Revisiting People Cards In La Vera Sibilla (& Sibilla della Zingara)

Looking at the court and other character cards in this classic Italian deck

The Sweetheart, the main female character, in the Sibilla della Zingara or Gypsy Oracle cards (L) and the Italian version in La Vera Sibilla (R)

Meaningful stories about everyday lives need to be populated with characters and character archetypes. And unlike in some oracle decks, (*cough* Lenormand *cough*) you’ll no doubt have noticed that you have a wealth of people cards to choose from in the Vera Sibilla & Sibilla della Zingara/Gypsy Oracle deck—perhaps overwhelmingly so!

This is one of the great things about Sibilla systems and their derivatives, such as the Kipper deck, whether you want to use them for fortune telling or for just having fun exploring day-to-day situations.

Talking of other decks, let’s remind ourselves of the People cards from the Kipper deck here:

And the Bohemian Cards? Well, there, we had our main male and female character cards, the Lover and Sweetheart, the Widow and Widower for older woman and older man, and in addition, the Baby/Child, the Ecclesiastic/Priest, the Enemy, the Judge, the Officer, and the Thief.

So what you’re going to see with La Vera Sibilla are some VERY familiar characters indeed—plus with a number of others! Let’s take a closer look: