Sacred Mirror Oracle began with a conversation about remembrance, representation, and the people who guide us.

I was thinking about how to honor my Dad on the tenth anniversary of his passing when I had a conversation with my partner about Black Americans not seeing deities who look like us. That question stayed with me. I began to wonder: if my Dad were an ancestor guide to people beyond my family, what would he teach them?

My Dad offered fierce protection while making plenty of room for fun, curiosity, and exploration. That became the foundation for Baba Lumen, the Father of Light: a figure who reminds us that protection and freedom can exist together.

As I explored his story, I realized there were other people I wanted to honor—living and dead—and other stories that shape my spiritual journey. I wanted to preserve the lessons I had learned from them and make those lessons available to people who might need them at a particular moment in their lives.

The deck grew from one tribute into a broader question:

Who else does not get to feel sacred in spirituality?

I wanted people to encounter all races, a range of body sizes and shapes, differently abled people, they/them identities, and a full spectrum of brown skin tones. Sacred Mirror Oracle grew from the belief that spiritual imagery should make room for the breadth of human experience.

I hope the imagery holds up a mirror to our external beauty. I hope the stories hold up a mirror to our internal beauty. From there, we can begin to see that we need one another, regardless of our skin suits.

The stories come first

I wrote the stories because I knew the lessons I wanted to share and the people I wanted to honor. Every card began with a story, a lesson, a memory, or a question. The figures emerged from that meaning.Some cards resemble the actual person I am honoring. Many do not. Some are my idea of what beauty looks like when the world has said that it is not beautiful—and I vehemently disagree.

AI supported the editing and creation of the imagery. It was a tool in the creative process, but it did not create the meaning of the deck. The stories, lessons, people, and intentions came first.

Anetra and Talasi

Most people know me as Anetra: a consultant who works in research, strategy, leadership, and organizational decision-making. That is an important part of who I am, but it also requires balance.

Talasi Onile gave me room to express my creative and spiritual self fully. Through Talasi, I could create without having to translate every idea into a professional framework or make every part of myself available to the people who already knew me.

Creating Sacred Mirror Oracle revealed that I do not have to choose between these parts of myself. Anetra and Talasi are both real. The researcher, strategist, consultant, creator, and spiritual woman all exist together—and each one shows up in the work I do.

The deck became a way to honor the people and lessons that shaped me while making room for the full range of my own expression. It reminded me that integration can be its own form of remembering.

This is the invitation

When you hold Sacred Mirror Oracle, I hope you find more than a beautiful image or an interesting story. I hope you find a reflection that helps you recognize something in yourself.

Perhaps a card will remind you of someone you love. Perhaps it will give language to an experience you have not been able to name. Perhaps it will challenge an idea you have been carrying about beauty, identity, spirituality, or belonging.

This is not fortune telling. This is remembering.