Self-professed romantic (and long-standing angel guru) Doreen Virtue has devoted an entire oracle deck to love and relationships. This confection of a deck has been specially designed to resonate with the group of romance angels that she calls upon in readings about love and intimacy. The wisdom of the Law of Attraction has been distilled into short sentences on the bottom of each of the 44 cards. The 104-page companion guidebook elaborates on those directives and provides additional advice from the angels.
The elaborately detailed illustrations echo paintings of the Old European Masters. The images are highly sensual and, at times, intensely erotic. The deck is subtly laced with humor, as in the conspiratorial look at the viewer by the woman at the center of Unrequited Love, and the aggressively drawn bow in You Deserve Love. (Is the querent the shooter or the prey?)
If you don’t know much about oracle cards and divination, this is a fun purchase that will help you discover your inner psychic. If you’re an experienced card reader, you’ll definitely want to add this unique deck to your collection. I’ve been a Doreen Virtue fan for decades, and this deck definitely goes to the top of my list of Virtue favorites.
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