TIME Magazine published a big cover recently: Pete Buttigieg and his partner smiling in front of a house with the words FIRST FAMILY written in massive, serif font in front of them. It's a lovely sentiment, but it's not going to last long. Not with the Elections Monster back out there. This is a scene in the early part of the horror movie when everything seems right: here is the pretty couple that everyone loves at school smiling for their prom portraits. This is the stage of the horror movie where all of the sexy teens are accounted for. Some are hard at work, being nerds, others are busy making out in the back seat of an IROC. It's not clear who will survive. The star quarterback smiling (
It's May, definitely in the top five of all months, co-hosted by Taurus and Gemini. For this month, I used a deck that feels as lush as May feels: the Ancient Italian Tarot (Lo Scarabeo). The Ancient Italian deck is reproduction of a clone of the Tarocco Soprafino from the early 1800s, so calling this deck "ancient" is a stretch. Naming conventions aside, it's a beautiful deck. There's a clear identification with the Marseilles, especially when you look at the court cards, but there are surprises everywhere. The booklet is uninspiring, but aren't most of them? This deck was originally used as playing cards, not divination, which only means it's even more open to possibilities. Asking the dec
