8th House Healers

Get to know award-winning Tarot deck author/illustrator, Jessica Lei Howard in Eliza's interview. Learn Jessica's personal Tarot philosophies, interpretations, and the deck creating process itself. Jessica reveals her favorite cards and archetypes, the many ways that animals and insects may embody the tarot—maybe even better than us humans?—and how that even when interpreted differently, the magic of the Tarot is as much unwavering as it is in an ever-expanding state of evolution.

Find Jessica on Facebook and Instagram, and The Forager’s Daughter Afterlight (4th) Edition deck, art, jewelry, sign up for her newsletter, and more at theforagersdaughter.art

Acknowledgements & Mentions:

The Enchanted Tarot and The Oak, Thorne and Ash Tarot threetreestarot.co.uk

Original interview recorded on March 4, 2022

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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After embodying the Wheel of Fortune, we found our true north--our knowing of who we are, where we want to go and what we wanna do. We made an internal commitment to stay the ever-changing course with that truth in tact, but it may be best if we're willing to keep the exact "location" of our true north at least a little bit flexible. Otherwise, we may find ourselves creating unnecessary resistance each time we are confronted with beliefs or values different than our own. We never know who we'll meet or what we'll experience and learn on the way to wherever it is we feel like going in this lifetime.

*Episode cover art features Bloodmoon Tarot by Sam Guay, Guardian of the Night Tarot by MJ Cullinane, Esmerlize Tarot, and Mystic Faerie Tarot

Acknowledgements:

The Jungian Tarot, Robert Wang; The Brady Tarot, Emi Brady; Tarot of The Dark Goddess, Ellen Lorenzo-Prince; Tarot of The White Witch, Maja D’Aoust; The Spacious Tarot; Guardian of The Night Tarot, MJ Culliane; Thoth Tarot; 78 Degrees of Wisdom, Rachel Pollack; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Relax & Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times, Judith Lasater, NASW Code of Ethics https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English 

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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“Events may unfold that redirect your path. Some things may feel beyond your control. Find the larger pattern in the chaos. The revolving cycles of nature may bring disruption, but they are always reliably in forward motion. When your soul compass spins, find stillness in experiences that easily allow you to be yourself. Trust life to come into being; there is transformation in each turn of the wheel. What emerges from this development will point to your true north.”-Latisha Guthrie, The Herbcrafter’s Tarot

*Episode cover art features Linestrider Tarot by Siolo Thompson, Brady Tarot by Emi Brady, Leonora Carrington, Esmerlize Tarot.

Acknowledgements:

Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Mary El Tarot, Marie White; Dark Goddess Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; Linestrider Tarot, Siolo Thompson; The Druidcraft Tarot, Philip Carr-Gomm; The Jungian Tarot, Robert Wang; The Herbcrafter’s Tarot, Joanna Powell Colbert/ Guidebook by Latisha Guthrie

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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There’s a reason we want to head for the hills when we need a break from the hustle and bustle of life. The Hermit archetype reminds us to seek guidance and illumination from our own self-reflection in solitude. 

In the quiet and the dark, we are more receptive to messages from Spirit. 

“Within nature, within your mind, seek out the still and sacred places where magic is heard and felt and seen. Spend enough time to feel this as an integral part of who you are. Learn through experience over instruction. Follow intuition over authority. Ask invisible friends to be your companions. Explore and deepen relationships with unseen beings.”-The Dark Goddess Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince

*Episode cover art features Paulina Tarot by Paulina Cassidy, Oak, Thorn & Ash Tarot, and Forager’s Daughter Tarot by Jessica Lei Howard

Acknowledgments:

Led Zeppelin, Carol Ritberger, ‘Porcupine’, in Medicine Cards by Sams & Carson, 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack, Medicine Woman Tarot by Carol Bridges, Dark Goddess Tarot (The Hermit as Baba Yaga) by Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, The Forager’s Daughter Tarot by Jessica Lei-Howard, Paulina Tarot by Paulina Cassidy 

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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Just in time for the fall equinox and to celebrate Olivia on her first birthday in the Spirit realm, we invite you to join us for 8th House Healers’ Season 2- the second leg of The Fool’s Journey through the Tarot. 

‘I Am Strength’ is dedicated to the memory of Olivia Newton John 9.26.1948 - 8.8.22.

There is an infinite force about us, like a cosmic Möbius strip; we are part of its perpetual balancing act. 

Divine Strength is like a fulcrum, it takes finesse to find the sweet spot, to exert, to hold back, to bring the head into harmony with the heart. 

*Episode cover art features Olivia Newton John in promotional photo shoot from the motion picture Xanadu, and stock images of a lion and a lemniscate

Acknowledgments:

*Corrections: Eliza discusses a social media post she made from the Xanadu movie soundtrack. The song/video was ‘I’m Alive’. To clarify, this song AND the title track from the film, ‘Xanadu’, were both written, performed, and produced by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) mastermind, Jeff Lynne, not John Farrar. Apologies for any confusion!

*Eliza mispronounces ‘Chiron’ but has since learned it is said ‘Kai-Ron’. Oops!

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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Is there more to our conscious and unconscious states of mind? 8th House Healers’ special series, ‘Conversations on Consciousness’ returns!

Peel back layers of dreaming and waking, of those liminal spaces in between, and explore how we can access these realms for our individual and collective awareness and healing. This conversation has everything-- lucid dreaming, Patsy Cline, psychic birdies, EVPs, astral projection and more things asking the question, "whaaaa!?".... ~ Stefon (SNL, Bill Hader)

Acknowledgements: Current Biology article: Real time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Episode cover photography by Eliza

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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For our second 8th houseguest (first not of blood relation! hehe) we meet R.-creator and designer of TheTarot Of Why Deck.

We know you'll love his stories as much as we did. R., we thank you for offering a glimpse into the experiences leading to discovering The Tarot of Why and choosing to share it for the benefit of us all.

Get to know R. and peruse his offerings:

The Tarot of Why Website:

https://tarotofwhy.com

The Tarot of Why on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/thetarotofwhy/

The Tarot of Why YouTube Channel:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJS7aacshNAYW-xDR-U-pNA

The Tarot of Why on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/697096776/the-tarot-of-why-original-hand-drawn?utm_medium=SellerListingTools&utm_campaign=Share&utm_source=Twitter&share_time=1613431217000&utm_term=so.slt

The Tarot of Why Companion on Etsy:

https://etsy.me/2T1qCGs

R. on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoarFeat

The Tarot of Why on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/thetarotofwhy

Book a Reading with R.:

https://tarotofwhy.com/book-a-reading

R.’s Website: Soar Feat Unlimited 

https://www.soarfeat.org

The Detourist:

(Scrutinies and Tangentia by Ron Campbell)

https://soarfeat.wordpress.com

Medium Article: The Day I Almost Got Killed… Twice

https://soarfeat.medium.com/the-day-i-almost-got-killed-twice-9af7682c2ed9

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Our will is an ever-evolving compass pointing in correlation with our thoughts and actions. The Chariot is the movement and control of the elements once our will has taken hold.

*Episode cover art features Smoke, Ash & Ember Tarot, Otherkin Tarot by Siolo Thompson, Mystic Faerie Tarot, and Esmerlize Tarot

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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The Lovers. Within what may be considered a theory of psychological development, otherwise known as the Tarot, the Lovers archetype represents, among many other interpretations, the ability of the mind to be aware of & in constant relationship with yet another—more idealistic and wise self—lurking somewhere out there in the ether, heaven, dark matter; No one really knows where consciousness calls home, ya know? But we digress. Must be the Gemini in us. See you in there!

*Episode cover art features Guardian of the Night Tarot by MJ Cullinane, Wayhome Tarot, Esmerlize Tarot, The Fountain Tarot, Penny Dreadful Tarot, White Numen Tarot

Acknowledgments:

Prince, The 'Two-Spirit' people of Indigenous North Americans-The Guardian, Michelle Marks of Temple Love Yoga Cherishing Couples Retreat, Sarah Powers 'Selfing', Love Song of the Dark Lord (Krishna and consort Radha), Linda Goodman's Star Signs, Tarot of Physics ‘Fusion’, JFK, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Esmerlize Wisdom of Field & Forest Tarot **Corrections- Child, not son, of Hermes and Aphrodite- Sarah’s North/ True Node is in Gemini in the 8th House (she does not have Gemini in her North Node, please excuse Eliza’s zodialogical dyslexia)**

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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‘I Am The Hierophant’

Inner knowing is the key. But while it is important to cultivate knowledge, it is equally critical to share our wisdom. The Hierophant is the wise teacher archetype within us, secure in the ability to guide others towards the source of their own illumination. When it comes to sharing our perspective with the world, what part of us is responsible for gauging its authenticity? We are, in fact, the only being who truly understands the intentions behind our own words and actions. A healthy relationship with our inner Hierophant is a gift despite the challenges that arise when our actions don't quite match our heart's intent. Sometimes the greatest teacher is taking the road less traveled and welcoming these obstacles.

*Episode cover art features El Goliath Tarot, background art by Eliza

Acknowledgements: 

The Medicine Woman Tarot (Peacemaker= Hierophant), Carol Bridges; Claudine @thedeathfaerie; Weston of Root Lock Tarot Podcast; Mary El-Tarot 2nd edition, Mary White; The Fonz; The Dark Crystal; Glinda of ‘The Wizard of Oz’; Baba Yaga as The Hermit in The Dark Goddess Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince

8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.

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