My practice isn't built on a framework of daily practice - I've never been able to make that work. It's built on a framework of consecutive projects. Sometimes long term and large scale, sometimes purely experimental, occasionally with a goal at the end but usually just to see what comes of them.
At the end of 2025 I got a flash of inspiration for my next one, which I started back in January. And usually I don't share my projects until they're over if I share them at all, but since I think this one is going to eventually become something I publish in some form, I want to share it as it's in progress.
Basically, I'm going through the Rider-Waite tarot deck and writing a spell for each card, but not based on the meaning of the card. That's been done at least once, probably many times. I'm looking only at Pamela Coleman Smith's illustrations and interpreting them as if they were a pictoral guide to a spell. Then, of course, doing the spells that come out of that process to see how they work.
So far I've written the spells for Fool through Hermit and done all of them through Hierophant except High Priestess (haven't had the right situation come up yet to use it for). Plus I skipped ahead and did Strength because a great opportunity arose to use it. It's a great proect for pushing me out of my routines and sometimes my comfort zone - for instance I'm not used to doing magic out in public places, but sometimes that's what the spell calls for.
Anyway, I'd love to know if this sounds interesting to anyone, and what exactly you'd hope to find in the final product if I published the results in some format.
