Curious Tarot
Tarot for the curious.
I grew up being told tarot was off limits. Like most forbidden things, that made me more curious, not less. When I finally bought a deck, I sat with it for a long time before I did anything else — just looked at the images, let the archetypes do what archetypes do. Turns out it wasn’t evil. Just misunderstood.
What I found in the cards was what I find everywhere I look carefully enough: story. Pattern. The ancient grammar of the human interior — the fool setting out, the tower falling, the star rising in the wreckage. I’d been reading that grammar in scripture and theology for years. The deck just uses different paper.
Readings
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Three Card Pull
$50
A focused reading on one question or theme. Good for a specific moment of decision or clarity.
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Full Reading
$100
A longer conversation using a spread suited to what you’re carrying. Good for seasons of transition, discernment, or the big questions that don’t have obvious answers.
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Correspondence
$75
You write to me with your question. I respond with a written reading — thoughtful and unhurried, for you to sit with in your own time. Good for people who process better on paper, or who just aren’t a video-call person.
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Send a request and I’ll write back with times (or, for Correspondence, what I’ll need from you) and how to pay.
What tarot is to me
I am not a fortune teller. I don’t believe the cards predict the future, and I’d be suspicious of anyone who claims they do. What I believe is this: the images in a tarot deck give the unconscious something to reach for — a vocabulary when words have run out, a mirror when you’re not sure what you’re looking at.
I use tarot the same way I use everything else in my practice: contemplatively. Slowly. With more questions than answers. The cards don’t tell you what’s true. They show you what you already know but haven’t said out loud yet.
What a reading with me looks like
A reading is a conversation — not a performance. You bring a question, a season, a threshold you’re standing at. I draw cards and we sit with them together. I’ll tell you what I see. You’ll tell me what lands. We’ll follow whatever thread is alive.
I’m not here to impress you with esoteric knowledge. I’m here to pay attention with you. No doctrine required. No prior experience with tarot necessary. Skeptics are welcome — I was one.
A reading is a space for reflection. It isn’t a substitute for medical, legal, financial, or mental-health care.
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If you’re curious — about tarot, about what a reading might look like for you, or about anything on this page — reach out. There’s no obligation.
Prefer email? Write to contact@aaronjsmith.net.