SpellSpace: A New Website With a Fresh Take on the Old Art of Tarot

LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- SpellSpace.com is an artistic, realistic and high-tech site, which recently announced its debut on the web, bringing a fresh take on an old art. A single word was searched more than 350,000(1) times on the Internet last month. It wasn't a typical word, one related to finding directions or shopping. It revealed that people are seeking personal advice and help, but not from a psychiatrist or therapist. No, these searches consulted a more mystical source: "Tarot."

Many are intrigued by the ancient practice of tarot, but how many actually tried it? Face it, going into some dark den on the other side of town and hearing the future from a stranger seems risky. But getting a reading on the Internet is like avoiding the dark back alleys and meeting directly with a reputable psychic.

There are more than 1,200(2) tarot sites in North America, providing a range of services from free but limited readings, to live chat sessions with a psychic, to expensive membership services. The top tarot sites have more than 1.8(3) million unique visitors a month, but are typically loaded with pop-up ads and teaser services that result in expensive recurring fees. The smaller sites, meanwhile, lurk in the darker corners of witchcraft and voodoo. So even on the web, it can still feel like stumbling onto a seedy, neon-lit alley full of dicey psychics and all-night card reader parlors.

And then there's SpellSpace, where the difficult skill of tarot has been duplicated and presented in a way that is friendly, inviting and real. And completely free. SpellSpace.com is authentic: the designer scanned her own well-worn cards into the website. SpellSpace.com is interactive: the developer used mathematical randomization methods that mimic real shuffles, responding to every click. Unlike the majority of sites, which present a few pre-packaged outcomes, the database-driven tarot readings at SpellSpace.com derived from the intuitions of an experienced reader resulting in thousands of unique outcomes.

To the novice, this level of authenticity may be overlooked, but for the aficionado it is everything. No matter what the level of interest, SpellSpace.com guests describe a feeling of being both understood and well- advised. Read some reviews:

    -- "I'm sometimes in awe at the deep insight and accuracy of your tarot
        readings!" E.L., AZ

    -- "It didn't ask anything about who I was, and yet it was scary accurate
        about me, all the way down to my physical description." C.P., Digg.com

SpellSpace.com also generates recommended spells related to the personalized tarot reading to help with love, career or even luck, and make purchases at the SpellStore. Readings can be saved, tracked, annotated, viewed for trends or shared with friends.

So believers or non-believers, tarot experts or novices, or simply the curious can discover an artistic, interactive place to explore tarot and maybe even try a spell or two, without ever having to visit the wrong side of town ... or the Internet.

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