The Birth of The Inner Winter Oracle

The Birth of The Inner Winter Oracle

I started writing this piece when I knew that it was happening, when I saw my dream, my vision coming to life. After three sample decks it was here, truly here in my hands and ready to be released. And what divine timing, my bleed greeted me, a little ‘early’, and I say this with quotation marks because truly, it was in the most aligned timing, the day before my pre-sale release.

As I type this, on the Third Quarter Moon, the day before my pre-sale release I am reminded of the magick of Spirit, I am once again humbled and filled with awe in the way Spirit works. And so, as you read my story, the inner unravellings of my creation, I thank you, with a heart full. I thank you.

This is my offering, a sacred offering from my womb to the world.

It began with a dream.

One of those dreams that feels more like a remembering—where I can feel the memory in my bones when I awoke— where Spirit whispers through the veil, placing something ancient and sacred into my hands. A deck. A devotion. A guide for the descent.

At the time, I was deep in my womb cave, curled within the stillness of my bleed. The vision came with clarity: a deck that honoured the wisdom of our Inner Winter. A deck that celebrated both the light and the shadow of bleeding. One that offered permission to slow, soften, reflect and reweave our relationship with our cyclical nature. I awoke that morning inspired and I remember pulling out my laptop and opening a blank document and beginning the loose plan that would evolve over many moons.

I began crafting The Inner Winter Oracle during my bleed in July 2024—and from that moment forward, I committed to only working on it during my bleed. It felt right to ensure the energy I put into this deck was the energy it was offering. My logical mind fought against this, wanting a faster route, feeling urgency, but my feminine self, my self connected to the energy of this deck knew, only in the energy of the Inner Winter shall this be touched, weaved and birthed. Just as the womb asks us to slow and listen, so too did this creation. It was never something to rush. It blossomed across moon cycles—growing not for speed, but for something sacred and unseen.

For years, I was disconnected from my body and my bleed. I was put on the pill young—told it would regulate me, protect me, make life easier. But instead, it dulled my intuition. It muted my connection to self. There came a moment, quiet and unshakable, where I knew: I couldn’t keep taking the poison. I stopped the pill and began the long, winding journey back to my womb. Through shadow work, ritual and deep presence, I came to love my bleed. It became my sacred pause, my time to retreat into the dark and remember who I was beneath it all. My womb became my compass. And this deck became an offering from that space.

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What is Inner Winter?

Inner Winter is the season of your bleed—the time in your cycle when everything softens and descends. It mirrors the season of winter in the natural world: still, quiet, reflective, sacred. A time to honour endings, listen to the body and receive deep inner wisdom.

When we bleed, we are not broken. We are powerful.

When we rest, we do not retreat. We remember.

The Inner Winter Oracle holds space for that remembering.

It invites you to sit with your shadow, witness your light and explore what your womb is whispering through each cycle. There are 44 cards in the deck—each one intentionally created to guide your bleed time through declarations, shadow work reflection, rituals to practice and tools for cleansing, connecting and releasing.

The number 44 is no accident.

In numerology, 44 is a master number of grounded manifestation. It represents structure, divine foundations and sacred support. It’s the builder of spiritual work in physical form. This deck was never meant to live only in the ethereal. It was meant to be birthed. Into a tool. A guide. A companion for your real, raw bleeding self. A way to deepen into your womb cave, to honour your bleed time.

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The Artwork & the Fae

That blank document I began bloomed— I had declarations, practices and all sorts all jumbled into one space. I began to organise, to expand, evolve and soon enough I had my structure, I realised it was time for the visual concept to come alive. I reached out to my dear friend and graphic designer, Jade from Humblebee Marketing. Together, we breathed life into the visuals. My vision was clear: fae-like, elven, otherworldly—with a thread of my shamanic roots woven through every image. We spend hours pouring over each card, me describing how I saw it in my mind, Jade drawing and intuitively tapping into what was calling to be birthed. Jade has worked with me for many years now, I’ve known her almost 15 years, and throughout all of life’s changes we have cheered each other on, I could think of no one else I’d rather work with on this sacred piece. And when I say hours, we spent hours on this. Jade has poured her heart and soul into bringing to life my vision, and words cannot express the deep gratitude I feel.

The fae have always danced close to me. I’ve always felt them there, just beyond. There’s a wildness in their energy—a deep knowing of the earth’s ancient rhythms. I myself have been called Fae/Elf/Fairy, and it’s something I consider as a compliment. They have an energy of magick, so earthy, so deep, that I truly struggle to find the right words. I feel that same magick in the womb. In the unseen, the cyclical, the in-between. It was essential to honour their presence in this deck, essential that they be seen.

Each card holds the energy of both worlds: the earthy and the etheric. The grounded and the enchanted. They are soft, elemental and wise—inviting you into a liminal space where womb and wild meet.

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From Dream to Print

Over many moons, the creation continued—layered, intuitive, reverent.

We designed the box, and I knew I wanted the dramatic iPhone like box, the suspense of opening. We wrote the prayer nestled inside the lid od the box and sourced an Australian printer who could meet every one of my heart-led requirements. Australian owned and printed, sustainable, soul-aligned. It mattered that this offering be rooted here, in the same land where my blood meets the earth each cycle.

Among the cards, one holds a unique invitation: a recorded meditation for your bleed time. This practice is a portal for presence—guiding you back into your body and the deep stillness of your womb cave. It is a meditation recorded here, on this land during my own bleed time, again ensuring that all pieces weaved into this deck are in alignment with the energies it holds.

My vision is that each woman who holds this deck feels seen in both her shadow and her light. That she may use these practices and declarations to soften, listen and honour her sacred cyclical nature. To find her way, to deepen into the practices and feel into the sacredness that we are given each time.

To bask in the stillness and presence our bleed time can offer us.

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Pre-Orders Open Now

The Inner Winter Oracle will be released on Winter Solstice, June 21st—a day of deep descent and sacred stillness, perfectly aligned with the womb’s wisdom and the seasonal energy of our Inner Winter.

Pre-orders are now open.

Investment: $77 (plus postage)

The number 77 came to me with a clarity that left no room for doubt. It wasn’t a calculated decision—it was a message. Before I even had the first sample deck in my hand, I knew. 77 it was. 77 it will be. In numerology, 77 is a master number that speaks to spiritual awakening, inner wisdom and the deepening of intuition. It felt like Spirit affirming the path of this oracle, guiding it into the world with purpose and resonance. There was a moment of relief here, knowing I was being guided, knowing I was being cheered on by my guide team, them guiding me through the whole process.

As a special thank you, the first select orders will receive a 10g block of ceremonial cacao from Spirit of Cacao and a Moon Oil from We Are Tutti—both sacred allies for womb work and ritual. I have worked with and received this cacao and moon oil for years now, and during my own bleed time these tools are staple parts of my womb cave. I sit with mother cacao, I use this moon oil for cramping and back ache, I use it to bask in the femininity of this time. These are my gifts to you. Should you be one of the first. Another part of my womb cave now is a mist, a mist I’ve crafted to support my bleed time, and once I have sat with this new piece for yet another cycle she too will be offered. For me, having pieces that I can call upon, use in these times is everything—creating ritual, creating space to rest, to reflect and to be me at my essence is a non-negotiable in my life now.

This is more than a deck. It’s the remembering.

A reclamation.

A return to the womb. To the root. To yourself.

So from my womb to yours—may this offering hold you in the descent and remind you of the wisdom within. May you be guided in the most gentle and nurturing of ways to the deepest parts of yourself, with love.

Are you ready to receive The Inner Winter Oracle?

If your womb is whispering yes…

If your spirit stirs at the remembering…

If your bleed calls to be honoured in deeper ways…

Then this oracle is for you.

Click below to pre-order your deck and walk the spiral inward.

Let this be your devotion. Your descent. Your reclamation.

🍃 Pre-order The Inner Winter Oracle 🩸

With deepest reverence,

TJ

Shamanic Roots