Fate vs. Free Will in The Prophecy

We are getting witchy today as we dive deep into The Prophecy from Taylor Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. Uncle Jerry teaches us about some specific references to tarot and the occult in literature, and how that shaped a few of his interests. Angela tells the story of a tarot reading that Taylor received from a friend, and how she thinks it inspired this song.

Works Cited:

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats – William Butler Yeats – Aff Link

Rosicrucian Fellowship

The Secrets of the Belline Oracle – Sylvie Steinbach – Aff Link

Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck

Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards – The Morgan Library

Visconti Sforza Tarot Cards Cards – Stuart R. Kaplan – Aff Link

Miniature Rider-Waite® Tarot – Pamela C. Smith – Aff Link

Rider Waite Gold Foil Tarot Deck – Aff Link

The Original Rider Waite: The Pictorial Key To The Tarot: An Illustrated Guide – A.E. Waite – Aff Link

Tarot Revelations – Joseph Campbell, Richard Roberts – Aff Link

A to z Horoscope Maker and Delineator – Llewellyn George – Aff Link