Emotional Creatures Oracle - 45 cards where emotions speak for themselves
Most oracle cards describe your situation from the outside. This deck speaks from the inside. Every card in the Emotional Creatures Oracle is written as a personal message from an emotion itself, paired with expressive imagery of animals and creatures that embody that feeling.
It is the work of Denise Jarvie, an Australian teacher and healer, together with the illustrator duo Feral Plains. The combination is striking: bold, immediate imagery on the surface, and content that asks for stillness and reflection.
What you see on the cards
Feral Plains works with animal and creature symbolism. The illustrations are expressive and full of character, not soft or pastel-toned. The images connect directly to the emotion on each card: they show how a feeling moves, not how it is supposed to look.
Each card carries a personal message from the emotion itself, along with reflective prompts. That sets it apart from most oracle cards, which tend to describe your situation from a distance. Here, the emotion seems to address you directly.
What the guidebook offers
The guidebook runs to 176 pages and is printed in full colour. That is substantial for a 45-card deck. Jarvie explores what lies behind each emotion, how it shapes your life and creative energy, and how you can turn difficult patterns around.
The tone is therapeutic without being clinical. Jarvie writes as someone who has worked extensively with people on emotional reflection, not as someone explaining a framework.
Draw a card when something feels unclear, not to get an answer, but to see which emotion might be underneath it. The card text and the guidebook give you a direction for what to do with that.
About Denise Jarvie and Feral Plains
Denise Jarvie is a teacher and healer who has previously developed other transformational tools. This deck is her most recent work. Her focus is on understanding and healing emotional patterns, a thread that runs through every page of the guidebook.
Feral Plains is an illustrator duo responsible for the visual language of this deck. Their work is bold and direct, using animal and creature symbolism to give each emotion a concrete, recognisable form.
Specifications
- Number of cards: 45
- Guidebook: 176 pages, full colour
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781922574763
- Box dimensions: 90 x 140 x 33 mm
- Packaging: Hardcover box
- Finish: Gold-foil stamping on cover
- Author: Denise Jarvie
- Illustrators: Feral Plains
Questions we often get
Is this more of an emotional healing tool than a traditional oracle?
That is a fair way to describe it. The cards are not designed to predict or map a situation. They are written to help you recognise what you feel and understand what that emotion is communicating. The guidebook supports that process with reflection prompts and deeper context for each emotion.
How many cards are in the deck, and how large is the guidebook?
The deck contains 45 cards. The guidebook is 176 pages, printed in full colour, with content covering all 45 emotions in depth.