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Thomson Leng, where have you been all my life?
The question is rhetorical, of course. The Thomson Leng Tarot has been around since 1935. The art is very 1930’s. And while the RWS is theatrical (some of the scenes are actually taking place on a...
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The Impact of Pirated Decks
I’m featuring a little of Ciro Marchetti’s work* in the photo above because there won’t be any more new decks. Ciro has announced publicly that he won’t be doing any more. Shoddy pirated copies of his...
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The Grand Jeu, An Introduction
Don’t look away… Years ago, when I started blogging here, some of my first posts were on the Grand Jeu. I shared what I knew and tried to figure out the rest. In time I moved on and wrote about other...
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Where to go?
OK, the picture doesn’t really express exactly what this is about. It’s Robert Johnson at the Crossroads, the place where all that stuff you labored at finally falls into place and you become badass....
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Killing the Glad Girl
There is a scene early in the film Red Dust where Clark Gable goes to toss a drunk worker at his rubber plantation into bed, and discovers that Jean Harlow has taken up residence there. She kicks the...
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A 2020 election reading
This is a reading I did on facebook recently, on the fly. I will quote it here as is, neither adding to it nor editing: “September 16 at 1:42 AM It’s early yet, but I’ve done early pulls on elections...
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I hate oracle decks (but not the Literary Witches)
It was the face on the box that caught my eye as I was browsing. I thought it was Charlotte Brontë. And there were wolves and hands and trailing vines…I had to find out what this was. As it turns out,...
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Le Tarot Astrologique
Imagine, if you will, a deck published by Grimaud sometime between the late 1800’s and 1917 or so, very roughly coinciding with the Belle Époque. Imagine the strange old art, the fantastic vibe. Now...
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Frankie Albano, please call home
(Disclaimer: the title of this post is intended to be tongue-in-cheek, and is not an actual plea. ) One of the most fascinating mysteries of the Tarot world is “What ever happened to Frankie Albano?”...
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No Time Like The First Time (University Books RWS)
OK, Betty’s talking about sex. But I want you to do this for me if you will: think back…to your very… first…DECK. Mine was a University Books RWS, a lonnnnng time ago. I had it for about 10 years,...
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VAMP: the Theda Bara Tarot from Jook Art
Sample of the Majors and the card backs. The sepia tone on some of the card faces is from a lamp, and is not actually present on the cards themselves. Haven’t we all been intrigued by Theda Bara since...
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Finding a Lost Object with Lenormand
I misplaced a pocket knife the other day. It’s just a little toothpick-style Buck, it’s inexpensive, and I have others. But it’s the kind of thing I use for a lot of little jobs, and I miss it again...
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Get. This. Book.
I’m about to advise you to get this book. , Untold Tarot: The Lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots But the deck in the image above isn’t an ancient Tarot. It’s a Lasenic Tarot, first published “between...
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Lenormand Has Served Me Well (& two new decks)
Hello all – I’m here to discuss cartomantic simplicity. It may be seeing a minor renaissance. Caitlin Matthews has a new book , Untold Tarot: The Lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots, and Toni Puhle’s...
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Cards are the human condition and should not be “updated”
We were having an interesting discussion over at the Cartomancy Forum and I thought I’d post it here. Longish, meandering version: Donna Maritata Short version: somebody wrote a bogus book (that will...
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Tea & Cards With Mildred Payne
I’m still getting used to this deck, but so far it’s living up to its promise. Having Mildred around is like having your own private intelligence agency. If you didn’t see something coming, it’s...
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Mildred Payne’s Secret Pocket Oracle
Gather round, people. I want to tell you about a deck that has already earned a place of honor on my kitchen table (along with the Ensslin and the Wirths. (The Thoth, Kippers, and Sibilla have their...
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A Night Off With Mr. Ensslin and Mr. Wirth
…and Mr. Vodka and Mr. Tequila. So I will loosen up and talk about a sector of my life I don’t talk about much. What is a Tarot but Majors and Minors? And what are Minors, but Pips? The Lenormand,...
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GOBSMACKED! The Ensslin, Schaiblin/Reutlingen Lenormand
The deck is a little wonky, but profoundly stunning. It’s easily one of the most aesthetically pleasing Lenormands I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen scads!) Is it one of those pretty but unreadable...
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The Rana George Lenormand
This one arrived on the morning of July 3rd, after being on preorder for some time. It is, as expected, wonderful. It is well thought-out. Callie French’s art is beautifully done. The cards have shiny...
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