SMS Tarot: Happy to see that this tarot text tool is still going strong. Get an instant reading from your phone any time and any where by simply texting the word "tarot" to 41411.

A sample response is shown in the illustration to the left. Hmmmmm ... use your phone for an instant insight with a one card reading from the Rider-Waite deck ... sounds like something you might want. And don't forget standard text messaging rates for your phone service apply ... but you've already bought a text messaging plan ... yes?

Prison Term for Tarot Readers: This is a case of the classic "curse" scam with expensive counseling sessions and the usual array of product sales to effect a "cure". You're familiar with this, yes? Well if not you should be. Read more ...

Would you ask a psychic for stock tips?: "For the past several years, Browne has been big on gold as an investment. 'An image comes into my head after someone asks me a question,' Browne explained. She recalled advising a client who had lost a lot of money but was able to earn it back by following her advice. 'All I could see when I looked at him was gold bars, gold jewelry,' she said." From the Times Argus out of Vermont. Read more ...

Psychic School with the Psychic Sisters: This sounds fun and maybe even informative though I'm not sure I can afford it. The next Psychic School with the Psychic Sisters is apparently at Littlecote House, Hungerford, Berkshire, over the weekend of November 14-16. Book through Warner Leisure Hotels (0800 1 388399, www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk) ; £364 per person, dinner, b&b . Read more here ... and here ...

Boston Globe's Sudden Tarot Interest: So what's up with these two recent articles in the Boston Globe? First there is the otherworldly "Vision Quest" by Carmen Nobel where the insights of five Boston area psychics (MaryLee Trettenero, Alex Palermo, Raymond, Mary D'Alba, and Gayle Kirk) are evaluated. Then there are the experiences of author Jodi Picoult with tarot consultant Anya Weber written by Catherine Elcik.

Read "Vision Quest" and read what Picoult learns.

Take This Seriously ... or not. Pomona College, in Claremont, California 35 miles east of Los Angeles, claims to be widely regarded as one of the premier liberal arts colleges in America. The college has about 1500 students and at least a few of them have discoverd tarot.

When I started doing tarot for my friends, I would put on an ironic "tarot card voice": monotone, soothing, and serene. Occasionally I would dim the lights and assure my friend that I was doing this "just for fun." Many of my friends were originally quite skeptical as well. But then something else happened.

Yikes ... read more now ...

‘Magick’ Serves as a Spiritual Alternative to Traditional Magic: The Appalachian Online reports that "magic commonly portrayed on television is for entertainment and based on illusion" but "magick may involve the use of rituals, taboos and/or fetishes". Tarot cards can be a path for exploration of these interests. Learn more ...

Murder in the Tarot Cards ... a plot with plenty of twists, turns and a victim with three mistresses ... and not much else going for it. Read more ...

New Age Mumbo Jumbo(?): Some Irish thoughts on God, tarot, Richard Dawkins and more ...

Colorado Tarot Update: Seems that getting a glimpse of the future through a tarot reading is making a strong comeback in northern Colorado thanks to the "Greeley Witch" and others. Read more ...