The Spirit Animal Oracle: Oracle Deck Review

The Spirit Animal Oracle is a deck by experienced author Colette Baron-Reid, who is also behind other popular decks, such as Wisdom of the Hidden Realms or The Good Tarot. This is my first deck from her, so I was really excited to try it out.

This deck features an animal spirit guide on each card, with a message that is then explained further

down in the booklet, which comes with the deck.

The choice of animals is a mix between the usual suspects (a wolf, owl, eagle, and dolphin) with some more surprising choices like a porcupine, bobcat, and wombat. I personally enjoy it, as it gives it a bit more character (this may especially be interesting for advanced deck collectors who are getting tired of all of the wolves everywhere).

The packaging and the quality of the deck is outstanding, and I would say that it goes beyond the industry standard. The booklet is thick and very well-written, the cardstock is robust yet easy to shuffle, and the print quality is very detailed. One of the first things I noticed and was personally pleased with was the number of cards: 68.

Most Oracle decks have somewhere between 42-50 cards, which I'm often not finding enough to provide a truly in-depth reading and variety outside of a single card – advice of the day – spread. So that is how I'm using most oracle decks, and for more complex situations, I'm reaching for the Tarot.

The Spirit Animal Oracle, however, blends extremely well in spreads and in multiple card readings, in a way I rarely see in oracle decks.

Each card has a little short message from the particular animal spirit guide, and those sentences come together almost like a poem in multiple card readings.

For example: I just drew 2 cards as advice for the day and I got: Koi Fish Spirit: There is always enough and Ant Spirit: Time to collaborate. Makes perfect sense, right? I know! Colette gives examples of multiple card spreads in her booklet, so I assume this was her plan all along.

Overall, I'm finding this oracle deck precise, easy to understand, and easy to work with, even for a complete beginner. It gives very useful advice and clarity.

This deck is definitely Psychic Witch approved. 😉

Astrid "The Psychic Witch"

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