The Uncrossed Path Blog
Welcome to The Uncrossed Path Blog, where each post delves into the art and practice of cartomancy, focusing on traditional approaches to tarot, playing cards, and Lenormand, grounded no-nonsense divination. Here, you’ll find explorations of cartomantic techniques, interpretations grounded in cultural and philosophical insight, and discussions that emphasize clarity over mystique. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a discerning seeker, these articles offer a rigorous approach to understanding the cards, with an eye on truth rather than trend.
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Lack of Reciprocity
“My sister abandoned me once again,” a client states in a bitter and disappointed tone. I gathered that this is a recurring issue, which the client confirmed. She wanted to know what is the core issue in their relationship, since the client’s sister has an easy time discarding my client from her life, only to come back and repeat the process all over again.
The Eternal Revival
“Fashion is dead”, we hear many cry out, alluding that nothing new has happened since the early 1990s. But I would like to point out that fashion, as soon as it died, transcended its ‘demise’ through a peculiar form of tightly timed reincarnation. What seems to happen is an almost regularly scheduled revival of old trends. At least where trends in the global West are concerned.
A Quest For Power
Many of us would like to leave some sort of lasting mark on this world. This can, of course, take many forms. But what strikes me in the occult niche is that everyone is trying to ‘reinvent’ something which always turns out to be there already. Somehow we still believe that we can bring something ‘unique’, and ‘authentic’, against all odds and common sense. And not only that: we want to both bring it and dominate the damn room with it.
Work Transitions
Making yourself indispensable to your employer is a pretty good strategy in today’s work market, especially when it is time to ask for a promotion. A client of mine felt stuck in his current role, taken for granted and underappreciated. He was eager to explore the possibility of assuming a position with more responsibility, and of course, a better salary, as he started getting on more tasks. He wanted to know what the new role at work would bring him.
A Quest For a Loving Home
Many of us share a dream of coupling up and forming a loving home. But for a lot, it also remains rather unattainable. A client of mine wanted to know if she would finally find a partner who would be willing to settle down and spend the rest of his life with her. All previous relationships have ended without even an attempt to share a home and a living.
When Two Isn’t Enough Anymore
Sometimes there comes a point in a relationship when two feel like they are no longer enough. Fortune-tellers are bombarded with questions from querents about how long before they "start creating a family". I always have fun with the idea of two partners not being a family before there is a third: a baby. This sentiment never sat right with me. I am by no means a "kids" person, yet my partner and I are a family. Our house is a family house. Instead of choosing cribs and schools for children, we choose designer furniture, and we are perfectly happy. But people rarely go to fortune-tellers for the prospect of buying a new chaise longue, so we are here with the question of becoming a parent. When will it happen?
On Justice and Brilliance
On Friday, enveloped in the smoke of rose incense, we raise a glass for Lady Venus, our creative efforts, and all the beauty that ensues.
Projections and Other Demons
If I had to choose one of the most important lessons that my mentor Camelia Elias has taught me over the years, it is this one: projections of the future are bound to fail you because they are never rooted in the reality of a moment. But it is precisely that which makes them so attractive a method of self-realization for so many.
Enchanted Circle
Do we ever come out wiser out of our relationships? After a messy breakup, a chaotic divorce, or after simply being left without a decent explanation, how many times do we sit down with ourselves and think about the experience that we have accumulated during a love affair that never ended in a ‘happily ever after?’ In my experience - rarely. More often than not, we tend to repeat our relationship patterns, and as a result, we get tangled in a new emotionally abusive situation so much that we find it very difficult to see our position clearly and make a cut.
Cursed, or simply exhausted
Being a cartomancer with a South Slavic background often means that you are confronted with clients believing that they have been cursed at least 80% of the time. Folk magical practices and Western ceremonial ones are very much alive and kicking within the borders of Former Yugoslavia, and naturally, when weird and hard-to-explain events occur, some people get rather nervous.
On 30’s and happiness
A few days ago I had a chance to watch an episode of a new documentary series on the Dutch national program NPO3 entitled “30 en nooit meer…” (“30 and never again…) where every episode adds a different ending to the title, each covering what people in their 30s will allegedly never do or be again. The first episode focused on people in their 30’s and their (often futile) quest for happiness. The episode’s full title is “30 and never unhappy again”.
Welcome to The Uncrossed Path
Merriam-Webster defines the word ‘Uncrossed’ as “to change from a crossed position. A' crossed' path usually refers to a path cut off by either another path or an obstacle. Therefore, when we speak about the ‘magic of uncrossing,’ we, of course, speak about the act of removing obstacles. However, obstacles on our path are not always merely physical. Any form of adversity can cross us, whether material or immaterial.