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Weeklyish thingy and the Queen of Pentacles/Snow White and Rose Red, aka the SECOND TO LAST CARDDDDDDD

I foresee a great turmoil over the final card as I look back on all the possibilities I missed but fuck it, nearly done! Looking for a fertile, nurturing mother … Continue reading

May 13, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weeklyish thingy and the Knight of Pentacles/Mother Holle

This one is a really good answer to when I’m all ‘can’t art, not inspired’ because I had no strong feeling going in to this card and dicked around a … Continue reading

May 2, 2023 · 1 Comment

Weeklyish thingy and the Page of Pentacles/Godmother Death

Running well behind on my usual posting day but this time for the very legit artistic reason of not knowing how the duck I wanted to pose Godmother Death. (Also … Continue reading

April 20, 2023 · 2 Comments

Weekly! thingy and oops, all advertising.

Sorry y’all, there is nothing I hate more than having to promote stuff and ask for your money but this is a day for that. But good news for anyone … Continue reading

April 8, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weekly! thingy and the Ten of Pentacles/The Girl Without Hands

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I love Snow White, but I wish it was significantly more fucked up. I wish it was like an oddly religious Saw movie. I wish … Continue reading

April 3, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and a break from Tarot cards for CATS

Not the cocaine-fueled musical, actual cats. Or, well, a painting of actual cats. I did not have sufficient brain for a new tarot card this week, but I got to … Continue reading

January 7, 2023 · 1 Comment

Weekly thingy and the Six of Pentacles/The Malachite Casket

I talked about the Malachite Maid way back in the major arcana – she’s woven all through this story, though she never directly appears (except in disguise as the traveler). … Continue reading

December 31, 2022 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and the Five of Pentacles/The Little Match Girl

I feel like everyone knows this story? Poor little match girl huddled in the cold, begging passers-by to buy her matches and having no luck. One by one she lights … Continue reading

December 22, 2022 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and the Four of Pentacles/Diamonds and Toads

I’ve already done a couple of these reward and punishment stories so the basic outlines are pretty clear. Generous kind stepdaughter, mean jealous greedy stepmother, greedy lazy daughter. The good … Continue reading

December 11, 2022 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and the Three of Pentacles/East of the Sun etc.

Y’all have heard me talk East of the Sun, West of the Moon a bunch already, I LOVE a Nordic fairytale where the girl is the quester. Basically this needed … Continue reading

December 6, 2022 · 6 Comments