ep. 208: What Tarot Cards Tell You
What can a deck of cards tell us about ourselves? How do you sort tarot mysticism from mythology? Investigative journalist and Ritually host Nelufar Hedayat shares what happened when she turned to tarot for guidance on two major life decisions and how the cards connect to the history of women and minoritized groups. Cristen also discovers the surprising origins of tarot and how its fortunetelling lore came to be.
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