This book was not planned. It was revealed.
Years ago, under a full moon, I picked up a deck of tarot cards for the first time. I didn’t know it then, but that moment planted the seed for everything that followed. I had just completed my Master of Science degree. I was searching for direction, for purpose, for a path that made sense. The job I expected didn’t come. The life I imagined didn’t unfold. Instead, something else opened — something older, quieter, and far more powerful.
I began reading tarot on the streets of Manhattan. I gathered candles, stones, signs, and symbols. I built a table, a brand, a voice. I created a system without realizing I was creating one. What started as a single reading became a journey through the archetypes themselves — a journey that mirrored my own life.
I walked the Fool’s path. I endured the trial by fire. I learned to trust the unseen. And somewhere along the way, the Dragon — the final archetype of my system — rose within me.
This book is the result of that journey. It is the distilled essence of the Major Arcana as I have lived them, read them, and been shaped by them. It is a companion for your readings, a guide for your intuition, and a reflection of the path from beginning to awakening.
Some parts of the story cannot be told. Heaven keeps its secrets. But what can be shared is here — in these pages, in these archetypes, in this work that grew from a seed planted long before I understood what it would become. *For Tarot readings send inquiry to info@cigarpoet.nyc
— Cigarpoet, Manhattan, New York
