THE SHUFFLE
Shuffle across the board
The texts here are based on short contemplations with the cards, daily draws, and other reflections.
Here you can also find examples of more cards than the standard Marseille Tarot, the Lenormand Oracle, and playing cards.
Enjoy some of my favorite Italian and French art tarots, the sudden insight, and the occasional maxim or haiku poem prompted by the cards.
For a collection of more than 200 texts, visit my Substack.
The heart in a pinch
A 9-card reading for a Pope who can’t get what he wants.
Spirits and choices
A wish upon a star.
Happiness per command
What do we make of dumb decisions?
Haiku interventions
Haiku interventions with the cards.
Culture wars
Observation on a public dispute regarding Hellenistic astrology and its advocates' claims about the use of whole sign houses in ancient astrology.
Understanding reading fortunes
Sometimes the cards predict an event even though you’re asking for something else.
Demolish and revitalize
A 3-card draw using the cards as a prompt.
Surviving the lies we tell ourselves
A 6-card reading on the mythologies of feelings and emotions.
Done with it
A 3-card draw for a moment of realization
Not on the same page
A 3-card reading for two impossible lovers.
In praise of interdictions
A 3-card reading in praise of interdictions.
The thing you can’t help
A 3-card reading for the heart’s desire.
Thorn power
A 3-card reading for a knight and a rose.
Midsummer’s fairies
A Romanian ritual for the midsummer's night.
Old cards, unique magic
A reading for magical purpose with a very old Minchiate deck.