Burning Tarot, Burning Man, Tarotist Training Camp

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.