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Baby's Breath - A Little Rain Oracle

A common flower present in almost every bouquet, Baby’s Breath comes in an array of colors such as white, pink, purple, and red, it’s star like appearance provides the perfect backdrop for more extensive arrangements. This dainty flower gets its name because of its widespread use for baby showers!

Formally known as Gypsophila, the plant is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It was introduced in the United States after much admiration and fascination from the gardening fraternity. Being a popular feature in the Victorian Cottage Garden, its long-lasting nature and intricacy appealed to gardeners back then and continue to give it popularity today.

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Cantuta - A Little Rain Oracle

The Cantua flower is a bright fuchsia and coral ombre found deep within the Andes mountains in South America. Being the national flower of Peru, the flower has deep roots in Andean history and is called the holy flower of the Incas. During the Inca Empire, the queens are rumoured to have slept with the flowers by their side to bring abundance, food, and water.

This flower is also linked to the Inca legend of two prosperous, rival kings, Illimani and Illampu. After injuring each other in war, the two men passed their animosity onto their respective sons who in turn fought unwillingly to their own deaths just as their fathers had done before them. Instead of carrying the feud into the next generation and damning their own heirs to the same end, the sons forgave the feud and died as friends. Their graves were built together as a symbol of unity in the area, and as a reminder that bad blood only ends when you refuse to let it fester.

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Ratchaphruek - A Little Rain Oracle

Ratchaphruek is Thailand’s national flower and it has many names across the world; Golden Shower Tree, Amaltas, Vishu Konnai or Purging Cassia etc. Besides being known as the royal tree in Thailand, it is also known as “Dok Khoon”, fabled to multiply good luck and prosperity to those that were gifted this flower as “Khoon” means to multiply. In Laos, people use these cascading flowers as religious offerings and hang them in their homes around New Year to attract good luck and goodwill toward the family. The pulp from the fruit is used in herbal medicine to help digestion and can even counter issues like acid reflux.

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Tayabak - A Little Rain Oracle

Tayabak, also known as Jade Vines, are native to the Philippines and sport the most gorgeous teal-colored, flowering vines. This beautiful bloom is surprisingly part of the pea and bean family and they are pollinated by bats. The flowers get their iconic colour from pigments that rely on the environment for activation. In alkaline soil, the plant produces a solid dose of yellow that turns the flowers teal. Although they’re marvelled at for their distinct colour and shape, the plant is threatened due to deforestation in the country. Available for Pre-Order Now

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Thank you for your support of Little Rain Oracle. As an added bonus, I’ll be adding 2 additional cards to this Limited Edition deck! These 2 cards will never appear again in other editions of this deck and will be a first-edition exclusive. The illustrations for the 2 additional cards comes from personal work that I have created over the years and they are great for intuitive readings and to be mixed and matched with any of your other tarot or oracle decks.

A reminder that there are 5 days left till the end of the pre-order special. Prices will jump up after the 30th of November, so get your decks now to save!

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A Little Rain Oracle - Jellyfish Tree

The name of the jellyfish tree is a flower that truly is as unique as its name implies. Originally called Medusagyne — named after Medusa from Greek mythology – they’re characterised by multiple thin tentacles which cannot germinate in the wild.

They’re one of the few plant species that host flowers that are male and bisexual, and their flowers develop a deeper red colour with age, showing their tenacity like a badge of honour even as their population declines as a whole.

For a while, it was even thought to be extinct until, after a long disappearance, the jellyfish tree reappeared in its native land, Seychelles. The jellyfish tree is an excellent example of surviving against all odds.