If we don't have an end goal in mind as to why we are learning tarot, it becomes yet another spiritual commodity.

The Emperor shows us how to learn through imperfect action. There will be time to revise and renovate later.

We can combine these strategies to feel free more often, and longer. Not because they're magic, though they are, but because these strategies are widely available and deeply practical.

When we learn to do them, and apply them well, we can hone our skills and move through burnout with grace and ease at the same time.

I hope you'll join me in this round of 🌿Grounded Intuition when the doors open on March 26th!

People moving in the Queen of Cups archetype are helpers. They hate to see anyone in pain, or without what they need to be comfortable.

This can be the kind of person that donates to cat shelters. This is the person who babies and dogs love.

Over time, living beings can come to rely on the Queen of Cups' giving nature. This doesn't always mean they value it, or reciprocate.

Tarot's Devil card is an expansionist. To tarot's Devil, too much is never enough. It's a flame that's never completely fed. It always wants more.

No one actually believes tarot's Justice card means real justice.

A better term for Justice is "paperwork." It talks about everything official, everything documented, every document that can eventually be used to trap you or free you.

You can't read tarot for the purpose of liberation without addressing tarot's relationship to power. You can't read tarot for the purpose of liberation while choosing to ignore tarot's fucked up origins.

The Lovers and The Devil are two examples of blatantly Christian messages in tarot. They subvert each other's purpose. They are each other's mirrors.

The Five of Cups and the Five of Swords can perform as opposites. They look at the extremes of shame. At best, shame is a bell, alerting us to reality, but fleeting.

Here's how to activate the Ace of Pentacles to find some stability in a soul sucking world.