26/01/2024
Hey friends! here! I'm back with another mini review of last week's focus decks - The Solitary Witch Oracle and The Hush Tarot.
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Per the guidebook for The Solitary Witch - "Every wise soul, every being who has dwelled alone to deepen their magickal connection, everyone who was forced apart from the wider community to be safe or because they were shunned - this oracle is for you." Lucy (Lucy Cavendish A Magickal Apothecary) created here an oracle deck meant for those of us who don't have the luxury of a coven or community, who are, by all accounts, "witches alone". As with every deck Lucy curates, the guidebook holds a wealth of knowledge that starts with 60 pages of history, explanation, direction and numerous spreads you can use within your practice not just with this deck, but all others - before delving in to each of the 45 cards the deck is comprised of. I really appreciate that she included both a general meaning and a reversal, as this isn't often something you find in most oracle guides. ’s artwork is moody and beautiful, soft and dark and, in my opinion, very evocative of this time of year. Though I am not necessarily a "witch alone", I really enjoyed my time with this deck and look forward to working with it again. 8/10.
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The Hush Tarot was such a wonderful surprise! This isn't typically an art style that appeals to me but I just love it. I always tell that they like "un-pretty" decks and I think this probably falls into that category but I'm weirdly so into it. The more I worked with it, the more I loved it. To be honest, at first glance the guidebook looks like one of those tiny little throwaway things that come with so many mass market decks (you know the ones with the two sentence, generic AF meanings) - but this guidebook isn't actually like that at all! It's incredibly succinct (a skill I do not personally possess) but very powerful. It shifted my perspective on my still rather amateur understanding of cards I've pulled dozens of times at this point. The color palette and vibe of this deck is also SO PERFECT for this time of year. Jeremy Hush really killed it with this one. 10/10.
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