Game Of Thrones & House Of The Dragon: Women of Westeros Oracle - female archetypes from the Seven Kingdoms
Not every oracle deck draws its archetypes from ancient symbols or images of nature. This deck draws from a fictional world that millions of people know. The women from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon are recognizable and extreme at the same time: they manipulate, survive, rule, lose everything and take it back anyway.
The deck is published by Running Press Adult and includes characters from both series. Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Sansa Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Alicent Hightower: all present. The cards show images from the television series, so anyone who has seen the episodes will recognize the scenes immediately.
What you see on the cards
Each character gets a card. The images are film stills or rendered images from the series. No drawn interpretations, but the face of the actress as you know her from the screen.
The guidebook describes for each card what power or lesson that character represents. Strategy, survival, loyalty, power, resilience: the themes are directly derived from what that woman experiences in the series. You do not need to know the storylines by heart, but it does help.
How you work with it
The guidebook contains spreads and interpretations. You can use the deck like any other oracle: one card per day, a spread with a question, a reading to look at a situation from different angles.
The difference from a classical oracle is that the archetypes here are stories. Each character has a starting point, makes choices, pays a price. That makes a reading concrete. Instead of 'the Queen of Swords' you draw Cersei Lannister, and that immediately evokes an image of what that energy looks like in action.
Draw a card when you have to make a difficult choice and see which character appears. The question is not: what would I do? But: what would she do, and what happens then?
Who this works for
This deck is designed for people who know the series. The cards rely on recognition. Anyone who has not seen the stories misses half the weight.
At the same time, it also works as an archetype oracle for anyone who wants to examine female power in all its forms. The guidebook provides enough context to understand the symbolism without knowing every plot detail.
Specifications
- Publisher: Running Press Adult
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780762486960
- Dimensions: 90 x 135 x 28 mm
- Weight: 296 g
- Contents: oracle deck with guidebook containing interpretations and spreads
Questions we often get
Are all the important female characters from the series in this deck?
The deck contains a broad selection of women from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, spread across the timeline of Westeros. Not every character is included, but the most influential and recognizable figures are.
Do I need to have seen the series to be able to work with this deck?
The guidebook provides context and symbolic explanation, so you can use the cards even without prior knowledge. But the power of this deck lies in recognition, and that is greater if you know the stories.