Oracle of the Shapeshifters: Mystic Familiars for Times of Transformation and Change

My product was suppose to arrive between May 10 and 24th but today it arrived (4/22/16) and I was excited to open it and find that it was well protected. The box is very sturdy. I've had flimsy before. The cards are glossy and thinner than tarot cards i have. These feel like flash cards but I like them. I take care of my things so they can take care of me. I like that the bordered design is only on the sides and not on top and bottom taking the art to the edge of the card. Some were stuck together with no problems pulling apart and no transfer marks. Brand spanking new. The artwork is amazing and speaks to me. It draws me in and almost takes me to that realm. I have to read each meaning in the book but i'm using these to read with tarot and since I'm a feeler, the book's meanings are only half the answer for me. I'm new to oracle cards but from what I can feel and tell different sets are for different /from different perspectives in life. This deck for me will show more of a shifting nature where as another deck I've seen focus' on something different. (which I will be buying next. lol). Tarot is very vast for me and the oracles will help me narrow things down. Looking forward to more work from these two ladies.

I was ecstatic to receive the shipment of these cards because I've been saving up for them. I was not disappointed. Starting with the box, it is a sturdy box that one would be able to store the cards in for years to come. It doesn't fall apart like many other boxes would. Also, if one were to spill something on the box, it would just roll right off of it and would not damage the box. The guide book is wonderful. It has three parts: the introduction, the card meanings, and the "about the author" and "about the artist" parts. The introduction is 43 pages, which includes a few spreads that I enjoy. Although parts of the introduction seem to be geared toward teenagers, I find it to be readable and useful for me as an (young) adult. The card meanings itself are awesome. I especially enjoy that they are more than just a few words. In the card meanings, there are three sections: about "____ card," "____ speaks," and "divination." There is also a short one sentence message on each page that is also on the card. Now, on to the actual cards themselves. Although the card stock is a little on the flimsy side, I don't have an issue with shuffling them. The backing of the cards are of winged frogs. These, in my opinion, are beautiful creatures with a message in themselves about shapeshifting, though they are not mentioned in the book. Each card has a thin border that I actually find enhances the card. It brings out the images of the cards. The images on each card are beautiful, and I find that the eyes and body language in each card is as meaningful as the words on the cards. Each card has a title and short meanings on them, which I find very helpful as a new oracle reader. I am grateful to work with the Oracle of the Shapeshifters. I am a writer, and when I first saw the deck, I felt that I would benefit by using it to help me in my writing process. I was considering children's books at that moment and I felt drawn to buy this deck. However, when I received the deck and pulled my first card, it was card 29: Fiona and the Unicorn, the gift of sacred sight. I found it so befitting to my life, not just in relations to my writing, and I was immediately astonished by the accuracy. I later did a second reading, and each card I pulled was so accurate and so true to my life that I know that I will go far beyond pulling a card to help me in my writing. The Oracle of the Shapeshifters is amazing!

The artwork is amazing, and I enjoyed the writings in the book as well as the card descriptions. The cardstock is pretty thin which isn't the greatest. But, if you have small hands, that'll likely help you shuffle. The cards are fairly large (like 5" by nearly 3.75"). I also don't care for the shiny cards instead of matte. But, that wouldn't hold me back from buying these. I'm glad they are part of my collection.

I love using this deck. I had it for a couple weeks now and it really helps you heal. It encourages you to look at the parts of you you may not want to look at. The art is beautiful. Only thing is I didn’t realize that the Australian version is different and I think that version is better via the different artwork on the cards. They probably have different meanings too. If you feel called to purchase this deck I would recommend. It answers all your questions and mind and tells you what steps to take or at least you’ll know by heart because of the description 🩶

This deck is beautiful, let's get that said right out of the gate. If you aren't into very big eyes and sort of uncanny/otherworldly art, it won't work for you. But if you dig that aesthetic like I do, this is a great deck. It utilises animals well and it doesn't commit any egregious sins of cultural appropriation (you're reading for familiars and shapeshifters, not for spirit animals, which is a sacred Native American concept to many tribes and shouldn't be used by people who aren't Native with a tribal usage of that term, just to state the very blatantly obvious). The different spreads in the book are great, too. This deck does skew young -- it's meant for teenagers or college students, I think, but if you're a good reader, it's easy to take the concepts and adapt them to an adult reading. It's really a deck to talk about change: change you need to make, change you're going through, change you're avoiding, or change that you need to stop. I've rarely seen a deck so honed in on such a crucial element of uncertainty in life, and consequently, it's given me and my clients some powerful readings. If you're a person who reads for younger people, you are a younger person confronted with a lot of change and big questions about the future, or you read for people who are often in states of flux, this is a great deck. It's an Oracle, not a tarot deck, so it's all (basically) major Arcana. But that has a lot of power, and each card has keywords on it to facilitate reading with ease. The accompanying book is very good and offers multiple ways of thinking of each card, which is useful. If you haven't used an oracle deck before, it might take some getting used to. But it's an adjustment that's really worth it to make.

I picked up this deck a few years ago and it quickly became my go-deck deck. The cards are good quality and shuffle easily out of the box. After several years of heavy use, they are still in amazing shape. The artwork is vivid and absolutely stunning. The messages are easily relatable and flow well. Like most readers, I have many decks, but this deck is home. Highly recommend.

I would have easily given this deck 5 stars. The artwork and the cards are beautiful in all ways except one. I am afraid to handle them in the manner for which the were intended. This has to be one of the thinnest, if not the thinnest, "card" stock in my entire collection of Tarot and Oracle Cards. I can't say how disappointed I am from that standpoint. My other Jasmine Becket-Griffith cards are not like this. With such gorgeous artwork, why compromise by printing it on almost paper-like material? One slip of the hand or quick flick will undoubtedly crease and bend these cards. I will use them because I love them otherwise, but please, please, consider better quality even if it cost a little more. This product does not do the gorgeous art justice at all. :(

Artwork is to die for, and the cards speak to me on a soul level, I cry almost every time I read the description! The cards are alittle flimsy, they could Use a better sturdier card stock. But with a light shuffle , long ways… not able to shuffle side ways.. you get used to the way they feel! The artwork is stunning! Kudos to the artist and creator of this magnificent deck

One of my favorite deck and the most cutest and best

Beautiful deck

É um oráculo muito bonito e muito bom pra iniciantes. Se vc curte o estilo eu recomendo começar com este oráculo por ser o mais direto e simples dentre a coleção da mesma ilustradora. Também tenho o faerytale e é MUITO lindo e meu favorito, mas precisa ler todo o livro com cuidado pra conseguir tirar. Este não, você já tem uma noção relativamente boa desde o começo.

Ich schreibe diese Rezension auf deutsch, da sich bestimmt auch viele Deutsche dafür interessieren und sich vielleicht nicht ganz sicher sind, ob sie es kaufen sollten. Das Kartendeck ist bislang NUR in englischer Sprache erschienen! Soweit ich weiß, ist es 2011 zum ersten Mal in Australien erschienen. Und 2013 dann auch auf dem US-Markt. Ich bewerte die US-Version. Die australische Version ist wohl in blau gehalten und dort sind ca. 17 Karten anders abgebildet. Das Booklet hat 176 Seiten. Dort kann man eine ausführliche Bedeutung jeder Karte nachlesen. Auch Legesysteme werden vorgeschlagen. Die Karten sind sehr dünn. Ich glaube die australische Version hat etwas stabilere Karten. Die Illustrationen sind von Jasmine Becket-Griffith gestaltet worden. Die Mädchen haben große Augen, fast Manga ähnlich. Zudem sieht man auf jeder Karte ein anderes Tier, welches man sicher auch sehr gut als Krafttier anschauen kann. Also wer sowas mag, sollte hier wirklich zuschlagen. Der Versand war sehr schnell und der Preis ist in meinen Augen unschlagbar. Die Karten an sich sind wirklich ganz wundervoll. Auch die Erklärungen im Booklet sind wirklich sehr aussagekräftig und meines Erachtens auch leicht zu verstehen. Was man nicht versteht, kann man ja heutzutage zum Glück schnell im Internet übrsetzen lassen. Aber es ist wirklich leicht verständlich. Ich persönlich arbeite schon lange mit Karten, sodass mir auch die Bilder vieles sagen. Dennoch würde ich es auch Anfängern empfehlen. Denn wenn man sich eine Zeit lang (ich brauchte jetzt nur 2 Tage dazu) damit beschäftigt, dann weiß man sehr schnell, wie die Bedeutungen sind. Ich finde es eignet sich auch sehr gut für Jugendliche. Da sie die Bilder sicher auch ansprechen. Also wenn ich in meiner Jugend so ein tolles Deck gehabt hätte, wäre ich sicher noch schneller zum Karten legen gekommen. Alles in allem kann ich dieses Deck von Lucy Cavendish wirklich jedem empfehlen, der etwas Besonderes haben möchte oder der auch wirklich damit arbeiten will. Auch ein schönes Sammlerstück. Ich werde mir sicher noch andere Decks von Lucy kaufen. Denn leider ist es nunmal so, dass englische Decks im Vergleich zu deutschen, viel günstiger sind.

Le carte sono molto belle, di grandi dimensioni e con colori vividi e soggetti interessanti, fuori dall'ordinario. Molto ben fatto anche il libretto che lo accompagna. Non è il solito oracolo a cui "porre le domande e ricevere le risposte" ma un mazzo che ti aiuta ed accompagna durante i cambiamenti. E' stato il primo mazzo preso di questa autrice e ne sono rimasta piacevolmente sorpresa. Ne sono seguiti altri.