The Painted Oracle

The Painted Oracle is a set of 44 oracle cards created from my paintings along with an accompanying guidebook to initiate your journey.

The creative process was extensive and provocative –calling me to engage in the shapes, colors, textures and words forming each card. I know them now as intimate friends whose meaning subtly shifts to align with its audience and to the question at hand. I love that these cards are not static but an interactive conversation reflecting our many aspects. Whether you are looking to affirm, transform or create, The Painted Oracle offers a way to frame and navigate the situation at hand.

**I sell the The Painted Oracle on a sliding scale from $45.00 to $65.00 (tax included) plus any shipping at cost. If you are interested in purchasing a deck, please contact me to make arrangements.**

**Keepers of The Painted Oracle share their experience:**

Cally, New Zealand

“The Painted Oracle by Caren Kongshaug is pure magic. Every card feels like a doorway into a deeper, more luminous layer of intuition. Since welcoming this deck into my practice, I can honestly say there is a new fire of mystery and wonder—a slow simmer burning steadily, and with a kind of soulful warmth I didn’t realize I was missing. I’ve been sharing it widely, and each person who encounters it is struck by the same quiet awe: the artwork awakens, the guidance lands, and something inside shifts. This deck is a gift, a companion, and an oracle that feels genuinely alive with a unique voice that speaks directly to the heart.”

Janyce, Sylmar, California

“In the meditation, you follow a cloaked and solemn procession of figures far into the distant reaches of your great-grandmother’s ancestral sisters. And here, you are welcome to sit before a fire, surrounded by your kindly, wise, good humored eternal family.

You know, without exchanging a word that you are unquestionably a part of this circle, that their wisdom is yours, and you are they.

Every time I sit with The Painted Oracle, I find myself in that dreamscape, communing with ancestral voices, listening intently.Eventually, all I can hear are soft and fading whispers that gradually become answers to burning questions that I didn’t know I’d posed. It is a gift.

Caren has miraculously managed to inhabit that landscape. The Oracle’s voice sings of deep consciousness; the paintings are the visions seen as we walk along there, holding hands with our ancient grandmothers. Enjoy.”

Laura, Bellingham,Washington

“The Painted Oracle is my absolute favorite card deck for my daily ritual as I sip my morning tea. First, I choose a priority message to ponder, and then a card in response to a question or intention. This ritual beckons me to go inward, muse, and connect more deeply with my heart. It starts my morning with clarity and the felt sense of tender and loving guidance. Sometimes, I choose a card and gaze with soft eyes only at the painting itself, and allow the connection to organically arise within me.

Both the intuitive messages and the artwork are uncannily spot-on — they speak straight to my heart and always leave room for growth–for something new to arise. To have an oracle deck that resonates with my body, mind, and soul is truly a treasure and a gift that supports me every single day.

I have so much gratitude for the depth, wisdom, and richness of what Caren has created.”

Erik, San Pedro, California

“When I’m willing to feel my own present as it actually is and then to drop whatever experience that may be into the sunlit pond of Caren Kongshaug’s creation, The Painted Oracle receives my curiosity as a hand opening underwater receives a lightening weight. The hand rises gently to a focus of limpidity just beneath the water’s surface: three bright paintings in conversation, speaking their titles to the wise words Caren has given us to translate their purposes. Its voice is less an answer than a capacious response: the sound of being seen.”