At last there is more light every day, and life is waking up again. I have been working hard in London getting Butterfly Tarot in its new home.
It has taken far, far longer than I could have ever imagined, but the unit at Camden Market opened on the first two days of March. Read the rest of this entry »
So many things have happened in the last twelve months, and 2008 looks to be just as busy…
“The only interesting journey remains the journey deep into the psyche”
This quote by Marc Forster appeared in the news while I was writing this newsletter. Who’s he? The new director of the next James Bond movie, thats who, and he wants to ‘concentrate more on Bond’s mind and less on his body’. Read the rest of this entry »
After Issue 1, a friend of mine asked what would I have to write about in the next one - January is a quiet month. I must admit; things looked pretty thin, but then something magical happened. There is loads going on! For a start, there is the move of Butterfly Tarot from a stall into a ‘baby’ unit in Camden Market, then Alison Cross, ex-Chair of TABI contacted me with new ideas for Supertarot. Then there is the strange case of mistaken identity on Brighton Pier. Read the rest of this entry »
New EU legislation came into force on Monday requiring Fortune Tellers to display a disclaimer: “For entertainment purposes only”. Read the rest of this entry »
I was in Camden Market on saturday, and when I left everything was fine. It was a lovely sunny day. By the time I got back to Brighton that evening, the fire had happened. The fire was not in our part of the market, but it is still devastating for everyone, even if nobody was hurt. Camden is incredibly important to London artistically. Read the rest of this entry »
More than ever politics is obsessed about spin and presentation. A lot of time and thought goes into the style of clothes, haircut, voice - the list is endless. Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair, who clearly used make-up and anything else to improve how he looked. Gordon is the antithesis of Tony, a man who likes to be seen as solid, heavyweight, no gimmicks. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s coming very soon, a regular feature of the tarot world. The UK Tarot Conference has once again got a strong line-up of speakers. Read the rest of this entry »
I have only just come across Robert M. Place’s book on the history of tarot. It seems to be very good - at least that is what the enthusiastic reviews say. I did venture on to the tarot elists some years ago with a few comments on the history of Tarot, but it was very clear that everyone was better than me on the subject. Maybe this book will put me on the right track.
There were no plans for a Christmas wishlist - I think I am too old for that, but if somebody would like to have a word with Santa, now you know what would be appreciated.
First of all, this is not a tarot deck. Tarot decks have 78 cards: Major, Minor and Court cards. This has 89 cards that are reversible; that is to say, on one side are aspects of the Angelic Watchtower system, while the other side has a conglomeration of tattva and I Ching symbols. Confused? You bet!
I received The Grail Tarot in the post this morning, which was a nice surprise. John Matthews has long been associated with the Arthurian myths, so I suppose this unification with the Templars (the subtitle is ‘A Templar Vision’ )is not surprising. Read the rest of this entry »