Tarot Interviews
@tarotinterviews.com
A world-first interview series where artists and creatives share their stories through tarot. Conversations unfold via text messages, voice notes, and images. Produced by Finbarre. Based in Nottingham, UK.
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TarotDMs.com closes 2025 with Jezmina Von Thiele + Paulina Stevens! In a first ever two-guest special, we talk about Romani heritage, what to do when things fall apart, and the hotness of Gomez Addams. Hope you're all having a fabulous break ⛄
#romani #tarot #witchsky #booksky #podcast #winter
#romani #tarot #witchsky #booksky #podcast #winter
Chat #20 - Paulina Stevens & Jezmina Von Thiele
"We have the Fool’s journey behind us, and we’re ready to level up"
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December 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A paid writer's residency working with Nottingham Women's Centre and the Feminist Archive is open for applications. Share with anyone who might be interested.
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
Emerging Writer's Residency 2026 - Nottingham City of Literature
A paid residency for emerging writers. Applications are open to explore the feminist archive at the Nottingham Women's Library.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A paid writer's residency working with Nottingham Women's Centre and the Feminist Archive is open for applications. Share with anyone who might be interested.
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
Finbarre chatted with costume and production designer Jennifer McGrew (McGrew Studios) about runes and creating worlds with her hands. See which cursed card she passed on to the next lucky guest!
Read more: tarotdms.com
#tarot #costume #design #saltlake
Read more: tarotdms.com
#tarot #costume #design #saltlake
Chat #19 - Jennifer McGrew
"Everything humanity does is really for the puppets"
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Finbarre chatted with costume and production designer Jennifer McGrew (McGrew Studios) about runes and creating worlds with her hands. See which cursed card she passed on to the next lucky guest!
Read more: tarotdms.com
#tarot #costume #design #saltlake
Read more: tarotdms.com
#tarot #costume #design #saltlake
I didn’t expect genealogy to hand me this: a bloodline link to witch persecutions 600 years ago. Not on the right side of history, I may add. I’m not posting details yet because I want to get it right but it’s changed how I see my work. More soon.
#history #witchsky #folklore
#history #witchsky #folklore
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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More Christmas Critters - I don't think these shrimp understood the assignment #christmas #holiday #shrimp #tea #vintagecard
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
More Christmas Critters - I don't think these shrimp understood the assignment #christmas #holiday #shrimp #tea #vintagecard
Big news! TarotDMs.com is moving to a patronage model.
Subscriptions go directly toward paying honoraria for the artists we interview, allowing readers to act as patrons of the arts. Our interviews will still be free to read.
See the new plans here: www.tarotdms.com/subscribe
Subscriptions go directly toward paying honoraria for the artists we interview, allowing readers to act as patrons of the arts. Our interviews will still be free to read.
See the new plans here: www.tarotdms.com/subscribe
Tarot DMs | Creative Chats | Finbarre | Substack
Where guests share stories by text message. Made with ❤️ by humans. Click to read Tarot DMs | Creative Chats, by Finbarre, a Substack publication.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Big news! TarotDMs.com is moving to a patronage model.
Subscriptions go directly toward paying honoraria for the artists we interview, allowing readers to act as patrons of the arts. Our interviews will still be free to read.
See the new plans here: www.tarotdms.com/subscribe
Subscriptions go directly toward paying honoraria for the artists we interview, allowing readers to act as patrons of the arts. Our interviews will still be free to read.
See the new plans here: www.tarotdms.com/subscribe
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The Oak King represents the waxing light, growth, and summer. At the winter solstice, he battles his twin, the Holly King (ruler of darkness, winter, and rest), for dominion over the year in a cycle of death and rebirth.
Art my own.
#ArtAdventCalendar #WinterSolstice #Folklore
Art my own.
#ArtAdventCalendar #WinterSolstice #Folklore
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Oak King represents the waxing light, growth, and summer. At the winter solstice, he battles his twin, the Holly King (ruler of darkness, winter, and rest), for dominion over the year in a cycle of death and rebirth.
Art my own.
#ArtAdventCalendar #WinterSolstice #Folklore
Art my own.
#ArtAdventCalendar #WinterSolstice #Folklore
The weekend's experiment in having group conversations for TarotDMs have gone splendidly, watch this space! ❤️
Picture of our latest brass beasties for the algorithm.
Picture of our latest brass beasties for the algorithm.
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The weekend's experiment in having group conversations for TarotDMs have gone splendidly, watch this space! ❤️
Picture of our latest brass beasties for the algorithm.
Picture of our latest brass beasties for the algorithm.
Time for something different! Lara is an Anatomical Pathology Technologist working in hospital mortuaries, and her cards take us inside the “hospital’s little secret” to myth-bust what TV gets wrong and how the dead are cared for with dignity.
Read at: tarotdms.com
#tarot #xfiles #behindthescenes
Read at: tarotdms.com
#tarot #xfiles #behindthescenes
Chat #18 - Lara
"I don’t see bodies. I see people"
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December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Time for something different! Lara is an Anatomical Pathology Technologist working in hospital mortuaries, and her cards take us inside the “hospital’s little secret” to myth-bust what TV gets wrong and how the dead are cared for with dignity.
Read at: tarotdms.com
#tarot #xfiles #behindthescenes
Read at: tarotdms.com
#tarot #xfiles #behindthescenes
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Mari Lwyd, the caroling skeleton horse from Welsh folklore, and a wolpertinger, the maybe folklore maybe cryptid from Germany. Painted as a holiday set to bring with me to Spectrum Art Market last month.
The original paintings are TINY and I love them
#art #watercolor
The original paintings are TINY and I love them
#art #watercolor
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mari Lwyd, the caroling skeleton horse from Welsh folklore, and a wolpertinger, the maybe folklore maybe cryptid from Germany. Painted as a holiday set to bring with me to Spectrum Art Market last month.
The original paintings are TINY and I love them
#art #watercolor
The original paintings are TINY and I love them
#art #watercolor
Love this idea of The Twelve Days Of Christmas embroidery using Rider Waite Smith as inspiration!
#christmas #embroidery #tarot
#christmas #embroidery #tarot
The cards I'm referencing here are from the Rider tarot deck, which I think I forgot to say. Take a shot every time I say "soft" when talking about day 11. #tarot #christmas #embroidery #christmascra...
TikTok video by Grace Pool
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December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Love this idea of The Twelve Days Of Christmas embroidery using Rider Waite Smith as inspiration!
#christmas #embroidery #tarot
#christmas #embroidery #tarot
Finbarre spoke to the illustrator & writer Helen Nesburg (@helennesburg.bsky.social) on Tarot DMs! We drew cards and spoke about feral motherhood, baboon obsessions, a "holy shit, I wrote a book moment" and a weasel pulling a cart full of apples.
#tarot #witchsky #booksky #art #adhd #portland
#tarot #witchsky #booksky #art #adhd #portland
Chat #17 - Helen Nesburg
"It’s a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of motherhood"
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December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hearing lots of good things about this exhibition. If I gaze in my crystal ball I see a trip in my future! 🔮
#darksecrets #occult #witchsky #witch #magic #exhibition #london
#darksecrets #occult #witchsky #witch #magic #exhibition #london
https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/
Uncover the Dark Secrets Exhibition in London—an immersive journey blending art, history, and mystery. Explore hidden stories through powerful displays.
darksecretsexhibition.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hearing lots of good things about this exhibition. If I gaze in my crystal ball I see a trip in my future! 🔮
#darksecrets #occult #witchsky #witch #magic #exhibition #london
#darksecrets #occult #witchsky #witch #magic #exhibition #london
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The latest episode of Darklore is live. @drunkstoryteller.bsky.social and I talk about sleep demons, sleep paralysis and other things that will keep you up at night www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #sleepdemons #sleepparalysis #sleep #folklore #folkloring
Episode 2 - Darklore, Sleep Demons and Night Terrors - Folkloring
Welcome to Episode 2 of Darklore, where we explore the creepy, horrific, unsettling darker side of folklore! Please join us as we get lost down twisting paths of lore, myth and macabre tales of dark m...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The latest episode of Darklore is live. @drunkstoryteller.bsky.social and I talk about sleep demons, sleep paralysis and other things that will keep you up at night www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #sleepdemons #sleepparalysis #sleep #folklore #folkloring
December's theme on Tarot DMs is The World! Perfect for the end of a weird year with so many unknowns, often feeling more like a scribble than a map.
Christina Ricci's "Cat Full Of Spiders" Tarot Deck will be our lodestar this month. Expect some fabulous guests too!
#tarot #witchsky #folklore
Christina Ricci's "Cat Full Of Spiders" Tarot Deck will be our lodestar this month. Expect some fabulous guests too!
#tarot #witchsky #folklore
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today is the day!
The Tarot DMs draw takes place later and *one* subscriber will receive HEXEN 5.0 Tarot by Suzanne Treister.
Go to TarotDMs.com, press the subscribe button and these enormous GORGEOUS cards could be yours (playing card for scale!) Deadline is 18:00 GMT.
#tarot #witchsky #giveaway
The Tarot DMs draw takes place later and *one* subscriber will receive HEXEN 5.0 Tarot by Suzanne Treister.
Go to TarotDMs.com, press the subscribe button and these enormous GORGEOUS cards could be yours (playing card for scale!) Deadline is 18:00 GMT.
#tarot #witchsky #giveaway
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today is the day!
The Tarot DMs draw takes place later and *one* subscriber will receive HEXEN 5.0 Tarot by Suzanne Treister.
Go to TarotDMs.com, press the subscribe button and these enormous GORGEOUS cards could be yours (playing card for scale!) Deadline is 18:00 GMT.
#tarot #witchsky #giveaway
The Tarot DMs draw takes place later and *one* subscriber will receive HEXEN 5.0 Tarot by Suzanne Treister.
Go to TarotDMs.com, press the subscribe button and these enormous GORGEOUS cards could be yours (playing card for scale!) Deadline is 18:00 GMT.
#tarot #witchsky #giveaway
Finbarre caught up with C.B. Lee - New York Times bestselling author of Sidekick Squad, A Clash of Steel and Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe. We talked about books, bao buns and blanket dogs! Find out which tarot cards were picked at tarotdms.com
#tarot #LGBTQ #booksky #ya #writers #author
#tarot #LGBTQ #booksky #ya #writers #author
Chat #16 - C.B. Lee
"I think connection is superhuman"
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November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Bronze Age to Elphaba: The centuries-old origins of the witch's hat
www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #FolkloreThursday #Witchcraft
www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #FolkloreThursday #Witchcraft
Bronze Age to Elphaba: The centuries-old origins of the witch's hat
As Wicked: For Good is released, what are the historic meanings of conical headwear, and how has it evolved – from its ancient origins to the empowered Elphaba?
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Bronze Age to Elphaba: The centuries-old origins of the witch's hat
www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #FolkloreThursday #Witchcraft
www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #FolkloreThursday #Witchcraft
Just wrapped a brilliant Tarot DMs chat with writer and narrative designer Cay Macres (@caymacres.bsky.social) Find out about cats, crafting 400k-word branching stories, San Francisco fog and cozy magic!
#tarot #indiegames #interactivefiction #heartschoice #choiceofgames #romance #fantasy #games
#tarot #indiegames #interactivefiction #heartschoice #choiceofgames #romance #fantasy #games
Chat #15 - Cay Macres
"Magic is mundane, but it’s also special"
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just wrapped a brilliant Tarot DMs chat with writer and narrative designer Cay Macres (@caymacres.bsky.social) Find out about cats, crafting 400k-word branching stories, San Francisco fog and cozy magic!
#tarot #indiegames #interactivefiction #heartschoice #choiceofgames #romance #fantasy #games
#tarot #indiegames #interactivefiction #heartschoice #choiceofgames #romance #fantasy #games
Finbarre had the pleasure of chatting with horror author Scott Leeds (@scottleeds.bsky.social) about playlists, fear, creativity, and his novel Schrader’s Chord.
#booksky #tarot #horror #author #writer #witchsky #vinyl #ghost #haunted
#booksky #tarot #horror #author #writer #witchsky #vinyl #ghost #haunted
Chat #14 - Scott Leeds
“Some people are terrified by gore and visceral imagery, some people by the rocking chair in the room that starts slowly moving”
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November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Calling historians, folklorists & academics working with the unusual! I am looking for a few people to join me on Tarot DMs for a chat about your work.
Interested? Email: research@tarotinterviews.com
Three cards. Three questions. Strange tales very welcome.
#folklore #history #humanities #tarot
Interested? Email: research@tarotinterviews.com
Three cards. Three questions. Strange tales very welcome.
#folklore #history #humanities #tarot
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Calling historians, folklorists & academics working with the unusual! I am looking for a few people to join me on Tarot DMs for a chat about your work.
Interested? Email: research@tarotinterviews.com
Three cards. Three questions. Strange tales very welcome.
#folklore #history #humanities #tarot
Interested? Email: research@tarotinterviews.com
Three cards. Three questions. Strange tales very welcome.
#folklore #history #humanities #tarot
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The stones are not only in constant conversation with each other, but with the land itself. We approach and catch them in the act of chatting. Just for a moment we feel we are intruding, feel we have broken an intimate spell. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The stones are not only in constant conversation with each other, but with the land itself. We approach and catch them in the act of chatting. Just for a moment we feel we are intruding, feel we have broken an intimate spell. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday