RiverRunsDeep
Was just looking at the pdf and I think I have found your answer to this!
"First, the Manifestations & Blessings card. Why is it the same image but different wording? The Moon has always been an iconic image to me; growing up I use to fall asleep to "Goodnight Moon”; I couldn't tell you how many countless times I dressed as a witch for Halloween, or how many nights I would wander out on the family farm to sit up in the hay loft and stare way up at her. She seemed so far away, and yet felt so close. So it hit me while staring at the blank backs to the prototype cards for this deck: Let's leave the deck backs black - simple - dark like the night sky, intriguing and mysterious all at once and yet as you shuffle, shuffle, shuffle and ponder, ponder, ponder…the Moon always comes out."
I think that's quite cool!
Thanks for sharing that. I love the idea of seeing the moon suddenly appear in the midst of all the dark card backs. So creative!
I will try the tarot pairings as well! Are there any particular tarot decks you feel it works well with?
Well, I have many ideas about the tarot pairings.
My initial thought was to see this oracle as an autumnal/Halloween deck, so my first idea was to pair it with the Halloween, All Hallows', or Ghost Tarot.
Also, because Moon Phase oracle is so nature-based with its lack of human figures, I thought it might pair well with animal tarots such as Wild Unknown, Badgers Forest, or Animal Totem.
Then, simply because of its darker coloration, I thought it might pair well with the Anna K tarot.
I haven't actually used any of these pairings, but these were my initial ideas.