PinnedAsexuality and the TarotNot the Usual Story The way that stories like this usually begin is with a heartwarming anecdote about an elder friend or family member, steeped in ancient, time-honoured knowledge and wisdom, introducing our youthful protagonist to the mysteries of the cards. Perhaps they’re in a quiet, hushed room, away from the window overlooking the…Asexuality11 min readAsexuality11 min read
Dec 31, 2022The WorldOn Endings and Beginnings — We have been called upwards from Judgement, and being drawn up into the heavens through the blare of the angel’s trumpet we have been taken to a place of incredible majesty and wonder: The World. If the Sun represents the attainent of what we’ve wanted on earth as physical human…Tarot9 min readTarot9 min read
Dec 31, 2022JudgementOn Answering a Call — Betraying the heavy influence of Christianity on the imagery and symbolism of the Smith-Waite tarot, this card makes heavy reference to scenes of the dead being summoned back to life to recieve their ultimate judgement at the hands of God, at what is colloquially called, appropriately, The Last Judgement (namely…Asexuality9 min readAsexuality9 min read
Dec 12, 2022The SunOn the unbearable lightness of being negative — Out we come, from the darkness of night, and into the light of the sun. In the moon, we struggled to separate illusion from reality. But in the sun, all is revealed. And what we see is something that is sure to bring a smile to our face. One of…Asexuality8 min readAsexuality8 min read
Oct 23, 2022The MoonOn the Things in Life we Believe are Real, and That Which Isn’t — After our bath in starlight, we come to another very symbolic scene. What first comes out at us is that this is the first card we meet in the Major Arcana that doesn’t feature human figures, or at least, people. Instead, what we get are three animals, and a humanoid…Asexuality8 min readAsexuality8 min read
Oct 21, 2022The StarOn Nakedness, Healing, Nature and Meditation — After the extremes of the The Tower and The Devil, we are brought to a very otherworldly, almost surreal scene; a young woman is pouring water into both a pool and into the ground. She is completely nude, and yet, there is nothing sexual about her openness — in…Tarot8 min readTarot8 min read
Oct 4, 2022The TowerOn Our Constructions, and When They Fall — When it rains, it pours. Out of one of the most disturbing and frightening cards of the entire tarot deck, we are immediately brought to the another of the most disturbing and frightening cards of the tarot: looking at this card, it’s quite evident that we are not having a…LGBTQ8 min readLGBTQ8 min read
Sep 23, 2022The DevilOn Our Inner Shadow Selves — Alright. Now we’re talking. From the peaceful, liminal, balanced tranquility of Temperance, we go to a winged, horned spectacle that jolts us out of our reverie and disrupts our contemplative journey with sheer shock and awe. The Devil is a thrashing death metal solo interrupting your performance of Eine Kleine…LGBTQ9 min readLGBTQ9 min read
Sep 21, 2022TemperanceOn Balance, and Being in the In-Between — At first this card — as seen in the Smith-Waite deck — can be a difficult one to immediately parse: The most recognizable symbol seen here is the angel, but what are they doing, and why? One popular historical definition of “temperance”, linked back to the infamous Prohibition period in…Sexuality8 min readSexuality8 min read
Sep 19, 2022DeathOn Endings — The Death card is by far one of the most misunderstood and feared cards in the tarot, and for good reason: Death is often seen, especially in Western Culture, as the ultimate ending. But nature and the universe tells us that Death, while an ending, is also necessary for rebirth…Tarot8 min readTarot8 min read
