In Episode 2 of Seeing Tarot, artist Anna Rose Stabler and tarot reader Gina Wisotzky continue their card-by-card exploration of the tarot, beginning in the Minor Arcana and moving slowly through the suits.

Rather than defining cards through fixed meanings, this podcast explores what happens when you live with their energy over time: through art-making, daily life, season, and conversation.

This month’s focus: The Ace of Wands

In this episode, Anna and Gina discuss:

The negative space of the Ace of Wands and the fear of open sky

Fire as both creative impulse and destructive force

The pressure and impatience that can accompany new beginnings

How snow, illness, and disrupted schedules mirrored Wand energy in real life

Moving from inspiration (Wands) to intention and structure (Swords)

The sword as a forged tool: shaping energy, setting parameters, making decisions

Gardening and seasonal planning as embodied Swords practice

Sensory correspondences: cold green scents, ginger, roots, foliage

The relational nature of tarot and how one card evolves into the next

The conversation lingers on initiation not as pure excitement, but as something expansive and at times overwhelming. The Ace of Wands brings spark and desire along with exposure and intensity. The Ace of Swords follows as response: discernment, clarity, and the deliberate shaping of energy into form.

Over time, Seeing Tarot walks through the tarot by creating and exploring images together, allowing meaning to emerge through relationship and emerging correspondences rather than memorization.

References & Influences

Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack

Twin Peaks by David Lynch

Scents & Sensory Correspondences

Ace of Wands

Fragrance

Aura by Thierry Mugler

Green and Amazingreen by Comme des Garçons

Natural Material

Fresh ginger root

Ginger tea with honey

Lush green foliage

Mineral and concrete accords

Environment

Cold green air

Dandelion growing through concrete

Expansive open sky

About the Hosts

Gina WisotzkyThe founder of Incandescent Tarot, Gina has been reading and practicing tarot and the intuitve arts for over two decades. Her work weaves tarot, writing, seasonal practice, and somatic inquiry through readings, classes, and audio reflections.

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Anna Rose StablerAnna Rose Stabler is an illustrator whose work centers symbolism, still life, and narrative imagery. Her practice explores how meaning forms through visual language, material, and seasonality.

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