In love
In matters of the heart, Malice points to words that hurt and a tone to repair; it invites you to set a limit and to speak gently.
Belline oracle
Malice: meaning of the Belline oracle card
Malice is the card of harshness: hurtful words or attitudes that need defusing.
- harshness
- hurtful words
- defusing
The essentials
Malice at a glance
For you, Malice invites you to spot what hurts in the situation, your own harshness included, and to choose fairer words.
A strength
The lucidity to name what hurts, and the firmness to set limits without hitting back.
Something to watch
Read more Answering harshness with harshness, or attributing intentions to someone from a single word.
Meaning of Malice
Malice speaks of what hurts. No person is targeted: the card notes, in the situation, a tone, a word, or an attitude that causes pain and feeds the tension. It invites you to look at the climate rather than search for someone to blame.
Under Mars, the series of energy and conflict, it shows the sharp side of assertion. It asks you to defuse: step back before answering, set a clear limit, protect what needs protecting. A cutting reply brings relief for a moment and complicates things for a long time.
The card can also turn back toward yourself: look at your own harshness, what it protects, and what a gentler word would allow you to say.
Malice in your life
At work
On the professional side, the card describes a tense atmosphere where certain words weigh heavily; it invites you to clarify the rules and protect the quality of dialogue.
Draw the Belline cards
One, three, or seven cards, and the dominant planet: the interpretation starts with what the reading means for you.
Free, no account · nothing is sent · no predictions
Malice in a reading
In its position
Malice signals a point of verbal tension: the harshness of a tone or of hurtful words needs defusing calmly.
Mars series
Action: drive, disagreements, tensions to channel.
Lawsuit, Despotism, Enemies, Negotiations, Fire, Accident
The Belline cards help you look at a situation from another angle: they predict nothing, and the choice remains yours.
Its place in the deck
Malice bears the number 32 and opens the Mars series, which runs from card 32 to card 38. Lawsuit, Despotism, Enemies, and Negotiations are among its sister cards, and together with them it forms the set of tensions and confrontations. Versana reads it without pointing at anyone: it speaks of a climate to calm.
Reflecting on Malice
A question
Which word, said or received, left a mark that it would help to name?
A gesture
Faced with a hurtful remark, answer with one calm sentence that sets your limit, then leave the discussion if it turns sour.
How is it built?
- Place in the deck
- Card 32 of the 52 numbered cards
- Series
- Mars (cards 32 to 38)
- French name
- Méchanceté
- Tone
- Demanding (the site’s reading convention)
- Pictogram
- Drawing by Versana: a thorny branch
Where the sources disagree
- Tone of the cards: A ranking set by the site from the name of each card, with no old source: 21 supportive cards, 14 demanding, 18 neutral. It gives the tone of a reading, never an answer or a yes or no.
- Dominant series: When one planet comes up more often than the others in a reading (at least two cards), its series colors the interpretation. A modern reading rule, described by several guides; cards outside the series are not part of the count.
- Images of the cards: The drawings attributed to the mage Edmond (died 1881) are old, but the cards published since 1961 and the Mucem photographs are not under a free license. The site draws its own pictograms and reproduces no card.
Sources
- belline.fr, “The 53 cards of the Belline Oracle,” and lavoiedeloracle.fr, “Belline oracle: guide to the 53 cards,” read on October 15, 2026: blue card without a number; Destiny (1), the Star of Man (2), and the Star of Woman (3) outside the series; seven series of seven: Sun 4-10, Moon 11-17, Mercury 18-24, Venus 25-31, Mars 32-38, Jupiter 39-45, Saturn 46-52. Names and numbers only, no text taken.
- Wikipedia (French), “Oracle Belline,” read on October 15, 2026: deck of 53 cards published in 1961 by Grimaud; a first edition seems to date from 1960 (La Ducale); drawings made between 1845 and 1865 according to Belline; mage Edmond 1829-1881.
- Wikipedia (French), “Marcel Belline,” read on October 15, 2026: Marcel Forget, known as Belline, born June 12, 1924, in Paris, died February 9, 2001, in Colombes (one source gives 1994); published the oracle in 1961 and attributed it to the mage Edmond (around 1845); in 1977, donated his fortune-telling office to the state (national museum of Arts and Popular Traditions, now the Mucem).
Frequently asked questions about Malice
What does Malice mean in the Oracle de Belline?
Malice means harshness and hurtful words in a situation. It targets no one and pushes you to defuse the tension, without ruling out a look at your own harshness.
Should I worry when Malice comes up?
No need to dramatize: a single draw proves nothing. Observe the tone of exchanges and focus on setting calm limits, without accusing anyone.
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