The Almanac
Writing on tarot, astrology
and the practice itself
No horoscopes and no predictions. These are working notes: how to read a spread so it produces a decision, what your rising sign actually governs, how to read a transit without dread, and how to keep a log that argues with your memory.
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Practice · 19 September 2026 · 8 min
An honest year with a practice
What actually changes over twelve months of daily cards, logged moods and monthly sessions — and what does not.
Read the article4 August 2026 · 8 min
How to actually read a three-card spread
The most common spread in tarot is also the most misused. Here is a method that produces a decision instead of a mood.
21 July 2026 · 9 min
The Major Arcana is a map of a process, not a list of fates
Twenty-two cards, read in order, describe one complete journey through a change. Knowing where you are on it is worth more than knowing what any single card means.
2 July 2026 · 7 min
What your rising sign actually does (and what it doesn't)
The ascendant is not a personality. It is the angle from which you meet everything else in the chart.
13 June 2026 · 8 min
Reading transits without the fear
Saturn returns and Mercury retrogrades get blamed for a great deal. Here is how to read a transit as timing information rather than a threat.
28 May 2026 · 7 min
Shadow work without wallowing
Naming a wound is the easy part. The practice is what you do in the ninety seconds after it fires.
9 May 2026 · 6 min
Keeping a mood log that tells you something true
Most journals record the story of the day. A useful log records the data, so that the story can be checked against it later.