Satyr Arcana

The Blog

Essays and song-by-song readings on the psychology behind the Satyr Arcana — grief, chosen family, hope, and what it takes to rebuild, all grounded in real people and real research.

Essay

Carrying Them Forward: The Psychology Behind the Satyr Arcana

How "continuing bonds" grief research explains the deck's opening cards — and why the living and the gone share the same mythology.

Essay

The Family You Build: Why Nostalgia Isn't a Weakness

Nostalgia research reframes the deck's chosen-family cards — RIGHT ON, F.W.B., Karmic Justice, and more.

Essay

What Rises After the Fall: Inside Satyr Arcana II

C.R. Snyder's hope theory, mapped card by card across the second deck.

The Full Reading

A Psychological Profile of Every Song on Satyr Arcana (I)

All fifteen cards of the first deck, one by one — meaning, shadow, and gift behind each real relationship.

The Full Reading

A Psychological Profile of Every Song on Satyr Arcana — Part 2

All fifteen cards of the second deck, one by one.