I took one of the most spiritual decks that I own - the Cat Aura Tarot - and I went into the pictures far from traditional meanings. Please read the following from the perspective of a psychologist and systemic family therapist, who wants to use tarot Pull The Magician out of your deck and put it at the center. Draw four cards to place around The Magician as follows: 1 As Above - A sign from your highest spiritual purpose - 7 of Cups To see through illusions of energy and emotions to the beginning, the source and the system that connects them and see their flow and recognize their patterns and structure. I have learned to do that with emotions, seems that I shall also learn this for energy 2. The Garden - The conditions that are best for your creative mastery - 2 of Cups when I unite my light and shadow parts and take a distance in a safe place to the turbulences of emotions and energy, I will know them and feel them but won't be overwhelmed in the process and keep my peace. The shadow looks down to the depths of turmoil into the past while the light looks to the sky and the distance into the future and together and in balance I can view and feel the present 3. The Table - Your unique approach that unites all of the different energies of your life - 4 of Swords Stay with me, be with me, not let myself be questioned or distracted, then I can touch the swords and use the analytical power of my intellect, while I am open to the sky (spirituality) and connected to my intuition looking inward. 4. So Below - The work in the world that most aligns with your highest spiritual purpose - Knight of Swords To find and guide my way and the way of others through the labyrinth of life and desires, while I am connected to the moon (my emotions and the emotions of others) and connected and guided by the stardust (my spirituality), then I can use my analytical power to see the way and maybe cut some branches along the way that are blocking the view. Share a photo of your reading and your interpretation.

Apologies … I wrote a lot 1. As Above – A sign from my highest spiritual purpose: The Chariot The Chariot, as a strong and grounded signal, seems deeply rooted in the physical world. Keeping a link with magic, I see black and white magic through the opposing horses, though I interpret this less as a moral polarity and more as an invitation: to expand one’s light, one must first acknowledge and integrate the shadow. The Chariot is also known as a card of tension or stalling, precisely because it is pulled by opposing forces. This suggests that to fully access and express my “magical” and creative abilities, I need to reconcile these inner forces — to bring coherence where there may currently be division. I also had a look at the card at the bottom of the deck, Love, and I feel that it reinforces this theme of reunification. It speaks to finding common ground, honouring each aspect’s strengths, and taking responsibility for what one brings into relationship — with oneself and with others. This raises a question for me: Is this the right time to collaborate or to team up with a professional partner? 2. The Garden – The conditions that are best for my creative mastery: Queen of Air The Queen of Air points clearly to the importance of engaging my intellect without denying intuition. This balance feels central to my work. Most of my clients come to me, as a healer and coach, due to mental health challenges and emotional wounds linked to past trauma — pain, grief, guilt, and their long-lasting consequences. The owl, a symbol of wisdom, feels particularly significant here. I see the Queen of Air as someone who can hold space with clarity and compassion: listening deeply, welcoming difficult emotions, and offering words of insight when appropriate. She embodies discernment, she has this mental sharpness in service of healing. 3. The Table – My unique approach that unites the energies of my life: Four of Fire The Four of Fire brings a sense of warmth, cosiness, and gentle visibility. The lanterns illuminate without dazzling; the fire offers presence. This resonates strongly with how I approach my work -quiet, steady, and grounded. I am not pushy —even if I am effective— and I have no interest in chasing rewards or recognition. What matters more to me is creating a safe, welcoming space where transformation can occur naturally in a sustainable way.

Card Challenges are exercises designed to immerse you in the energies of each card. You can do any/all parts of the challenge. Please create a new post in the Card Challenges category to share your results. This week's card is The High Priestess The Writing Challenge 5 paragraphs on one of the following topics: 1. My relationship with my intuition 2. A strange dream I had a long time ago that still sticks in my memory 3. What do I struggle the most to allow myself to receive? 4. The most inspiring woman I know Bonus Writing Challenge: Do this with pen and paper. Don’t type it. Fill three pages (one sided) with whatever comes to mind. No self-editing, no performance, just a stream of consciousness. Plan to destroy the pages afterward so you can have total freedom. The Quest Start keeping a notebook and pen next to your nightstand. At night, when you’re falling asleep, notice for the moment your mind begins to relax, and ideas bubble naturally to the surface. Practice gently rolling over and writing down these ideas. If you need to see, arrange some gentle lighting that you can easily turn on/off. Tell us about how it goes. The Card Prism Spread Pull The High Priestess out of your deck and put it at the center. Draw four cards to place around The High Priestess as follows: 1. Boaz - A powerful and passionate source of strength 2. Jachim - A deep and stabilizing source of wisdom 3. The Scroll - A key to lead you towards the voice of your intuition 4. The Moon - An element beyond words/logic that invites your attention Share a photo of your reading and your interpretation.

The creative life of my dreams would mean being creative in multiple ways—art, dance, storytelling, myth, tarot—and letting each inform the other. More than that, each would work together to make a whole, creative life, one in which I respond to any situation with creativity. Looking through the lens of art, I would keep making art inspired by stories and myth. (Now that I’ve joined the Arcana Conservatory, I've also been thinking about what sort of tarot/oracle deck I might make.) I would share my art in local shows and maybe also sell it online, but I want the joy of making art to stay as the primary focus. I like to have an art project going, something tangible that I’m working on. As far as dance goes, I would like to keep joining my ecstatic dance community. For some, this type of dance might not get labeled as a creative practice because there’s no audience and no final product, but while I’m dancing I feel very much like I’m in a creative flow state. Another form of dance I’d like to continue is folk dance, particularly dancing for the changing seasons. Sometimes I make a new dance, and sometimes the creative practice comes in just dancing familiar steps. Making art or dancing is what I first think of when I think of a creative life, but the more I work with creativity, the more I realize I need to keep my concept of creativity very broad. Looking through the lens of storytelling and myth, I would like to keep learning stories and myths, practice telling them, and maybe find a way to share them more often. It's at this level where I begin to see how creativity is more of a life practice than a particular activity. Myth already informs my art, but the more I engage with it, the more it affects my life as a whole--it inspires me and shapes how I move through my day. Tarot is connected to myth for me, in terms of the web of meaning it holds, but I'm still sorting out how it fits in my life. Finally, I think about living a wholly creative life, which for me brings up ideas of resilience and a balance of inspiration and groundedness. I also think of living creatively in alchemical terms. To me, living alchemically means accepting that life will inevitably give me things I don't want, and it will be up to me to work with modes of transformation to generate the life I want out of what's been given. Art, myth, tarot, and dance are tools that I can use to open myself up to a more creative way of living in general.

As Above • The Tower A sign from my highest spiritual purpose is The Tower, letting me know that breaking down walls and barriers that have been built on foundations that are harmful or inauthentic is a part of my path. Good Trouble. Disruption. A return to authenticity, to honesty, and to structures that can support all with integrity. I am a foundation creator. The Garden • 7 of Swords The conditions that are best for my creative mastery…hahahah this one is a little “tricky” to interpret! A tarot reader that I love, says, “ ..all golden cards in the tarot are positive.” and thus reads this card a little differently. The 7 of swords card can represent being smarter then the warring masses, finding solutions other then fighting in conflict situations, strategic thinking and adaptability in challenging situations. My creative mastery can flourish in creative problem solving, adaptation and conflict resolution. The Table • Judgement My unique approach that unites all of the different energies of my life is the energy of transformation and renewal. Past, present, and future converging into a single point that moves life in directions of greater clairity and authenticity. “Judgement teaches that enlightenment is not a single event but a continuous willingness to answer the call of growth whenever it arrives.” So Below • 7 coins The work in the world that most aligns with my highest spiritual purpose is steady effort and patience with a focus on the importance of nurturing projects over time, as well as pausing and reflecting, tuning in and tweaking things. I guess I am a gardner 🌿🌹