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Alex Reads Tarot left the fold last week and people are losing their minds about it

I had only ever heard of Alex Reads Tarot in passing. She might have popped up on my FYP a time or two, and like a lot of people in the spiritual communities on TikTok, I probably ignored her and scrolled on by — until this past week and now she’s all I hear about. Like everyone else, I went and looked at her video.

The first thing I want to say is that she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation. If she doesn’t think that Tarot should be a part of her journey as a Christian, then she shouldn’t have to explain it. The bigger questions, to me—judging by the reactions I am seeing in my feed—seem more about parasocial relationships with people who have large followings online.

The second thing I want to say is that yes, this is not new. This is a script from a playbook we’ve been seeing in heavy rotation since Doreen Virtue did it in 2017. Yes, Christian Nationalism is a thing. Yes, creators are being lured into a New Age to Alt Right pipeline. Yes, the repost section of her TikTok page is a little….ewwww. My mommy senses are tingling, and I strongly suspect that she is suffering from a broken heart and is a little leaf in the wind right now.

But guess what? All that aside, we’re going to lose more folks from our community to conservative monotheistic religious pathways like Christianity and Islam. People are going to leave the fold. People with monotheistic religious trauma are going to have big feelings about it. Gird your loins accordingly. Wish them well, breathe, go jump up and down and get that energy out of your chest, and carry on. We won’t know if Alex pulled a Doreen for a little while yet. Will she try to profit off the audience she built from Tarot as a born-again Christian? Only time will tell.

Also, FYI, when we are all busy paying attention to one person making a dramatic exit, we fail to notice all the new people who arrive at the door.

I will say, while I’m thinking about it, that if you’re one of the people insisting she refund the clients she did readings for this past year — when a restaurant closes, do you chase the owner down to get a refund on all the meals you bought in the past, while they were wrestling with whether or not they wanted to continue in the restaurant business? No, you don’t, so please be quiet.

I had concocted a Tarot spread for myself regarding my feelings about it, and if you’re interested, I can share it here. In the meantime, I’m just going to say that the moon — while obscuring and often infuriatingly abstract — never lies. Here’s what the moon was up to when everything went down. I study Vedic astrology, which uses the sidereal zodiac, and I like to use the nakshatras and tithis to examine current events so I can learn.

From an astrological perspective, the alignment of a sidereal Virgo Moon, Chitra Nakshatra, and Shukla Dashami tithi perfectly mirrors the sudden, meticulous nature of Alex’s announcement.

Here is how these three distinct Vedic elements reflected her digital rebrand and spiritual pivot:

Part 1: The Incubation & The Wipe (Sidereal Virgo)

1. Sidereal Virgo: The Ultimate Purge and Cleanse

Virgo is the sign of purification, analysis, boundaries, and hard editing.

When the Moon (representing the mind and public emotions) is in Virgo, there is an intense urge to clean house, fix errors, and remove spiritual “clutter”.

Alex did not just make an announcement; she completely wiped her platform clean. This ruthless, systematic erasing of five years’ worth of content used by nearly a million followers is an epic expression of Virgo’s desire to completely excise what it now deems “unclean” or out of alignment.

2. Chitra Nakshatra: Shattering the Illusion to Reveal the Jewel

Chitra translates to “The Brilliant” or “The Beautiful,” and its symbol is a bright, glittering jewel. It is ruled by Mars (action, cutting ties) and presided over by Vishvakarma, the celestial architect.

Chitra has a dual nature. It governs illusions, glamour, and external beauty (like the “your fire sign bestie” internet persona), but it also represents the craftsman who shatters a raw stone to extract the true gem inside.

By transitioning during Chitra, Alex essentially shattered the elaborate, crafted illusion of her tarot identity. Driven by Mars’s cutting energy, she broke down her old digital persona to present what she now views as her true, purified spiritual self.

3. Shukla Dashami: Mastery and Course Correction

The 10th tithi (lunar day) is ruled by the Digpalas (the guardians of the ten directions) and is associated with power, success, and the virtuous mastery of one’s path.

Dashami is a day for firmly establishing a direction. It carries an energy of taking charge of your destiny and choosing a definitive lane, leaving behind the vacillation of earlier lunar phases.

Making the announcement on Dashami reflects a total lack of hesitation. She did not ask her audience for permission or transition slowly; she claimed total authority over her platform, drew a hard line in the sand, and pointed her life in a brand-new directional path.

Later in the day on June 24, 2026, the Moon moved out of Virgo and crossed the threshold into sidereal Libra, while remaining in the final quarters of Chitra Nakshatra and the closing hours of Shukla Dashami.

This energetic shift perfectly captures the transition from Alex’s private, meticulous preparation (Virgo) to the explosive, highly debated public reaction (Libra).

Part 2: The Public Square & The Backlash (The Shift to Sidereal Libra)

1. The Shift to Sidereal Libra: The Court of Public Opinion

Libra is the sign of the scales, governing relationships, contracts, the public eye, and collective balance.

While the Moon in Virgo allowed Alex to quietly hit “delete” in isolation, the Moon’s entry into Libra dragged her actions into the public square. Libra demands equilibrium and fairness. Because Alex kept her audience rather than starting fresh, the public viewed this as a violation of the “social contract” between creator and follower. The scales of Libra felt tipped unfairly, triggering an immediate collective effort by her audience to debate, judge, and restore balance through criticism.

2. Chitra’s Final Quarters: The “Spiteful” Side of Mars

Chitra Nakshatra spans both Virgo and Libra. The halves that sit in Libra are influenced heavily by Libra’s ruler (Venus) combined with Chitra’s primary ruler (Mars).

When Mars (aggression, war) mixes with Venus (relationships, diplomacy, social contracts) in Chitra, it creates an energy known for sharp tongues, bitter aesthetic critiques, and public disputes. Chitra in Libra can manifest as an obsession with “fair play” that turns highly combative. This explains why the backlash wasn’t just quiet disappointment; it was a loud, fierce debate among major creators calling her actions “unethical” and demanding she delete the account entirely.

3. Shukla Dashami: The Clash of Different Realities

As the 10th tithi, Dashami represents absolute directional mastery and the culmination of an ideal.

Dashami energy does not compromise. Alex used this unyielding energy to state her new, absolute Christian truth. However, her audience, steeped in their own spiritual definitions of truth, clashed against her rigidity. It created a literal battle of two opposing spiritual directions, where neither side is willing to back down or find middle ground, cementing the deep divide that still echoes across the platform.

Eh, in two weeks someone will try to hex the moon again or some other such nonsense and we’ll all be on to something else. The world keeps turning. As you were.