Let's take a midsummer dip in the tides, shall we? Cancer season has arrived, and with it comes the call to trust mother nature and evolve out of our protective shell into something greater.
IN THIS EPISODE we welcome "real-life Cancers" Desirée Christa Ricker and AJ Ackleson. Desirée is a healer, teacher, and performing artist. A certified Reiki Master, Aromatherapist, and Yoga Instructor, she also writes original music and plays, acts, directs, choreographs, and is President of a non-profit that promotes arts programming and education on her island home of Ocracoke, NC.
Besides being Erika's longtime boyfriend, AJ is a performer, musician, and teaching artist; a magical plant-daddy; and is one half of the writing team behind almost every song you on In Search of Tarot. Together, we dive into the themes of Cancer, explore The Chariot, and pull some cards!
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: "In Search of Tarot" Music + Production by AJ Ackleson; "Time & Tide" Lyrics, Music + Production by Desirée Christa Ricker.
PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Listen to Erika's incredible Spotify playlist inspired by The Chariot: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6h5rivBFLvtQfnwZ3afSjV?si=MvzYYLAjTiG82CD_bb0f1Q
ABOUT NICK: Nick is a Tarot reader; a mystic; a seeker; a former professional dancer; an Asheville, NC native who transplanted to NYC almost 13 years ago; a gay cis-gender man; a nerd who’s never quite fit in with the nerds; and a human-being trying to figure it all out along with the rest of us. A former professional dancer in the worlds of ballet and Broadway, Nick has been studying Tarot since 2011, and is deeply influenced by Carl Jung and his work in archetypes. manofthecards.com @manofthecards
ABOUT ERIKA: Erika recently moved to Sonoma, CA with her boyfriend, AJ, after living in NYC for 8 years. She is a true hippie at heart and loves the Earth, nature, unicorns, Disney and her two beautiful cats. She first encountered Tarot in 2008, and has since been on her own journey in discovering the many ways she can manifest her intuition. Erika and AJ are currently writing all of the music for the In Search of Tarot podcast. @erikaconaway