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November 2020

November 20, 2020

Dispossess yourself from the demon called feeling

Feelings? No thanks. There's nothing more constructed than our senses. By way of prediction, here's...

September 2020

September 03, 2020

Cards for crass times

What questions can we pose in crass times? Do we go to hot goddesses that...

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 03, 2020

A strong death is a good death

Reading cards for something other than self-help.

January 2020

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...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

THE ACE OF SWORDS

With the Ace of Swords you silence yourself and others.

October 2019

October 02, 2019

CARDS AS GHOSTS

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

September 2019

September 11, 2019

WHAT RULES YOU FROM THE INSIDE

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

June 2019

June 27, 2019

STEPPING INTO MATURITY

Most motivational speech springs out of immaturity. If you dream of success, what is your...

June 05, 2019

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS

Glitter magic, all fun, it gets things done, but what is the purpose of it?...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

HAHA, REALLY, I DON’T THINK SO: MARSEILLE TAROT À LA CARTE

'Haha, really, I don't think so' is the backbone of all my teaching.

April 2019

April 22, 2019

VALIDATE OR MOTIVATE

People are good at telling you how you feel. But what do they know? If...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

THIS SALES PERSON UNDERSTANDS ME SO WELL

Desire, change, magic, the promised land. It's a formula for a particular kind of story...

March 21, 2019

NOT THE FLAMING HEART

What would happen if you replaced the phrase 'I believe' with 'the art of'?

March 06, 2019

THE MATTER OF FACT

'Yes, no, how much, how little, and when?' Is answering this bluntly equal to being...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

TALES OF MAGIC

The transformative is not where you think it is.

November 2018

November 10, 2018

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN YOU ASK A FORTUNE-TELLER?

What questions can you ask a fortuneteller?

August 2018

August 31, 2018

The problem with deciding for decision’s sake

Some say that the capacity to decide alone makes you successful. But what if you're...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

HOW YOU UNWITTINGLY ECLIPSE WHAT YOU DO

What vocabulary do you use to describe what you do? What do the cards say...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

WHEN THE LOVERS ARE RIDICULOUS

Much can be said about the Lovers. But how about ridiculous?

June 08, 2018

WHEN THE HERMIT IS EROS

Mental stability is the sexiest. The Hermit knows why.

May 2018

May 04, 2018

WHEN THE MOON IS NOT CREATIVE

Why is the Moon creative, and how does this creativity actually work in dynamic reading...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

WHEN THE SUN IS ABOUT LOVE WITHOUT TRUST

Trust is here, but what do you make of it, when the highest wisdom actually...

April 04, 2018

WHEN FORCE IS ON THE DOT

Do you annoy your querents, the people you lead or inspire? I hope so.

March 2018

March 21, 2018

WHEN THE CHARIOTEER IS OUT OF HERE

When the Charioteer laughs at your self help projects.

March 14, 2018

WHEN JUSTICE IS YOUR FULL STOP

There's a bunch of grand concepts the spiritual folks believe in. Healing is one of...

October 2017

October 11, 2017

Two Devils: Chance and Hope

Hope and chance and fortunetelling. What do they have in common beyond the cliché?

September 2017

September 12, 2017

The Cartomancer: 5 Ways of Boosting Your Mojo Through Patience

Impatience equals energy loss. Coupled with entitlement impatience is hysterical. Don't lose your mojo because...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

The Cartomancer: Self-Help

Abiding in the state prior to consciousness, the simple and silent state beyond proclamations, will...