Jun 1, 2026
OFFICE OF THE CORONER – TAROT FORENSICS DIVISION Case File No.: 8S-ESCAPE-ROOM-DESIGN-FAILURE-001 Subject: THE EIGHT OF SWORDS Alleged Defendant: THE ARCHITECT (Unidentified, presumed to be a minor arcana contractor) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS The subject is presented in a...
Jun 1, 2026
CASE FILE 2024-89-TD / NARRATIVE THEFT INVESTIGATION SUBJECT: Tarot Deck, Unspecified Manufacture (hereafter “The Deck”) INCIDENT: Unauthorized Extraction & Deployment of Personal Narrative Arcs DATE OF REPORT: [REDACTED] 1. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS It is the...
May 30, 2026
You have been studying tarot for four days. You are already attached to the High Priestess. You think she is your favorite. You think she is mysterious, intuitive, quiet, powerful. You think she is the card that understands you, the card that sees your depth when no...
May 30, 2026
Oh, hello there! I was just sitting here shuffling my cards—well, I say shuffling, but mostly I just drop them on the floor and pick them up again. It’s very meditative. Anyway, I have something to tell you, so please listen closely. You know how we’ve been blaming...
May 28, 2026
You asked the cards about your career. You shuffled. You breathed. You laid out the spread with the careful hands of someone who believes they are opening a door. But you are not opening a door. You are checking to see if the lock has changed while you stand outside...
May 25, 2026
THE CARDS HAVE SPOKEN, though they spoke through a mouthful of dust and the distant hum of a refrigerator that will never be cleaned. I have seen the other side, and it was beige—the beige of a waiting room where the magazines are from 1998 and the fish in the tank...
May 23, 2026
Let’s be honest. You didn’t come here for the truth. You came here because you saw the headline—Tarot Cards Unionize Against Freelance Readers—and you thought, Finally, someone is holding the industry accountable. You were not ready for what you actually did. The...
May 21, 2026
In Memory of: The Tarot Deck Belonging to a Woman Named Margot. Dates: Purchased at a metaphysical fair in Sedona, 2019. Passed quietly on a Wednesday afternoon, face-down in a smudge-smudged silk scarf. Survived By: A quartz cluster that has also started developing a...
May 16, 2026
In Memory of: The Devil Signing Your Lease Passed quietly while you were busy asking about love. Beloved tenant of the seventh-floor walk-up with the radiator that coughs like a dying accordion. Died in the small hours of a Tuesday, somewhere between the third glass...
May 14, 2026
AUTOPSY REPORT #712-B: THE LOVERS INTERVIEW Subject: Unionization Attempt Between Conscious Ego and Shadow Self PRELIMINARY FINDINGS The decedent is identified as a romantic partnership proposal submitted to the Human Resources department of the Psyche, Inc. The...