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
Perseus
the hero with the mirror
He stands in the northern sky between his wife and her difficult mother, still holding the head, one star in it that dims and brightens like a slow blink, the eye that never fully closed. Perseus watches for people mid-errand, the ones carrying something dangerous carefully, the ones solving today's problem with yesterday's gift. He never had a talent except readiness. That's the encouragement in him, look at your own hands, the shield, the sandals, the bag. You're better packed for this than you think.
Approach it sideways, some things can't be stared down.
- Constellation
- Perseus
- In your sky now
- 57° up · 308° on the compass
- Drawn
- Wed, Jul 8, 11:49 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