How tarot card readings are getting popular among Nepali youths

The pandemic provided an opportunity for these new readers just while there were clients, and social media became the tool.

Dipasa Bista hopped on a video call over Instagram. On the other side was a tarot reader. Bista saw the reader burn incense sticks and candles before shuffling a deck of cards—with illustrations of blue and gold—twice the size of normal playing cards. As Bista asked questions, the reader picked cards “to read”.