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Wisdom of the House of Night Oracle Cards by Colette Baron-Reid & P. C. Cast & Jena DellaGrottaglia

, 1 May 2021

I've find Baron-Reid's oracles magnificent. Some of  the best oracles in the market to me, due to the accuracy and depth of the answers given to my queries.

What is the Wisdom of the House of Night? It is a world between worlds, the fantasy world created by novelist P. C. Cast. The story is loosely based on the Greek myth of the Godless Nyx, the Goddess of the Night. Mother of Hypnos (Sleep), Tanathos (Death), The Oneroi (Dreams) and Erebus (Darkness) among other mythological characters. Nyx's realms are liminal, those interstitial spaces between he day and the night, waking life and dreams, the conscious and the unconscious. In short, those in which the occult dwells. It is still nothing really dark or Lovecraft-ish. The cards, on the other hand, draw on Norse runes, Tarot, Greek mythology and I-Ching elements.
 
GOOD
> Very original concept.
> Good quality cards. Flexible, light and glossy, the cards glide beautifully in your hands.
> Excellent quality printing.
> Wonderful atmospheric artwork. The deck has artistic harmony and integrity, an the images seem to connect to each other well.  
> I also love that the oracle has 50 cards and not just 40.
> Silver edges.
> Good size card, not too big, not too small. Perfect for everyone's hands. 
> Decent quality guidebook with a nice description of the Nyx's story on which this oracle card is based. 
> Durable deck. I have had this for several years now and is still in a good condition. 
> Good quality packing box.  
> This is overall, one of the best decks, re quality, I own. 

 
NOT SO GOOD
> Pointy square edges.
> Some of the images and the meaning attributed to them do not match. In my case, those are: Loyalty, Denial, Invisible, Rigid, Honesty. Complicated, Hope, Individuality, Understanding, Confidence, Fulfillment, and Listening.  
> The cards not always respond to my queries, that's why I don't use them as often as other oracle decks.Sometimes the guidance is spot on, but others the cards have nothing to say or to advice on or, said differently, do not resonate with me. As other reviewers have commented, I might need to warm up to the deck. Sometimes decks have spoken to me at the beginning and stopped speaking to me later on, and vice versa. This might be the case with this deck.
> As the card back is glossy dark, your fingerprints will be visible right there as long as you have two eyes.