The Uncrossed Path Blog
Welcome to The Uncrossed Path Blog, where each post delves into the art and practice of cartomancy, focusing on traditional approaches to tarot, playing cards, and Lenormand, grounded in no-nonsense divination. Here, you’ll find explorations of cartomantic techniques, interpretations grounded in cultural and philosophical insight, and discussions that emphasize clarity over mystique. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a discerning seeker, these articles offer a rigorous approach to understanding the cards, with an eye on truth rather than trend.
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Reading the Gypsy Fortune-Telling Cards with Precision
What does it actually take to read the Gypsy Fortune-Telling Cards with precision? Instead of listing techniques, this short reading lets the cards themselves answer the question, revealing how proficiency emerges through structure, tension, and attention to relationships.
Beyond Prediction: On the Unseen Reach of a Traditional Favomancy Method
Can a method built on counting and prediction describe something as elusive as the role of art in a person’s life? In this article, a favomancy reading puts that assumption to the test, revealing how traditional bean casting can move beyond outcomes and into description—when approached with precision, flexibility, and common sense.
Balkan Favomancy: Conjuring the Beans to Speak
Bean divination, or favomancy, once common across the Balkans, survives today in only a few living traditions. This article examines Balkan-style beans reading as a working divinatory practice—its structure, its incantatory logic, and the animistic worldview that treats the beans not as symbols, but as agents capable of speaking.
From the Piquet Deck to Divination: Functions of the 32 Playing Cards
Drawn to the stories of my Great Aunt Marija and her playing cards, I turned to the 32-card piquet deck—the form most deeply rooted in European folk cartomancy. In this article, I explore the functions of suits, numbers, and courts, not as rigid “meanings” but as common-sense guides shaped by culture and practice.
By Suits and Rows: A General Reading With Playing Cards
How much can we truly see without a question? In this piece, I reflect on inherited methods, demonstrate a full tableau reading with the 32-card deck, and examine what general readings can—and cannot—reveal. A case in point on why clarity begins with the querent.
The Art of the General Reading: A Tableau With Gypsy Fortunetelling Cards
A tableau reveals the whole picture at once - past, present, and what presses from fate. This method, rooted in Balkan cartomancy, uses the Gypsy Fortunetelling Cards to craft readings that are structured, sharp, and anything but vague.
On Stomach Pains and Stolen Mojos – A Health Reading
We often speak of ‘feeling things in our gut,’ but the connection between the mind and the stomach is more than just a figure of speech. The gastrointestinal system responds to our emotions just as much as to the food we consume. When physical ailments persist without a clear medical cause, deeper psychological patterns are often at play. In this article, I explore how the Piatnik Gypsy Fortune-Telling Cards can illuminate such connections through a real case of chronic stomach pain—one rooted not in diet, but in unresolved grief and personal loss. A sharp spread, a well-placed Death card, and a final, decisive cut: read on to see how cartomancy exposes what the body already knows.
Reading Gypsy Fortunetelling Cards - From ‘Meanings’ to Common Sense
Gypsy Fortunetelling Cards, with their rich history and straightforward imagery, offer a refreshing approach to divination that emphasizes observation and cultural competence over convoluted traditions. This article explores the cards’ clear and relatable concepts while encouraging readers to rely on what is visually apparent and contextually relevant. Far from adhering to rigid interpretations, it invites you to see the cards as practical tools for meaningful insights.
The Year’s Wheel: A Method for Yearly Forecasts
Discover how the Lenormand cards unveil the challenges and opportunities awaiting you in 2025. In The Year’s Wheel, I explore a method for creating 12-month forecasts, offering insights into each month’s key themes. Whether approached generally or with a specific focus, this reading style reveals patterns and pivotal moments, helping you navigate the year ahead with greater clarity.
Love & Connection: A Relationship Spread
The card-reading community is always drawn to a good spread. As a studious teenager, I relied heavily on them. Over time, I found myself preferring simplicity: three cards can address almost any question, six cards bring out contrasts, and nine cards add depth. A straightforward 3-6-9 progression that’s easy to remember and covers most needs. That said, there’s no harm in using pre-defined spreads.
A Prediction Method Featuring Thoth Tarot
Old loves never truly fade, especially for someone as sentimental as I am. My journey into cartomancy began at fifteen, starting with playing cards and the Gypsy Fortunetelling Oracle. It wasn’t long before I ventured into Tarot, sparked by a gift from my cousin Katarina. She gave me her Ancien Tarot de Marseille by Grimaud, as she was more focused on another deck. The moment she introduced me to it, I was utterly captivated. The Thoth Tarot, with its stunning imagery, was easily the most beautiful deck I had ever laid eyes on.
Grand Tableau Reading Method From The Serbian “Great Folk Dream Book”
From the vast occult knowledge circling in my mother’s family, very little was to be found in writing. There is only one incantation my grandmother has ever written down, and I still keep it, even though it is falling apart. The same went for fortunetelling. There was only one book on the subject that I can remember: The Great Folk Dream Book, or Veliki Narodni Sanovnik in Serbian.
Grandma’s Gift - Reading a Coffee Cup
Let’s take a short break from cards and discuss the most widespread fortune-telling method in the Balkans: coffee cup reading. While there are many methods for reading a coffee cup, here I lay out the method that has been passed down to me by my mother and grandmother.
When Two Isn’t Enough Anymore
When two is no longer enough, traditional bean divination has a way of making that visible without drama or embellishment. This article looks at a concrete reading where a seemingly simple relational structure reveals internal imbalance, pressure, and the limits of negotiation. Rather than relying on symbolic flourishes, the beans speak through number, placement, and relation—showing precisely where strain accumulates and why certain situations cannot be resolved by will alone.