Will it snow for Christmas? Will we survive cuffing season? Will we be engaged within the year? Does our favorite thrift store have the blood-red tie we’re missing for our Patrick Bateman Halloween costume? So many questions that would remain unanswered if we couldn’t get a Tarot reading in Montreal…
Over the past few months, the city has become just a tiny bit more mystical, and more and more cafés, pop-ups, and shops are offering Montrealers the chance to have their futures read in the cards.
Montrealers are getting their Tarot cards read and learning to decipher their medieval-style symbols—and it’s all happening in the city’s hottest spots…
Mystic Revival
In the 1970s and 1980s, North America let its hair grow down to its hips, dressed in corsets inspired by medieval paintings, filled its pockets with crystals, and fell in love—again and again—with Dracula, Heathcliff, and the sexy esotericism of Anaïs Nin.
It was a time of neo-Gothic rock, Anne Rice’s *Interview with the Vampire*, magical rituals, and dancing around a bonfire in the woods—a revival of mysticism that lasted nearly 15 years.
In recent years, the zeitgeist has been turning away from the sleek, white technology of the 1990s and 2000s—plastic, minimalist, Lululemon, Apple, and the global internet community.
After the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems as though the world has turned on its axis, and after worshipping at the altar of the smartphone, we now want to reconnect with the ancient gods, nature, and the stars.
Tarot, Destiny, and Instagram
For the record, the Tarot of Marseille (the original) is an esoteric deck of 78 cards, adorned with medieval-inspired imagery, that has been used since the 18th century in cartomancy and tarot reading.
Taromancy (or divinatory tarot) is the art of drawing and interpreting Tarot cards as an oracle. The interpretation of the cards reveals the future, the secrets of the universe, and the hidden psychologies of the person having their cards read.
It’s a practice beloved by our grandmothers and our most “woo-woo” friends, but in recent months, everyone has been getting into it. In a world of unstable information where most media sources are unreliable, it seems quite logical to seek guidance from the stars.
The rise of this mystical revival can be attributed to the climate of global anxiety and to “WitchTok”—the corner of social media inhabited by witches, feminists, and 2.0 mystics who promote a lifestyle in harmony with nature and occult forces.
Getting a Tarot Reading in Montreal
In Montreal, you can get a Tarot reading, but you can also learn to read the cards yourself— and , most importantly , meet the city’s “baby witches” and build a community.
The mystical revival of recent years is , above all , a way to reconnect with one another—through the stars…
In Montreal, head to;
- to Moonbrew Magic Café to get a Tarot reading from Shehla, at 271 Duluth Avenue
- to the Sciences Maudites shop to take part in their mystical events, at 3731 Notre-Dame Street West
- to Lumos Oracle events
Lumos Oracle is hosting divination events to open your third eye this season—did you know that the season when we’re most in tune with the spirits begins on Halloween? Until the solstice, we keep our (third) eye open for messages whispered by the ancestors and nature. To attend the next event, click here.
It’s that spooky season again, and Tarot readings are available at almost every fall market, pop-up, and independent bookstore in the city…
Happy Tarot reading!
