Welcome to a new Ask Lindsay episode of the pod! 

Today, I respond to two beautiful listener questions, one about what we can do if we feel like a "Tarot fraud" and the other about how to cope with Hermit years when we're a future/planning oriented person. 

PS! Rewilding the Tarot, my eight-week Soul Tarot course, is currently open for enrollment for the very last time before it will be retired to make room for new offerings! To join me or to learn more, click the links below! 

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

Join us for the last ever round of Rewilding the Tarot course with Lindsay ✨

Enrollment is open now!: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/rewilding-the-tarot (if you'd like a $100 discount to the course, join us at the Wild Soul Newsletter here!)

Check out my Virgo Season channeled download on No Bad Cards!

Want magical community and access to weekly and monthly content from me? Join us over at Three of Cups, a Soul Tarot community connection space! 

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

What do you do when you know you're complete with something, but aren't quite sure what lies ahead on the other side? Today on the TFTWS pod, we're talking about completion cycles and Anchor Cards to help to contextualize them, how to navigate intuition when you've also experienced trauma and have a very strong protector brain, and how I'm navigating this in my own life right now. 

In light of this subject -- Rewilding the Tarot, my eight-week Soul Tarot course, is currently open for enrollment for the very last time before it will be retired to make room for new offerings! To join me or to learn more, click the links below! 

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

Join us for the last ever round of Rewilding the Tarot course with Lindsay ✨ Enrollment is open now!: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/rewilding-the-tarot (if you'd like a $100 discount to the course, join us at the Wild Soul Newsletter here!)

If you require a need-based full or partial scholarship to join us for Rewilding the Tarot, you can apply for that HERE until Friday, August 22nd!

Join me on No Bad Cards for Tarot missives, musings, and more! 

Want magical community and access to weekly and monthly content from me? Join us over at Three of Cups, a Soul Tarot community connection space! 

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Wow, what a gift to share this conversation with the legendary Sanyu Estelle, aka The Word Witch! Sanyu is writing an incredible book called "The Cultural Origins of Tarot," and needs our help and support to truly be able to dive in and do the extent of research on it that the book deserves! 

Click here to support Sanyu's Indiegogo campaign for the book (which ends on August 18th!) 

PS, if you're listening to this after the deadline to contribute to the campaign, no worries! There are other ways of sending support to Sanyu, and they are linked below in the show notes!

About Sanyu: 

Sanyu Estelle is a Soothsayer, artist and writer who has been published by The New York Times, Row House Publishing, and Red Wheel/Weiser. Her work revolves around the subjects of ontology, sociology, history, and criminology as she explores the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality. With 11+ years as a professional reader and existential advisor, she is known for giving clients "the reading they need, not (necessarily) the reading they want."

Currently completing her first full-length book, "The Cultural Roots of Tarot" (Red Wheel/Weiser, Fall 2026), Sanyu examines the deck's multicultural origins through rigorous and groundbreaking historical research. Known as "The Word Witch" due to her profound love for etymology and philology, she combines 15+ years of Daoist practice and 10+ years in Ifa tradition with academic grounding to offer perspectives that honor ancestral wisdom, cosmic coherence and that challenge colonial narratives.

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

SANYU'S LINKS:

Website: https://www.sanyuestelle.com  

Tarot Research Campaign: https://bit.ly/TarotsRoots  

Instagram/Threads/TikTok/YouTube: @sanyuestelle  

Ways to contribute to Sanyu outside of the Indiegogo campaign:

Venmo: @Sanyu-Estelle

Square: $Sanyu 

PayPal: [email protected] 

Zelle: [email protected]

LINDSAY'S LINKS:

Book an August/September Reading with Lindsay here!

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

It is a supreme honor, joy, and privilege to be speaking with Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens on the podcast today, two exquisite Tarot readers and helping practitioners, co-hosts of the podcast Romanistan, and the authors of the beautiful book, "Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling." 

More about Jezmina and Paulina: 

Rooted in a Muchwaya Romani heritage of fortune-telling and healing, Paulina Stevens (she/her) has blended ancestral wisdom with modern holistic practices. Her expertise in tarot, palmistry, and energy healing forms the foundation of her comprehensive wellness coaching. Paulina serves clients globally, offering personalized guidance incorporating spirituality, herbalism, and fortune-telling online, and at her California-based private practice, Romani Holistic. Paulina is the subject of the L.A. Times podcast Foretold. The podcast follows Paulina as she navigates the consequences of her decision to leave her arranged marriage, and community, to redefine her identity. She is the cohost of Romanistan, a podcast that celebrates Romani culture, and she is the coathor of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling.

Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is a writer, educator, performer, and fortune-teller whose work is rooted in their mixed Sinti Romani traditions. Their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been featured in Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review Online, Narrative Magazine, and other publications, and they have a monthly tarot column in Bustle. Based in the New Hampshire Seacoast area, Jezmina leads transformative rituals and workshops on divination, spiritual wellness, and the creative arts; provides private tarot, palm, and tea leaf readings; and offers spiritual and creative coaching, online and in person. Jezmina performs with The Poetry Brothel, Boston’s premier immersive literary event, where they read poetry and fortunes, and they often make professional appearances at galas, festivals, and more. Jezmina is the cohost of Romanistan, a podcast dedicated to celebrating Romani culture, and the coauthor of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling.  

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

JEZMINA AND PAULINA'S LINKS:

Jezmina's Website and Instagram

Paulina's Website and Instagram

Romanistan Podcast and Instagram 

Link to buy Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling by Paulina and Jezmina

LINDSAY'S LINKS:

Book an August/September Reading with Lindsay here!

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Finally -- after what has felt like forever -- August gets things moving, flowing, and clicking again. 

The theme of this month is Catapult for a reason. This isn't a chaotic, frantic, frightening launch into the void. We have been preparing for this for a long time, a time when we finally get some clarity, or are able to move the needle in some longed-for way. The "catapult" in question is a sacred, measured, and joyful collaboration with the muses, a serve and return that we've been waiting for. 

The key for this month? To trust that you are actually ready to receive this. You're ready to move. You're ready to commit. You're more ready to move than you might believe. You have everything you need to do this. 

Our Soul Tarot Reading for August

Card for the month ahead: Page of Swords

How the month will feel to us: Knight of Swords and The Sun

How to best work with the energy of the month ahead: The Devil

Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Page of Wands

What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: Justice

Message from Spirit — Four of Cups and The Magician

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Click here to get immediate access to Tarot Tending, a completely free workshop for anyone who wants to work with their Tarot decks as a gentle scaffold in both this moment, and in the coming four years or more.

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

The theme for this month is Asking for What You Need. 

What is it that you need right now? How can you ask for it (to the degree that you're able to)? 

July wants to remind you that even the willingness to connect with what we need and desire is a spell. Writing it, praying for it, feeling it, and communicating that longing is all part of the process of tuning in with those needs. 

This is a watery, swirly, emotional month. It's going to bring us into some old stuff, some outdated debris -- once we face it, we can actually clear it and make way for something new. 

It's not really going to feel like it in an acute sense, but this month really is building to something important -- it is preparing us for a time of change and necessarily evolution. Coming home to who we are and what we need in this season of life -- and asking for it -- is the big work that lies ahead for all of us this month. 

Our Soul Tarot Reading for July

Card for the month ahead: King of Cups

How the month will feel to us: Ace of Wands

How to best work with the energy of the month ahead: Nine of Pentacles Rx

Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Six of Swords

Biggest helper for the month ahead: Page of Wands

What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: Nine of Swords Rx

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

I will be teaching a workshop that I am so excited about on Saturday, July 12 from 2-4pm PST, called Your Life Path Card, which comes with a subscription to Three of Cups, my Soul Tarot community connection space! If you’ve ever wondered how you could connect more with your birth card and get a better sense of it as an anchor for your life, this $20 workshop is for you. (All of the greatest respect and acknowledgment to Mary K. Grier, the author of so, so many excellent books on Life Path Cards, and a deep scholar of Tarot in general!)

I will be running Heart of Service, my intuition and soul-led business course, for the LAST time ever! It will be open for enrollment from July 14th — 25th, and will start on July 28th. I’m so excited to dive into the course one more time with anyone who might feel called to it!

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Click here to get immediate access to Tarot Tending, a completely free workshop for anyone who wants to work with their Tarot decks as a gentle scaffold in both this moment, and in the coming four years or more.

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Please join me for The Threshold: Summer Solstice on Friday, June 20th from 4-6pm PST! Learn more or sign up here! 

Looking for some Tarot medicine on the Solstice and Cancer season? Check it out here!

June is a recalibration month of sorts. 

It's not that we won't be moving, working, and showing up where we're called to, but there will be quite a bit of emphasis on slowing down, tuning in, reevaluating, and perhaps more importantly, digesting. We might not always enjoy or appreciate that pace of things, but it is of huge benefit to us to lean into it. 

There's a lot to turn over and process before we can move forward into our next chapter. We need closure before we can move on, and that's precisely what June is helping us to take hold of. 

Our Soul Tarot Reading for June

Card for the month ahead: Eight of Cups

How the month will feel to us: Ace of Wands and Four of Cups

How to best work with the energy of the month ahead: Page of Swords Rx and Four of Pentacles Rx

Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Queen of Wands

What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: Five of Swords

What do we personally need: Ten of Swords

Aligned action to take, if any: Ten of Pentacles Rx

What kind of support can we call upon for the month ahead:  Five of Cups Rx

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

My beloved Chase Voorhees -- who edits this podcast, creates my Soul Tarot courses, and created Tarot of the Holy Spectrum -- is looking for production, editing, and animating work (aka our kiddo is going back to school soon and we have actual time to devote to work lol)! They are incredible, soulful, lovely, and sublimely talented. To learn more about them, hire them, or share their info with someone you know, go to chasevoorhees.com or email them at [email protected]. 

Join me THIS WEEKEND (!) for Soul-Led Tarot, my beautiful retreat at The Art of Living Center in NC from June 6-8th, 2025! 

Join us over at No Bad Cards today, and dive into beautiful posts and supportive Q&A's around the Tarot!

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Click here to get immediate access to Tarot Tending, a completely free workshop for anyone who wants to work with their Tarot decks as a gentle scaffold in both this moment, and in the coming four years or more.

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Today, I am in conversation with the luminous, soulful, and delightful Danica Boyce, the host of Fair Folk podcast and Enthusiastica on Substack. 

This conversation is in honor of a beautiful workshop that Danica and I are co-teaching on Sunday, May 25th at 10am PST/6pm BST called Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion (you can sign up or learn more in the link in the show notes!)

Together, Danica and I talk about how we came to the spiritual/helping work that we do, what magic means to us, how our relationship to magic has changed over the years, and so much more. 

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

Danica’s links!

Danica’s Substack, Enthusiastica Enthusiastica.substack.com

Danica’s podcast, Fair Folk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fair-folk-podcast/id1177770160

Danica’s Instagram instagram.com/danica.boyce

LINKS:

Please join Danica Boyce and I for our amazing upcoming workshop, Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion, a three-hour online workshop to guide you to reconnect with the magic that dwells in the temple of your own being through the modalities of Tarot, visualization, somatic reflection and song on Sunday, May 25th at 10am PST/6pm BST!

Almost sold out!! Join me for Soul-Led Tarot, a beautiful weekend retreat at The Art of Living Center in NC from June 6-8th, 2025! 

New on No Bad Cards -- The North Star Spread: Finding Clarity and Direction in Confusing Times 

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Click here to get immediate access to Tarot Tending, a completely free workshop for anyone who wants to work with their Tarot decks as a gentle scaffold in both this moment, and in the coming four years or more.

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

When we've lost our way, or are trying to find True North in our lives, the Tarot can be a beautiful tool to help us sense into our way again. But there is no deeper, clearer, finer compass in the Tarot than the Pages: four gloriously potent anchors that can assist us in coming home to the root of our heart, soul, and self. 

In today's episode, we discuss The Pages from a Soul Tarot perspective, looking at how they present themselves as sacred compasses, and how they occupy a very important role in the flow of the Minor Arcana from Ace to King. 

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Transcript can be found on Spotify!

LINKS:

✨Almost sold out!! Join me for Soul-Led Tarot, a beautiful weekend retreat at The Art of Living Center in NC from June 6-8th, 2025! 

Join me for Compass, Current, Cove, Contributor: Working with The Court Cards as Anchors and Helpers to embody our deepest calling, happening on Saturday, May 17th – 2-4pm PST -- a 2-hour live Zoom workshop that will explore The Court Cards as guideposts and North Stars for our highest, deepest callings on this planet — how we are meant to serve, and how we can tend to ourselves in the process of embodying that service.

Please join Danica Boyce and I for our amazing upcoming workshop, Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion, a three-hour online workshop to guide you to reconnect with the magic that dwells in the temple of your own being through the modalities of Tarot, visualization, somatic reflection and song on Sunday, May 25th at 10am PST/6pm BST!

Join us over at No Bad Cards today, and dive into beautiful posts and supportive Q&A's around the Tarot!

Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay

Click here to get immediate access to Tarot Tending, a completely free workshop for anyone who wants to work with their Tarot decks as a gentle scaffold in both this moment, and in the coming four years or more.

Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com

Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide

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PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees

PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner

Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.