When A Tarot Star Found Jesus, The Internet Couldn't Handle It
By PNW Staff July 01, 2026
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For years, she built a massive audience helping people look for answers in tarot cards.
Nearly one million followers tuned in to hear what the cards supposedly revealed about love, money, relationships, destiny and the unseen world. She became one of the biggest names in the online tarot community.
Alex Reads Tarot—who now goes by "Alex the Ordinary" on social media—shocked nearly one million followers this month by deleting her tarot content after publicly announcing that she had become a follower of Jesus Christ.
Instead of promising spiritual insight through cards, she posted something far more unexpected—a humble testimony explaining how Jesus had completely transformed her life.
Within days, approximately 30,000 followers disappeared.
The comments exploded.
Some celebrated her courage.
Many mocked her.
Others accused her of betrayal, deception, brainwashing or abandoning the very community that made her famous.
If anyone ever wonders whether Jesus is still controversial in the modern world, they need look no further than the reaction.
People Don't Hate Spirituality
One of the greatest myths in Western culture is that people are becoming less spiritual.
The evidence suggests precisely the opposite.
Interest in astrology has exploded.
Tarot card sales continue to grow.
Crystal healing, manifestation practices, psychic readings, spirit guides, energy work and modern witchcraft have become mainstream.
Bookstores devote entire sections to the occult.
TikTok and Instagram have created thousands of influencers teaching everything from spell work to moon rituals.
The fascination with the supernatural has never disappeared.
It has simply changed addresses.
Scripture never suggests humanity is naturally materialistic.
Instead, the Bible teaches that people instinctively know there is more than the physical world. We were created with an awareness that eternity exists.
The question has never been whether people are spiritual.
The question is where they look for spiritual truth.
Spirituality Without Submission
Modern spirituality offers something many people find irresistible.
Power.
Knowledge.
Control.
Personal truth.
It promises access to the unseen without requiring repentance.
It offers mystical experiences without moral accountability.
It encourages people to create their own reality while rejecting the idea that anyone—including God—has the authority to tell them how to live.
Jesus offers something radically different.
He doesn't merely invite people to become more spiritual.
He calls them to deny themselves, repent of sin, surrender their lives and follow Him.
That is where the conflict begins.
People often say they dislike organized religion.
But the hostility shown toward Alex's conversion wasn't primarily about religion.
It was about Jesus.
Why Jesus Provokes Such Strong Reactions
Notice something remarkable throughout history.
Many religious leaders are respected.
Buddha is admired.
Eastern spirituality is celebrated.
Ancient pagan practices are romanticized.
Tarot is marketed as harmless self-discovery.
Witchcraft is often rebranded as empowerment.
Yet mention Jesus as the only way to God, and the atmosphere changes almost immediately.
The discussion becomes emotional.
Hostile.
Personal.
Why?
Because Jesus refuses to remain one option among many.
He claimed exclusive authority.
He claimed to be the truth—not merely someone who taught truth.
Every person must eventually answer the same question Jesus asked His disciples:
"Who do you say that I am?"
There is no neutral ground.
Alex's testimony confronted her audience with that very question.
Many did not appreciate being confronted.
The Rise Of Modern Witchcraft
Perhaps one of the most fascinating cultural developments over the past decade has been the normalization of witchcraft.
Practices that previous generations viewed as dangerous are now marketed as lifestyle accessories.
Tarot cards appear in gift shops.
Horoscopes fill newspapers and apps.
Celebrity endorsements have made crystals, astrology and manifestation fashionable.
Social media has turned occult practices into entertainment.
But beneath the aesthetic lies something much deeper.
People are searching.
They're searching for meaning.
They're searching for purpose.
They're searching for answers that science alone cannot provide.
The irony is striking.
Many who reject Christianity because it is "too supernatural" eagerly embrace spirit guides, psychic readings, channeling and tarot.
The spiritual hunger is real.
The destination is what differs.
Sometimes The Hardest Hearts Are Closer Than They Appear
Perhaps one of the most encouraging parts of Alex's story is this:
Few people would have predicted it.
Millions likely assumed she would spend her career promoting tarot.
Instead, she walked away from the very platform that made her successful.
That takes courage.
History is filled with similar surprises.
The Apostle Paul once persecuted Christians before becoming Christianity's greatest missionary.
Some of history's strongest defenders of the faith once opposed it.
God has always delighted in transforming the people everyone else considers unreachable.
Christians should remember that before writing anyone off.
The outspoken atheist.
The New Age influencer.
The occult practitioner.
The witch.
The psychic.
The celebrity.
None are beyond God's reach.
Sometimes those who appear furthest from Christ are actually closer than anyone realizes.
A Modern Reminder
Alex's story is bigger than social media.
It reveals something about the spiritual condition of our culture.
Western society has not abandoned belief in the supernatural.
It has simply replaced biblical faith with countless alternatives that promise enlightenment without surrender.
Yet every so often, someone who has explored those alternatives discovers they never satisfied the deepest questions of the soul.
When that happens, the reaction often exposes something surprising.
People are not merely rejecting Christianity.
Many are actively resisting Jesus Himself.
That shouldn't surprise Christians.
Jesus warned His followers that the world would not always welcome Him—or those who follow Him.
Yet stories like Alex's also serve as a powerful reminder that the gospel still changes lives.
Not everyone walking in darkness intends to stay there.
Sometimes the person reading tarot cards today may be preaching Christ tomorrow.
And perhaps that is why testimonies like this generate such fierce reactions.
Because every genuine conversion is a reminder that no ideology, no spiritual practice and no past is beyond the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
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