally or Challenger depending on their direction.The imagery is nothing short of magical. Using graphically enhanced photography, the illustrator, Jena DellaGrottaglia has brought to life these helpers using imagery and themes from a variety of mystical lands. I find myself looking at the cards again and again as I often see something I missed the first time. There really is something for everyone in these cards.Last, and certainly not least, I want to comment on Colette's philosophy regarding these cards. She states in the guidebook: "It's also important to note that these oracle cards weren't designed to predict the future. Rather, they are meant to offer you the wisdom you need to create the best life now, which evolves into the most meaningful and productive future. These cards also invite you to go deeper into the question, and the motives behind asking it, as the Wisdom of the Hidden Realms is revealed." This is why I love Colette and her teachings so much. These cards are here to help you make the best choice right now for your highest good.

So this deck is what made me decide to write a review on all of my tarot cards so I could measure my thoughts on each. I recently bought 3 different ones going by "what I was led to" and this one just drew me in off the cover and i have been pleasantly surprised by my use of them now for almost 2 months on a daily basis. The artwork is ahhhhmazing! The inclusion of "Ally" and "Challenger" was a bit different for me to get used to and when i thought about it of course some cards will come up upside down. Despite that commonality in readings and working with cards, of my three decks this one is the only one to offer a different interpretation depending on how the cards fall. The guidebook is great and very insightful! One of my favorite parts about this deck more than ANY OTHER I have seen relates to the wide spectrum of diversity riddled throughout the deck wherein which it is not just white and female depictions, but there are Asians, African American, males, etc...I even have taken pics of my cards and sent them to friends who did not believe you could even see a black woman or an Asian man featured on a tarot card. For that alone this deck deserves 10 stars. While race does not and should not matter, if/when you give readings there will be diversity in how people look and its nice to see various representation of eternal, angelic beauty across racial and gendered lines that are intentionally sketched as opposed to merely putting a darker tone to a normally white figure. So thank you to the author/artist of this deck for reminding the world of the vast diversity in representation. I will end in saying too that these cards are SO on point often its eery to consider. I'm a beginner but I was pleasantly surprised to see a woman I got a past life reading from had the same deck in her living room glass case and she said the same, that it is one of her favorites. HIGHLY recommend!!!!!!!

I have been using oracle cards for a couple of years now. I thoroughly enjoy these in particular because they offer a "challenger" message (similar to Tarot, but much more user-friendly in explanation). There have been a few times when I have drawn a card & not felt that it fit to my situation, esp. when I first began using different decks & relied solely on the enclosed materials to decipher a message. I have learned to meditate on a card because I know that a card presents itself because it is something I need to see/address/apply, etc., whether I understand it or not in the present moment. Sometimes, you have to be able to look at things from the "big picture"! I am still only an intermediate user, pulling a card daily or random self-readings when my intuition guides me. The beneficial side of a challenger explanation is that when you're given another facet to contemplate, it can open you up to understanding the meanings in a much deeper way. I think it's always important to give yourself the opportunity to surmise what message is being conveyed to you through any card(s) before consulting the guide book that is enclosed. Learning to trust your higher self & the answers you receive is important to building a confident relationship with spirit & your guides. With that said, this deck is amazingly beautiful & accurate. In fact, I dare say that the challenger aspects have challenged me to grow & really dig much deeper in resolving blocks or to dissolve old beliefs that have held me in a place of complacency/limbo that I would not have seen before. I highly recommend this deck for beginners & beyond. Blessings!!!

I was excited to receive this and I must say I'm not disappointed at all but it wasn't quite what I was expectibg either. First, despite having never been open as was evident by the shrink wrap still intact, the cards were all bent in a very obvious curve. I've managed to bend them mostly straight but despite the lovely images I found the cardstock to be of a lower grade, flimsy, and with the edges easy to mark up. The edges are also an unattractive white but that can be fixed by inking them with your desired color. The cards themselves are interesting enough. They're like fantasy themed archetypes though I did find the keyword for "abundance" among three or four cards a bit repetitive. The keywords are also lacking and a bit vague, as if disconnected from giving a solid meaning in some cases. The book provides a paragraph of a story styled description but you will have to draw some solid meaning from it. Not really made for readers who are more straightforward and to the point. Great if you're more of a poetic reader and are able to draw well from abstract concepts rather than more distinctive and established archetypal figures.

This deck is not just beautiful, but also wise too! Like all the tarot/oracle card readers, I owned more than ten decks, and I bought them mostly from Amazon too. However, when this deck arrived, I put it aside first, forgot about it, then the next day, I noticed the deck and opened the seal. The interpretation images of each card formed just by going through each card, then I consulted the little book that came from the cards. I guess that cards and I connected right away! This deck is easy to work with, very honest and full of wisdom, all you have to do is ask.I have been using this deck for over a week now, the advice and the guidance from this deck is honest, but not so blunt, my clients are all happy with the guidance given from this deck. The energy from this deck is nothing, but warm, and caring, I really love this deck and I highly recommend this deck to readers.

Yes, this is another raving five star review for these cards. What can I say? This deck is amazing! I had about a dozen oracle card decks and I love them all and they are beautiful. I've come to expect a very high standard of aesthetics from Hay House. And yet, when I opened the box and looked at the deck, I gasped. The cards were so beautiful.I guarantee you, you will not find messages like these from any of your other cards. They are VERY unique. The stimulate your imagination visually, and the definitions are so precise and well thought out that it creates a really amazing experience for both the reader and the person being read.Thank you Colette. You are the best!

Est-ce que le terme "coup de coeur" vous parle ? Oui ? C'est ce que j'ai eu en découvrant cet oracle.Tout est absolument fantastique : la qualité des cartes, imprimée sur du carton épais et dont la tranche est dorée, comme beaucoup d'oracles publiés chez Hay House, l'écriture de Colette Baron-Reid, les illustrations de Jena DellaGrottaglia ... Et en plus, le dos est réversible ! Je ne m'en étai pas rendue compte au premier coup d'oeil, mais c'est bel et bien le cas. Un gros plus, le jeu faisant appel aux sens endroits (Ally) et envers (Challenger), avec d'ailleurs une vision très saine des aspects Challenger de chaque carte.Ce que j'aime particulièrement, c'est que l'auteur fait appel à des archétypes universels. Nous ne nous trouvons pas dans un système de mythes et de légendes précis, mais, au contraire, dans un ensemble qui peut parler à tout le monde. Même si certaines illustrations évoquent plus ou moins certaines cultures (par exemple, le High Lord of Gratitude et la culture bouddhiste), il n'empêche : les symboles, puisés un peu partout, permettent vraiment de comprendre le sens de la carte, du moins à mes yeux. Les illustrations tournent, la plupart du temps, autour d'une figure humaine entourée de plus ou moins de symbole, et qui sont accompagnées de mots-clés en haut de la carte. J'ai constaté avec une agréable surprise que oui, les illustrations et les mots-clés permettent souvent, croisés entre eux, d'enrichir l'interprétation, parce que dans certains oracles, je n'ai pas du tout cette impression.Les tirages que j'ai réalisé pour le moment ont tous touché très juste, avec des messages qui se répètent de temps à autre et où je perçoit l'évolution de ma propre situation. Je trouve que c'est un oracle très intuitif, et qu'en même temps, les messages écrits par Colette Baron-Reid complètent parfaitement la compréhension que l'on peut avoir de chaque carte.Points positifs :+ Un jeu magnifique si l'on aime tout ce qui touche à l'art digital+ Une lecture intuitive et des messages qui touchent juste où il le faut+ Une auteur aux mots justes et sincères, qui rend véritablement la lecture du petit livret passionnante.+ Le packaging est, en un mot, parfait : boîte en carton rigide qui correspond parfaitement aux cartes, un plus pour le transport !Points négatifs :- Certains n'arriveront peut-être pas à se détacher des mots-clés et des messages du livret- Les cartes sont probablement un peu grandes pour ceux qui ont de petites mains

幻想的な王国の住人さんたちが美しく描かれていて、タイトルとキーワードがカードに書かれているタイプなので、解説書を使用しなくても読み取りやすいのではないかと思いますカードは44枚とイラストレーターさんの紹介が書かれたカードが1枚入っていますカードや箱はヘイハウスの一般的なオラクルカードと同様のサイズや質感ですカードの表面はツルツルしていてシャッフルしやすく丈夫そうな感じで縁は切りっぱなしですバッキングは正逆がわからないようなデザインですが、イラストが微妙にずれておりよく見るとわかってしまいます他の方のレビューでコーティングが剥がれているというのを見たので心配していたのですが、特に問題ありませんでした個人的にはこのイラストレーターさんの白の使い方が好きです付属の解説書はカードと同サイズで150ページ程あり全編英語です作者からのメッセージ、カードの使い方(リーディング例もある)、カード一枚一枚の説明が書かれていますカードの説明は、イラストが半ページ、協力者(正位置)の説明と挑戦者(逆位置)の説明がそれぞれ0.5～1.5ページずつ書かれており、カード1枚につき2～3ページで説明されています説明内容は、前半が描かれている存在がどういうものなのかについて、後半がそこから受け取れる具体的なメッセージについて書かれています説明がわかりづらいというレビューも見受けられましたが、カードのイラストから感じられる印象と、カードにも書かれているキーワードと説明文全体を読めば、問題なく理解できました(後半まで読まれなかったのかな？)幻想世界を旅する中で出会った住人さんたちから、助言をもらっているような素敵な感覚が味わえますメッセージは、逆位置も注意すべきアドバイス程度で厳しいイメージはないので優しい感じですファンタジー好きの方におすすめです

Colette's oracle cards were recommended to me by an intuitive and, upon looking at the decks available, I was drawn to this one and knew that this was the right set of cards for me. I absolutely love them and I really want to carry them around with me all the time! I've only had them for a few days, but they've been so helpful to me whenever I ask a question, looking for insight or guidance about a certain situation. I love the feeling I get when I hold and shuffle the cards, and the artwork is beautiful. I recommend reading the descriptions of each of the card sets beforehand and looking at sample images of the cards (I Googled them). You'll know if you're drawn to a particular deck. Those who gave a negative review on any of the various card decks may not have taken the time to do this first. If I had chosen one of the other decks that I didn't feel a strong connection with, I likely wouldn't have been as happy with my purchase either. And do keep in mind that these are not Tarot cards. They are wisdom and guidance cards, which are perfect for me as I do not connect at all with the Tarot cards that I have.

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I recommend everyone to get this absolutely gorgeous and meaningful deck! The drawings & symbolism are so strong. These cards have really helped me understand the meaning of my questions better, so I'm super happy about that. The cards do have reverse meanings, which make sense, but I recommend to read both meanings of the card. Also for some reason a couple of cards were a bit damaged. I was quite frustrated to see that, but I can still use them perfectly fun so I'm over that now.