Card meanings

The Trickster Oracle: every card, explained

Forty tricksters from around the world, and the questions they leave behind: a deck for reframing, choice, and consequence.

I wrote a page for each card in this deck: the essence line from the card face, the full Insight and Shadow line from the guidebook, what the card tends to be asking when it turns up, how it reads in the three-card Crossroads Spread, and one small sideways move to try the same day. Tap any card.

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Threshold Messengers

Crossings, messages, and detours. When a card from this suit lands, the move it is making is a crossing.

The Crossroads oracle card01The CrossroadsThe Winged Foot oracle card02The Winged FootThe Guide Between oracle card03The Guide BetweenThe Keyhole oracle card04The KeyholeThe Unmarked Path oracle card05The Unmarked PathThe Riddle oracle card06The RiddleThe Double Mask oracle card07The Double MaskThe Bargain oracle card08The BargainThe Night Traveler oracle card09The Night TravelerThe Liminal Bridge oracle card10The Liminal Bridge

Catalyst Transformers

Theft, invention, and repair. When a card from this suit lands, the move it is making is a theft or a repair.

The Sacred Fire oracle card11The Sacred FireThe Story Spider oracle card12The Story SpiderThe Stolen Light oracle card13The Stolen LightThe Heavenly Rebel oracle card14The Heavenly RebelThe World Fisher oracle card15The World FisherThe Golden Hair oracle card16The Golden HairThe Earth Diver oracle card17The Earth DiverThe Butter Thief oracle card18The Butter ThiefThe Blue Jackal oracle card19The Blue JackalIktomi’s Web oracle card20Iktomi’s Web

Fools and Mirrors

Masks, appetite, and satire. When a card from this suit lands, the move it is making is an unmasking.

The Mirror of Faults oracle card21The Mirror of FaultsThe Wise Fool oracle card22The Wise FoolWinter Coyote oracle card23Winter CoyoteThe Unmasked King oracle card24The Unmasked KingFoxfire oracle card25FoxfireThe Obsidian Mirror oracle card26The Obsidian MirrorThe Mouse-Deer’s Trick oracle card27The Mouse-Deer’s TrickSticky Escape oracle card28Sticky EscapeReynard’s Ruse oracle card29Reynard’s RuseThe Fool’s Crown oracle card30The Fool’s Crown

Consequences and Wildcards

Backfire, loss, and renewal. When a card from this suit lands, the move it is making is a consequence come home.

The Apple of Discord oracle card31The Apple of DiscordThe Entangled Net oracle card32The Entangled NetThe Backfire oracle card33The BackfireThe Mistletoe Dart oracle card34The Mistletoe DartAppetite oracle card35AppetiteThe Unraveling Thread oracle card36The Unraveling ThreadThe Eclipse oracle card37The EclipseThe Shed Skin oracle card38The Shed SkinThe Wild Flood oracle card39The Wild FloodThe Seed in Ash oracle card40The Seed in Ash
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