The cards pull on energies from many of the mythical lands and otherworlds such as Avalon, Atlantis, and Lemuria. The cards all involve either dragons, faeries, or a combination of the two. Cavendish explains in the guidebook that the Dragonfae are ancestors from these lands and that those who are part of the Dragonfae bloodlines, which she presents as being pretty much everyone, are people with natural magickal abilities which can be used to help protect and heal the earth. She explains that the Dragonfae are mainly protectors and that they are fierce protectors of Gaia.
The guidebook gives a good deal of background about the concept of the Dragonfae and how they can be used to help give healing and guidance to those that seek their aide. They are wise guardians of deep Gaian wisdom that can help guide and heal those who are willing to seek it and use it properly.
The artwork on the deck is beautiful and there is a lot of balance in the deck. There are some really great lighthearted cards and then those which cover some of the darker, heavier energies. The cards are printed on nice flexible but durable card stock with a glossy finish that makes shuffling them easy. They are 3.5x5.5 in size which makes them perfect for both reading and mediation. The book is 164 pages and has wonderful in-depth information for each card. The one thing that is missing that might throw some people is a lack of suggested spreads for using the cards. The booklet discussions doing single card pulls in brief and then talks about a 12 card medicine wheel style spread. As I always say, use oracle card the same way that you would use tarot and use your intuition on how you want to draw the cards.
FERNIA
Clarity
Fernia speaks:
I wish to be honest with you, so you understand what it is you think and feel you are wishing for. Do you understand that in order for you to be in connection with all you feel you desire that there will be what many consider to be sacrifices along the way? Do you understand that what we can offer you is shelter, yes, soft and sweet, tender and shaded beneath the heat of the sun, a place to rest and sleep and dream? But do you also know that others will say you dwell in a fantasy land and that what you dream of cannot be? Consider the truth of what it is you wish for and know that whatever you commit to, expectations play no part in this promise I make to you...because I do pledge to shelter you and introduce you to magicks, to show you the ways of the Dragonfae folk and to help tend the little ones with me. But I also promise you this: that your supposed nirvana will be muddy and dirty and difficult at times. There is no way for this to be what you fantasise about. You will need to care for yourself and to allow others to be who they are. For this is the path of clarity: knowing who you are and the part you play in all things. Leave your expectations behind and be prepared to discover more magick than you ever thought possible. Do not seek to possess anything...and know that you are free to choose, in every moment, if you will go on. Do you understand that if you wish to be of this realm, and yourself entirely, that you will give up some old ways of thinking? Otherwise you may find yourself hurt by the conflict such incompatible thoughts and feelings will bring.
About Fernia
This Dragonfae being is of the ferns; she is a sincere and open-hearted being who is confident enough to look all who greet her in the eye, before determining whether or not she will gift them with her magick, and her soft and tender shelter. She is a fascinating being who is oft-misunderstood due to her appearance being wild and beautiful: the reactions people have to her are far more about them than they are about her. Despite being hardy under the right circumstances, she is a tender being and can be easily hurt and scored. Tis important for her to be out of direct sunlight, to take time to be in her shadowy realm where she can tend and care for the other forest floor beings, including baby Dragonfae who are often left with her as she is so kind and sheltering. Her allure is often considered to be powerful, though it is gently expressed and thus oft-underestimated. She is one who others can develop almost obsessive interest in; and while she flourishes when given loving attention, too much love can almost hurt her. She must be free, and able to grow in the right place...so those who wish to be with her will need to make many compromises and adjustments, even sacrifices. But they are all worth it when one realises what she offers is a unique, delicate and ancient way of seeing and being in this world.
Divinatory meanings
When Fernia shows up in your life, she is asking you to consider honestly and clearly what it is you expect to gain from the situation currently before you. It could be that you are fascinated with another person or path: and Fernia will ask you to return to within...to find that source within yourself. When she appears, there may be people around wishing to possess and own you, thus she encourages you to be free and to find the right place for you. Fernia is all about being in the right place, under the right conditions for you, and then flourishing. She will also ask you to seek out independence, and to say what is and is not right for you, and to be clear about this, in gentle and loving ways. Her sheltering ways have led many others to flourish beneath the gentle shade she casts, and the pools of water she gathers for the baby Dragonfae to drink. She shelters and yet she sheilds. You are that contradiction, that magickal paradox too. Never let anyone tell you that you are weak. Beware too, those who may be obsessively in lovewith you at this time people who can develop crushes and wish to be with you, and yet do not understand who you truly are and the delicacy of your needs and desires. You fascinate them...but this does not mean you must uproot yourself, for that could mean your unique nature may not survive. Best to let those who profess to love you so come to you when this card makes her gentle, but oh so beguiling appearance.
Working with Fernia
Beginning to understand the impulses and flux and flow of romantic love, as opposed to the love between souls that is steadfast and timeless. Working with plants energies, flower essences, growing and working with native plants, ancient plants to preserve their energies, teachings and wisdoms. Communicating with the Dragonfae via your garden, conserving nature and working with Dana-energy in her plant forms.
THE SOVEREIGN
Gentle Power
The Sovereign speaks:
It is not our desire to possess power, but to radiate it out in ever-increasing waves, sending these seedlings of empowerment into the world, taking root in all your hearts. We do not hold on, we allow this power to extend out, to flow and to be yours, too. To be a Queen, to be the sovereign of your world is not what so many beings feel and dream it to be. It is not about the instant fulfilment of whimsical desires, nor is it the power of enjoying personal luxury while others suffer and lament. It is to be a caretaker and an example to all. I ask you now, that if you wish to be treated as royal and as the sovereign in your world, you must become truly royal: care for the others around you, walk amongst them, bear yourself with dignity and courage, no matter the circumstance, and know that no small thing is too humble to be of interest to you. Look around your world and see where you have confused the fulfilment of desire with the role of sovereign...and take up the mantle of that role in your life now. It is no burden, but it is a responsibility. You are Queen...you are Sovereign...you are the one who creates your world. Like it or not, you are the one who must change the order of what is, and bring about the change you wish to see elsewhere by bringing it forth from within yourself.
About the Sovereign
The Sovereign is a Dragonfae Queen who rules the element of the earth. She is of the autumn, of the mineral world and of those things that grow. She is compassionate and loving, and filled with a sense of her own power that only encourages the power of others. Thus, she is an inspiration and muse to all those wishing for mentors in the realm of their own personal sovereignty. She offers a different experience to the one many of us have been taught: that of competition, that of beings fearfully taking what they can, while they can, as they are so wracked with the anxiety that there are insufficient resources to go around. She dwells in the realms of the infinite and protects all she dwells with. However, she does not allow this harmful vibration to enter her magickal realm, so those with grasping hands and hearts will never see her, or feel her true deep magick. Open-hearted we must be, sovereign to ourselves, loving unto ourselves and full of the knowledge that we already have more than enough...our role is to be fully who we are and play our part in the dance of life. She is soft, and yet she is majesty. This is for you to allow into your life, now.
Divinatory meanings
Refusing to acknowledge yourself as the Creator in your world, blaming authority figures, seeing only the trappings and the not the humanity and the responsibility, being too influenced by others who you see as successful, powerful others, thus giving away your power. Not taking care of the little things in your own domain, seeing what is yours now as unworthy of great care or interest.
Working with the Sovereign
Feel your own soft majesty. Feel your power, now, and express it through living in integrity. Be responsible, beginning now and incrementally taking the vibratory level up gently each day for your world. Care for the Earth by recycling and composting, and consuming in an aware fashion. Exert gentle influence by being a wonderful example to others. Be your magnificent, sovereign self, as this Dragonfae lady guides you back to the path of true and deep glory: not the glory of the material, or of the attention, or the fame, which are all simply clutter. But to truly care for yourself, to have the freedom to choose your role, to have the right to create a luxurious and sumptuous and beautiful environment in which to dwell, and to bear yourself with dignity and regal splendour, without others trying to cut you down to size again this is what you must now do. Your integrity or theirs? No longer believe the untruths of those in authoritybecome your own authority and live in the light of your own truth.
Written by Lucy Cavendish
Published by Blue Angel Publishing
Features 43 cards and 164 page guidebook,
packaged in a hard-cover box set
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