Yesteryear’s

What s nice place to visit. The lady behind the counter was very inviting. The gentleman doing tarot readings as also nice but I did not get one done. And the cat had a very nice coloring to him. I’ll be back when in town again.

Best Tarot! See only Jacob! In the back of the store. I have been here several times. I have sent several friends here. Everyone says the same thing, omg he is able to read my life! I have been getting readings for 20 yrs. everywhere and he is by far the best. Understand he is a tarot card reader for real sooo., he will not look you in the eye, he will not ask probing questions like the fakes do, on the streets.
He has you pick from 5, yes, he can read 5 different tarot decks. He’s spooky good and cheap. He gives you time to ask questions at the end, which do think take advantage at least 10 min.
If his hours are the same they were like late afternoon — 11pm Thur-​Sun.
But call and ask …
I had chip once while visiting since i missed Jacob was off. He was so-​so ½ right. l liked he kept telling me to pick cards until he got an ending card and Chip too was Better than the fakes, but not close to as good as Jacob.

I had the same reader as AE below and my experience was about the same. Her post is so similar to the one I was going to write it is uncanny. He did not engage with me at all although I tried he was stand offish. I asked «where are you from» he replied «all over» with zero emotion and zero follow up. He then launched into the reading without taking a breath and looking down and not at me. The reading sounds identical to mine — to the point I said «my focus while shuffling the cards was work», he responded «no, this is more personal». Like the other post none of this fit my personal life. I’ve just recently gotten married and am blissfully happy, and his entire reading was about ending a relationship. Apparently he has a canned reading he knows by heart.

I loved this place! While trying to escape Bourbon street I was pulled to this store front and went in. I’m so glad I did, it’s a great shop, with great product and the woman behind the register was very cool. The first thing I noticed was the exact shirt I was looking for all week, there it was on the wall! I even chatted with the lady behind the register for a while about the shirt and possible goth/​rock clubs to visit while I was in town. If you are a magic loving alternative/​gypsy goth chick like me this is the shop for you!

Don’t ask them about ”Chris”. He’s gone and the lady got really pissy when I asked if Chris was there. They’re not going to give you their ‘next best reader’ either. Just whoever happens to be available at that time.
I also saw the dude with long brown hair (that another Unilocal review photographed) he looked like an emo punk dude. Two leather cuffs, one on each wrist, shoulder length brown hair. He was pretty young (mid twenties) and was only so-​so, not any good.
I picked whichever tarot card deck that I felt the ‘most drawn to’
Then he proceeded to talk very quickly and non-​stop about whatever he felt like. His reading of the cards was weird.
After he finished his unstoppable fast barrage of meaningless words, he asked if I had any questions.
I asked which ‘area’ these cards were referring to
He said ‘personal’
I said, I don’t really see any of this as relating to personal field. Maybe it’s career?
He said ‘Maybe but it’s really more personal’
In the end none of the reading applied to my life. It certainly wasn’t relevant to my personal life, nor any other realm.
I felt like I just wasted 20 dollars. At least it wasn’t more. I really didn’t gain ANYTHING from that interaction.

Yesteryears
Is an amazing shop!
All your voodoo gift needs,
This is your stop.
There are masks, dolls, art
And a variety of jewelry.
But put your cameras away.
There’s no picture taking tomfoolery.
I bought myself a statue.
A cute skull bobble head.
It’s colorful face was painted
Just like Day of the Dead!
Also during my visit
To Yesteryears,
I got a tarot card reading
That almost brought me to tears!
Chip’s reading was so accurate
To what’s going on in my life.
He seemed totally in tune
To my emotional strife.
That tarot card reading
Was the best $ 20 spent.
It was an interesting experience
And I’m so glad I went!

The psychic reader is very resourceful. He knows a lot about ancient Chinese and also classic philosophy. He gave me very helpful advice!

We got a tarot card reading this evening and all the reviews are about 98% accurate. The only inaccuracy is that «Chris» is actually John. John was amazing. Very down to earth and seemingly on point! I would highly recommend having your 3 question in mind before you go if you don’t do well on the spot. Thanks john! We will recommend you to everyone coming to Nola.

Came in here September 2011 at the request of a friend to get a reading. Chris was so dead on, I came back for another the next day for more info. He was spot on regarding things that would happen that I had no clue about. Writing this review more than a year later, what he saw for me had come true. Sadly, he’s not with yesteryear’s anymore.

AMAZING! Please know that he’s not a psychic by all means. He just really knows how to interpret what the cards mean! He was on the spot with my reading as well as my friends. For the price you cannot go wrong. ENJOY!

Not only was this shop cool and full of little knock knacks that ha a very «Louisiana/voodoo/neworleans’y feel», but the shopkeeper was stunningly friendly and genuine and ready to just shoot the breeze with any and all of his patrons– which was surprising considering he works on a street that’s usually full of drunken crazies.
He was incredibly knowledgable about every product in his store but didn’t pressure is to buy and didnt hover over is like a lot of people do in their shops in Nola. Overall it was just a very fun shopping experience.
I also got my tarot cards read by the other guy there. $ 20. You could tell this guy knew what he was doing, too. All he asked was that I have three specific questions about my future in mind so he could give me more specific answers when the time came, and that’s where I got in trouble (not being able to come up with super specific inquiries right off the bat.) So if you get the tarot reading, think about that beforehand.
This shop was great. A must see for Nola visitors.

My girlfriend just got a reading. That lady that did it told her specific things about her, even when my girlfriend tried to not tell her the truth. I cant speak for all the readers there but one thing is for sure, New Orleans is full of real deal psychics and at least one resides at this place.

Had a wonderful reading with Jacob. Only thing I can say is that in other towns you get a longer readings for the amount I paid. But price and time is normal for Nola reading.

I would come here to look at the cool curated stuff but not for the tarot reading. Any place where you need to go through gifts and things before reaching the psychic just seems gimmicky.
My friend got a reading from this dude who looked like Dwight from The Office, or someone you would see walking out of a sci-​fi convention… he was wearing a big black t-​shirt.
I believe in karma, spirits, and the clairvoyant, and I’ve had readings done myself in New York, but I had to seriously refrain from laughing at the generic stuff that was spewed. Everything that was said to her could have totally applied to me.
There was also a survellaince camera in the corner of the fortune teller’s room which made things uncomfortable. Maybe it was for the man who ran into the store during the reading, and at the shopkeeper screamed, «GET OUT OF HERE. YOU CAN’T FCKING COME IN HERE LIKE THAT. I SHOULD HAVE YOU FCKING ARRESTED» to. The shopkeeper apologized as we were walking out but a little too late there. Please control the sh*tshow. (… are we allowed to write expletives on Unilocal???)
Yeah…

Very inviting! This was the first time I ever did tarot card readings and I highly recommend it. It was really accurate too!

I make it a point to visit this store every time I visit New Orleans. It is the oldest independently and locally owned curio shop in the French Quarter! They have great service, personable staff and I love the unique items they have for sale. For example, they sell feather masks that are made by the owner.

Great tarot card reading by this guy with blond hair, fair skin and dark glasses. He was pretty straightforward and even told me to not ask questions I would not like to hear the answers to because he’s blunt. I really enjoyed the experience and would definitely come back again.

If you go to New Orleans, one of the must dos is getting your palm read and a tarot card reading. After looking at the reviews on Unilocal,we decided to try this place since the review by another Unilocaler was good.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised. We got our reading done by Chris and he was pretty accurate. There were a couple times I was thinking to myself, I have no idea what he’s talking about but he eventually got back on the right track. Even if it’s not accurate, his approach is almost like a therapist so it kind of helps out in your thinking process.

I was lured into this shop by the two cats napping in the window. I’m a sucker for kittehs, so of course I had to check it out. The staff was very friendly and very helpful — they helped my boyfriend find a shirt in the size he wanted and talked to us about our kittehs. They also had a wide variety of souvenirs and knick knacks to choose from — including handmade kitty voodoo dolls for your cats!

In the back of a rather ordinary Bourbon street souvenir shop, I have had Tarot readings done here twice now by a young man who I believe is named Chris. I don’t have a lot to compare it to, but his readings so far have been maeningful and I appreciate his matter-​of-​fact and common sense advice, which seems to come as much from his head and heart as well as the cards. For the best experience, I would have a well thought out and important question in mind to bring to him.
There are a lot of «voodoo» shops actively hawking readings and people all over New Orleans who will solicit you in the street for a Tarot or aura reading. I have observed some of these street readings, and the experience is different with Chris, and I highly recommend it. With him, the cards seem to be guides to and tools for spontaneous insight, there were no overt claims to raw mysticism or supernatural ability. This is just my observation and some conjecture, I didn’t ask him directly about Tarot.
At some points he he has said he didn’t need the cards to answer a question, and gave a common-​sense answer which I appreciated.