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In Search of Tarot

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Utilizing the cards to examine new questions, question any answers, and reimagine the possibilities of our lives.

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Filling Your Cup with Sarah Arantza Amador, Guest Hosted by Maria Minnis

June 22, 2023 11:09 - 46 minutes - 35.7 MB

It's the final episode of Season Six, and the final installment of this Season's Guest Host episodes! Today we're bringing you another conversation full of warmth and love between Guest Host Maria Minnis and Sarah Arantza Amador of Hawthorn Mountain Tarot. Sarah Arantza Amador is an author and tarot reader living on the Monterey Bay of Northern California. A former university professor with a background in literary analysis, nonviolent communication, psychoanalysis, and critical theory and ...

The Magician and "The Self" with Shannon Knight of The Tarot Diagnosis

June 15, 2023 11:48 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

Today we're sharing a conversation that originally took place on The Tarot Diagnosis podcast. In it, Nick and Shannon discuss The Magician, and use this iconic card to investigate and trouble the notion of "Self" as it appears in Western ontology. Shannon Knight (she/her) is a queer therapist licensed in both Arizona and Florida where she specializes in working with individuals and couples. Shannon received her B.A. in Applied Clinical Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology and...

LIVE from Meet Me at The Margin

June 08, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes - 12 MB

Today's minisode is a live recording of Nick's Opening Remarks from the opening night of the Meet Me at The Margin virtual queer conference, which took place on Sunday, June 4, 2023. If you're feeling the FOMO, registration will remain open through June 12. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! Nick is also currently hosting the #PrideInTheTarot2023 card-a-day challenge on Instagram, and there's still time to join in the fun! Click here to view the prompts. We also invite you to support this podcast...

The Paradox of Queerness with Britten LaRue

June 01, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 42.6 MB

Today's episode is first for us. It's a crossover/part two that builds on a conversation Nick took part in over on Britten LaRue's Moon to Moon podcast. In that episode, Nick shared his thoughts on The Margin, and mused on queerness as an unknowable, unspeakable power. Then Britten asked a question that sent both of their heads spinning in opposite directions. Today, Nick and Britten are coming back together to hash it all out and share where their different experiences have led them since...

Tarot Obscuro with Stephanie Adams-Santos, Guest Hosted by Charlie Claire Burgess

May 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

The work of Stephanie Adams-Santos spans poetry, prose, screenwriting, and visual art. She/They are the author of the full-length poetry collections Dream of Xibalba and Swarm Queen's Crown (a Lambda Literary Award finalist). Their chapbooks include Total Memory and The Sundering (New York Chapbook Fellowship, Poetry Society of America). Stephanie’s short story "Night Flowers" appeared in the Latinx anthology Speculative Fiction for Dreamers. Stephanie was a Staff Writer and Story Editor on ...

Meeting The Margin

May 18, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Nick's going solo today to explore the themes and concepts that will inspire Meet Me at The Margin - a month-long virtual conference for queer people who want to reclaim and re-story their innate capacity for ambiguity, paradox, and liminality, which will take place June 4-28, 2023. Through a series of eight workshops facilitated by some of today’s most Marginal thinkers, participants explore queerness through the lenses of tarot, astrology, narrative therapy, eco-mythology, archetype, art,...

Shedding Genders with The Gender Doula

May 11, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 40.9 MB

Eli Lawliet, PhD, is The Gender Doula - offering full-spectrum support to folks who are transitioning, questioning, or exploring their gender. Due to the unique nature of every gender journey, Eli pulls from his many experiences--a working-class background in retail, ten years of academic research on trans healthcare in the U.S., five years of tarot reading for others, and much more--to support clients holistically. He also uses his broad training to create workshops, classes, and resources ...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY: Runes & Ogham

May 04, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes - 17.9 MB

We're back for another shuffle of the history books — today exploring the traditions and legends of Runes and Ogham. At first glance, these two symbolic systems (which are actually alphabets) appear quite similar. But it turns out that their stories branch apart in many directions. Join us as we discover more about these popular methods of divination, and question just how old they actually are. For links to all of our sources for today's episode, visit the transcript page for this episode ...

Reading Tarot "Sincerely" with Jordan Rayne, Guest Hosted by Sam Valentine

April 27, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 43.1 MB

Jordan Rayne of @sincerely_the_tarot is a queer trans-masc tarot lover. He believes that tarot is a juicy tool for self-empowerment and meaning-making. He has a deep relationship with magic, ritual, beetles and worms. Jordan creates tarot-inspired prose, collage, affirmations, and oracle cards. Subscribers of his monthly snail mail offering receive these treasures and a tarot card from a different, featured deck. Sam Valentine of @valentine.tarot doesn’t like to self-identify, but when she...

Searching for Questions with Michael J. Morris

April 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

Michael J. Morris is a consulting astrologer and tarot reader, artist, writer, teacher, facilitator, and witch committed to personal and collective healing and liberation. They began their consulting practice, Co Witchcraft Offerings, in 2019 through which they share astrology, tarot, and movement ritual practices. Michael holds a PhD in Dance Studies and brings decades of experience in dance, yoga, reiki, and other somatic practices to their work. They are a queer feminist, and their practi...

Finding the Fool with Meg Jones Wall

April 13, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 33.7 MB

Meg Jones Wall (she/they) is a queer, chronically-ill tarot reader, writer, photographer, and the creator of 3am.tarot. A columnist and editor for Autostraddle and a regular contributor to Astrology Answers, Meg's work has also appeared in WIRED, Catapult Magazine, Witchology, and more. Finding the Fool is her first book.  SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ON PATREON Purchase Finding the Fool on Bookshop.org Visit Meg's Website Sign Up for Meg's Newsletter Follow Meg on Instagram --- Book a Record...

Interruptions of Life with Cameron Steele

April 06, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 44.4 MB

Cameron Steele is a writer, editor, and tarot reader based in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She teaches online creative writing, composition, and literature courses at the University of Nebraska, where she graduated with her PhD in August 2021. Her recent essays are forthcoming or have been published in Gulf Coast, Barrelhouse, Split Lip Magazine, Brevity, and SFWP Quarterly.  She also writes "interruptions," which was featured as a Top 100 in Literature newsletter on Substack in 2022. Interrupt...

The Body as a Site of Divination with Madison Nees, Guest Hosted by Jonathan Koe

March 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

Today we are thrilled to welcome our first guest host, Jonathan Koe, who shares a highly charged and vulnerable conversation with their teacher and friend Madison Nees. Jonathan, who first appeared on In Search of Tarot back in April of 2022, is a queer mystic who currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, land of the Lenape people. Fluent in the language of music, astrology, tarot, energy work, statistics, and the Akashic perspective, Jonathan aims to empower the collective through compassionate di...

The History (Mystery) of the Tarot with Sanyu Estelle

March 23, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 46.4 MB

Sanyu Estelle is the author of "The History (Mystery) of the Tarot," the opening chapter of Tarot for Pregnancy by Brittany Carmona-Holt. Sanyu is a Claircognizant ("clear knowing") Soothsayer ("truth teller") that is also known as "The Word Witch" because of her deep love for word origins (etymology) and word culture (philology). These natural inclinations are bolstered by an 11+ year practice of Taoism, as well as a 10+ year relationship with Ifa, the indigenous tradition of the Yoruba peo...

Worldbuilding with Ari Felix

March 16, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MB

Ari Felix is a multidisciplinary philosopher and mystic dedicated to living in veneration of the Planetary Ancestors (including the Earth). Their work is about emotional transmutation, dreaming new worlds, and building those worlds through visionary power and spiritual freedom. They have worked with spiritual practitioners, movement leaders, healers, creators, and artists of all kinds for over a decade. Support this Podcast on Patreon Visit Ari's Website Follow Ari on Instagram Book a Re...

The Sacred Web Tarot

March 09, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes - 41.7 MB

Our guests today are Jannie Bui Brown and James W. Brown IV, a mother and son team who authored and illustrated the fantastic new Tarot deck: The Sacred Web Tarot. Jannie is an artist, yoga teacher, devoted mother of three and partner in life with her beloved. She considers herself to be a life-long student of all things spiritual and liberating and finds herself most at home on a trail by a stream, under a tree or on a couch reading a good book. She designs healing jewelry that she sells so...

Living Systems with Leah Garza

March 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

Many worlds exist in this one world. In one world, Leah Garza is a veteran teacher and education organizer. She has spent nearly two decades in social justice movement spaces, working toward equitable change in public education. She earned her masters degrees in education and depth psychology and is currently working on a Phd in community, liberation, indigenous, and eco psychologies. In another world, Leah is a shapeshifter. The trials incurred personally and collectively, through the Trump...

Sound, Art and Magic with zaneta sykes

February 23, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 47.4 MB

Drawing upon a deep connection to the body, memory, spirit, and the land, zaneta's (they/them) art is a process of remembering our interconnectedness or the Filipinx term, kapwa. zaneta currently lives and creates on Lenni Lenape territory (Brooklyn), offering community listening rituals, as well as listening and sound workshops in spaces such as the Brooklyn Museum and online. In 2020, their project, Sacred Seasons, won the Brooklyn Arts Fund grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council and was co-...

BONUS: Breaking Patterns

January 31, 2023 17:15 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MB

The places where our Tarot systems fail are the places where we get to enter the chat! This is a recorded reading of Nick's Mystic Missive newsletter offering. There is a free monthly version and a paid weekly version which is available on Patreon. In addition to these weekly Missives, Patrons receive early access to podcast episodes, discounts on classes and workshops, and invitations to attend monthly Tarot Hangs on Zoom. [Re]Structuring Tarot begins Sunday, February 5. BIPOC and members...

BONUS: Cracking The Chariot in 2023

January 05, 2023 20:59 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

We're still on a break between seasons but we wanted to share some thoughts on The Chariot, 2023's card of the year, and announce some big plans for the future of the show! Are you a regular listener of In Search of Tarot? Help us reach our goal of $200/month on Patreon so that we can begin welcoming guest contributors to the show! Support us on Patreon Book a 2023 Year Ahead Reading with Nick Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY with Edgar Fabián Frías

December 22, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Today we're concluding Season Five and our deep dive into Mexican Mysticism and Cartomancy with our very special guest, Edgar Fabián Frías!  Edgar works in installation, photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other forms. Their art addresses historical legacies and acts of resistance, resiliency, and radical imagination within the context of Indigenous Futurism, spirituality, play, pedagogy, animism, an...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY: Mexican Mysticism & Cartomancy II

December 15, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 19.9 MB

Today we're diving deep into the origins, history, and lore surrounding la Santa Muerte, a Mexican folk saint who has become a beacon for those on the margin. Although not officially recognized by the Catholic Church, this "Lady Death" as some call her has drummed up enough of a following to warrant the attention of both the FBI and the Vatican!  Support this Podcast on Patreon Follow Angie on Instagram Follow Nick on Instagram Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY: Mexican Mysticism & Cartomancy I

December 08, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MB

We're bookending Season Five with the first in a three-part deep-dive into Mexican Mysticism and Cartomancy. Step back in time with us to trace the pre-Spanish contact origins of mystical beliefs in Mexico, before exploring the history and popularity of the card game Lotería.  Support this Podcast on Patreon Sources: worlddivinationassociation.com, academia.edu, reddit.com, tarotforum.net, wikipedia.com, tarot-heritage.com, lenormandquest.blogspot.com, stmuscholars.org, papersowl.com, scho...

Queering Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw

December 01, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 39.4 MB

Jeff Hinshaw (he/they) is an intuitive practitioner fusing together over a decade of experience working with tarot, astrology, and somatic healing. Jeff is the host of the podcast Cosmic Cousins and the founder of the Brooklyn Fools: Tarot Journey – a 22-week ritual gathering through the Major Arcana of the tarot.  Dubbed as a “radical tarot school” by National Geographic, the Brooklyn Fools Tarot Journey has been an active Tarot Community since 2014.  Jeff’s teachings of the tarot go hand-i...

Shaping Our Stories with Finn Schubert

November 24, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Finn Schubert (he/him) is the author of Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here, an essay collection exploring his move from NYC to a small town to grieve his infertility. (In a weird twist, he got pregnant as soon as the book came out.)  He is a Moth StorySlam-winning storyteller, and his writing has appeared in TheBody, Lit Star Review, and the anthologies Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices and Places Like Home. He writes a weekly essays newsletter, titled "The Menstruant," exploring the ques...

Translating Archetypes with Chanti Tacoronte-Perez

November 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is a Cuban-American artist-author, ritualist, and non-clinical depth psychologist. She believes that images speak a profound language; she spends her time translating the unseen and advocating for the imaginal. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on navigating the liminal via a creative-divinatory journey as an “Other way” to recover the marginalized, forgotten, and silenced. Her work and teaching centers imagination, creativity, dreaming, and deep re...

Season Five Q&A Special

November 10, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MB

It's become a bit of tradition to do a Q&A episode once a season. We've got some fantastic interviews still to come, but the scheduling worked out such that I had time to sit down and record a little solo chat with all of you answering the amazing questions you submitted via social media. I'm also announcing a very exciting new offering called Winter Solstice Tarot Study which is a five week container for clarifying and cultivating the specific lens through which you work with the cards. Si...

FAMILIAR Witchcraft with Rachael Gonzalez

November 03, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 43.6 MB

Rachael Gonzalez (she/her/they) is an artist, licensed massage therapist, energy worker, broom maker & wortcunner residing in so-called Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She works to share knowledge, skills and resources to empower her clients to better care for themselves and feel supported—through informed touch, plant experience, cræfting & simple spells under the moniker FAMILIAR. Visit the FAMILIAR website Follow Rachael on Instagram --- Support this podcast on Patreon Follow Nick on Instagram...

Tarot for Pregnancy with Brittany Carmona-Holt

October 27, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 38.2 MB

Brittany Carmona-Holt (she/her), “The Birth Witch,” is a full spectrum doula, birth photographer, and writer who has worked as a birth assistant to a local community midwife, and as a class facilitator for a community based doula training program - Day One Doula Collective. She is a queer, bisexual witch with ADHD who approaches her work within reproductive justice from a spiritual lens. Her book, Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks was just published by new, ...

Porous Palms with David Davis

October 20, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB

David Davis is a mystic, Diviner, and artist currently based in Ypsilanti, MI. As an eclectic occultist and student of the Hoodoo tradition, his work is founded on the principles of Animism and Ancestral veneration. At its core, Porous Palms is a celebratory exploration of identity and place, and the ways they inform our most essential experiences as human beings. This mixture of influences manifests as a diverse and ever-evolving expression of divinity, language, and ritual, resting at the ...

Queer Conjure with Jasper Joy

October 13, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Jasper Joy is a white, genderqueer witch, tarot scholar, community chemist, venusian writer, and elder-babe residing among the rightful homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee people, both past and present (also known as Asheville, NC). Their work is defined by open-hearted ethics, neurodivergent experiences, and a blatant disrespect for the state. Jasper loves supporting queer and trans beings in areas of meditation, spiritual daily practice, spell-crafting, love, joy, and the sacred tran...

Rewilding Masculinity with Sophie Strand

October 06, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MB

Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine will be published by Inner Traditions in November of this year and is currently available for pre-order. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions in Spring 2023.   Pre-Order The Flowering Wand  Subscribe t...

Lessons from The Empress with Cassandra Snow

September 29, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MB

Cassandra Snow is a now a three-time Weiser author, having previously penned Queering the Tarot and Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft From the Margins. Professionally, Cassandra is a tarot reader and teacher who has taught students how to read cards in their own unique, personalized way everywhere from college campuses to burlesque studios. In their other life, Cassandra makes theatre happen, dabbles in storytelling, obsesses over tabletop roleplaying games, goes hiking, and devours books and ...

The Witch's Book of Numbers with Rebecca Scolnick

September 22, 2022 05:15 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Rebecca Scolnick is an emotional witch, forever seeker, and queer human lady (she/her), who uses magic and storytelling to support unlearning work and inspire new meaning-making. She hopes to provide spiritual and practical support for those looking to reclaim freedom from all of the ways in which our modern culture has taught us to hate ourselves, not know ourselves, and keep ourselves small. Rebecca lives in Manhattan with her wife and their pup. She’s deeply obsessed with them both. The W...

The Contemplative Tarot with Brittany Muller

September 15, 2022 06:15 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MB

Brittany Muller (@blessed.vigil) is an Austin-based writer and an enthusiastic believer in the beautiful strangeness of Christianity. A devout Catholic with an equally devout sense of curiosity, her favorite pastime is finding new ways to think about God. She is the author of The Contemplative Tarot: A Christian Guide to the Cards, which was published this past Tuesday, September 13 by St. Martin’s Essentials. Share your thoughts on this conversation by leaving a review wherever you podcast...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY V: Oracle, Lenormand & the Future of Tarot

September 08, 2022 06:15 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MB

In our final installment of this special summer series, we're venturing into new territory with Oracle & Lenormand cards, examining the ways in which the work of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell led Tarot readers to apply more psychological and therapeutic interpretations to the cards, and discussing how we imagine Tarot might continue to expand and evolve into the future. One thing's for sure, Tarot readers have continued to find new ways to keep the cards relevant and the time is ripe for a n...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY IV: Aleister Crowley & The Thoth Deck

September 01, 2022 06:15 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Today we're casting light on "the wickedest man in the world," Aleister Crowley. If we had to choose a word to describe this guy it would be "extreme." From hearing the disembodied voices of Egyptian gods, to getting deported from Italy by the Italian government, Crowley's story is full of mania, bigotry, and obsession. Join us as we open this dark chapter of Tarot history.  Tell us what you think of this episode! Email us at [email protected]. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST on Patreon Follow NICK ...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY III: Western Occultism & the Smith-Waite Deck

August 25, 2022 06:15 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

Welcome to one of the most highly documented periods in Tarot history: the codification of western occultism, the rise and prominence of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the creation of the Smith-Waite Tarot deck. It's a time marked by problematic syncretism, in which initiatory fraternities invented stories and misappropriated spiritual knowledge in an attempt to make their version of the Tarot more "legitimate." Although many of these practices have been cloaked in secrecy for ce...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY II: Romani History

August 18, 2022 06:30 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MB

We're devoting the entirety of today's episode to the misunderstood and often completely erased story of the Romani people. Many of us in the Tarot community complain about the way cartomancy gets vilified and misrepresented by religion and pop culture. But the history of that stereotyping rests solely in the horrific persecution Roma have faced for centuries. Romani fortune-tellers have influenced and inspired countless Tarot practitioners over the years, and we owe it to them to lift up th...

SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY I: Origins & Tarot de Marseille

August 11, 2022 06:15 - 26 minutes - 20.5 MB

We're walking you thru a multi-episode exploration of the complete history of the Tarot (or at least what we know of it)! Playing card origins, erased Romani culture, occult misunderstandings, modern day innovations - we're weaving it all together to create the most comprehensive story that two self-described Tarot-nerds-turned-amateur-historians could ever hope to tell.  CHAPTER ONE: Origins & Tarot de Marseille - Where and how did the Tarot come to be? What exactly do people mean when the...

Walking an Alchemical Path with Sister Temperance Tarot

May 25, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MB

Angeliska Polacheck (they/she) of Sister Temperance Tarot, is an Austin, Texas based writer, healer, and professional tarot reader. Devoted to helping seekers find their path, they utilize the tarot in a compassionate and trauma-informed combination of visionary mystic counseling and energy work. Angeliska has been working with the tarot for over 30 years now, and has been reading for clients professionally since 1999. Their dedication and genuine passion for creating joyful and intriguing c...

Quarterly Questions: Divination as Resistance

May 18, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

Who told you not to tell the future? How might the act of divination be a form of resistance to the capitalistic/colonialist construction of time? IN TODAY'S CONVERSATION Angie and I are falling deep down the time rabbit hole that was opened during our recent interview with Jonathan Koe. Is it really possible to offer a "collective reading?" How can we use Tarot to subvert the linear idea of time? What changes when gender changes from a noun to verb? Support this podcast on Patreon Follow ...

Practical Peculiarities with Clint Marsh of Fiddler's Green

May 11, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 30.1 MB

Clint Marsh uses elements of myth, magic, folklore, and humor to help readers navigate everyday life. Growing up in rural Iowa, the son of entrepreneurs who encouraged him in his creative pursuits, Clint went on to pursue a journalism degree from the University of Iowa and has built a career as a writer, publisher, and book designer. Active in the independent publishing community for over 25 years, Clint produces literary works of practical esoterica under the name Wonderella Printed. His e...

Quarterly Questions: Tarot in Pop Culture

May 04, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

What do Carmen, Christian Dior, Mad Men and Dune have in common? They're all iconic pieces of pop culture that have featured the Tarot! Today, Angie and I are sharing some of our favorite examples of Tarot influencing and entering into the zeitgeist.  We want to hear about YOUR favorite Tarot X Pop Culture moments! Write to us at [email protected] and tell us the ones we should know. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ON PATREON FOLLOW ANGIE ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOW NICK ON INSTAGRAM "In Search of Tarot T...

The Stories We Dream of with Tara Rin Burke

April 27, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

Tara Rin Burke is a biracial non-binary Japanese Mystic who leans deeply into the wisdom of elemental magick and metaphor to connect. They are claircognizant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, and enter into relationship with these gifts through a lense of neuro-divergence and recognizing that so much of the way they live their life travels across timelines. Tara roots their personal folklore and mythological senses through seasonal folklore rooted in both Gaelic and Shinto based cosmologies w...

Quarterly Questions: Fetishizing Healership

April 20, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Many people today call themselves healers, but what does this job title actually entail? IN THIS CONVERSATION Angie and I grapple with what it means to be a healer. We examine the cultural history of the widely used healership title of "shaman." And we imagine what sovereignty might look like from a communal perspective. Support this podcast on Patreon Follow Angie Follow Nick In Search of Tarot theme music written and recorded by AJ Ackleson.

Timeless Archetypes with Jonathan Koe

April 13, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

The use of archetypes to describe, refine, and create our reality is an essential part of many Astrological and Tarot practices. Yet for many people, the idea that we could ever reduce or essentialize the human experience into neat categories seems futile at best and harmful at worst.  IN THIS CONVERSATION, Jonathan Koe (a.k.a. Nate Qi) leads us down a winding and wonderous reframing of all that archetype can be, sprouting branches of wisdom along the way on the topics of time, history, and...

Quarterly Questions: Glamour Magic

April 06, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

We all love to feel glamorous, but did you know that when you use your wardrobe to cast a spell, you're also being grammatically correct? Etymologically speaking, that is. IN THIS CONVERSATION Angie and I dive into the surprising history behind the word "glamour," channel the power and grit of Aragorn from LOTR, and bemoan the frustrating way our society ascribes so much meaning to the clothing we wear. Follow Angie on Instagram Follow Nick on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon I...

The Tarot Diagnosis with Luna Hammond & Shannon Knight

March 30, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Our guests today are Luna Hammond and Shannon Knight, the hosts of The Tarot Diagnosis podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights the intersection of tarot and psychology.  Luna is a psychotherapist and private coach in Baltimore, MD who specializes in working with people who are striving to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. Shannon is a psychotherapist and coach with a private practice in Tampa, FL (soon to be Arizona) where she works with individuals and couples looking t...

Quarterly Questions: Advice for Our Younger Selves

March 23, 2022 06:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

This week, Angie and I are writing letters to our younger, baby-witch selves. We talk taking your time, trusting yourself, and making sure you don't recreate the same problematic system you're trying to get away from! Questions or comments? Write to us at [email protected]  Follow Angie on Instagram  Follow Nick on Instagram  Support this podcast on Patreon  Theme music written and recorded by AJ Ackleson.

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