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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 17h

New on Tarot DMs - an interview with Lane Smith @leftlanesmith.bsky.social

Finbarre chats with the author of 78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World.

Devils, desire and disobedience.

#tarot #witchsky #booksky #occult #protest

Interview with Lane Smith

"Small acts of defiance are the seeds of change"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 1d

Tarot DMs has a new address!

You can now find all interviews, updates, and sign-ups directly at tarotdms.com

We thought we'd keep things simple.

Bookmark it, share it, and join the next round of tarot guided chats. We have so many more lined up.

#tarot #witchsky #tarotdms #booksky #writers

Tarot DMs | interviews with lovely people | Finbarre Snarey | Substack

Where creatives share stories by text message. Made with ❤️ by humans. Click to read Tarot DMs | interviews with lovely people, by Finbarre Snarey, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 3d

Wait. YOU illustrated this? I saw the book and it was in my basket quick as you could blink because it was so gorgeous (and very much judged by its cover!) A cracking read too

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 3d

Enjoying Britain’s Folklore Year by Mark Norman: maypoles, wicker giants, antler dances. A perfect autumnnal read! Pairs well with piping hot apple and cinnamon tea.

#booksky #folklore #customs

Mark Norman's Britain's Folklore Year sits on a crocheted cushion

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 3d

“It’s about feeling out of place, living in a heteronormative world - and showing that through movement rather than speech.”

New on Tarot DMs: performer and movement artist Vikki on using the stage to confront shame, desire, and vulnerability.

#tarot #queer #theatre #performance #circus #lgbtq

Interview with Scarlet Vikki

"Give me authentic. Give me messy. Give me challenge"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 4d

This trio of chocolate ghosts arrived in the post as a surprise at Tarot Interviews HQ and they're too pretty to eat!

#yorkghost #sweets #witchsky #halloween

A trio of marbled chocolate ghosts are in a fancy Victorian style container

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 7d

@leighalexander.bsky.social, the award-winning games writer, narrative designer, and author of speculative fiction joins me on Tarot DMs!

We talked about tarot, storytelling, and how collective narratives can help us through difficult times.

#tarot #indiegames #booksky #witchsky #writesky

Interview with Leigh Alexander

"Tarot and narrative design are practically the same thing"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 11d

A new deck arrived! Read about Finbarre's first impressions of these cards that are decorated with shadow and starlight.

#witchsky #tarot #tarotcards #occult #witch

Review of The Intuitive Night Goddess Tarot

Cosmic Love

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 14d

Remembering Patricia Crowther (1927–2025) one of the most influential figures in modern witchcraft. Often called the “Grandmother of Wicca,” she helped bring the tradition into public life in the UK through her writings, radio, and teaching.

#witchsky #occult #wicca #witch

Patricia Crowther, known as UK’s oldest witch, dies aged 97

Wiccan high priestess’s 1970s BBC radio series is credited with helping to popularise modern witchcraft

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 14d

Last night I got to chat with the creator of The Pale Horse about body horror and hearty desserts in the second Tarot DMs interview.

#tarot #tarotreading #horror #folklore #tarotdms

Interview with Laura Binnie

"Horror is a genre that always surprises me, there is so much novelty"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 15d

Interview with Aurora Hart on Tarot DMs! If you'd like to be featured, pop Finbarre a message at [email protected]

#tarot #witchsky #occult #devilseason #poetry #booksky

Interview with Aurora Hart

"My work very much embraces demonology, devils, infernals and witchcraft"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 16d

The very first Tarot DMs interview is out tomorrow!

I’ll be chatting with Ernest Hemingway’s great-granddaughter except with a twist: *every* first card this season will be The DEVIL 😈😱

Find out more: tarotdms.substack.com

#Tarot #witchsky #booksky #poetry #writers #occult

Tarot DMs | interviews with lovely people | Finbarre Snarey | Substack

Where creatives share stories by text message. Made with ❤️ by humans. Click to read Tarot DMs | interviews with lovely people, by Finbarre Snarey, a Substack publication. Launched 11 days ago.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 18d

Hope you're all enjoying the gorgeous sunshine and brisk breeze.Today marks the equinox - a moment of balance between light and dark. In tarot, balance often appears in cards like Justice or Temperance, reminding us of harmony, clarity, and renewal.

#tarot #equinox #autumn #witchsky

The Justice and Temperance cards lie on a purple cloth (from the Modern Witch Tarot Deck)

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 25d

A quick review of Museo del Tarot, Barcelona (spoiler: it's a brilliant place)

#tarot #barcelona #witchsky #folklore #occult

Museo del Tarot, Barcelona

An esoteric wonderland

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 26d

I’m starting a sister project, Tarot DMs! A blog featuring interviews using messaging apps. I’m really excited for this new chapter and can’t wait to share the first ones soon.

If you fancy being added to our guest list, pop an email to [email protected]

#tarot #witchsky #podcast #booksky

Tarot DMs | Finbarre Snarey | Substack

Where lovely people are interviewed by text message. Made with ❤️ by humans. Click to read Tarot DMs, by Finbarre Snarey, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 27d

Fin here, it is lovely to be back! I’m putting the Tarot Interviews *podcast* on pause due to my recent illness. A few wonderful conversations we recorded won’t be out just yet - but I hope to share them in the future. While I'm getting better, I'm involved in an exciting sister project. More soon!

A picture of Finbarre from Tarot Interviews holding his ginger cat

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Aug 5

Just a quick update from Tarot Interviews HQ:
Fin is recovering from Covid. He’ll be drawing cards and chatting with brilliant guests as soon as he’s back on his feet.

In the meantime, why not revisit one of our fabulous past episodes? There’s plenty of magic waiting in the archive ✨

#TarotTuesday

Tarot Interviews

Arts Podcast · Tarot Interviews is the first podcast in the world to interview creatives using tarot cards. Every week, Fin sits down with creative minds from across the world to share their journeys ...

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Jul 29

From managing a lab of brains in jars to writing X-Men stories, Carrie Harris (@carrharr.bsky.social) has lived many lives. Discover how the cards reveal her creative journey through space empires, superheroes and found families.

Apple Podcasts - tarotinterviews.com/s01e17a

#TarotTuesday #podcast

Monsters, Magic & Marvel: Carrie Harris Meets Her Cards

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Jul 24

On Tuesday we speak with Carrie Harris (@carrharr.bsky.social), author of The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway. We draw three revealing tarot cards that illuminate her remarkable journey from autopsy coordinator to writer for Marvel, Warhammer 40K, and beyond!

#podcast #booksky #arkham

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Jul 22

From spiritualism to a pig that thinks it's the Gawain poet - we explore the Tarot with Kit Whitfield (@kitwhitfield.bsky.social). Discover her unique brand of British folk fantasy in our latest episode.

Apple Podcasts - tarotinterviews.com/s01e16a

#TarotTuesday #podcast #booksky #folklore

Uncanny Englishness: Kit Whitfield on Folklore and Fantasy

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Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here’s episode 4 of our project podcast with @folklorepod.bsky.social, about multigenerational families accused of witchcraft, “witch” children and familiars and their complicated histories ⬇️

The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · Jul 21

Episode 4 of the Seven County Witch Hunt Project mini-series is now live.

WITCH FAMILIES AND GHOST FAMILIARS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social chat with me about family dynamics in witchcraft accusations

The Seven County Witch Hunts episode 4 title card. Witch families and ghost familiars

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Hagazussa in Glasgow @hagazussainglasgow.bsky.social · Jul 21

Jane Elizabeth Cook. Cut paper silhouette illustration to 'The Witches Frolic' in the 'Ingoldsby Legends' by Thomas Barham, c.1890. The Victoria and Albert Museum, collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O730172...

#WitchSky #WitchAlt #art #illustration

A black and white, cut paper image of three witches (with accompanying cats), flying upward and to the left, into the sky on their broomsticks. A man with a feathered cap is dancing on a barrel, tipping his wine glass toward the witches. Around him, a mob wielding shovels, pitchforks, and other implements look on in an uproar.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Jul 19

A reminder that Tarot Interviews has playlists for all 78 cards to accompany your next reading!

🌟 tarotinterviews.com/major
🔥 tarotinterviews.com/wands
🏆 tarotinterviews.com/cups
⚔️ tarotinterviews.com/swords
⛤ tarotinterviews.com/pentacles

Image from The Classic Rock Tarot by Kathy Kosmecki-Zyduck

Stevie Nicks as The Empress tarot card. Image from The Classic Rock Tarot by Kathy Kosmecki-Zyduck.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · Jul 18

On the corner of Enfield Street and Bramcote Road in Beeston, a lovely (and rather talented) stranger has created a Post Box topper to commemorate the occasion!

A handmade Torvill and Dean postbox topper on the corner of Enfield Street and Bramcote Road in Beeston

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · Jul 15

And now for something completely different! 🖤

Today we bring you the first of a two-part double-bill of special episodes made with the help and support of @londonmuseum.bsky.social all about their 'Secrets of the Thames' exhibition!

Link in bio!

#SecretsoftheThames #London #socialhistory

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