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June 2023

June 08, 2023

The question of time in cartomancy

Most people think that divination is about reading fortunes or the self in relation to...

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...

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...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Marrying a concept

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

September 2019

September 11, 2019

WHAT RULES YOU FROM THE INSIDE

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

August 2019

August 27, 2019

UNTAGGING BUSY

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

June 2019

June 13, 2019

BEAUTY AND THE INFINITE CONVERSATION WITH THE CARDS

Process or the beauty of a clear message? What's more important to you?

April 2019

April 06, 2019

22 TRUMPS ACCORDING TO THE QUESTION – PART ONE

Divination is all about receiving questions. The cards have 'meanings' but it's the interesting question...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

CONVERSATION WITH OR ABOUT THE CARDS?

What are you prone to in your practice of reading visual text? Having a conversation...

November 19, 2018

WHO’S AFRAID OF THE FORTUNE-TELLER?

On the difference between fortune-telling and divination.

November 10, 2018

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN YOU ASK A FORTUNE-TELLER?

What questions can you ask a fortuneteller?

August 2018

August 17, 2018

IN A LEAGUE OF YOUR OWN

Confidence doesn't mean being comfortable with your nakedness, but rather, being comfortable with being in...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

WHEN THE HERMIT IS EROS

Mental stability is the sexiest. The Hermit knows why.

May 2018

May 10, 2018

WHEN THE EMPEROR LIGHTENS THE HEART

When you territorialize your head, you lighten your heart. Tarotizing with a hammer means getting...

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 25, 2018

WHEN THE EMPRESS IS DISGRUNTLED

People listen for a reason. The day they stop listening is not something you should worry...

April 20, 2018

THE NOT-TO-BE-DENIED HEART

The heart will not be denied, we say, but how do we know what's in...

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.

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....

November 2017

November 01, 2017

Formless Sigils

How do you craft a sigil? What's behind your method and concept?

October 2017

October 11, 2017

Two Devils: Chance and Hope

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

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...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

The Cartomancer: The Art of Bibliomantic Moving

How do you read signs? Do you have a calculated system, or are you open...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

The Cartomancer: A Moving Number

What goes through your mind when you move house? How attached are you to things?...