Divination reveals inner secrets and whole new ways of thinking and seeing, as well as answers to not-so-simple questions. It can inspire deep reflection and thoughtful action. Here, I offer tips on reading tarot and other divination methods, new spreads to help open up special topics, interviews with some of the decks I own, and general thoughts on this work.
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The Mystic Soul Tarot is a loving deck for positive focus without fluffing you up with false promises or praise. It’s honest and earnest and dazzling so that those quiet moments shimmer. There’s a lot of internal work happening with this deck even with all its external vibrancy.
Read MoreBuzz buzz. The Bee Tarot has landed for floral season, and it’s as sweet as I would expect it to be. (Aren’t you glad I didn’t say “bee” there?) Jokes and terrible puns aside, it’s a fun deck that has me thinking big picture about the connection between joy, soul work, and community. So wunjo in Elder Futhark terms!
Read MoreThere’s something so direct and powerful about the colors of this deck, which use the four color scales of the Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn to color in the simple line drawings. And direct power is a key phrase for this interview.
Read MoreThere’s something so fun about the grumpy and exhausted faces of the characters in the Jaques Vievil Tarot, a modern remaking of the Vieville Tarot, by Gergely Bagaméri. The fun forces its way out.
Read MoreColorful, lively, and beautiful, the Black Queer Tarot imagines a divinely inspired landscape where black queer people are thriving, and the interview highlights the importance of celebrating and financial supporting black queer artists.
Read MoreThe Wanderer’s Tarot by Casey Zabala offers a darkly feminine (and feminist) approach to the tarot with a more rough-and-ready connection to the moon, nature, and the divine.
Read MoreAs with its older sibling, the Prisma Visions Tarot, there’s something hard to articulate but easy to feel when reading the Cosma Visions Oracle. My interview with the deck is both paradoxical and completely coherent, and it’s very exciting to reconnect with it.
Read MoreThe SEAMS Tarot takes myths and stories from the various cultures of Southeast Asia and helps bring out the mythic potential of the everyday using a refreshing new set of cultural references.
Read MoreI sometimes get asked how long I wait before interviewing a deck again. Honestly, I almost never do. But sometimes relationships change, as with the Wayward Dark Tarot and Lost Hollow Tarot.
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