Le Paradisier or "Oracle of the Birds" – 1990s Femme Actuelle magazine

Le Paradisier (literally The Bird of Paradise) is a French divination game from the 1990s, first published as a collectible insert in Femme Actuelle magazine. Each of the 52 illustrated cards represents a bird species, chosen for its symbolic meaning — often inspired by traditional sayings or natural behaviors.

For example:
🕊 Le Cygne (The Swan) – purity, fidelity, spiritual beauty
🦉 La Hulotte (The Owl) – wisdom, mystery, and foresight
🐦 Le Moineau (The Sparrow) – simplicity, friendship, and daily joys
🦜 Le Perroquet (The Parrot) – communication, repetition, or gossip
🦅 L’Aigle (The Eagle) – vision, power, and higher perspective

The game was designed as a light, intuitive oracle: each bird conveys an emotional or situational message, guiding the querent through reflection rather than prediction.

The name Le Paradisier evokes both the tropical bird of paradise and the paradis (heavenly) nature of insight — a poetic bridge between the natural world and human intuition.
At the time, readers would cut out and mount each card by hand, gluing the illustrations on plain backs, making every surviving deck unique.

🔹 52 cards (approx. 5 × 8.7 cm)
🔹 Complete hand-assembled deck from Femme Actuelle, circa 1990s
🔹 Includes digital scans of both original instruction sheets (PDF in French)
🔹 Vintage illustrations of birds and symbolic meanings
🔹 Very good condition considering age and handmade nature

A wonderful collector’s piece from the golden age of magazine oracles — simple, poetic, and authentically French.

🪶 Collector’s Note

Each Paradisier deck was once a personal creation — cut, glued, and kept as a small treasure of daily fortune-telling. This handmade survivor captures the spirit of 1990s popular divination in France from this vintage edition of Femme Actuelle magazine.

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