Send a text Pull up a chair as Maria Alviz Hernando joins us for a kitchen-table chat on tarot, Lenormand, her amazing and exciting book Tarot Tableau Revolution, career choices, and the unexpected wisdom (and chaos) of life with cats. https://www.thesibylstarot.com María's tarot journey began circa 2006, after she bought a deck behind her parent's back that she hasn't put back ever since. What started as a hobby, turned into a passion that eventually became her full-time occupation in late 2015. In 2017, she established herself as The Sibyl's Tarot. At present, María is a reader of multiple systems, divination teacher, international speaker and author of Tarot Tableau Revolution published by Weiser Books. Her signature style, known as Tarot Tableau, blends traditional tarot and European cartomantic techniques, resulting in a system that aims to make tarot effective, useful, and to the point. As a reader, she employs a combination of prediction and analysis, exploring the possibilities available and offering actionable steps to provide her querents with a 360º perspective on their situation, aiming to give readings that are practical and relevant to their situation. While tarot is her default medium of divination, she enhances her practice with other divinatory systems, with Lenormand and the Oracle Belline being two big favorites. She has designed three decks; The Oracle Belline Reimagined, The Thinning Veil Oracle, and The Oracle of Victorian Symbols and Gothic Tales. She has also been a colaborator in the guidebook of The Voice & Vision Tarot by Ciro Marchetti. As one of the Directors of the World Divination Association María is dedicated to promoting the love for divination worldwide. The World Divination association is a passionate and easy-going international community of diviners of all walks of life that provides high-quality, accessible education in traditional divination systems, fostering a supportive and engaging network of like-minded peers around the globe. Education is a cornerstone of her work, offering a number of recorded and live classes, one-on-one mentoring options, and speaking at diverse divination conferences internationally like StaarCon, TABI Summer Conference or The Oracles Rebellion in April 2026. Beyond her undying love for tarot reading, María indulges in her other passions, including history and antiques, especially the world of antique jewelry, literature, cross-stitching, travel, and spoiling her bratty cats. She is based in Madrid and resides with her husband, acting as the live-in servants of their five entitled kitties with an extraordinary skill to steal and chew cards. Themysterychannel.org
