Coming Up — Thought of the Week

Thought of the Week

What’s coming up in the membership.

Rest of May

  • Ethics in Tarot: Whose Tradition Is This?

    Ethics in Tarot: Whose Tradition Is This?

    Coming soon — week of 24 May 2026

    Tarot isn't a closed practice. But plenty of things people do around their tarot practice are. This week: cultural respect and what it means for the way you read.

  • Ethics in Tarot: What the Cards Can’t Do

    Ethics in Tarot: What the Cards Can't Do

    Coming soon — week of 31 May 2026

    Tarot is a lot of things. But it isn't therapy, and it isn't professional advice. This week: the limits of the practice, and why knowing them makes you a better reader.

June 2026

  • Rider-Waite-Smith: The Deck That Changed Everything

    Rider-Waite-Smith: The Deck That Changed Everything

    Coming soon — week of 7 June 2026

    Most of what you know about reading tarot traces back to one deck, published in 1909. This week: what came before it, and why what happened next is still shaping the way you read today.

  • Rider-Waite-Smith: The Woman Who Drew the Cards

    Rider-Waite-Smith: The Woman Who Drew the Cards

    Coming soon — week of 14 June 2026

    Every image in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn by Pamela Colman Smith. For most of the 20th century, her name wasn't on it. This week we're talking about her.

  • Rider-Waite-Smith: The Man Behind the System

    Rider-Waite-Smith: The Man Behind the System

    Coming soon — week of 21 June 2026

    Arthur Edward Waite commissioned the most-used divination deck in the world. He also thought divination was beneath serious study. This week: the man behind the system, and the irony at the heart of it.

  • Rider-Waite-Smith: One Deck, a Thousand Versions

    Rider-Waite-Smith: One Deck, a Thousand Versions

    Coming soon — week of 28 June 2026

    The Rider-Waite-Smith deck didn't just become the standard. It became the template. This week: the decks it inspired, and what each one tells us about the original.