In the courts of Renaissance Europe, the line between “magician” and “scientist” was far thinner than we imagine today. Two men embody this paradox: John Dee, the advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, and Nostradamus, the famous French astrologer, astronomer and clairvoyant. Each was celebrated in their own time — but fascinatingly enough; the way we remember them has been reversed.

The Rider-Waite_Smith deck is neither an old tarot deck, nor is it the original. I invite you to a short write-up of the origins of the Raider-Waite deck.