‘A Lot of Devil in This’: Russians Use Tarot Cards to Predict Peace in Ukraine

‘A Lot of Devil in This’: Russians Use Tarot Cards to Predict Peace in Ukraine

“The King of Wands often represents our president, Vladimir Vladimirovich,” says Ksenia, a Russian tarot reader, as she points to the last card in her spread.  She is interpreting the outcome of potential peace talks between the Kremlin and Washington over the war in Ukraine.

Astrology, tarology, numerology, divination, divination, molfarism, psychosensics are not sciences and predictions do not always come true 100%. Information quite often has an entertaining nature, so it should not be taken seriously, but only as a probability of events, the creator of which every person can become, if he has the strength of spirit and inspiration to change his life for the better.

Запрет на рекламу эзотерических услуг внесен на рассмотрение в Госдуму

The Russian State Duma, in a performance equal parts authoritarian comedy and medieval pageantry, has decided the real threat to society isn’t corruption, war crimes, or state-sanctioned murder. It’s witches. And tarot cards. And, heaven forbid, someone reading your horoscope over herbal tea. The new legislative proposal to ban the advertising of “esoteric services” confirms […]

More and more Russians are turning to tarot to understand the present and future of the war in Ukraine. In the absence of real certainties, the cards become a source of comfort and hope.