What Is a Life Path Number?

The first time I heard the term “Life Path Number,” I was sitting on the balcony of my Borivali flat, where my mother still lives. It was July 2018, and the air had that heavy, humid stillness that Mumbai is famous for right before the rain hits. My sister Jini had dropped by with a […]

What Is Numerology and How Does It Work?

I didn’t take numerology seriously until 2017, when a man named Harish in Lokhandwala looked at my birth date, scribbled a few numbers on a page, and then told me—without hesitation—that I would move homes before my next birthday. At the time, I laughed it off. But three months later, my landlord sold the building […]

Can Tarot Cards Predict the Future?

The first time someone asked me that outright—“So, can you tell me exactly what’s going to happen?”—I was sitting in a dingy apartment on Shankar Lane, Malad West, with a cup of lukewarm chai and a deck that had been in my hands for six years. It was August 2019, the air smelled faintly of […]

What Are Tarot Cards and How Do They Work?

If you’ve ever sat across from someone shuffling a deck of worn, illustrated cards, you’ll know the peculiar mix of curiosity and apprehension that comes with a tarot reading. I still remember my first real reading—April 2013, at a cramped café near Grant Road Station in Mumbai. The reader, Anita Joshi, had a soft voice […]