Tarot resurgence is less about occult than fun and self-help
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People are turning to tarot while in lockdown as they search for clarity about love, work and life in such uncertain times.
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Tarot resurgence is less about occult than fun and self-help
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Tarot for Troubled Times: Confront Your Shadow, Heal Your Self
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When life feels cluttered, a good tarot reading can slow down the
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Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella
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Occult following: tarot cards through the ages – in pictures
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The Rider Tarot Deck® by Pamela Colman Smith, Other Format
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A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult (DK A History of
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