Setting the Intention
In 2020, when I first discovered tarot and oracle cards, I set an intention of creating my own oracle decks. I designed a deck, hand drawing each card and although that deck still sits in draft form, I will publish it one day when the time is right. You can read all about that deck here.
For a long time I was fixated on the idea that this deck should be my first published oracle deck, however that fixation held me back from creating other ideas. In April of this year, I decided enough was enough, I set an intention that I would create and publish a deck before the summer and this time I would make it happen! I had accepted that it did not have to be the original deck and all of a sudden my creative ideas began to flow again.
Creating and Publishing
In June I came across an amazing resource by The Modern Mystic which meant I could use a Canva template created by them to produce cards. Once I had created my oracle cards in Canva it was time to upload them and finally publish them.
To publish my deck I decided to use two different platforms, so that my cards would be available in both virtual and physical form. To publish them virtually, I have uploaded them to a fantastic new app called Deckible, this app allows you to carry your whole tarot and oracle collection around with you in your pocket. I uploaded my deck to the platform, it was so exciting to get approval and see my deck available for download. You can find it here.
The next step was to make the deck available in physical form. The Modern Mystic team recommended a custom playing cards printing design company called Make Playing Cards. I have set up a shop with them and you can purchase my deck here.
It's so exciting to see my idea come to life and to have brought my intention into reality. I'm already working on designs for more decks so watch this space.