In Italo Calvino’s 1973 novel The Castle of Crossed Destinies, two groups of travelers bed down for the night in a forest. One group heads for the castle. The other goes to a tavern. Under normal ...

A former charity shop volunteer shared the story of how a dusty box of china ended up making a small fortune. The volunteer posted on Reddit that a man had brought the box in while clearing out his ...

As the old saying goes, one man's rubbish is another man's treasure. This proved to be particularly true for a charity shop worker who took a punt on a dust-covered box of china that had been donated.

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in the 18th century before its revival as a spiritual tool in the 1970s. A ...

What began as a set of playing cards evolved into tools of divination that continue to captivate modern generations, but our enduring fascination with tarot reveals more about the present than the ...

Thoth the Bengal mix cat has also tried snowboarding, cycling and swimming. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on ...

NEW ORLEANS — The 2025 Carnival season kicked off on January 6, and Krewe of Thoth will roll Uptown in New Orleans on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Krewe of Thoth continues with a unique route designed to ...

Tarot reading has fascinated people for centuries. Some see it as a tool for divination, while others view it as a guide for self-reflection. But where did tarot come from? The history of tarot is ...

In 1927, the German historian and cultural scientist Aby Warburg (1866–1929) began work on his legendary Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, a meticulous grouping of photographs pinned to 69 wooden panels that ...

In recent years, the act of reading tarot seems more concerned with signalling worldly social justice issues than communing with hidden forces. Was it always this way? The one time I had my tarot read ...