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. 11h ago

    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/

  2. 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/

  3. 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/

  4. 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/

  5. 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/

  6. Jul 10

    83. Carol from Carrot Tarot - Hopecore Tarot, Quitting Corporate, Twin flame ick, and Starting a YouTube channel

    Connect with Carol! https://www.carrottarot.com/ In this episode Carol from Carrot Tarot joins Bex for a conversation full of warmth, laughs, and genuinely useful insight — from what it's like to quit corporate life and go all-in on tarot, to the art of reading for the collective vs. one-on-one clients. They go deep on Air sign life, they compare notes on Zoom vs. in-person readings, the questions that give them the ick (twin flames, "is he going to call?"), why a tarot reading is not a wishing well, and what "proactive tarot" actually means in practice. Carol also shares the story of her very first deck — a 1985 Merlin Tarot with pip cards and no traditional suits — and why she'd now strongly recommend starting with Rider-Waite-Smith. Plus: AI and tarot, platform pros and cons across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, the Scorpio stellium, and why Carol's husband might be developing psychic abilities. 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 3

    82. Tarot by John - Alex Reads Tarot, tarot and religion compatibility, catholic mysticism, esoteric community hot takes, being a misfit amongst misfits

    Connect with John: https://www.tarotbyjohn.com/ Need more Bex and Tarot by John? Listen to episodes 6 and 39! Episode Overview When Alex Reads Tarot — one of the biggest tarot creators online — announced she was leaving tarot given a change in heart and religious beliefs, the internet had opinions. Lots of them.  Bex and return guest John from Tarot by John cut through the noise for a frank, funny, and thoughtful conversation about what this moment actually means. They unpack the community's reactions (not all of them pretty), clout chasing, spiritual awakenings, they discuss burnout and the relentless pressure of content creation, explore whether tarot and Christianity are truly incompatible, and reflect on what the esoteric world has done to the craft of reading tarot. This one's unscripted, unfiltered, and coming from a place of love. 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/

    82. Tarot by John - Alex Reads Tarot, tarot and religion compatibility, catholic mysticism, esoteric community hot takes, being a misfit amongst misfits

  8. Jun 26

    81. Beck Ravenswood - Hanover, Pennsylvania's Most Notorious Fortune Teller on Her Lawsuit, the Police Visit, and Witch Trials Then and Now

    Connect with Beck! https://www.instagram.com/the_stitching_witch https://serpentskeyshoppe.com/ In today's episode What happens when a 1861 law threatens a modern tarot reader with jail time? In this episode of Confessions of a Tarot Reader, host Bex sits down with Beck Ravenswood — known online as Hanover, Pennsylvania's most notorious fortune teller — to unpack one of the strangest astories this podcast has covered. Shortly before her metaphysical store even opened, Beck was visited by the Hanover police chief, who cited an antiquated state law banning fortune telling, astrology, and necromancy, and threatened her with up to a year in jail or a $2,500 fine per offense. What followed was ultimately a 17-page lawsuit filed, essentially Beck v. the State of Pennsylvania. The conversation widens into the deep history of laws against witchcraft — tracing back to the Code of Ur-Nammu, the earliest known legal code in human history — and Bex and Beck's beliefs that spirituality has always been political, whether we like it or not. On a lighter note, Beck shares her origin story (Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls have a lot to answer for), her free monthly moon circles and seasonal rituals, the unconventional forms of divination she seeks out for herself, and her hopes for who plays her in the (inevitable) Netflix adaptation. In this episode: The 1861 Pennsylvania law banning fortune telling, astrology, and necromancyThe police visit, the denied right to record, and what happened nextFiling a 17-page lawsuit: Beck v. the State of PennsylvaniaThe Code of Ur-Nammu and the ancient history of anti-witchcraft lawWhy spirituality has always been politicalEthical tarot practice: disclosures, informed consent, and turning away repeat clientsBeck's witchcraft origin story — yes, it starts with Scooby-DooMaking accessible, welcoming community spaces, including moon circles and seasonal rituals: building an accessible Pagan communityUnconventional divination: seashell readings, oracle dice, tea leaves, and moreHow listeners can support the case and the broader fight for legal protection 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/

    81. Beck Ravenswood - Hanover, Pennsylvania's Most Notorious Fortune Teller on Her Lawsuit, the Police Visit, and Witch Trials Then and Now
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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
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    89
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