L'Oracle de la Triade

Anybody read with L'Oracle de la Triade (The Oracle of the Triad)?

It's an interesting French oracle deck that was first published in 1992, and distributed in the US by US Games Systems. I've had my copy of the deck since that time, and over the years I've had some interesting readings with these cards.

About a year ago I had the opportunity to correspond with Dominike Duplaa, the creator and designer of the deck. I learned that the original drawing were multi-media including the artists own blood. It's no wonder that so many people consider this to be a very powerful deck. I've heard that it is used in France by mediums to pick up on messages from departed loved ones. Somehow that doesn't surprise me!

I find myself alternately drawn to and repulsed by this deck. I go through phases when I just 'need' to work with these cards on a daily basis, and they begin to haunt my dreams. Then I'll go through a period when I seriously consider putting the deck up for sale on ebay--but I never do, because I know the addiction will kick in again.

The images on these cards are stunning. Although the online images do not do this deck justice, you can check out the entire deck along with keywords for each card at Le message des cartes. The site is in French, but Google does a great job of translating it into English if your French is a rusty as mine.

Hi Chanah,

I'm not sure what was up with the greyed out posting box, I've not encountered that problem. I hope there other other folks having a similar problem. I so glad that switching the editor mode worked for you.

I agree with you about the this deck. The imagery seems a bit all over the place. I always thought it might be helpful to pick up a copy of the accompanying book. For years it was not available, and recently I've not yet been able to find for an reasonable price. Speaking of the book, there's another site I found that includes excerpts, or paraphrasing, from Dominike Duplaa's book:

Catégorie : La Triade

I think you'll find some good information there. The site also features other French oracle decks such as Belline, etc., that you may find interesting.

I first started with L'Oracle de la Triade in 1992 when there was no information available for this deck at all--beyond the LWB that accompanied it. So I've always worked with it intuitively, and found the readings to be very accurate--if a little dark.

I thought it was interesting that when I had a sample reading using this deck published on my former blog, the deck creator, Dominike Duplaa, contacted me to let me know that I had misinterpreted one of the cards which would have totally skewed the final outcome. The funny thing is that the situation depicted by the cards unfolded exactly as I had interpreted them.

That goes to show that perhaps it's not always the exact meaning you use for a card that's important, but your own personal understanding of the card that will work for you in a reading.

Kaph

Hi Cateye,

You're welcome! It might be time for me to dust off my deck and start playing with it again!

I'm pretty sure this deck is still available new, but you would probably need to order it from France where it's published.

I'm not sure if I've already mentioned this, but in France this deck is popular with mediums who use it to communicate with 'the other side.' I've never tried to contact spirits with these cards, but the idea does fascinate me!

Kaph

Hi Freshmind,

I've found this deck to be VERY accurate as well, but it can be a little dark at times, which isn't always a bad thing-- but may not be to everybody's taste and sensibilities.

I personally love the Oracle of the Triad, and I'm interested to hear what you think of it when you receive your deck and have a chance to work with it.

Kaph

Hi Barb,

I wonder if the card Chanah had differences with is number 6 Racine (Root) which is a representation of the Qabalah Tree of Life. The divinatory meaning for this card is 'family' which I thought was a little strange considering the imagery.

Anyway, there are quite a few zany symbols in this deck. I don't own the accompanying book, so I have no idea if all of these symbols are explicated by the author/creator of the deck.

It might be interesting to start a discussion on these cards if anyone is interested?

Kaph