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May 2020

May 07, 2020

Magicians, marriages, and conmen

How do we script magical advice for relationships in the name of the good fiction?

April 2020

April 24, 2020

Concepts at odds: the intuitive, the spiritual, the plain clear

When you say things like: 'The love will last 12 hours', there's nothing spiritual about...

April 14, 2020

More of this, less of that

When it comes to knowledge in times of crisis, the comforting is not hearing what's...

April 02, 2020

Power in the powerless

Power is staying in the momentum, samurai style.

March 2020

March 26, 2020

To touch another by skating on the surface of their skin

Stop digging your own graves. Stay with the surface of things. Ask yourselves what you...

March 18, 2020

The year of the Emperor, falling off his throne

In grim times conducting 'business as usual' is not the appropriate action, when health must...

March 03, 2020

A strong death is a good death

Reading cards for something other than self-help.

February 2020

February 20, 2020

The witty sword and the sexy hermit

The Magician is more than the sum of his names. Sometimes he is your woman...

February 10, 2020

Let us laugh, amen

Is there meaning, purpose to life? Am I here for a reason? We can read...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Consecrated magic oils

'Does it work?' is often the question connected with buying stuff that's not verifiable in...

January 24, 2020

The new dark moon is for infinity, not intentions

When the moon is new and dark, you can't see it. How can you concretize...

January 15, 2020

THE SOLUTION AS A QUESTION

On how to avoid hexing yourself, by giving advice in the form of asking follow-up...

January 06, 2020

THE FORTUNETELLER’S DEN

Where is your fortuneteller's office? On divination and geography.

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Marrying a concept

When you think of 'life changing' events, what exactly do you expect?

December 17, 2019

What’s stronger than passion is illusion

Cartomancy relates to how we distinguish between our passions and illusion.

November 2019

November 25, 2019

A CARD TRICK

How to divine for the things on your wall.

November 11, 2019

PLAYING THE STRONG MESSAGE IN THE HEAD

What makes a good cartomancer is the 'other' literature than textbooks.

October 2019

October 23, 2019

ENACTING THE WISH

A reading of the Celtic Cross, straight style.

October 11, 2019

THE LUTHERAN VICAR

How to summarize your life in 3 lines without sounding like your CV or a...

October 02, 2019

CARDS AS GHOSTS

Cards are ghosts. You can send the hungry ones to the underworld.

September 2019

September 22, 2019

EUPHEMISMS IN LENORMAND

We say, know your language and know your context if you want to be precise...

September 11, 2019

WHAT RULES YOU FROM THE INSIDE

Reading cards is a process rather than a process of interpretation.

September 04, 2019

ARRIVING AT THE SCENE WITH THE GUN

A metaphor that helps you clean the house faster.

August 2019

August 27, 2019

UNTAGGING BUSY

'Busy' is a word. 'Doing' is a word, but it has more oomph.

August 19, 2019

THE DIVINER’S TRANCE STATE

Trance is often associated with being in a half-conscious, lulled and low state of mind....

August 11, 2019

THE FALLACY OF MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG

Lazy thinking is not 'unified vision'.

August 04, 2019

AGAINST YAKKING

We yak incessantly because of anxiety. I dream of complete silence, a relationship with the...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

CHILDREN’S DESIRE, THE FATHER’S ANGER

Reading for your children with just the proper cards.

July 21, 2019

BEING KISSED BY A PODCAST

A question of patience and how to manage it.

July 14, 2019

What a Mountain, a Shopping Channel, and Cards Have in Common

How to read cards without mythology.