The philosopher P.D. Ouspensky once referred to the Tarot as a
“philosophical machine,” meaning that the power of the deck has nothing to do with predicting the future and everything to do with stimulating higher thought processes. Brian Eno and Peter
Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies is a Tarot deck for creativity, an oracle waiting to kick you loose from old thinking patterns. Zeroing straight in on your unconscious, the seat of the imagination, the cards offer you advice applicable to any creative act, from washing your car to making love to writing a book.