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
He was a hunter, vast, striding the earth, his gaze sharp enough to pierce the darkest thicket. Then blindness, a sudden dark curtain. He walked east, hands outstretched, seeking the sunrise to mend his sight, a long, slow journey. Now, he’s etched into winter’s fabric, a giant chasing stars across the velvet, his belt a promise of presence, always moving, always seeking, never quite touching what he yearns for, fleeing the scorpion’s quiet sting.
Sight comes back, keep walking toward the light even when it's slow going.
- Constellation
- Orion
- In your sky now
- 61° up · 191° on the compass
- Drawn
- Wed, Jul 8, 11:52 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