The Vertical Oracle

Rating:
Summary: Very thought provoking
Review: I bought a set of these cards a couple of years ago. I use them periodically to help me unstick the stuck in my ideas and thoughts.
The art work is intriguing (sort of makes you want to create your own set), the words are clear and straight talking - although a few typos are a bit distracting. Perhaps they are cleaned up in the re-printed version.
Would I buy them again - yep. Good stuff.

Rating:
Summary: For those skeptical of New Age
Review: This isn't anything like the Tarot or those other decks that purport to tap into the future or anything New Age-y. While this deck has the term "oracle" in the title, I think it's more like a way of figuring out what you truly feel/how you are expressing yourself in the present. If you disagree with what you discover, that's equally telling, and equally important, rather than just being "wrong." It's more of a tool to better clarify your current state, for better or worse--and for that reason, Antero Alli and Sylvie Pickering deserve 5 stars for their efforts. It's often difficult to self-report.

I've used the deck for apparent divination in the past, an action I've now found rather unfulfilling, but I have never left the Vertical Oracle entirely behind because it is so much more than a fortune-telling device. The Vertical is better for surveying the present and the internal--one could say it specializes in helping to turn things around, or keep them on the right track.