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Nixie Vly has been reading tarot since 1988, when their French teacher recruited them to tell fortunes at the middle school language fair. They also spent 15 years as a classroom teacher and have been studying magic and mysticism for 30 years.
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Mar 8, 2026 ∙ 4 min
Every Thorn Has Its Rose: The Rose in Christian Mysticism (Part II of The Rose in Tattoos and Magic)
One particularly decadent Roman emperor allegedly arranged for a such a torrent of roses to be dropped from a false ceiling onto his guests that some of them smothered to death under it
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Feb 6, 2026 ∙ 5 min
What’s Love Got to Do With It? The Symbolic Power of the Rose in Tattoos and Magic Part I: The Rose in Ancient Mythology
Occasionally a client comes into the tattoo shop for a floral tattoo who is down for “anything except roses.” Much like an announced aversion to the color pink in a tattoo, my snap judgment- which I keep to myself- is somewhere along the lines of “ the lady doth protest too much, methinks !” Who hurt you? What were your disappointments in love, that you refuse to be tattooed with this symbol? Why are you humbugging sensitivity, sweetness, and romance? Or is a rose simply too universal...
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Oct 9, 2025 ∙ 9 min
All Tattoos Are Temporary: Choosing Your Memento Mori Tattoo
Question: Are tattoos permanent?
Answer: Is anything?
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