Burning Tarot

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BIO OF A TAROTIST

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To answer a common question:

I started reading amateurishly in the mid to late 1980s. I began a more serious investigation, and worked with a Tarotist, in 1990-1992.

Then I read a lot of books, did a lot of readings, got a lot of different decks, and.... oh lordy.... got a job doing readings on a psychic phone line, where I lasted one week. (Note: I think you can give perfectly good readings via phone or online. Working there just sucked.) I wrote about oracles for online magazines, interviewed people like astrologer Rob Breszny and Paul O'Brien of the I Ching and Synchronicity online, and wrote cheezball horoscopes for various commercial entities and publications.

I proceeded to do Tarot only for friends.

I proceeded to attempt to forget what I'd learned in the books.

Burning Tarot has really charged me up with being a more consistent reader again, and more frequently giving readings to strangers. It's great shit. Thank you, wild people ov Burnland.

BURNING MAN 2009 REPORT

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- Burning Tarot rawked! I'm really sorry if you tried to find us & couldn't get to the new location. We were part of the Rocketeers camp (facing "B" near 6:30) for Raygun Gothic Rocketship, which was hands-down the greatest B Man project I've ever had the honor to work on, even if my contribution was at best, ummmm, marginal. (Pictured left: the 9 of Express; photo Steve Fritz).

- Miss Magdalen's Tarot workshop brought in some 25 people to a tiny lil' Tarot hut. It was great to see you all. I especially love how these workshops combine experienced readers, most of us with somewhat differing opinions, with brand newbies. Thanks so much for participating.

- The musician Grey Anne often played hostess in the Tarot hut while I gave readings in the back. Apparently y'all had a good time while waiting: yay! She had the brilliant and bizarre idea of giving "Dino Readings" with plastic dinosaurs that happened to be in the Tarot hut. Look for her "Dino Tarot" readings around food cart pods in Portland; she has a really cool setup for it. (Pictured left: the 31 of Exist, photo Steven Fritz.)

- You guys were generous with the gifties yet again. Yum. Let's see, there were red wines, sangria, whiskeys of good quality, chocolates, a rubber ducky, a set of beautiful

B Man 2009 earrings, and even a slab of smoked salmon.

- And also, thank you for being patient, waiting in line, working with me on the New Agey pre-reading meditation stuff, and generally being a cool, open, generous group of Tarot querents.

- Loves,

- magdalen/tiffany

Rocket photo stolen without permission from jadekeller.com

OMG! WHERE IS IT???

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Dear lovely people: I have made a giant, 160-image Tarot deck for you. I have invented the Double Tarot especially for you, including an 80-card brand-new Burning Man-only "deck." I have given you approximately 4,000 readings --- free --- in the last 6 weeks. Whine, whine, martyr, martyr, waah waah.

But dude. Give me a little leeway on posting the deck for your free downloading pleasure. I love that you care!! I really do. I love getting prods and questions in email. But, uh, like don't be accusatory about it, OK? Please? Thank you.

Oh, why are we waiting? Cuz Lena, who basically finished all the production and printing stuff on the deck, wanted a couple changes to it before we upload it. She is smart and she is correct; there are some flubs in that file. So! We must all wait for me & Lena to spruce it up a bit.

In the meantime, here's a sample. Photo by Steven Fritz. (Recognize the Hierophant? Hee Hee.)

Burning Tarot pictures, update

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MANOR HOUSE in Portland:

Burning Tarot is up & running at the Manor of Art. chekc out photographer Steven Fritz on Facebook to see some pix ... Come by if you're in Portland.

You can browse the new deck in Room #310 during all opening hours, though to get the full effect ya gotta come when I'm there, because I'm an actual piece of the installation. (god, those performance artists.) i will definitely be on-site Sun 16th 3-6 pm, Wed 19th 4-7 pm, 1:30-4 pm Thurs 20th, and Fri the 21st 5-7 pm (warning, most of Friday's Tarot schedule is filled already)... and Sat the 22nd 3-5 pm, perhaps later. all slots on Sat the 23rd are filled already.

PLACEMENT OF BURNING TAROT AT BURNING MAN, 2009?

we'll have a small sign and a yellow hut full of red fabric stuff. Look around the perimeter of the Raygun Gothic Rocketship building crew camp, near 6:30 and "B." Despite what the B Man events calendar says, we're not in Hushville. sorry about that. Readings avail 1-3 pm Tues sept 1, 1-3 pm Thurs the 3rd, and 1-3 pm Sat the 5th --- plus whenever i feel up for it.

ANOTHER WORKSHOP?

Tarot/Double Tarot workshop 4-5:30 pm Thurs, Sept 3rd, all levels welcome.

WHERE'S THE DECK???

Two prints of the deck exist. One is in the possession of Miss Magdalen of Mystical Mayhem; the other is owned by Steven Fritz, who shot most of the lovely photos in this 160-card deck. Eventually, e.g. when I get my shit together, I'll upload files to this site for free download.

I WANNA SEE THE PIX!

See the facebook link above, come to the show, visit us at Burning Man, or look on the wooden fence around Center Camp Cafe -- we'll have a small installation there as well.

love

magdalen

etc.

BURNING TAROT II debuts at "The Manor of Art"

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The new, 2009 Burning Tarot deck—a "double tarot" deck initiated by Tiffany Lee Brown—will debut at the Manor of Art group show in Portland, Oregon from August 14 to August 24, 2009.

It's the subject of an installation and performance in Room 310 in an abandoned, dilapidated nursing home next to Milepost 5, at 900 NE 81st Avenue. Lots of opening parties, bands, etc. Click below for deets!

Artists: Tiffany Lee Brown (a.k.a. Miss Magdalen of Mystical Mayhem) and photographer Steven Fritz, together with the participants who made the new Burning Tarot deck happen...

Milepost 5's Manor of Art page: www.milepostfive.com/manor

Tiffany Lee Brown's artist/etc. page: www.magdalen.com

Burning Tarot homepage: www.burningtarot.com

Miss Magdalen's readings & gift certificates (phone or in-person): http://seedcake.etsy.com

A non-profit arts fundraiser unrelated to the Burning Tarot project.

Email list/occasional updates: send email to magdalen23 att gmail.com with "burning tarot" in the subject header. Thanks!

BURNING TAROT II: art show, burning man 2009, and "when is the deck gonna be finished, huh? huh? huh?"

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Update!

1. Burning Tarot II deck + art installation + tarot readings ....... debuts at the "Manor of Art" August 14-24 in Portland!

2. Burning Tarot will be out there on the Playa in 2009...

3. Free download of Tarot deck

4. Readings by Miss Magdalen?

BURNING MAN 2009

Scroll around this site to find details. We hope to be placed around the perimeter/roadside of Hushville, but we don't know yet. Check "WhoWhatWhere" Burning Man schedule + burningman.com events calendar, also burningtarot.com as details change.

Bman readings 1-3 pm Tues, Thurs, and Sat. plus whenever we feel like it; Burning Tarot and Double Tarot workshop 4-5:30 pm on Thursday. No appointments. Whiskey, chocolate, and good wine accepted with love and cheer. Well, any good food makes for a good bribe, really. PLEEEEZ don't show up wasted or in a fighting mood. Giving readings takes a lot out of me. Respect that. We reserve the right to say, "Nah, I'm not giving you a reading, sorry."

FREE DOWNLOAD OF BURNING TAROT II

The Burning Tarot deck/Double Tarot deck is guaranteed to be ready for free download by August 14, 2009. Check burningtarot.com for details. MUST NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, EVER!!! These are not for sale, and we cannot take orders for them. Download, print, give away, and use, but do not sell these things or sell readings with them for profit. Else ye shall be cursed for life and woe shall be unto you and bad tidings, and other scary stuff like that.

READINGS BY MISS MAGDALEN OF MYSTICAL MAYHEM

To get a reading at the Manor of Art show, email me to make an appointment, or show up to the openings and parties, and try your luck.

To donate to the nonprofit New Oregon Arts & Letters and receive a reading on the phone or in person (gift certificates available), check out http://seedcake.etsy.com .

No appointments accepted on the Playa/at Black Rock City/at Burning Man. It's first come, first served, whiskey, wine and dark chocolate accepted as bribes. Please don't show up if you think the whole thing's a joke and you're all fucked up on E or drunk or whatever. Giving all those readings takes a lot out of me, so please respect that and don't waste my time... thanks.

CONTACT
-to receive announcements about all this stuff, email magdalen23 at gmail with the word "burning tarot subscribe" in the subject header thingy.

- photo here is from the 2003 mini-Burning-Tarot deck; it's the lovely Tamara, photographed by Christopher Rainone.

BURNING TAROT UPDATE: Oct 2008

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EMAIL ME:

~ magdalen23 at the domain gmail dot com ~ for information about readings, updates on when the new Burning Tarot deck will be available, and other such tidbits.

TAROT READINGS:

Miss Magdalen is still giving readings, following the Tarotist Training Camp, via telephone and in person. Email for an appointment. She asks that you donate to the non-profit 2GQ.org, which supports arts, literature, and culture in Portland, including her performance-installation work "The Easter Island Project" and Nora Robertson's "New Oregon" interview series.

In-person readings may be given for fundraiser donation, trade, barter, gift economy, or just for the hell of it. Miss Magdalen is generally found in Portland, Oregon, but can also arrange readings for upcoming visits to Seattle, New York, Arizona, Oakland/San Francisco, and Easter Island.

THE NEW BURNING TAROT DECK:

Both the old Burning Ta

rot deck (circa 2003) and the new deck (and wow, do I have a surprise for ya with this one) will be available for free download this winter. A free booklet will also be prepped in PDF form. Send email to the above address if you want to be notified.

THE BURNING TAROT STORY:

I've been reading Tarot since 1990, including an unfortunate stint as a phone psychic Tarot reader. (Yes, you can definitely give readings via phone, and no, it is not fun to do it being paid by the minute.)

In 2003, I created a tiny, portable, weatherproof tarot deck of a special Major Arcana, featuring cards #0-23. Burning Man photographers including Steve Fritz, Hovering, and Christopher Rainone let me use their photos for it; I gave readings on the Playa that year, and gifted out some schwag in the form of miniature cards on necklace strings.

In 2008, Steve Fritz and I teamed up with two virgin Burners, Aurora and Bacon Girl, to form the four-person Tarotist Training Camp. I gave readings and workshops, and met incredible people in the process. At the camp, we also photographed people in front of a big blank Tarot card, so that they could become part of the *next* Burning Tarot deck.

That deck is still in progress. It'll be a full 78-card deck. I'd like to do a proper print run of it, but this is unlikely as one can't sell Burning Man stuff and I don't have thousands of dollars lying around with which to make incredibly fabulous Burning Man Tarot decks. So! You'll have to download it yourself and print at your leisure.

Source photos will also be available, so you can adapt and print your own customized deck. And Miss Magdalen's Guide to the Burning Tarot.

PHOTOS:

Red-background photos here are by Steve Fritz, 2008. Samples from 2003 Burning Tarot deck feature photographs by Christopher Rainone, Steve Fritz, Tiffany Lee Brown, and Hovering.

COME FIND US ON THE PLAYA...

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We'll be at 9:30 and Wheel, which means within one circular block of Center Camp, nearish the Playa. (Which sounds kind of insane, placing a four-person, one-pun theme camp so close to the action! Eeek.)

Anyhow, bring yr camera if you can, or see if we're around to take a photo and immortalize you in the next Burning Tarot deck. Tuesday just-after-sundown is socializing time. Wear a costume so you can be the tarot card/tarot character of your choice. Bring me some good booze and I might even do a tarot reading for ya.

Ciao darlings,

Subcommandante Tifanita
aka
Miss Magdalen of Mystical Mayhem

SCHEDULED EVENTS for Burning Man 2008

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Well, basically just drop by (our camp, Tarotist Training Camp, will be listed in all the various official B Man stuff) and ask for Miss Magdalen to give you a reading. Bottles of fine red wine help Miss Magdalen read, by the way.

And if we're not there, you can still take your photo for the next Burning Tarot deck (see below).

Official times for maximal Tarotist Training:

- Daily 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ish for photographs...

- Tarotist Reading Frenzy: Tuesday dusk/early evening and other times to be posted live on the Playa. Bring a flashlight and an offering to Miss Magdalen the Tarot Reader.

BURNING TAROT, AHOY

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Frequently Unanswered Questions
FUQ File v 2.3

Q: What was the 2003 version of Burning Tarot?
A: A deck of tarot cards created from photographs of Burners & other such Playa goodness. I made 23 major arcana cards, laminated 'em, and gave readings at Burning Man 2003. And I had little gifts of the cards you could wear around yr neck. Click here for images from the 2003 Burning Tarot deck .

Q: Who took those pictures?
A: Photos by Steve Fritz, Hovering, Christopher Rainone, and others.

Q: So what is Burning Tarot "Be Yr Own Tarot Card" at Burning Man 2008, at Tarotist Training Camp?
A: I'm gonna make another deck for future Burns... and y'all are going to be the characters, the archetypes, the models. So you come by our camp decked out in finery, stand in front of the giant tarot card background, and get your photo taken (or photograph yourself -- bring a camera if you can). There will be an online version, too, so everyone can make their own Burning Tarot.

Q: OK, I guess that's pretty cool. How does it work?
A: Bring a camera, snap some photos, and then come back here: www.magdalen.com/burningtarot . We'll try to photograph you, too. Email ONE photo of yourself to magdalen23zzz at gmail.com -- remove the zz's -- and include what name you want your card to be, like "The Empress" or "The Eight of Dogs" or "The Magician".

Q: What is Tarotist Training Camp?
A: A small camp of terro-ists. We will also be giving tarot readings at various times. Remember that your friendly local tarot reader cannot work properly without red wine. Plan accordingly!