I've been considering this for a while, and the time is finally right!

Starting today (April 23rd), every Kalikho order will come with something extra: a short, personal tarot reading.

After you place an order, you’ll receive a confirmation email.

If you’d like a reading, just reply with a question.

(It can be specific, vague, or simply “surprise me.”)

Within a few days, I’ll send you a private video message — a few minutes long — where I pull a few cards and share what I see.

(Actually, if Shuki is awake, he’ll choose your cards.)

It’s entirely optional. There’s no obligation, and no upsell.

Just a quiet moment, made for you.

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Why am I offering this?

I live modestly. I value every single order — not just for the support (though I’m truly grateful), but because it means someone out there felt something in the work.

This is my way of offering something back. A small gesture. A real one in the present tense.

So much of 'online shopping' today is so fast, frictionless, and forgettable. 

This is my way of placing you in my attention for a few conscious minutes — my way of saying, “Hey. I see you. I’m on your side.”

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Why tarot?

I’ve been reading cards for many years. Not always consistently — but always respectfully.

Tarot, for me, has nothing to do with predicting the future. It’s about perspective and reflection.

It speaks in symbols; it helps bridge what we know logically with what we sense, but maybe haven’t quite articulated.

A way of gently aligning the conscious and unconscious parts of yourself, you could say.

Also, for the last few months I haven't been using a traditional tarot deck. Instead I'm reading from an eccentric little custom deck that I co-designed for a colloquium on Language and Nonordinary Experience in 2024. It functions as a tarot deck, a normal deck of cards, and… travel Scrabble. (But that’s a story for another time!)

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What kind of question might I ask?

You can ask anything — truly. But here’s a tip:

Try to leave a little space.

Instead of “Will I succeed?”, try “What am I not seeing that could help me succeed?”

Instead of “Should I stay or go?”, try “What would help me understand what this situation is teaching me?”

Keep them open enough to explore different perspectives. To look through another lens.

And if you don’t have a question at all? Just write “surprise me!” and I’ll choose a topic at random — or let the cards speak for themselves.

Feel free to include as much or as little context you’d like.

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Think of it like a small act of re-enchantment:

We live in a culture that leans hard on logic, categorisation, control, and quantification — all vital processes, but all the domain of the left hemisphere of the brain.

When we lean too far into that side, things lose their texture. The world gets flatter. More abstracted. Less vivid.

Tarot is like a small force in the opposite direction.

It makes space for ambiguity, symbolism, imagination, embodiment — things the right hemisphere excels at, and which are so often overlooked.

Clothing, too, is a kind of symbolic embodiment, but I'll come back to that in another post.

For now: this is a moment made just for you, in a world that rarely pauses.

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This is a limited offering.

Also, when it ends, it ends. (Though there will no doubt be some other odd treat that follows it!)

But for right now, it’s here.

If it resonates — you know what to do.