Method · Philosophy · Practice
The point of cartomancy
Cartomancy or coaching? Restructuring a business without destroying it. Two 3-card readings of the same cards in reversed order.
The question of time in cartomancy
Most think that divination is about reading fortunes or the self in relation to time. But what if I proposed that this is never the case, as we mostly read the cards for place, spatial metaphors, and the geography of the unknown?
The fortuneteller: A portrait
The question that discloses a surprising portrait of the fortuneteller.
The inner voice as a dimwit
Falling for fallacies that cartomancers apply to their practice and what to do about it.
Reading against what you want to hear
How to avoid giving in to the desire to read for your emotions, with an example from Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama.
Reading cards for miscommunication
Communicating anything often features mis-communication as its core modus operandi.
Self-help doesn’t work in divination
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better” doesn’t work in divination. Let’s see what does.
Calling on the dull ancestors
If you're fearful, would you call your Genghis Khan type of an ancestor? What could he teach you about fear, when he had none? Think again.
More of this, less of that
When it comes to knowledge in times of crisis, the comforting is not hearing what's comforting but knowing what to do more of and less of.
Parallel and oppositional
A 13-card reading on the art of saying no to what we vote for indiscriminately.
The steel door of a grand tableau
Why use cards to move a mountain? Because that’s where the magic is.
The story behind the image
What do we notice when we read behind the surface level of the image?
Cartomancy and the reliable factor
A 3-card reading on what the most reliable factor is in our cartomancy practice.