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April 2018

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 14, 2018

WHEN JUSTICE IS YOUR FULL STOP

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

March 07, 2018

WHEN YOU GET HANGED

Are you among those who think that the Hanged Man is about a new perspective?...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

WHEN THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE IS NOT ABOUT YOUR 5-YEAR PLAN

'Where do you see yourself five years from now?' is the question that I find...

February 21, 2018

THREE STUNTS AND ONE BURN IN CARTOMANCY

What do you say when people ask you to read cards with view to taking...

February 14, 2018

WHEN THE STAR DOES MORE THAN KNEEL

When you are at other people's disposal, do you also offer them your discretion too?

February 07, 2018

WHEN THE DEVIL IS CRYSTAL CLEAR

What do you say when the Devil comes in the position of advice?

February 01, 2018

WHEN THE POPE IS NOT MERELY ARROGANT

When the Pope discloses a strong position rather than embody false modesty.

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Fate or Flow?

What do you make of fate, and how strong is your resolve when you go...

January 11, 2018

READER AND SITTER DYNAMICS

There's more between heaven and earth, as there's more between the reader and the sitter....

December 2017

December 27, 2017

When in Doubt, Go For Pairs

What is your power, what is your weakness? What must you put down, what must...

December 13, 2017

Reading cards for precision

Meanings or correct breathing when you read your cards? Take a wild guess.

December 05, 2017

You Only Need One Thing to Get Your Magic Going

It's not 10 or a 100 things you need to control in your magic. Just...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

Asking Questions About Fate

These days I’ve been performing a lot of I Ching divination. I like the simplicity...

November 14, 2017

Three Ways of Reading Cards: In Line, Singling Out, and Layout

Readers of cards read in different ways. Preferences are not subject to critique. One can...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

If it’s October, it’s Time for Horror Dreams

Lucid dreaming and a ritual for fixing horrors with cards.

October 13, 2017

A trump myth about the Marseille Tarot

The French only read with the trumps, or the major arcana of the Marseille Tarot....

October 11, 2017

Two Devils: Chance and Hope

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

August 2017

August 10, 2017

The Cartomancer: Negotiate, Compromise, or Say NO?

You have a business, what questions do you ask about it?

July 2017

July 13, 2017

The Cartomancer: Just Shut Up

On how to tackle fear. Not by facing it, but by dissolving your attachment to...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

The Cartomancer: Forgiveness As a Hook

If your motivation is not aligned with your action you’re screwed. There is nothing to...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

The Cartomancer: Priestess, Oh Priestess…

Every reading of cards is a three-part process: Narrative, analysis, advice.

July 2016

July 13, 2016

The Cartomancer: Prediction Time

You can predict events accurately only when you’re mad enough to strip yourself of all...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

The Cartomancer: A Decent Reading

In cartomancy what you need is a decent eye. It’s the kind of eye that...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

The Cartomancer: Your Second Chance

If you’re genuinely asking yourself, once part of a group, ‘Why am I here?’, then...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

The Cartomancer: Feel Good or Feel?

What is cool is letting chance rule the experience of what we come to understand...