I've long gotten a kick out of the slang word “delulu.”It's just too cute. Delulu. And there are many folks who happily embrace it. They will proudly claim to be delulu.And they will encourage YOU to be delulu, too. But let’s not forget that “delulu” is short for delusional.And that is not cute. To delude means to deceive. And a delusional person is one who has been deceived or misled.In fact, the etymology goes so far as to say that they are in a state of fixed false beliefs.Fixed.Yikes!No. Not in this time that is rife with propaganda and AI proliferation.Not in this time when the difference between facts and fakes is becoming ever more difficult to discern.This is not the time to be seduced by this adorable-sounding word. This is not the time to be invoking delusion.Even though its slang counterpart can feel like thumbing our noses at that old, confining definition, there is still a self depreciating tone about it.And this is not the time to be depreciating our value.Not in this time that tries to weigh our worth in likes and follows.Not in this time that wants to replace our creativity with machines.Did you know that the root word of delude is ludere (Loo-deh-reh) and that ludere means to play?In the context of being deluded, that boils down to getting played.But… if you swap out the prefix of “de” for “pre” you get something else altogether, because ludere – to play – is also the root of prelude.And that is some powerful magic.A prelude sets the stage for something important to come.A prelude is an introductory action.And that brings us around to the magick of setting intentions.Pre-paving.

Pre-tending.

Pre-paring the way.Magick sets the stage for something important to come.Magick is an introductory action.Henceforth, we shall be known as pre-lulu!We are prelusional.We are playing with the energies of life – earth, air, fire, water – in an initiatory action, calling in something on purpose, something real.The misunderstood magician may be mocked for being delusional, as he earnestly stands before his altar with his wand in one hand pointed toward the heavens and his other pointed down toward the center of the Earth. There are those who won’t understand that the objects laid out on his table are not the mere toys of a hapless dreamer. They are potent symbols of his energetic anatomy, which he is learning to wield at will.Through play.Ludere.That’s because…

The Magician is pre-lulu.

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This is the first episode of a 22 part series I created for Patreon, starting back in the spring of 2022…

and now I am sharing it here with you!

With a focus on The Fool card in the Major Arcana, we will be exploring ideas like :

* Reading tarot from the perspective of your inner Witness.

* The need to develop a working language that blends your unique personal creativity with more traditional divinatory meanings.

* Learning the difference between impulsivity and intuition.

* The Sacred Fool as the highest expression of this card.

* The individuation process.

* Stepping to the edge.

I will also be reading directly from a few of my favorite books and sharing a fun lil’ exercise in which you lay out all of the Major Arcana cards in a particular way in order to visually demonstrate the three phases of the Fool’s Journey.

Enjoy!

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I love tarot and have been reading cards for myself since I got my first deck way back in 2008 in a little cabin-like shop in Big Sur California…

back when I had no idea what I was doing, but was also extremely fired up to find out.

It was exciting - that first tarot deck.

And a little bit dangerous.

It seemed so very… OCCULT.

Which, of course, was part of its appeal.

I was a little bit afraid of it, like I was doing something wrong or crossing some kind of line.

I had, at that point, been into many different new-agey things over the years, but something about tarot…

There was a stigma around it that still lingered within me as a result of probably some funky combination of religious programming and the way tarot was portrayed in the media.

When I was growing up, tarot had a reputation for being this dark, edgy, spooky thing.

Which now is laughable, because tarot is so not scary.

It’s a deck of cards.

It’s practical, wholesome and definitely not evil.

I suspect the cultural taboo around things like tarot is really just fear - a fear we won’t even acknowledge is there…

and that is the fear of knowing ourselves…

of finding out who and what we are beyond this life…

tapping into the mystery within and without.

And maybe it’s not even us who is afraid of ourselves.

Maybe it’s the people around us who are afraid of what it might mean for them should we come more fully into our power.

“If you choose to forget all other things, remember only this and you will never fail: you are awesome, in the most total sense of the word.”

-Kim Huggens, Complete Guide to Tarot Illuminati

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Today is Thursday, April 2nd 2026, which means yesterday was Fool’s Day!

And I mean that in a Major Arcana-esque way.

Energetically we are in the Season of Foolishness, Aries Season,

a season for bursting forth with fresh energy, launching new things with perhaps more passion than foresight and getting busy with that infamous phenomenon known as spring fever.

I recently- just in passing online- picked up on someone using the word “libido” to describe the energy needed to maintain a creative career, and I thought :

Yes! That is so Aries… the creative libido that gets things started.

And then my next thought was a question :

How do we cultivate that libido year round in order to not only finish what we start in Aries season but also to feel alive and fresh in our work each day?

And that question came with a clear answer :

We step to the edge.

We start each morning by asking ourselves :

Where is the next edge?

Where is my next creative growth edge?

What scares but also excites me?

What on my current plate of potentials will require me to grow if I choose to go there?

And then we dare ourselves to go there.

The Fool’s season is the perfect time to get into this habit, to practice following your passion and getting into action without overthinking it, to make moves daily and keep stepping to the edge…

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Slow growth does not mean playing small, and if you start each day by asking :

What’s today’s edge?

What’s the next right step I can take today?

And then you actually take that step,

your life is going to expand and evolve at an appropriate but nonetheless remarkable rate.

You’re just doing the next thing that’s right in front of you, right on the edge, right outside your comfort zone aka The Zone of Lies.

It’s just right there, right in front of you.

It’s obvious.

You don’t need to guess what it is.

If you just take a moment of contemplation, you will know.

To that end, something I’ve become fond of saying is slow is the new fast.

These are micro-movements.

Slow is the new fast, because it’s right sized and it keeps you moving at a steady pace without freaking yourself out or burning yourself out.

“Slow is the new fast” means that your growth edge is simply the next right step in your evolution,

and by “right” I mean aligned with and guided by Soul… or, if you prefer, your vision for your life.

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Rapid growth isn’t always quality growth, especially if it leaves you collapsing in on yourself.

In fact, that’s not growth at all!

Not if it kills your dreams and burns you out.

Micro-dosing expansion is about taking one right-sized, soul-aligned step at a time, with the emphasis on who you are becoming rather than racing to the finish line, only to feel frazzled, lost and out of your depth when you get there.

Micro-dosing expansion looks like developing resilience and capacity over time and giving yourself space to integrate every growth opportunity along the way.

With micro-dosing expansion, the journey itself is meaningful and it builds the kind of life you can actually live in… and enjoy while you are living it!

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Something weird and cool happens when you work with an archetype for many years.

It starts to change along with you.

This makes sense if you look at archetypes as universal patterns of energy that are uniquely expressing through the different parts of your personality.

As you grow, they grow.

This is particularly true if you find one lurking in the shadows and decide to raise it up with care.

It is then that the light of your awareness draws it toward the surface to be expressed and integrated into the wholeness of your being.

In this episode of the podcast, I am specifically talking about my personal journey with The Queen,

but I hope you’ll be able to hear me in this broader context.

You contain multitudes,

and deliberately working with an archetype like The Queen is one bite-sized way to explore that without getting overwhelmed by your various dimensions.

The Queen, when seated in her wisdom and benevolence, has the power to safely lead the other parts of you to the light as well.

She’s responsible like that.

As such, The Queen is “able to respond” to any sub-personality that wants to make itself known from within and to anything that presents from without.

I hope it goes without saying that I love her.

I love her, because she is me.

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Have you ever felt divided against yourself?

Like one part of you longs to break free, to have this fresh, expansive experience, while another part refuses to let you go there?

I have. Many times.

I know how frustrating it can be.

It’s as though the resistant part of you is strangely out of reach, yet it has this incredible undertow that keeps pulling you back down into the familiar way things have always been, as though that sameness represents security…

when really it’s got you trapped in the illusion of safety.

This is when you can get stuck in survival mode when the truth is (and the part that longs to break free knows this)…

you were born to thrive.

This idea is at the heart of today’s podcast, and I hope it serves you well!

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Remember…

every archetype has its light and shadows.

But that is best understood as the light of awareness and then, of course, a lack of it.

When I am talking about The Queen archetype, I am talking about an aware and deliberate use of this energy.

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The word authenticity gets thrown around a lot in spiritual and personal growth circles, which is fair enough, because authenticity is key to establishing appropriate, fulfilling relationships and a career that you actually enjoy.

It’s the essence of soul alignment and the best foundation from which to set intentions and goals.

But as a concept it can feel a bit abstract.

And finding YOUR authenticity can seem like a whole complicated operation when in truth…

it’s really quite simple.

Authenticity is not created.

It’s revealed.

Nobody can hand it to you.

Nobody can teach you what it is.

And you can’t earn it.

Because it’s already yours.

It is quite literally YOU.

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