Vasilisa's journey to her inner wisdom can be a guide for us. By learning to first trust and then develop our instincts and intuition we learn how to manage the beast within and without. Step into the woods and join us at Baba Yaga's hut with the eighth card of the major arcana, Strength.

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Things are about to get moving, are you ready? Before you go, there are some things Athena would like you to think about. She is the Goddess of strategy, war strategy to be precise. She doesn't go charging into battle without a plan. She wants you to use your wit to overcome obstacles and she provides you with a birds-eye view. On this stop of the Tarot Journey, the Chariot spirit card tells you things are about to get moving and this is your final check before departure.

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What are the choices the lover has to make? What do we sacrifice for love? How can we attract the right lover? The story of Shiva and Shakti illuminates the drama of the Lovers card. In this episode, the Tarot gets physical! We explore the meaning of the Lovers card on an individual level as well as on a community level. In this online age, we believe, we need the spirit of the Lovers card now more than ever.

This is the last episode that will include the conversation at the end of the story. We want these conversations to go deeper into the mythic origins of the archetypes in the card and the myths so we really needed more time to fully explore the nuance of each of these spirit cards. If you would like to keep hearing the conversation they are available on our Patreon along with all our bonus material for just $5 a month.

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Freya's desire to share in the wealth of Asgard and Odin's resistance to change is a story familiar to all of us. There comes a time in all of our lives when we must find our tribe, our mentors, and those who will be actively invested in our future. But we are not always welcomed with open arms. Or maybe we are the ones who resist. Maybe we don't want to make friends or we hate the term network. But the connections we form here will play a big part in how the rest of our life unfolds. It can even determine our successes and failures throughout our lives. We have all heard of the phrase, "don't burn bridges" but in this episode, Odin learns that you shouldn't burn witches because they just might teach you a thing or two.

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In this episode, we reimagine the Emperor card by stripping it of all the patriarchal layers and revealing the true nature of this Archetype. The story of the Dagda and his relationship to the land gives us an alternative version of masculinity, one that is already naturally flourishing in our society more and more every day. The idea of a masculine force or a father figure has changed, the expectations need not be so rigid or burdensome. Join us as we explore the possibilities of The Emperor.

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Source for the conversation between the Dagda and his Woman:

from Harp, Club and Cauldron, Eel and Otter Press, 2018; pp 139-163 by Isolde ÓBrolcháin Carmody and Chris Thompson

https://www.academia.edu/42767242/The_Dagda_and_the_M%C3%B3r_R%C3%ADgain_in_Cath_Maige_Tuired_from_Harp_Club_and_Cauldron

In this special episode, I show my true Libra colors by being unable to pick just one archetype for this Tarot Story. And I mean I just couldn't help it, the Empress has been suppressed and misunderstood for far too long! Here we try to peel back the many layers of myth and symbolism to uncover her purpose. Does the Empress card hold the secret to rediscovering our connection with the feminine half of spirituality? We think so.

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We explore the High Priestess Tarot Card through the stories of Brigid, a liminal goddess turned saint and Vodou Lwa, originally from Ireland and Anansi a trickster, storyteller spider god of West African Mythology, originating in Ghana!

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In this episode, Inanna and Hanuman are the Magician archetype. These myths from ancient Sumer and India bring to life all the elements present in the Magician spirit card. What tools do you have at your disposal? Which of these still serves you and which do you need to leave behind? The Magician is the first step we take when manifesting new beginnings. Listen as we unpack the knapsack we were carrying around as the Fool and decide what we are taking on this journey!

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Through the Greek myth of the underworld Goddess, Persephone, and the hero of Irish myth, CuChulainn we explore the archetype of the Fool. The first card of the Major Arcana is so primeval it isn't even given the number one, it is the card of zero indicating that it is no more a beginning than it is an ending. So how can we navigate this phase of creation when things haven't quite taken shape, when everything ahead is a mystery? Let's see if our ancestors have the answer.

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Join me, Desiree, and my mother, Marilia as we take a mythical journey through the Tarot Cards. Starting with the Major Arcana or, as we refer to them, the fifth element or spirit cards, we use stories from our ancient past to bring to life the archetypes and symbols of the Tarot Cards. We also discuss how to use the wisdom of the cards to navigate our path through life. Forget what you've read in that book that came with the deck and unlock your own inner knowing.