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The Direct Link To Your Personal Psychic Support System
Hay House 2005 ISBN #1-4019-0324-X The 52 cards of this deck are designed to enhance our sixth sense (intuition), and access the Divine for help in our everyday life. Each of the 52 cards represents an emotion, issue or situation, offering personal guidance from all forms of spirit (God, our Higher Self, our angles, spirit guides and helpers on the Other Side). The cards can be used in a very general manner, as in drawing one card each day to see what the message for that day is, or focusing on a specific issue or situation, and drawing cards on that. Choquette suggests that the best way to get information is to pull three cards: one representing the attitude or frame of mind necessary for approaching an issue or situation, one representing the best way to shift the energies to a higher vibration, and a third card that represents what is being overlooked (what you need to be aware of). The accompanying book (Ask Your Guides Oracle Cards Guidebook presents the cards with small black and white scans, listing the card title, followed by four keywords for the card. Beneath this is the message that each card carries, showing you how to put each card to work in your life.
Discontent/Muses Dissatisfaction*Seeking*Searching*Conclusions Sooner or later in our evolutionary process, each of us begins to realize that it's not the "having" that fulfills our soul, but rather it's the act of "creating" that brings us satisfaction. Contentment in what we've created - no matter how grand - inevitably subsides, and our creative juices once again long to flow. That's why the once ideal partner ceases to mesmerize, the perfect job eventually becomes mundane, and the great adventure eventually becomes tedious. Although there's a lot to be said for enjoying what we have now, we must nevertheless respect the fact that our basic nature as creative beings is ... to create. Without the process, we can't be fully content, at least not for long. Your Muses are present, and they call on you now to embrace your creative discontent and undertake new projects. Their message: "See your frustration as a longing to learn more, expand more, dare more, and "create" more."
Family/Holy Spirit Security*Elation*Peace*Family Harmony The Holy Spirit is touching your soul, bringing about a deeper sense of peace and security. The challenges of the recent past are met and, thankfully, you've survived. Due to the Holy Spirit's influence, your trials have only strengthened your capacity to love, leaving you with an even deeper appreciation of those you love. The Holy Spirit particularly shines on your family and home as it heeds your prayers and oversees overall well-being at this time. There is no need to fret over your parents health, your children's safety, or your siblings happiness. Ask the Holy Spirit to expand your capacity to move beyond personal love, and include all of humanity in your prayer for peace. Entreat the Holy Spirit to brighten your aura and allow others to see you as a source of contentment. the Holy Spirit's message: "Peace be with you."
There are a couple of things that bother me about this oracle. One of them is that on the back of the box there is a notation that the 52 cards comprising this deck were based on the 52 minor arcana cards of the Tarot. Nowhere else is this mentioned, and there is no way to link a specific card from this oracle with a specific Tarot card. The other thing that I want to mention is that the cards are numbered in the presentation in the accompanying book, but they are not numbered on the cards themselves. What this means is that it takes time to flip through the book to find the write-up on the card(s) you have drawn. I found this deck to be somewhat useful, but that the interpretations left something to be desired, in that it is not readily apparent how to take the message from the deck into your life.
Bonnie Cehovet
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The cards themselves are 3 1/2 " by 5", on heavy duty, glossy cardstock. The backs of he cards are a pale green, with a central illustration bordered by a narrow orange border with a yellow wavy line running through it. The face of the cards shows a colored background (differing from card to card), with the title of the emotion represented across the top, and the energy being accessed across the bottom. 
The emotion Discontent has an orange/brown background. In the illustration, we see white figures dancing in the background, with a shadow figure facing them. here are two smaller figures in gold at the bottom left and right hand sides of the illustration, with a golden mask floating above the right hand figure, and a golden symbol floating above the left hand figure. From the book: 
Under the title of Family, we see a card with a light green background. The energy being accessed is Holy Spirit. The illustration is one of a Dove, bearing a branch with green leaves in its beak. The Dove is hovering over a foreground of different colored flowers, indicating the abundance that there is in life. From the book:
The emotion of Self Esteem appears on a card with a dark blue background. The energy being accessed is the Guardian Angel Michael. In the illustration we see the figure of Michael, his wings enfolding the human figure standing in front of him. Below them we see several more human figures looking up. Michael's message is: "Take a stand."
The card entitled Unconditional Love is presented with a dark blue background. The energy of the card is that of the Divine Mother. The illustration is done in colors of lavender and rose, showing yellow stars (representing the sky) over the face of a woman, her chin resting on a large red heart, gazing down at the figure of a child standing between her hands. The Divine Mother's message is: "You are forever my beautiful and beloved child."