The Comet

A beautiful gift of cards was sent my way by Caitlín Matthews, a lady of great knowledge of all things divination. This pack of cards is a Lenormand type bordering the Kipperkarten style in which we have more protagonists than in the regular Lenormand set – the number of cards here exceeding to 46, rather

Burning serpent

In a recent discussion with Rachel Pollack about inspiration, I suggested that we look at the etymology of the word. From Latin, inspirare, to be inspirited or to inspire, inspiration means not only ‘to breathe,’ but also to receive divine guidance when breathing in a certain way. What is thus suggested in this word is

Steampunk tarot

The Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine is a new contribution to the world of mainstream, fantasy and science-fiction themed tarots by Caitlin and John Matthews, and illustrated by Will Kingham. As the subtitle announces, there’s a focus on wisdom. Caitlin and John Matthews write with clarity and incisive pondus and take

WAITING FOR THE END

Here’s what I think about the tarots that make me think: they are great as elastics. If a deck can give me a sense of the following question, then I’ll use it: How far can I stretch a ‘traditional’ meaning, or interpretation of a card? The ideal is neither too far from, nor too close

Does it work? Yoav Ben Dov’s work

Today something new. Although I don’t do reviews of new decks here at Taroflexions, on occasion I do mention new productions, but only in the context of reading the cards. I’m not interested in history when I do divination, hence, what I go for is the following question: Does it work? If a deck doesn’t

GYPSY PALACE

I promised Nora Huszka, the creator of the Gypsy Palace Tarot, to take her cards for a ride. I met Nóra this autumn at the Tarot Con UK, where I was invited to do a talk on agency in Tarot. Nóra was there too, introducing her new deck. I liked Nóra from the start. For

DARK GODDESS

Today I got a new tarot deck. I’m not one of those who splurges money on contemporary decks, but I’m interested in anything that Ellen Lorenzi-Prince puts her hands on – and let’s mention her heart and head too, to be fair. I won’t review her new Dark Goddess Tarot, as others have already done

EN TEREX IT – EX ITENT ER

“I have been working on a series of situations in which a tarot card could instigate a poetic subversion of reality, like when I stopped the subway commute by trying to use the Chariot card as my metro card and acted as if I wasn’t aware of the absurdity of it. Overall, there is the idea of