{"id":4306,"date":"2023-03-02T06:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T06:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:21:13","slug":"how-to-design-and-self-publish-an-oracle-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/how-to-design-and-self-publish-an-oracle-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and Self-Publish Your Own Oracle Deck to Sell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Designing your own oracle deck can be a deeply rewarding experience at a creative and personal level; and you can professionally print and self-publish your deck, too, to add a new income stream and share your work with the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you’re thinking about how to design and self-publish your own oracle deck<\/strong> to sell, you’ve just landed in the right place! We’ve been helping independent creatives just like you to design, print, and sell their oracle decks for over a quarter of a century now and we’d love to share our knowledge and expertise to help you develop your oracle card project. Designing our own oracle deck can be a satisfying way to express your creativity and the insights you’ve gained into life’s pathways, to guide and help others find their own way through the mysteries.<\/p>

Oracle cards are big business now, too. While certain voices decry this development as “selling out”, we see it as “selling on”, in the sense that there’s a clear and growing need for shared wisdom and counsel; and whoever puts in the goodwill, creativity, and energy to create those opportunities for others deserves a balancing of that output. Exchanging the cards for money\u2014assuming you do so honestly and fairly\u2014is simply a way to address that balance. So, with a bit of effort and some creative flair, we see no reason why you shouldn’t design and self-publish your own oracle deck to sell. After all, the opportunities to do something creative, helpful, make a contribution, and<\/em> be paid for it are rare enough. When they come along, it may be wise to accept them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What are the oracle cards?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An oracle deck is similar in many ways to the perhaps better known tarot card deck. However, they’re not the same. We’ll explore the similarities and differences in more detail in just a moment. But in brief, an oracle deck comprises a set of cards adorned with symbolic artwork and\/or text. Each card has a specific meaning or “energy” and can be interpreted by the reader\u2014either someone reading for themselves or for another person\u2014to provide insight, illumination, support, and guidance. Generally, this is still known by the old term “divination” but that may be misleading as it suggests “telling the future”. Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, the cards still “work” as tools of self-reflection, deep self-observation, and psycho-emotional insight. People can also enjoy them to appreciate the art, add a moment of beauty to an otherwise difficult day, to inspire and guide their journaling practice, for example, or simply to meditate and relax.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Oracle decks and themes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As a rule, oracle decks are designed around a theme. The theme may relate to a particular tradition or culture, such as Celtic, Nordic, Western, Eastern, or Mystic, for example. Or they might be designed around a genre like Arthurian, Greek Myths, Faerie, Folklore, and so on. Another popular option is to base them on an aspect of nature, such as a tree oracle or a flower oracle. Several relate to specific beliefs and religious practices like Wicca, Shamanism, and other pagan paths, or Hermetic and magical traditions. Others may be inspired by astrology, music, natural science, remedies, and anything else you can imagine! But they are always organized around a theme, whatever that theme may be, for a reason. And the reason is that they need to link together conceptually to create a web of meaning which can be construed in infinite but also comprehensible ways. Working within a thematic framework simply helps contain and focus the creative process and produces the best results, both artistically and practically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why create your own oracle deck?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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So, why create your own oracle deck? After all, zillions of them seem already to exist? Does the world need another one? And if it does, why should it be yours? These are good questions and deserve good answers. And we have them.<\/p>

The core reason to create your deck are these:<\/p>