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
Chiron
the gentle centaur
His hooves knew the forest paths, his mind, the wisdom whispered by leaves. He taught the very best of us, healing hands that knew all suffering but his own. Then, the arrow, a small, errant flash, and the eternal burn began. Immortality, a heavy cloak when it keeps you in ceaseless pain. The turn was in the giving, releasing what should have been a blessing, a selfless deed, a surrender to the sweet peace of the end. Now, a silent witness.
Letting go of something you could hold forever might be the wisest trade you make.
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- In your sky now
- below the horizon now
- Drawn
- Wed, Jul 8, 8:40 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