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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 2d

Was not expecting to buy a tiny ghost carrying a Death card, a felt Selkie and a vintage brass mirror containing a perfectly preserved spider web, but here we are. Bravo Nottingham Dark Arts Market, you never disappoint.

#spookyswag #nottingham #witchsky #halloween #goth

A tiny ghost on a gravestone. The ghost is carrying The Death card.

An antique brass handmirror containing a spider web.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 3d

Off to the DARK ARTS MARKET in #nottingham tomorrow! Last purchases: a felt crow on a stick (wearing a very fetching hat) and a glowing globe containing a book reading ghost. Highly recommend the place if you need some spooky gifts. The Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham from midday.

#witchsky #halloween #uk

A poster for The Dark Arts Market that says "Samhain 11-12 October, The Old Cold Store at Vat and Fiddle, Nottingham, 12PM to 5PM"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 3d

#Booksky #writers #indiepublishers
Tarot DMs is looking for published authors for short creative interviews over text or voice notes.

November is sponsored by the HEXEN 5.0 Tarot, December is Christina Ricci’s Cat Full of Spiders Tarot - ideal for writers into folklore, myth, or the uncanny.

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 4d

Every month, one lucky subscriber will be drawn at random to win a tarot deck from Tarot DMs. All free subscribers are automatically in the hat, no extra steps needed!

October's deck: the Intuitive Night Goddess Tarot

Subscribe here: tarotdms.com

#witch #witchsky #tarot #giveaway #loot

Interview with Lane Smith

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 4d

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

"Small acts of defiance are the seeds of change"

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 5d

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

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Interview with Scarlet Vikki

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

“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

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

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Interview with Leigh Alexander

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 9d

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 · 11d

@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

"Tarot and narrative design are practically the same thing"

Review of The Intuitive Night Goddess Tarot

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 16d

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

Cosmic Love

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

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 18d

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

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

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 18d

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"

Interview with Aurora Hart

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 20d

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

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

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 21d

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

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 · 22d

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)

Museo del Tarot, Barcelona

Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 29d

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

#tarot #barcelona #witchsky #folklore #occult

An esoteric wonderland