About
About Prospero
I am a full-time professional Tarot
reader living and working in Brighton, England.
For those of you who are into astrology, I was
born in Bristol, England, at 3.20am GMT on 18 July
1964, which gives me Sun and Ascendant in Cancer
and Moon conjunct Neptune in Scorpio.
I bought my first Tarot deck in 1986 after a series
of strange experiences led me to react against the
default agnostic materialism of modern man. I knew
that there was "something out there" and I wanted
in NOW .
At first I spent a long time exploring anything with an occult or New Age label on it, looking, I suppose, for instant miracles. Eventually I settled down into a broadly Western Hermetic approach. Although I remain respectful of other traditions, it seems to me that a Western man or woman can benefit more easily from a Western style of spirituality.
One of my pet hates (and a major motive for this site) is the widespread belief that Tarot readers are not "proper psychics". Much of the blame for this must lie with the methods of Tarot teachers who simply give a set of meanings and a spread or two as if good Tarot could be learned by numbers like an army drill. Too many potentially good readers give up in confusion when they find out that different readers give different meanings to the cards.
Anyone who gets past this stage should know that Tarot is a lot more than just a parlour game or a prop. Used properly, it can open a door in the mind and give access not only to information about a querent's life but to great wisdom. Sometimes I hear myself say something in a reading that has me wondering where it came from and wishing I was recording it. Tarot at its best can act like turbocharged compassion. Away from the cards I can be as bloody-minded and judgmental as anyone else. When I start a reading I have access to a larger "I", who knows and understands human beings better than the little "I" ever will.
Outside of psychic and directly spiritual pursuits, my main interests are animals, books, computers, motorcycles, music, libertarian politics, pipesmoking and enjoying being alive. There is a Mrs Prospero, though no children by choice. My pets are children enough.
