Confessions of a Tarot Reader

Bex from Bex Tarot London
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I'm Bex.  I'm here to make Tarot a little less scary.I'm giving you a personal, behind the scenes tour of what it's actually like to be a tarot reader. I compare notes with other esoteric baddies about what we're thinking during a tarot reading, what you can expect as a metaphysical client, and how this whole psychic mediumship thing works in the first place!I'm so glad you're here.  

  1. 1d ago

    91. Hannah, Mystic Cryptid

    Connect with Hannah https://mystics-cavern.myshopify.com/ https://www.instagram.com/_midwesterncryptid_ https://www.tiktok.com/@_midwesterncryptid_ About this episode: Hannah from Mystic Cryptid is a tarot reader, spell candle maker, pop-up market organiser, and self-described favourite Midwestern cryptid. She joins Bex for one of the most varied, funniest, and most warmly human conversations in the show's history. What we cover: The second time Hannah had to publicly announce she does not offer topless tarot reading (and what a fake impersonator account sent her cousin).Feeding a fake account's username to her Morrigan candle and taking it to the riverHow she started organising pop-up mystic markets in the Twin Cities Reading at a vampire ball in Superior, Wisconsin (at a witchy restaurant/oddity shop/bookshop collective)Event reading approaches: the menu method, "what messages have you been missing?", and what to do with first-timers who don't know what they wantBex's ramen shop reading and the man who wanted a philosophical discussion about death instead of cardsGetting chased out of the psych ward at Indiana State Sanatorium in broad daylight Where tarot messages come from: higher self, source, and claircognizance that sounds too much like your own voiceDeveloping mediumship: the spirit guide reading she'd never done before, and how it worked anywayThe cryptid candle range: Mothman (protection), Bigfoot (strength), Loch Ness (vitality), Siren (glamour), Jackalope (magic and whimsy)The abundance spell that manifested fifty coffee cupsSmall hands, large oracle cards, and why there is no wrong way to shuffleGrace, internet policing, and why we all need to touch grassCommunity over competition: how local Minneapolis women business owners are supporting each other through everythingFind Hannah: Pop-up markets: Twin Cities area, watch her socials for datesMystic Market: happening approximately one week before SamhainMentioned in this episode: Indiana State Sanatorium (paranormal investigation)Ritual Salad and Ritual Marketplace, Superior, WisconsinBabe of Lilith (Rob) — reader recommended by HannahHermit's Lantern MN (Kate) — reader recommended by HannahHouse of Zophiel (tarot retreat co-organisers, mentioned by Adrien in a previous episode)The MorriganOperation Metro Surge (Minneapolis)The Alchemist Oracle deck Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  2. Sep 18

    90. Adrien Mastrosimone - dancing the tarot

    Connect with Adrien https://jupiter-rising.co.uk/venus-retrograde-workshop https://www.adrienmastrosimone.com/dancingthetarot https://www.instagram.com/adrien_mastrosimone About this episode: Adrien Mastrosimone has been reading tarot for over 30 years, buying his first Marseille deck from Grimaud as a young teen.  Dancing the Tarot is Adrien's proprietary workshop method, a powerful fusion of tarot reading, systemic family constellation, somatic healing, and physical embodiment. In this episode, he walks us through exactly how it works, what surprised him about it, and why he describes the space he creates not as a safe space, but as a brave space. What we cover: What Dancing the Tarot actually is, and what happens in a sessionWhy some cards are easy to embody (The Empress, The Emperor) and some take the room somewhere else entirely (The Moon, The Hanged Man)The Temperance card exercise: fill a glass with water, pour it into another glass for five minutes, and discover what the card actually means in your bodyWhich card Adrien is working on embodying himself this year, and whyHis partner: a doctor of experimental physics, published in Nature, who attends tarot café with his own little deckThe tarot café Adrien runs in Vienna, and why mathematicians and biologists keep showing upHis upcoming retreats: a three-day Alice in Wonderland tarot retreat in Unstone, England, and a planned tarot retreat in Greece in 2027His talk at Pandemonium: the esoteric coding of gender in the Marseille tarotA new webinar series on retrograde planets with an astrologer collaborator (starting with Venus retrograde)The divide in the esoteric community, and a clear-eyed, hopeful take on where it comes fromAI and tarot: where it helps, where it doesn't, and the one thing he tells everyone never to doGrowing up as the weird kid in a Sicilian Catholic family in France — and buying his first tarot deck with saved-up changeFind Adrien: Website: search Adrien MastrosimoneInstagram: @adrien.mastrosimoneMentioned in this episode: Dancing the Tarot workshopsSystemic family constellationThe Marseille Tarot (Grimaud edition)Smith-Waite / Rider-Waite-Smith tarotHouse of Zophiel (retreat co-organizers)Pandemonium conference, UK (September)Venus retrograde webinar (October, with astrologer collaborator)Tarot Culture ConferenceThe lyre — instrument of Apollo, created by HermesTriboelectric charging (Nature publication)Kabbalah / Tree of LifeKeywords: Dancing the Tarot, Adrien Mastrosimone, embodiment tarot, somatic healing tarot, systemic family constellation, tarot workshop, transpersonal coaching, Marseille tarot, tarot embodiment, tarot retreat Greece, tarot retreat UK, Alice in Wonderland tarot, Pandemonium tarot conference, Venus retrograde webinar, Confessions of a Tarot Reader, tarot and the body Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  3. Sep 11

    89. Stephanie Gilbert - Playdate with the universe, collage tarot deck, eaton fires, play as a spiritual act

    Connect with Stephanie Website: https://playdatewiththeuniverse.com/Instagram (deck): @playdatewiththeuniverseInstagram (artist): @stephjgilbertTikTok: @steph_gilbertAbout this episode: Bex discovered and backed a tarot deck on Kickstarter, called Playdate with the Universe. Once she got her hands on the deck she knew she needed to know more about the origin story and talk to the creator of this exquisite deck Stephanie Gilbert. And what a talk they had! Stephanie Gilbert had a bingo card for 2025. One of the squares was to create a tarot deck. Then, on January 7th, the Eaton fire swept through Altadena and she and her husband lost their home, their community, and almost everything they owned. Six months later, something stirred. She picked up scissors, started collaging tarot cards, and posted them on TikTok. The Fool went viral. Stephanie found herself committed to one of the most ambitious creative projects of her life. The result is the Play Date With the Universe, a 78-card hand-collaged tarot deck, sourced from vintage magazines and books spanning the 1920s to the 1990s. What we cover: The bingo card and the fire that changed it allWhy she started collaging in 2024. burnout, isolation, depression, and a book called Play by Dr. Stuart BrownHow The Fool card went viral on TikTok and locked her in to completing the full 78 cardsCreating in public: the vulnerability, the flow state, and what happens when tarot purists have opinions about your Tower cardThe INNER-GY: Stephanie's original framework in the guidebook — what each card feels like to your inner childA song for every card: how she built a full nostalgic playlist into the deckThe monarch butterfly that travels from The Fool to The World — and why she cried when she made The World cardWhy the Hierophant is just a single key (and why that's perfect)Social media fatigue, playing online, and why she thinks the tide has shiftedA podcast-exclusive announcement of her next projectMentioned in this episode: Play by Dr. Stuart BrownThe Wild Unknown tarot deck by Kim KransKickstarter (where the deck launched)Carl Jung's Bollingen Tower (the inspiration behind Stephanie's Tower card)Alan Watts philosophy videos on YouTubeThe Eaton fire, Altadena, January 2025 Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  4. Sep 4

    88. Ms Tarochi: TikTok Tarot, the SIANS method, Strokes, and Sliding Doors

    About this episode: Ms Tarochi is one of the most recognisable names in tarot on TikTok.  In this episode, she joins Bex for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to build a tarot business from scratch, and how tarot became a lifeline during one of the most challenging periods of her life.  Why she created her own proprietary TAROT teaching method and why she wants to make tarot approachable for everyone. Connect with Tarochi Tarot: Website: https://www.tarochitarot.com/TikTok: @tarochitarotListener discount: 20% off with BEX20. Note: this is only on masterclasses and bundles not the Tarot in 1 Hour mini course.Affiliate programme for SIANS: available for spiritual and wellness creators, contact via website for full details.In this Episode we cover: The SIANS Method. The first proprietary tarot teaching method, designed to get you reading in under an hour without memorisation or intuition aloneLife as a musician, journalist, and all the steps that led her to where she is todayThe coercive relationship that lockdown tarot helped her leaveHer stroke, heart operation, and surgeries, and how she launched a channel amidst the chaosWhy she trademarked her method (and why you should think carefully before putting "tarot" in your business name)AI and tarot: what she thinks, what her audience thinks, and what neither of them can quite answer yetBeing a TikTok Tarot reader, where the ecosystem is headedYouTube vs TikTok for creatorsThe crone era: hormones, wisdom, and finally seeing things clearlyWhy she stopped doing personal readingsPolitics as a source of inspiration Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  5. Aug 20

    87. Chris from Elemental Cartomancy

    Connect with Chris https://www.instagram.com/elementalcartomancy/ https://www.youtube.com/c/elementalcartomancy Episode Summary: In this episode of Confessions of a Tarot Reader, host Bex sits down with Chris from Elemental Cartomancy.  Chris is a tarot reader with 30 years of experience who got his first deck (a Rider-Waite) at age eight. Together they nerd out on reading "scary" cards like Death, The Tower, and the 10 of Swords without alarming clients, managing energy during back-to-back market readings, why general readings sometimes produce the most powerful results, and where they land on the AI-generated tarot deck debate. Chris also shares his signature reading style, including using Soul Cards as a Rorschach-style opener and reading for the LGBTQ+ community with the Queer Tarot deck. Topics Covered: Chris's origin story: buying his first tarot deck at age eightReading "difficult" cards (Death, The Tower, 10 of Swords) with compassionThe Strength card and confidence blocks readers face themselvesReading at markets: the Celtic Cross, freestyle flow, and 15-minute readingsEnergy management and burnout after back-to-back client readingsGeneral readings vs. specific questions.  Does one produce better results?AI and tarot deck creation: an honest, nuanced conversationWhere tarot "messages" come from spirit guides, psychology, or bothReading reversals, "jumper" cards, and timing with astrological decanatesChris's signature style: Soul Cards, deck selection rituals, and the Queer Tarot deckGetting into professional reading and finding your first marketGuest: Chris, Elemental Cartomancy Host: Bex, Confessions of a Tarot Reader Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  6. Aug 14

    86. Brandi Gunn-O'Leary - Charmed intuitive, Lashes, Spell Oils and the launch of the Cousins Coven

    Connect with Brandi https://www.charmedintuitive.com/about https://www.instagram.com/charmed.mi/ In this episode Brandi Gunn O'Leary — lash artist, tarot reader, and creator of Charmed Makeup, Lashes & Tarot — joins Bex for one of the most chaotic, warm, funny, and genuinely insightful episodes yet. They discover a shared family name within the first minute and spend the rest of the episode co-founding a brand, designing merch, and building what they're now calling the Cousins Coven. But in between all of that: a real conversation about reading at events (the pre-reading nausea that never goes away, the portal that opens once you start, and why five-minute readings are simply not physically possible), Brandi's journey from lash studio to tarot table, how her incense business started with alcoholism, recovery, and a TikTok, and why she's currently pausing on the term "glamour magic" — and what that pause is actually about. Plus: AI, art theft, the Great Lakes, Willy Wonka, charm readings, recorded vs. live readings, and a sand timer that neither of them ever remembers to flip. Topics covered: Charmed Makeup Lashes and Tarot · beauty magic · glamour magic · spell incense · spell oils · tarot at events · reading health questions · AI and tarot · dark moon rituals · egg cleanse · crossroads magic · charm readings · Cousins Coven · Confessions of a Tarot Reader Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  7. Jul 31

    85. Davezilla - The Feral Path Tarot, embodied archetypes, magical AI grimoire, creative muses, accessibility and inclusion in tarot practice

    Connect with Dave:  https://davezilla.com/ Illustrator, author, and magic worker Dave Zilla joins Confessions of a Tarot Reader to talk about The Feral Path Tarot, a deck built as an homage to real-life esoteric creators like Rachel True and Mat Auryn, each mapped to their own archetype. In this episode: The origin story of The Feral Path Tarot and choosing archetypes with real creators Lucumí, and the Orisha tradition — Dave's spiritual lineageAI, ghosts, and why Claude instances keep talking about the soulDesigning tarot for accessibility: braille decks, neurodivergent-friendly symbolsDiversity and representation in modern tarot decksWhere creativity really comes from — muses, brainstorming, and never having creative block Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

  8. Jul 23

    84. Cassandra Snow - Anxiety, AI, and Doing It Anyway

    Connect with Cassandra: https://www.instagram.com/mx.cassandra.snow/ Cassandra Snow, the author, performer, witch, and creator of Queering the Tarot.  Cassandra joins Bex this week to chat about performing at 40 and how doing it scared is still doing it. They discuss reading tarot as a people skill not just a card skill, why spell substitutions are more personal than any internet substitution list can tell you, and what it practically means to build a rooted, literate witchcraft practice.  Cassandra shares her three favourite journaling prompts, her hot take on generative AI (spoiler: she's not a fan), and why witchcraft and activism are, fundamentally inseparable. Like the episode? Leave a review ! Never miss an episode: tap on the Follow or the '+' icon Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bex_tarot_london/

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I'm Bex.  I'm here to make Tarot a little less scary.I'm giving you a personal, behind the scenes tour of what it's actually like to be a tarot reader. I compare notes with other esoteric baddies about what we're thinking during a tarot reading, what you can expect as a metaphysical client, and how this whole psychic mediumship thing works in the first place!I'm so glad you're here.  

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    Bex from Bex Tarot London
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    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
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