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What Does The Deck Say? February 28, 2020
Today’s cards: Justice [VIII], The Stars [XVII], & The Empress [III].
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What Does The Deck Say? November 29, 2019
Today’s cards: The Star [XVII], 4 of Chalices, & Ace of Chalices.
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What Does The Deck Say? September 11, 2019
Bryan Lahr’s Wyzard of Odd tarot deck is constructed with images of literally smoke and mirrors, and has the margins lined with correspondences from other religious and esoteric practices. The slightly oversize deck is also good for single card contemplation as the images fold onto themselves and the viewer. Today’s cards: The Star [XVII], Three…
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What Does The Deck Say? September 6, 2019
Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. Sometimes wildly diverging from Waite’s road, the deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus. Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is ©US Games Systems. Today’s cards: 10 of…
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What Does The Deck Say? August 15, 2019
The Fey Tarot is the work of Mara Aghem. While the card names mostly track conventional tarot naming, the scenes differ from Pamela Coleman Smith’s renditions. Not all minors display the full pip count of their number. Rather, the scenes are meant to evoke the intuition of the reader rather than depend on long lists…
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What Does The Deck Say? August 2, 2019
The Bosch Tarot is a series of collages based on the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Using a unique set of meanings that doesn’t always aligns with Waite, it will sometimes read direct, and sometimes read like a koan. It is a good deck for introspection and examination of internal motives. The Bosch Tarot is ©Lo…
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What Does The Deck Say? July 24, 2019
The Sweeney Tarot was designed to read with reversals. Having the expected 78 cards, one could use any system of meanings with it. However Lee Bradford has put deep thought into the meanings of the Sweeney Tarot, making sure it is approachable by all and without occult or religious concerns that would restrict its audience…
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What Does The Deck Say? May 17, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: The Bosch Tarot deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? January 30, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: The Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? December 24, 2018
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot Deck.