Attuned to the movements of nature, the Celts understood that all things are connected, and they “divined” answers to their queries as well as what the future holds from the animals, plants, the winds, and the seasons. Trees and animals had particular knowledge of past, present, and future. Through natural methods of divination, bards, healers, soothsayers, and holy women and men gained powers to see into the unseen. Stories and legends of their powers were told and retold, transmitting an enormous store of wisdom across the generations.In this oracle deck and guidebook, Rosemarie Anderson interprets Celtic myths and legends to create an oracle system of 64 cards featuring symbols from the ancient Celtic ways of knowing. The symbols represent three thousand years of Celtic culture and history, derived from archaeological excavations of Bronze and Iron Age Celtic sites throughout Europe and from the myths, folktales, and faery traditions still flourishing in rural Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The symbols of the cards represent faeries, animals, trees, the wondrous child (CúChulainn), the Sacred King, Cernunnos(the antlered god), the Morrigán(the raven goddess), Tirnanóg(the Blessed Isles), and other imagery and figures from Celtic lore.*The cards feature black-and-white symbols representing goddesses,gods, cauldrons, leprechauns, faeries, animals, trees, and other figures toexpress the Celtic way of “carving” reality from darkness rather than light*The accompanying guidebook explores the meaning and mythicbackground for each card, the Celtic worldview, the principles of Celticdivination, as well as how to use the oracle to receive answers to specificquestions
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