Lane SmithEnduring a Tarot ‘Eight’ Year in 2024I haven’t sent a newsletter since my Year-Ahead reading for 2023, and this Year-Ahead reading for 2024 will be my last Underground Tarot…Jan 14Jan 14
Lane Smith2023 Year-Ahead Reading(Note that the card of the year is based on the Mary K. Greer method of adding the digits: 2+0+2+3=7 and using the corresponding Major…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
Lane SmithThe Chariot: Erotic Responses to SafetyThe Chariot is popularly known as a card of willpower and self-discipline, where self-discipline means hard control over our wild impulses…Jan 20, 20231Jan 20, 20231
Lane Smith2022 Year in Review: On Being RightWhen I look back at what I wrote about The Lovers Year at the start of 2022, I have a strong compulsion to gather corroborating evidence…Jan 5, 2023Jan 5, 2023
Lane SmithThe Chariot: Home Is Where the Hate IsThe Chariot is one of the most complex Tarot cards for me to interpret, and I think it’s because it’s my birth card (using the Mary K…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Lane SmithPSA: Don’t Assume a Tarot Card’s GenderThe “Court” cards of the Tarot (which I’ll be referring to as “Face” cards in the playing card tradition, to detach them from feudalism and…Mar 3, 2022Mar 3, 2022
Lane SmithLovers in the Time of Covid (Part II)I don’t know a single Tarot reader who adores the Hierophant. Even though last year many of us worked through some of the icky feelings we…Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2022
Lane SmithLovers in the Time of Covid (Part I)Last year, I had a dream one night that I was scrolling through Instagram and every single Tarot reader that I follow had pulled The Tower…Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2022
Lane SmithWill Social Media Be The Death of Tarot?This was the first issue of the Underground Tarot Newsletter. These essays will be published on Medium 2–3 weeks after subscribers receive…Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021