The Story Behind the Oracle Decks

The oracle decks began as a heartfelt mother and daughter collaboration between Carys Martin and Marleen Morgans.

Living on opposite sides of the world, we wanted to create something that would connect our thoughts, memories, creativity, and shared love of the natural world. What began as a small seed of an idea has grown into an evolving body of work rooted in folklore, ancestral wisdom, plant knowledge, and the landscapes of the British Isles.

Carys brings the vision, writing, research, and card meanings, drawing on childhood memories of growing up in Cumbria, family traditions, old stories, seasonal wisdom, and a lifelong relationship with nature.

Marleen brings each card to life through original hand-painted artwork. Working intuitively in watercolour, gouache, pen, and ink, she captures the character, symbolism, and quiet presence held within every plant, tree, creature, and story.

Whispers From The Woods

Our first deck, Whispers From The Woods, grew from woodland folklore, personal memories, family recipes, Celtic and Cumbrian traditions, and the quiet wisdom found in the natural world.

Its 48 cards invite you to pause, reflect, and listen for the guidance carried through story, symbol, and landscape. The accompanying hardback book gathers together card meanings, folklore, rituals, poems, memories, and old ways of knowing.

The project later became a three-generation collaboration when Carys’s son, Jamie Martin, created the online reading and journalling experience.

Keepers of the Wild Lore

Keepers of the Wild Lore continues the conversation through the plants of hedgerow, woodland, meadow, and wayside.

Rooted in old plant knowledge, folklore, ancestral memory, and the enduring bond between people and land, each card explores the teachings carried by the wild plants that have grown beside us for generations.

Through Marleen’s original paintings and Carys’s writing, the deck preserves traditions, symbolism, stories, and ways of knowing that have often been passed quietly from one generation to the next.

Together, the two decks form a growing collection of art, folklore, memory, and connection.

A way to pause.
A way to listen.
A way to return to the living world.

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