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
Karkinos
the giant crab
The swamp thick with venom, Heracles’ hands already full, a tangle of scales and hiss. Karkinos, just a flicker in the murk, felt the ground shake. A sudden scuttle, a sharp pinch at the hero’s foot, a small act of defiance in the chaos. Then the swift crush. A bone-jarring weight. A brief, shining moment of loyal, futile rage, swiftly silenced. What was, is not.
Move sideways if forward is blocked, sideways is still movement.
- Constellation
- Cancer
- In your sky now
- 48° up · 116° 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