Oracle Beirut

Oracle Beirut is a beautifully crafted oracle deck created by Lara Alameddine and Monique Bejjani, a tool to offer intuitive guidance, reflection and well-being. Conceived as a companion to their Tarot Beirut, the deck draws inspiration from the Oracle Belline¹ and reimagines its structure in a Middle Eastern and Levantine visual language. The artwork blends geometric ornamentation, Islamic manuscript imagery, astrology and symbolic architectural forms. The result bridges East and West, a deck that feels both timeless and contemporary, rooted in universal heritage yet immediately accessible.

Firstly the deck contains three Supreme Cards, without numbers, which embody timeless forces associated with man, woman and the path of Destiny:

Secondly, the Oracle Beirut deck contains a further 49 omen cards, both good and bad, with titles in five languages, including Arabic. As will be seen, they are structured into seven groups of 7 cards each, differentiated by border designs, colours and astrological glyphs in the artwork:

The 7 astrological groups are: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn cards. Each group contains seven cards. The scope of the Beirut Oracle is increased by these additional esoteric and alchemical significators.

Below are six of the 7 Mercury cards in the deck, identified in this case by a predominance of green in the artwork, along with astrological glyphs for Mercury in the corners. These cards symbolize the opporftunities associated with change, communication and practical intelligence:

Above: ornamental geometry, calligraphic and symbolic imagery drawn from Middle Eastern art and architecture in Oracle Beirut created and produced by Lara Alameddine van der Vliet & Monique Bejjani, Vision Editions, Lebanon, 2025. Total = 53 cards + instruction booklet in hard box.

Profoundly evocative and intuitively legible, Oracle Beirut leads the reader into a contemplative and uplifting divinatory experience. By shifting perception and attention, the deck opens a space where meaning unfolds gradually, encouraging quiet expansion of the creative imagination. Change your awareness and you live in a different world; further details►

Footnotes

1. Oracle Belline is a popular 53-card French divination deck which originated with drawings by 19th-century seer Edmond Billaudot (known as Mage Edmond) around 1845, incorporating astrological and esoteric traditions. The deck remained forgotten until was popularized and published in the 1960s by 20th-century clairvoyant Marcel Belline, who rediscovered and interpreted Edmond's work. Its structure and symbolism, rooted in seven planets, gives the pack a resonance with celestial themes and intuitive discovery which also underlie Oracle Beirut.