Welcome back to Everyday Tarot! Season 16 is devoted to queer deities, and today, we turn to Narcissus—the beautiful youth of myth whose reflection became both his revelation and undoing.

What we explore in this episode:

• The myth of Narcissus

• Narcissus as a queer and asexual archetype

• Tarot cards resonant with Narcissus: The Page of Cups (Upright/Reversed), The Hanged Man,  The Magician

The Myth of NarcissusIn the Greek tradition, Narcissus was the beautiful son of a river god and a nymph—desired by many but devoted to none. His mother was told he would live long—if he never knew himself, so was kept from mirrors and still waters. 

When the nymph Echo fell in love with him, he rejected her advances; humiliated and grief-stricken, she faded un ...