I love the Fairy Ring's concept. I love the cards and explanations. I believe this book should be renamed "An Irish Collection of Mythological characters". Let me explain why. I will keep this deck as its usefulness is there. The messages are very accurate as an oracle and yes I do feel a connection with the Fairy realm. However, she meant this an oracle and it has a section at end of each card/character it says : Recommend to work with this -and the majority of the time, it said NO. Odd right? Many of the cards/energies/entities are not recommended to work with since they are fearful/angry/immature characters. Most oracle decks use the mature characters or loving heroines in culture for this kind of deck/purpose. Franklin could have done that.
Franklin did use Goddess Aine, Fairy Heart/Unicorn, Queen Oonaugh (who I learned several years ago was a Goddess) and Archangel Ariel are mentioned. Mason's art is good for this deck, it is realistic with a touch of fantasy to keep it interesting. In the 60 cards, there are Fairy Festival, and 4 courts referring to the 4 seasons. The Fairy festival cards were the most fun and helpful for timing. If you want to know when an event might happen by, pull one of those which correspond to the Celtic calender and you will know! Imbolc is Feb 1, Ostara is Spring Equinox or March 21-23, Beltane is May 1, Midsummer is June 24, Lughnasa or Aug 1, Herfest is Autumn equinox or Sept 23, Samhain is Nov 1, and Yule is Dec 21. This is why Christmas cards will say Yuletime tidings!
If you love Fairies or Celtic culture, you will enjoy this. My intuition is repeatedly telling me that for every mischievous character we get introduced to in this deck, I am sure there are loving, giving entities as well in the Fairy Realm and Celtic history.