Tarot readings on the rise

Is the use of tarot decks becoming mainstream? This story in the McAllen (Texas) Monitor believes so.

The images on tarot cards can seem menacing, even evil. But a modern tarot reading doesn’t feel like a journey into the heart of the dark arts. In fact, tarot cards — along with many pursuits under the ‘‘metaphysical’’ label — have moved toward the mainstream. How mainstream? Aleta Sira Ras does not make her psychic predictions in the back of a shady store or down a dark alleyway on the wrong side of the tracks. Nope, this tarot card reader plies her trade in the tidy suburban neighborhood in northeast Colorado Springs, Colo. Her split-level house has two dogs in the back yard, but no gauzy curtains or glowing crystal balls.

The article has interesting details on the rise of tarot readings in the suburbs. Doesn't it lose some coolness when it moves from the urban gypsies in the hole in the wall sites and enters the bright world of suburbia?