Oracle de Belline

The Belline Oracle is one of the rare 19th-century French oracles to have survived intact into modern practice. Its 53 cards were originally drawn by the magus Edmond Billaudot around 1845, then rediscovered and edited a century later by Pierre Belline, the Parisian astrologer-cartomancer whose name the deck now carries. The Belline is structured around the seven classical planets — each card bears a planetary ruler (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn), which determines its essential tone — and the Blue Card #1 stands outside the system as a universal benefic. This planetary framework makes the Belline especially congenial to readers with an astrological background, but it can be learned without prior astrology: each card carries a clear, named domain (Honors, Inheritance, Betrayal, Departure, Love…) that does most of the interpretive work on its own. The Belline remained largely a French-language tradition for decades, but the modern astrology revival has carried it into English, Italian, and Spanish-speaking circles. Below you will find the full Belline reference — every card with its meaning, every combination written out for the 1 378 possible pairings, the seven planetary group pages, the historical context, the beginner guide, an interactive draw (including the signature 7-planet spread), and a flashcards mode for memorising both card meanings and planetary attributions.