Category: Shadow Work
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Quieting Your Mind: A 4-Card Oracle Spread
This week’s short post is an adjunct to our most recent video, by acolyte Amelia, on practices and decks for “Quiet Tarot.” So if you, too, are overwhelmed by frenetic seasonal noise, be sure to take advantage of the beautiful way in which her insights provide a foundation for the spread below. You can find…
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The Monster-Maker as Fortuneteller: Frankenstein & Gothic Divination
The post connects Mary Shelley’s work to fortunetelling, illustrating the dangers of seeking forbidden knowledge through Victor Frankenstein’s hubris. A tarot spread is suggested to explore personal ambitions and responsibilities.
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Divination & Dystopia (Part 2): Tarot Spreads, Reading Strategies, & Journal Prompts
This content discusses using tarot to explore dystopian themes, offering two tarot spreads aimed at understanding dystopian situations and resistance. It emphasizes the importance of journaling alongside tarot readings to process insights and engage with pressing societal issues. The practice fosters awareness, agency, and hope in uncertain times.
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Divination & Dystopia (Part 1): Tarot for Difficult Realities & Dark Future + 2 Spreads
The dystopian genre warns about society’s future, addressing power, control, and resistance through narratives like Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. This post explores blending tarot reading and journaling to reflect on these themes, enhancing understanding of both personal experiences and dystopian literature. Tarot cards symbolize archetypes relevant to societal issues.
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Sacred Monstrosity: Facing Inner Darkness with Myth (+ Journal Prompts & Tarot Spread)
As the season of monstrosity continues, we have a second musing on this theme, contemplating the journey to integrating the grotesque, gruesome, dreadful image we find in the mirror. (You can find the first pass here. This week, we specifically invite myth to function as that mirror. What breadth of god and goddess archetypes support…
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Monstrosity and Wholeness with Tarot: The Gifts of the Disowned Self (+ Journaling Prompts & Tarot Spread)
It is the season for celebrating monsters, or so the greeting cards say. And so here we are, considering the mask of the monstrous: what it is, why it serves us, and how to heal by embracing it. I’ve mused before about my own journey with my patroness Medusa, the powerful and dreadful, and also…
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Transforming Rage with Tarot: A Guide to Inner Wisdom (+ 2 Spreads)
The post explores using tarot and oracle cards to navigate anger as a valuable emotion rather than a negative one. It emphasizes understanding the messages behind anger, working with various card spreads, and developing a personal “anger vocabulary.” Strategies for transforming anger into positivity, clarity, and compassion are also discussed.
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Tarot for Navigating Anger & Rage: Journaling Prompts & Tarot Spread
The post discusses the significance of anger as a transformative emotion and how tarot can aid in understanding it. By exploring specific cards like The Emperor, Strength, and The Tower, readers can navigate their feelings constructively. Combining card work with journaling promotes emotional healing and deepens insight into personal anger and its roots.
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Inner Child Healing with Fairy Tales and Tarot
The human psyche thrives on stories that connect to deeper emotions, particularly regarding inner child healing. Integrating fairy tales and tarot facilitates understanding childhood wounds and fosters transformation. By exploring personal narratives through tarot symbolism, individuals can reconnect with their authentic selves, addressing trauma while embracing creativity, resilience, and joy.
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Harnessing Medusa’s Transformative Magic: A Guide for Tarot Practitioners
Medusa, often misunderstood as a monster, is reclaimed in modern spirituality as a powerful goddess symbolizing protection, transformation, and divine feminine rage. Her energy acts as a protective mirror, aiding in uncovering truths and navigating healing. Utilizing tarot and divination fosters connection with her transformative wisdom, guiding practitioners through spiritual growth.
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