These eight Samhain traditions bring old seasonal practices into one modern evening and one ordinary kitchen. None of them require a field, a bonfire, or anyone else’s permission. The first year I marked Samhain on purpose, I did it badly. I had read too much, bought candles in three colors I did not need, and…
You can sit with the cards before you decide anything. Choose a deck, turn over three, and see what they hand back. A while ago a reader wrote to tell me she had been circling my shop for the better part of a month. She wanted a deck, but she was not sure she wanted…
You do not need a gift, a lineage, or a single memorized meaning. You need one card and a good question. The first time I laid out a card for someone who had never touched a deck, she turned it over, looked at it, and asked, “But what does it mean?” as though there were…
A plain-spoken guide for the curious — no crystal ball required.