THE RÊVERIE ORACLE DECK IS MY WHIMSICAL CAJUN BELLE VERSION OF LE PETIT JEU.
THIS MYSTICAL GAME OF HOPE IS AS OLD AS THE TRADITIONAL DECK
OF NUMBERED PLAYING CARDS FROM THE 14TH CENTURY.
THESE ILLUSTRIOUS ORACLE CARDS WERE ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER
THE FAMOUS 18TH CENTURY PARISIAN SALON CARTOMANCER,
MARIE-ANNE ADELAIDE LENORMAND
OR MADAME LENORMAND.
THEY CAN BE USED FOR LIGHT-HEARTED GUIDANCE
WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANY LITTLE MYSTERY IN LIFE.
IN THIS POST, DISCOVER MY INSPIRATION BEHIND CARDS 1-6.
CARD 1
RIDER/CAVALIER
THE RIDER CARD SIGNIFIES MOVEMENT OF SOME KIND,
WHETHER PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL.
A MESSAGE, VISITOR, OR NEW PLANS ARE ON THEIR WAY.
THE RIDER CLEARS THE PATH, REMOVING STAGNANT ENERGIES
AND INITIATES FORWARD MOTION TOWARD NEW GOALS.
I HAVE HAD TWO DEAR GIRLFRIENDS WHO WERE HORSE WHISPERERS.
WITNESSING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM AND SUCH POWERFUL ANIMALS
ALWAYS LEFT ME IN AWE.

I MET JENNY IN KINDERGARTEN.
SHE WAS MY FIRST FRIEND WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT
FITTING IN BECAUSE SHE FULLY BELONGED TO HER OWN WORLD.
I TAGGED ALONG WITH HER TO HORSE SHOWS ON THE WEEKENDS
WHERE SHE WAS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE RIDING SOCIETY.
ONCE, SHE CONVINCED ME TO STAND ON A BARREL
TO TRY TO JUMP ON THE BACK OF HER SPEEDING HORSE.
I WAS NOT THE FRIEND FOR THAT ADVENTURE.
BUT SHE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT LIFE AT A YOUNG AGE
BECAUSE OF HER LIFESTYLE.

CASSIE IS PICTURED IN THE RIDER CARD.
I HAVE BEEN ENCHANTED BY HER SULTRY ESSENCE
SINCE WE MET IN OUR EARLY TWENTIES.
HER ENVELOPING COMPASSION
EMBODIES THE ENERGETICS OF AN UNBRIDLED HORSE.

BOTH GIRLS ARE FREE SPIRITED LIKE GORGEOUS WILD HORSES
DELIVERING THE MESSAGE OF EMPOWERING INDEPENDENCE.
FOR THIS CARD I USED A MOMENT I CAPTURED
BETWEEN TWO KINDRED SOULS
LAYERED OVER A FRAGMENT OF A PAINTING.
CARD 2
CLOVER/TRÈFLE
THE CLOVER SIGNIFIES GOOD FORTUNE.
A SYMBOL OF LUCK, OPTIMISM, AND GRATITUDE.
IT SUGGESTS WE EMBRACE NEWNESS WITH HOPE
EVEN WHERE THERE MAY BE RISK.
IT REMINDS US TO DELIGHT IN LIGHTHEARTEDNESS.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GROW UP IN A TIME
WHEN THERE WERE NO COMPUTERS
AND YOU COULD ONLY WATCH CARTOONS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.
YOU SAT AND FIDGETED WITH THE SPIRAL CORD OF THE PHONE
ATTACHED TO THE WALL FOR HOURS CHATTING WITH FRIENDS.
I ALSO SAT IN CLOVER PATCHES FOR ENTIRE DAYS
MAKING CROWNS FOR EVERYONE I KNEW.
EACH ONE I MADE HAD IT'S OWN
SPECIAL STORY OR WISH ATTACHED TO IT FOR THAT PERSON.
I'M SO GRATEFUL I HAD THIS QUIET TIME AS A CHILD
TO DEVELOP MY IMAGINATION AND INTENTION SKILLS.

THIS CARD FEATURES A CLOVER CROWN
HAND PAINTED LEAVES
AND SPECIAL WISHES
ESPECIALLY FOR THE DECK OWNER.
CARD 3
SHIP/NAVIRE
THE SHIP SIGNIFIES NOT ONLY PHYSICAL TRAVEL,
BUT ALSO OUR EMOTIONAL DESIRE TO JOURNEY INTO THE UNKOWN,
TO EXPERIENCE NEW ADVENTURES.
IT CAN ALSO ALLUDE TO LEAVING SOMETHING BEHIND
THAT NO LONGER SERVES US.
I AM A BOAT CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER.
I GREW UP IN MARINE SHOPS AND CRUISING THE BAYOUS
ON ALUMINUM DECKS.


MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS A MARINE AT THE ILLEGAL AGE OF 14
WHICH IS A FASCINATING TALE.
HE SOLD OUTBOARD MOTORS LONG AGO
AND THE PHOTO I FOUND OF HIM NEAR A HAND MADE SIGN AND FOLDING TABLE
REVEALED WHERE MY ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT ORIGINATED.


WITH MUCH PERSEVERANCE HE AND HIS CHILDREN OPENED GEO MARINE ,
EVENTUALLY EVOLVING INTO GEO SHIPYARD WHERE THEY BUILT
100 FOOT TUG BOATS, SEISMOGRAPH VESSELS , AND FERRIES.


WHEN MY DAD SAW THE SHIP CARD HE ASKED WHY I USED THAT BOAT
AND NOT ONE OF HIS PRIZED TROPHIES.
I JUST THINK IT'S SO SIMPLE AND GROOVY FROM THE DECADE OF MY BIRTH.
CARD 4
HOUSE/MAISON
THE HOUSE SIGNIFIES THE HOME.
OUR INTERNAL WORLD AS WELL AS OUR PHYSICAL DWELLING.
IT REPRESENTS OUR FAMILY, HOMELAND AND ANCESTRAL HISTORY.
IT DEALS WITH THE SECURITY WE FEEL IN OUR SAFE PLACE.
THIS CARD FEATURES MY PETITE CYPRESS CABIN.
IT HAS BEEN AN ART STUDIO, A STORAGE SHED,
AND WAS ALSO ONCE LIVED IN.
FROM THAT EXPERIENCE I LEARNED
WHY THE PHRASE 'CABIN FEVER' WAS COINED
AND THAT THE IDEA OF TINY LIVING IS ROMANTIC
UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY TRY TO PULL IT OFF FULL TIME.
WITH KIDS.

IT TOOK ABOUT A DECADE TO BUILD A HOUSE
AND FLOATING AROUND FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS
LIVING IN THIS CABIN, RENTALS, MY FOLKS HOUSE, AND A SCHOOL BUS,
REALLY PROVED THE NOTION THAT
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.
WHEREVER WE WERE, WE WERE ALL TOGETHER
AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED.
EVEN IN 200 SQUARE FEET.

CARD 5
TREE/ARBRE
THE TREE SIGNIFIES HEALTH.
OUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.
THE ROOT SYSTEM OR OUR PAST IS THE FOCAL POINT
AS THE PATH REVEALING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE BALD CYPRESS IS LOUISIANA'S STATE TREE.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITES.


THE FACT THAT SOMETHING SO STABLE CAN GROW RIGHT OUT OF
AND THRIVE IN MUDDY WATERS IS JUST SO MAGICAL.
THEY ARE ROT RESISTANT, WHICH IS WHY THE
ACADIANS BUILT THEIR HOMES WITH THEM
AND MANY ARE STILL STANDING.
SPANISH MOSS LOVE THEM TOO
AND THEIR COMBO CREATES THE ICONIC SWAMP IMAGE.
CARD 6
CLOUDS/NUAGES
THE CLOUDS SIGNIFY A THIN VEIL BLOCKING THE LIGHT OF CLARITY.
IT CAN INDICATE A CONFUSING SITUATION OR A FEELING OF BEING LOST.
A SENSE OF VAGUENESS IS PRESENT.
MYSTERIES CAN BE EMBRACED OR HEEDED.
I AM ONE OF THOSE DAY DREAMERS
WHO CAN LOSE HOURS STARING AT THE CLOUDS SWIMMING IN THE SKY.
THEY SPEAK TO ME LIKE THE MOSSY TREES DO.
I AM CONSTANTLY SEEING SHAPES AND FIGURES IN THEM.

IT AMAZES ME JUST HOW FAST THEY TRANSFORM
WHILE WATCHING THEM CHANGE COLOR IN THE SETTING SUN.
A REMINDER THAT NOTHING STAYS
THE SAME FOR TOO LONG.

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