Tarot for the Modern Reader

S03 Ep049 - You probably think of the 8 of pentacles as kind of boring, just this guy sitting out here doing day-to-day tedious tasks. Churning out the work, no excitement, just making this one thing over and over and over… But what if I told you this card actually brings the MOST exciting energy and opportunities for creativity, and the time and focus to give it form? What we focus on grows, and The Hermit is here with his lantern...

S03 Ep048 - What if I told you there was a hidden influence on every minor arcana card that made it easier to learn their meanings? That there is something easily understandable that will help uncover or unlock the meaning of a card for us? It’s the secret sauce that explains why moving from one minor card in a suit to the next doesn’t always feel like a “small step”—sometimes it’s a jolt, a pivot, a test. Other times, it’s a seaml...

S03 Ep047 - This week's episode delves into all things in the Suit of Airy Swords! With the turn of the zodiac wheel, we are thrust from the comforting, stable and earthy vibes of Virgo and the Suit of Pentacles into the rushes of energy and activity that arrive on the winds of Libra season! This is the time of ALL NEW THINGS. We are now in the season of Autumn, our direction and element has shifted from the fiery south to the...

S03 Ep046 - Last week I made this statement: "Tarot is a tool of the sacred feminine".  And that caused a rub. Which caused me to reflect on what it is I am teaching about tarot. This card is about so much more than just the pinnacle of material wealth, property or inheritances. The 10 of pentacles is about legacy, and what we leave behind to the generations that come after us. It's about creating a legacy that you b...

S03 Ep045 -The Tarot cards themselves are a gift and an expression of the Sacred Feminine- yet for years we’ve been studying and learning them in a completely masculine way! What if the cards themselves created a pattern that is a predictable cycle you could work with? One that not only tells you “what to expect each week” but does so in a higher way than just answering the questions you pose. It does so by showing you the universa...

S02 Ep044 - The magician is aaaaaallllll about making magic. I mean it's in the name right? Now why is he related to this time of year?  I have said many times, there are cycles to everything in nature, including us, because of course, we are nature. In nature, we have times of contraction and times of expansion. We see this is our natural world in our earth based nature rhythms too. So that brings us to where we are right now...

S02 Ep043 - Winter truly is a time of pulling inward. It's a period of contraction. Winter is where we create the space for the amazing seeds we are soon going to plant. This is our period of DEEP REST.  I find Capricorn season to represent the true stillness, contraction, and deep rest that winter brings. And knowing these things can help us plan out our time, our projects, and allow us to give ourselves permission to rest. R...

S02 Ep042 - Winter is supposed to be about rest but Sagittarius and it’s ruling planet Jupiter are all about luck and expansion- so how do we best thrive in this season? Join me in this week’s episode to learn how to take advantage of this very auspicious energy right now, including our Sagittarius new moon falling on the 12/12 portal, at which time we also entered the 3rd decan of Sagg, a day before Mercury Retrograde begins- whew...

S02 Ep041 - We’re now in the window of the true Samhain portal. Tune in to this week’s episode and pickup the ritual I left out of last week’s episode (oops!), as well as why you might want to do these rituals again (or for the first time), this week! But hurry- the portal won’t be open long. I also share a few announcements for the podcast for the coming month!

Announcements, a Blooper and the True Samhain Portal

S02 Ep040 - Halloween and rituals go hand in hand. Although we have turned Halloween into a night of spooky fun, complete with costumes and candy for children, it is really a special night to honor those who are no longer with us, and based on the much older pagan sabbat of Samhain. It's a great time to communicate with those who have passed over, or any of our spirit guides, as the veil is much thinner not only during Scorpio...

S02 Ep039 - Death, rebirth and letting go, these are the themes that let us know that Scorpio season has arrived!​ This is the time of year that we are prime to look into the deepest darkest corners and excavate the things that are no longer serving us. The things that are holding us back. Things that have long outlived their usefulness. Some of these things go all the way back to our childhood,​ and some are just outdated and outw...

S02 Ep038 -  The Shadow Self, what is it and where does it come from? How is it formed, and how do we heal it? Why do we have it in the first place? These are all questions that come up when we begin discussing the shadow. No discussion about the shadow is complete without a dive into mythology, as all things related to the shadow are naturally related to the Underworld, which is the domain of Pluto (who in the Tarot, rules the Dea...

Ep 037-  Want to know what's in the cards? Look no further than the stars! What if I could share with you a cool way to use a 3-card-reading, every 10 days, that you don't even have to draw yourself, that could accurately forecast your next 10 days? What if we could do that for all of the 10 days of the rest of your life? And you don't have to be an astrologer to do it either! This technique also works retroactively-...

S02 Ep036 - The decans and their forecasts, are determined by their astrological associations- so while we may look at the imagery in this card and think it would be a terrible predictor of our week, it's astrology tells a different story. The association for the Three of Swords is Saturn in Libra, and that's the association we need to keep in mind, when we are considering the energy that we are going to be experiencing d...

S02 Ep035 -  The Sun has moved into the sign of Libra and we have reached the Autumnal Equinox- the moment in time when the balance of light and darkness briefly become equal. In the Justice card, we often consider things to be “balanced”, when the scales are equal, right? When neither side is tipping farther than the other. Then we are said to be in balance. That might work out on paper, or for a static image on a card, but in rea...

S02 Ep034 - The Empress represents all that is fruitful. She represents abundance. These are definitely themes of the fall harvest season. The Empress, being ruled by Venus, is an emanation of the divine feminine… as is all that we have gestated in our lives this past season. Whether it be the crops in the ground, or the projects we have worked on over the summer, the process of creation and gestation is divinely feminine and falls...

S02 Ep033 - How does a card of money and wealth relate to the Divine or Sacred Feminine? The suit of Pentacles is known for its representation of money, health, assets, values and valuables. The ten in this suit specifically, is often related to wealth, generational wealth, property, inheritances, legacy-  things of value we pass on. Where does the Divine Feminine come in? Join me in this week's episode as we enter the portal ...

S02 Ep032 - After a large survey of responses to the question, What's your biggest struggle with learning or reading Tarot, the results are in. I asked, and boy did you answer. In this weeks podcast episode, I'm uncovering some of your biggest blocks to reading Tarot easily and successfully, and if you listen closely, you might even hear a response of your own in here! Tune in this week to find out how you can overcome yo...

S02 Ep031 - We are now in the energy of the Hermit, and this week, I want to get a bit more intentional about how you can use this energy to actually CULTIVATE a practice of building good habits and routines with the Tarot as your guide and accomplice. Now I know, talking about routines and schedules can be a completely boring topic for many of us, and one of the least sexy and exciting things we can do with our tarot practice! But...