What is this?
This is a blog that documents my decan projects! A decan is a 10-degree spatial division of one astrological zodiac sign, and the Sun's passage through this space marks a time period of 10-11 days. In occult tradition, a decan walk is an astrology-centered process during which a person does something meaningful to acknowledge each decan of the zodiacal year. I choose to call this project a decan crossing. During one solar year, I commit to engaging consistently with the project during each decan and writing one blog post about the process. I started this blog in 2022, inspired by T. Susan Chang's book, 36 Secrets, and what I learned during her educational course, The Living Tarot.
Who are you?
I am a storyteller, bookworm, social support worker, and educational advocate who loves studying tarot and astrology. I am an immigrant from Southeast Asia (Singapore) and Southwestern Ohio (Cincinnati) who holds the privilege of naturalized United States citizenship, and I take seriously my responsibilities as a global community citizen, which I believe go beyond the proclamations of any nation or State. Because I am both an artist and animist, it's important to me to support all the forms of creative recovery (such as private writing, public art, collaborative storytelling, group-making, and so much more) that I believe have the power to change all of our lives and help us heal in relationship with each other. Through public workings such as this blog, I seek to spread encouragement of how creativity shines in all beings, belongs in all relationships, and deepens all the chapters of a life.
What does this work do?
First, here's my hope of what this blog will *not* do. What I write here will not be good--since when I come to this place, I will not carry the intent to write something that is good. When I come to this place, I will carry the hope that I will write something that is true.
Why do I intend to write things that are true? Because this world is shaped in unspeakable ways by the unfathomable tides of oppression's suffering, pain, harm, and loss, and when I am true--when I refuse to be silent in the face of injustice and use my voice to speak truly, with loud, loving care--I fill the well from which I may drink and feel enlivened enough to organize the actions of my life towards participation in global movements of compassionate liberation and care. That's it, really. By repeating this personal process, I abide by the terms of my survival and make possible the conditions for my liberation, which I understand to be inseparable from all other liberations. I hope this project leaves a trace of one person's increasing love on her journey as one being among the many in our shared ecosystem of grief and hope.
My biggest hope for this work is that it might be helpful to others by supporting you to explore and celebrate your role as a creative being in our connected world, too.
What did the work do last time?
Read about Decan Crossing 2022 here: The Somewhat Unhinged Year of Short Stories
Visit the original Little Nightporch here: Short Tarot Readings on Instagram
How can I contact you?
You can email me at littlenightporch@gmail.com. For questions about readings, please include a note with as much information as you feel comfortable sharing about what kind of service might be most helpful, and I will reach out to work something out.
