A reading-room window onto the sky
Mystic Cards
A Mystic Card takes the constellation riding highest over you right now, where you stand, and hands you the old Greek myth behind its name, painted in our own hand, with the constellation's realstars laid over it in their true positions. Draw what's near, or draw at random.
It isn't a fortune. It's an invitation, sit with an ancient story for a minute and notice what it echoes in your own week. The constellation overhead changes through the night and the seasons; or pick any of the 33 below.
Reading the sky over Las Vegas, set yours below
A Mystic Card · the constellation over you now
Arcas
the bear-driver
The hunter, in the deep woods, drew his bow. A bear. He raised it, a shadow in the green, not knowing it was his mother, Callisto, turned beast. Her silent plea, a growl misunderstood. Just as the arrow sang, the hand of god reached down, pulling them skyward. Now he follows her, Boötes, the bear-driver, forever near, a quiet watch, never quite touching, dust in the endless dark.
Following at a respectful distance is a form of love, not a failure to arrive.
- Constellation
- Boötes
- In your sky now
- below the horizon now
- Drawn
- Fri, Jul 17, 4:01 AM
Drawn with the constellation's real stars in their true positions.
The Daily Constellation
The constellation overhead, painted, with its myth and a short reading, sent each morning.
Arrives every morning