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Andy’s Book: Revised & Expanded
If you read this blog at all, you’ve probably heard of Lenormand Thirty Six Cards by now. It was intended as an introductory book, though it was quite detailed – I got a lot of benefit from it, and...
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Deck Review: Black Hand Lenormand
Who is Shelley Barnes? Was she in Andy’s course under a screen name? Or has she been outside the online community quietly soaking up books – the good ones, Andy’s, Rana’s, and Caitlyn’s? I’m asking...
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Needful Things: Tarot Talismans, Hallowstones, & Fin de Siécle
(A nod to Mr. Stephen King for the title – tis the season!) Just checking in with a quick mention of Carrie Paris’s Tarot Talismans, Professional Dreamer’s Hallowstones, and Ciro Marchetti’s Fin de...
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Holiday card pull, 2015
Giordano Berti’s Sibyl of the Heart Greetings, and happy whatever-you-may-or-may-not-be-celebrating! LOL. I pulled a few cards for the coming week, and I wanted to share it here, as it looks pretty...
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Fin de Siécle: High Honor
It has come to my attention that there is some confusion regarding the High Honors card in Ciro Marchetti’s Fin de Siécle. Some people seem to think that it’s a battle scene, and that the meaning is...
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Get Yourself Sane
One can’t be an effective reader while putting on an act. And by “act”, I don’t mean dressing all boho. I mean being FAKE. If memory serves, it was the Scots who called prognostication “the tongue...
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Pure Context Practice: The Cinderella Deck
This is The Cinderella Deck from Kristen at Over the Moon Oracle Cards. The images are from The Wonderful Story of Cinderella: Rhymed and Retold, published in 1921. It consists of 29 cards printed on...
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That crazy Mitelli!
Lately I’ve been getting into decks that don’t have massive crowds of people swarming all over them. The Belline (though it’s quite popular in France), Sibilla decks (though I fear they may be the...
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Getting To Know The Belline
The photo above is the Oracle Belline, laid out in a spread recommended by Andy Boroveshengra: “Draw one card for yourself, or the client. Then draw two for their personal life (relationships, home...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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