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
Orion
the hunter
Three stars in a row, that's all you need. Anyone who has ever stood in a cold field in January has found the belt without being taught, and the rest of him unfolds from there, shoulders, knees, the sword hung low. He was a giant once, blinded by a king, healed by walking east until the sun poured light back into his eyes. He hunted everything, said so out loud, and a scorpion the size of his boast came for him. Now he is the first constellation anyone learns. Even his ending made him easy to find.
The small thing you're dismissing deserves your respect.
- Constellation
- Orion
- In your sky now
- 60° up · 196° on the compass
- Drawn
- Wed, Jul 8, 12:00 PM
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