Tarot Stars Avantika & Jacob Batalon Talk Tarot, Astrological Signs & Mercury Retrograde
Lisa Stardust: Have you ever had or given a tarot reading?
Avantika: I never have given a tarot reading. I like learning. I just bought a deck. But I do get tarot readings religiously every four months. What I usually hear is that I’m gonna have three kids, and that’s like the one constant I get.
Jacob Batalon: I would say that I definitely have not done my proper tarot reading. My mother is actually very into these types of things. I went with her once to get my palm read. And the person said that I was gonna be an actor, but it might have been because my mom told me to remember that I wanted to be that too. So, I think that that’s probably my only experience, she knew the answers.
LS: I wanted to pull tarot cards and explain to you the meaning, and you can tell me if you resonate with it. I pulled the Nine of Cups, The Magician, and The Sun. The Nine of Cups is all about having fun and being in a state of joy. The Magician is about communicating. And the Sun is about being in the spotlight and shining bright — doing what you wanna do, basically based on your will and determination.
JB: Do people decide their life family?
AV: I feel like tarot is a good guideline slash reminder of common things.
LS: Do these cards resonate with you?
AV: Yes. I am in the spotlight, literally.
LS: Do you both believe in tarot and astrology?
JB: It’s tough to say. I mean, I believe in fate. Fate is really right.
AV: I don’t really know enough about tarot to confidently say I believe in it. I think it’s an observational find. Astrology has been around for so long, but I also think it’s more so about pattern recognition than, like, this is what’s gonna happen to you.
JB: That makes more sense to me.
LS: Did anyone read tarot on set?
AV: I feel like there was a point in time when one or more people read all of our tarot cards.
LS: What is the spookiest thing that you’ve ever heard during a tarot reading?
AV: [Laughs] I don’t know..I don’t think they’re like, trying to spook us or anything.
JB: But then the multiple things of having kids, I read that’s definitely something for sure.
AV: For sure.
LS: What are your zodiac signs?
JB: [While laughing with Avantika] What is October 9? Libra? Is Libra an animal? No, I’m dead ass right now. Is it like a zebra?
LS: [Laughs] It’s the scales.
AK: I’m a water-bearer. I’m an Aquarius and a Cancer Moon.
(L-R): Avantika, Larsen Thompson, Wolfgang Novogratz, Humberly Gonzalez.©Screen Gems/Courtesy Everett Collection