Hey friends! Sooo... I have another new book out! It is a surprise book I was not planning to write in the slightest, and then *did* write awfully very fastly. Hang tight--I'll explain....This is a weird time for me & for the blog. We're doing a phase change on multiple fronts here.The Facts Are These:-Since I've been out and vocal as nonbinary trans and queer-positive in my public tarot work, the current political climate threatens everything I've built and shared here thus far on In ..read more

Hi all! It's been a while since I caught a minute for a blog update here, and there's a lot to catch up on. First and foremost, in light of the recent election, the queer community in the US is bracing for the worst. I am fortunate to already live in a blue state. But as an out nonbinary queer in all my extant writings, my work depends on being able to share openly online. I'm not self-censoring unless or until forced to, and I'll keep this site up as long as I can, but I may not be able to keep ..read more

The tarot pages are the students of the deck. The Page’s Journey is a series of articles on learning tarot, geared for new beginners, and curious onlookers. I outlined this series while working on my book, but I wanted to post these articles here for free, to help out folx who are totally new. Most of what we’ll cover here is common knowledge in the field; some is my personal opinion. Today, let’s cover some intro tips and approaches for embarking on a rewarding tarot practice in your first few years or so. It’s Normal to Suck At First Every practice comes with a learning curve, including t ..read more

Hello Friends, I took a few weeks off the public blog to catch up on post-Kickstarter admin, fulfill the digital perks, and re-immerse in my studio routine on the other side of all that business, but we do have plenty more material to wrap up here in our open article series. Let's get back to it... This week, we have a new spread I wanted to share openly in light of the current news cycle. Here's the Mourning Dove Spread for grieving towards peace. Let's put this up front today: if anyone would like to tip the blog this season, please kindly donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza and/or  d ..read more

Short and sweet post for you tonight! It's spreads day on Patreon, and this month's topics generated a bonus spread to share here. We're riffing on themes from the #OccultTea conversation. It's one thing to gather thoughts for a public conversation, and quite another to grapple with these topics in our daily lives as they arise to hazard us. So here's a simple and handy tarot spread for airing out your FOMO. Sometimes FOMO can be super motivating and inspiring, and connect us to our desires. Other times it suuuucks and just makes us feel bad about not doing stuff we might not even want to do ..read more

I rarely hop on roundups, but I heard about the #OccultTea conversation through Laura Tempest Zakroff’s Patreon community, and the group got into such a juicy conversation there, I kept thinking about the questions. So let’s try this! Credit & thanks to @ella.harrison @the.redheadedwitch and @polish.folk.witch for putting this together. The questions are in bold. They’re in caps cause I copy/pasted from the graphics, which used a caps style font (re-posted below, courtesy of the organizers). My responses are my own opinions, but they’re not all unique, and I’ve been enjoying catching othe ..read more

Hi Friends! We're down to the last couple days on Kickstarter--be sure to reserve your decks now to catch those killer early prices & the digital SWAG. I've finished designing the printouts for the E-SWAG and Home Tarot Spellbook bundles, and wanted to share some ideas for making the most of your digital downloads. You don't need my downloads to work with the tips we're about to run through! Fun crafty techniques for all here. But we have got quite a lot of handouts to work with now between the free ebooks here, the Patreon spreads, and the kickstarter-exclusive digital downloads I'm abo ..read more

Fortune and Her Wheel circa 1467, via Wikimedia Commons. The tarot pages are the students of the deck. The Page’s Journey is a series of articles on learning tarot, geared for new beginners, and curious onlookers. I outlined this series while working on my upcoming book, but I wanted to post these articles here for free, to help out folx who are totally new. Most of what we’ll cover here is common knowledge in the field; some is my personal opinion. I’ll post one of these each Sunday till we’ve run through the basics. Mid week, we’ll have more of our usual fare—salty spreads, cultural rambl ..read more

We touched on cleansing in our last couple posts, including a tarot spread on the theme of cleansing and housekeeping during times of stress. It’s worth diving deeper on this topic. What does cleansing even mean in the context of spirituality, religion, psi, magic, witchcraft, or a tarot practice? My views don’t speak to or for everyone. Generally, I find semantic conversations in occultsville most helpful and interesting when they clarify where we’re coming from, and contextualize any given writer, artist, note-trader, or meme-slinger’s offerings. I find a lot of semantic bickering and lang ..read more

This is the seventh spread in a collection designed in response to the ongoing covid crisis, and all the rapid changes and shakeups it has wrought. This is a disabled/ill friendly space and comments are moderated. The fact that Covid is still happening is not up for debate. That this still matters to higher-risk communities is not up for debate. Any anti-vaxxing noise, pseudo-science, or eugenics masquerading as spirituality will get deleted & blocked. Check out The People’s CDC for quality updates on transmission rates and how you can help protect yourself and your community. Soooo… tyi ..read more