Celtic Astrology Oracle Deck — by Castelli Fitzrandolph

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Celtic Astrology Oracle Deck by Castelli Fitzrandolph draws on the rich symbolic tradition of Celtic astrology, where animal totems corresponding to birth periods carry deep archetypal wisdom. Each card features beautifully rendered animal spirit guides — wolf, deer, and more — offering guidance rooted in the seasonal cycles and nature-based spirituality of the ancient Celts. A unique companion for readers who love Celtic tradition.

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Quick Specs

• Authors: Artwork by Antonella Castelli; text by Lunaea Weatherstone; created in collaboration with Dara Fitzrandolph
• Deck type: Oracle
• Theme: Celtic astrology based on the 13-month lunar tree calendar
• Card count: 26 cards (13 plant cards + 13 animal cards)
• Card size: Approx. 88 x 125 mm (standard oracle size)
• Guidebook: 128-page multilingual companion book (English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian)
• Publisher: Lo Scarabeo

Rooted in the Trees, Not the Stars

Most astrology systems look up. Celtic astrology looks down, into the roots. The framework behind this deck draws on the Ogham tradition, a symbolic alphabet tied to trees and the natural world, organized into a 13-month lunar calendar. Each month corresponds to a specific tree, and with it, a set of energies, qualities, and seasonal rhythms. Robert Graves brought wider attention to this system in The White Goddess, framing it as an ancient Celtic poetic calendar. Scholars debate how much of it traces back to actual Iron Age practice and how much is a modern interpretive layer. The deck doesn't try to resolve that debate, and I appreciate that it doesn't. What it offers is a coherent, plant-and-animal-rooted symbolic system for reflection and divination.

What separates this oracle from standard astrology decks is the earthy foundation. You won't find planetary rulers or zodiac constellations here. Instead, you get 13 plant cards and 13 animal cards, each pair linked to a four-week period of the Celtic year. Your birth date points you toward a plant sign and an animal ally, and those two cards together form a kind of Celtic birth profile. The imagery, painted by Antonella Castelli, leans into nature themes with Celtic knotwork borders and an Art Nouveau sensibility. It's visually coherent and grounded in the subject matter. Dara Fitzrandolph co-authored the deck's framework, and Lunaea Weatherstone wrote the companion text, which is clear and accessible even if it's on the lighter side for those who want deep lore.

This deck sits comfortably in a practice that's already drawn to Celtic, Druidic, or nature-based spirituality. If you work with the wheel of the year, seasonal altars, or plant correspondences, this oracle fits naturally into that rhythm. You can use it for birth sign discovery, daily draws, seasonal altar work, or relationship questions. It's a compact 26-card deck, so readers who rely on complex multi-card spreads may find it limits their options, but for focused, contemplative work, it delivers.

How to Use the Celtic Astrology Oracle

Tarot Fellow Standard

I stock this deck because Lo Scarabeo has been producing specialty oracle and tarot decks out of Turin, Italy for decades, and their quality standards are consistent. The cards in this kit are standard oracle size with a soft gloss finish that shuffles well. The companion book is compact, multilingual, and honest about what it is: a starting guide, not an encyclopedic reference. If you want to go deeper into the Ogham tradition or Celtic tree lore, you'll want supplementary reading alongside it.

One thing worth knowing upfront: Celtic astrology, as presented in this and most modern decks, is a reconstructed interpretive system. It draws on medieval Irish Ogham letters, Robert Graves' poetic framework from The White Goddess, and modern Neopagan nature spirituality. It's not a documented ancient astrological practice in the way that Hellenistic or Vedic astrology are. That's not a knock against the deck. It's a rich symbolic framework and a genuine tool for reflection. Just don't go into it expecting historical documentation that isn't there.

If this style of earth-based divination speaks to you, you might also explore our oracle decks and reading cards collection, or browse our Celtic and Druidry books to build out the lore behind the system.

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