Mother Nature’s Oracle – From a 19th-Century Floral Oracle (1840) – OOP

A beautiful and historically rich deck, Oracolo di Madre Natura is a modern (2003) reconstruction by Lo Scarabeo of one of the earliest known floral divination decks, originally published around 1840 in France and Northern Italy.

These decks were extremely popular in the mid-1800s but survived in very small quantities, making the 1840 edition exceptionally rare today.
Lo Scarabeo’s 2003 version is one of the only faithful modern printings, preserving:
- the original hand-colored engravings
- the symbolic pairings between flowers and human archetypes
- the moral and emotional themes typical of early European oracles

🔹 Title: Oracolo di Madre Natura
🔹 Publisher: Lo Scarabeo / Ediciones Orbis
🔹 Year: 2002–2003 — First Edition (Out of Print)
🔹 Historical Origin: Based on an extremely rare oracle from c.1840, printed in France & Italy, using the Victorian language of flowers
🔹 Deck: 32 cards with multilingual botanical names and symbolic pairings
🔹 Card size: approx. 9.8 × 6.2 cm
🔹 Bonus: PDF guide (ENG / FR / IT) sent after purchase
🔹 Condition:
- Cards: Like New
- Box: Mild shelf wear (see photos)
🔹 Authenticity: Complete and original 2003 edition — NOT a reproduction printout

Each card blends 19th-century fashion plates, botanical engravings, and symbolic scenes representing themes such as Infidelity, Superstition, Innocence, Pride, Desire, Abundance, and more — exactly like the 1840 oracle.

🪶 Collector’s Note 

The Oracolo di Madre Natura is one of the few modern decks directly reconstructed from a floral oracle of circa 1840, a divination system that predates Lenormand-style decks and reflects early Victorian symbolism.
Because most 19th-century floral oracles survive only in museums or private collections, the 2003 Lo Scarabeo edition has become a cult collectible, valued for its historical fidelity, its charming hand-colored illustrations, and its link to the forgotten “flower-meaning” divination tradition.