Haela Cards
Haela Cards or "tha cartan hæla" are the cards of omens, often shorthanded to simply Haela, carried by many people in the Aernadael.
Purpose
The Haela Cards are used primarily for meditation and contemplation of ones life. Oswin Truemane called the first decks he created for the Dark Gentry the Book of the Morrigan, so they are believed to inspire user through their imagery and meanings to examine their life or the particular question brought to the cards in new and more complex ways.
Truemane insisted that they were not intended for cartomancy, but believed that those familiar with the craft could use them to divine the future.
Document Structure
Clauses
The deck is divided into four suits, The Swords of Faith, The Stones of Noble Intent, The Spears of Destiny, and The Cauldrons of Endless Bounty, called the Hallows, and 22 Arcana cards to make a full deck.
Publication Status
Redd Bishop is the largest producer of Haela Deck in Vinland.
Historical Details
Background
Before cartomancy became so popular in Aernadael, water, crystal, and fire scrying were the most common methods of divination, and prayer and devotions filled the gap left by a lack of meditation practices. These crafts did not go away, but the ease of carrying a deck of cards endeared the practice to the masses.
When Oswin brought the cards to Aernadael, he changed the referenced from the Egyptian Thaut or Thoth to the Morrigan for several reasons.
Hermes Trismegistus was not a popular figure in the Sith Thyrsa owing to the fact that the dragon Khenti, who created the character as a pseudonym to preserve magic during the Age of Night, had begun teaching that they had created the first dragons through his superior understanding of the arcane arts and had founded the Uraeus Cult.
History
The Haela Cards were brought into Aernadael in the 15th century when Oswin Truemane translated the world of French diviner Etteilla into English for use in the Noble Court. Numerous versions of the Haela Cards went into circulation, some using animal imagery, others subject more arcane.
Truemane's deck is often considered the standard by which other decks are judged and his treatise, The Pages of Morrígu is still used in drycraft classes to teach children how to read and use the cards in their lives to attain wisdom, inspiration, and counsel.
By the 17th century, the cards developed a wide application less as a manner of divination than as a means of mediation and reflection on life and the state of the world.
In 1788, the wrecca occultist Jean-Baptiste Alliette discovered, stole, or was gifted a copy of Etteilla's work, The Book of Thaut. Later that year, he founded the Society for the Interpretation of the Book of Thoth and composed his own On the Theory and Practice of the Book of Thoth two years later, which aided in the development of the wrecca Tarot. Alliette took Etteilla's name as a pseudonym in honor of the original magus.
Public Reaction
Despite the fact that Oswin Truemane was a Rephaim, the Haela Cards spread throughout the Dark Gentry and from their into the wider Sith Thyrsa.
Their broad adoption owes much of its popularity to two factors: to the fact that Truemane borrowed imagery from the Dark Gentry, the Fae, the Jinwu, and the Drymenn of Aernadael as well as the Trivian Faith.
The cards are also easy to use, and are adaptable to number of situations and applications.
Type
Text, Religious
Medium
Paper
Authoring Date
1447
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