What does the future hold? Can we ever return to the outside world without fear? Will I have a lover? Will this government ever stop acquiring debts we obviously can’t pay? Will I ever be rich?
These are the pressing questions we have for now and what we often ask fortune-tellers.
Even if we can’t meet in person to get a palm reading, luckily there are online tarot readings for individuals eager to know their future amid the looming darkness and uncertainty that is now.
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Well, that or you get your own tarot cards and examine your life. That’s, of course, a bit complicated because, believe it or not, tarot reading is a complex art for the chosen few. Yes, it takes more than interpretative talents to know for sure what a certain card means relative to your life.
But local tarot cards maker Practical Magic wants to demystify that notion and make the practice accessible to beginners and casual readers—starting with a deck designed with vintage photographs of Filipino celebrities from the ’70s like Superstar Nora Aunor and Miss Universe Gloria Diaz.
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Apart from offering online reading service, Practical Magic has recently released the Pinoy Practical Magic tarot deck, a whimsical collection of cards, which makes use of colloquial catchphrases to make it easier for novice users to interpret.
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It’s composed of 78 cards, plus instructions on how to read tarot in Filipino and a set of stickers of the same designs from the cards. It also comes in a pastel-colored box inscribed with lines from Lupang Hinirang…in jeepney signboard font! I don’t know about you but I believe Liza Soberano when she said, “It doesn’t get any more Filipino than that” or something.
Practical Magic is still accepting pre-orders for P1,800 exclusive of shipping fee.
Header photo courtesy of Practical Magic
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