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
Cassiopeia
the boastful queen
From her turning throne Cassiopeia watches for pride, not to punish it, she's in no position, but to recognize it, the parent who brags a little too hard, the maker who says my work is better and means it. She'd tell you the boast wasn't the sin, the not-noticing-who-was-listening was. Say your proud thing, she says, you earned the saying. Just look around the room first, and hold your daughter's hand while you say it. She learned that late, upside down, and passes it to you at no charge.
You can be wrong once and regal still, the throne survives the tipping.
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- In your sky now
- 33° up · 319° on the compass
- Drawn
- Wed, Jul 8, 11:54 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