In Search of Tarot

We're bookending Season Five with the first in a three-part deep-dive into Mexican Mysticism and Cartomancy. Step back in time with us to trace the pre-Spanish contact origins of mystical beliefs in Mexico, before exploring the history and popularity of the card game Lotería.  Support this Podcast on Patreon Sources: worlddivinationassociation.com, academia.edu, reddit.com, tarotforum.net, wikipedia.com, tarot-heritage.com, lenormandquest.blogspot.com, stmuscholars.org, papersowl.com, scholarworks.boisestate.edu, llewellyn.com, berkleycenter.georgetown.edu, researchgate.net, davidbowles.medium.com, theculturetrip.com, theyucatantimes.com

Jeff Hinshaw, an intuitive practitioner, discusses queering astrology and upgrading archetypes. They explore queerness in astrology charts, emotional processing, and the significance of Lilith. The conversation highlights the importance of community collaboration and breaking away from traditional gender norms in astrological readings.

Finn Schubert (he/him) is the author of Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here, an essay collection exploring his move from NYC to a small town to grieve his infertility. (In a weird twist, he got pregnant as soon as the book came out.)  He is a Moth StorySlam-winning storyteller, and his writing has appeared in TheBody, Lit Star Review, and the anthologies Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices and Places Like Home. He writes a weekly essays newsletter, titled "The Menstruant," exploring the question: What does it mean to be a gay man who loves having a uterus? (Right now: Pregnancy edition.) Finn’s background is in public health and he most recently worked as the director of HIV services for a large community health center network in Brooklyn prior to transitioning to freelance consulting last year. He offers speaking and workshops regarding LGBTQ+ health, trans and nonbinary inclusion in workplaces and spiritual communities, and public health program design and evaluation. Finn currently lives in NYC and is at work on an essay collection. Sign Up for Finn's Substack, The Menstruant Visit Finn's Website Follow Finn on Instagram --- Join Winter Solstice Tarot Study Visit Nick's Website Follow Nick on Instagram

Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is a Cuban-American artist-author, ritualist, and non-clinical depth psychologist. She believes that images speak a profound language; she spends her time translating the unseen and advocating for the imaginal. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on navigating the liminal via a creative-divinatory journey as an “Other way” to recover the marginalized, forgotten, and silenced. Her work and teaching centers imagination, creativity, dreaming, and deep rest. She teaches workshops and collaborative trainings focused on creativity, dreaming, intuitive movement, deep rest, and yoga nidra. Her passion is to inspire all to rediscover their creative self by resting, weaving the blessings with the wounds while honoring the land and ancestors. Work with Chanti Follow Chanti on Instagram --- Register for Winter Solstice Tarot Study Support this Podcast on Patreon Sign Up for Nick's Free Monthly Mystic Missive Follow Nick on Instagram Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

It's become a bit of tradition to do a Q&A episode once a season. We've got some fantastic interviews still to come, but the scheduling worked out such that I had time to sit down and record a little solo chat with all of you answering the amazing questions you submitted via social media. I'm also announcing a very exciting new offering called Winter Solstice Tarot Study which is a five week container for clarifying and cultivating the specific lens through which you work with the cards. Sign Up for Winter Solstice Tarot Study Join Our Patreon Community Receive Nick's Free Monthly Mystic Missive Follow Nick on Instagram Visit Nick's Website Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

Rachael Gonzalez (she/her/they) is an artist, licensed massage therapist, energy worker, broom maker & wortcunner residing in so-called Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She works to share knowledge, skills and resources to empower her clients to better care for themselves and feel supported—through informed touch, plant experience, cræfting & simple spells under the moniker FAMILIAR. Visit the FAMILIAR website Follow Rachael on Instagram --- Support this podcast on Patreon Follow Nick on Instagram Visit Nick's website Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

Brittany Carmona-Holt (she/her), “The Birth Witch,” is a full spectrum doula, birth photographer, and writer who has worked as a birth assistant to a local community midwife, and as a class facilitator for a community based doula training program - Day One Doula Collective. She is a queer, bisexual witch with ADHD who approaches her work within reproductive justice from a spiritual lens. Her book, Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks was just published by new, revolutionary publisher Row House Publishing, just this past June. She is an amateur herbalist, a poet, a partner, and a parent to a beautiful gender-defiant unicorn child, Kahlo Sol, and is expecting her second babe this winter. Purchase Tarot for Pregnancy Follow Brittany on Instagram Visit Brittany's website --- Book a Reading with Nick Join the In Search of Tarot Patreon Visit Nick's Website --- Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

David Davis is a mystic, Diviner, and artist currently based in Ypsilanti, MI. As an eclectic occultist and student of the Hoodoo tradition, his work is founded on the principles of Animism and Ancestral veneration. At its core, Porous Palms is a celebratory exploration of identity and place, and the ways they inform our most essential experiences as human beings. This mixture of influences manifests as a diverse and ever-evolving expression of divinity, language, and ritual, resting at the borders of personal and communal realities. Through his spiritual and educational endeavors, he seeks to contribute to the mending of intergenerational wounds (specifically those present within Afro-Diasporic communities) by honoring the resilience of the human spirit and preserving the Earth-based traditions of our Ancestors. Along with offering services and classes, David also sells a curated selection of spiritual products at Porous Palms Apothecary. Visit porouspalms.com Join David's Patreon Follow David on Instagram --- Support this Podcast on Patreon Book a Reading with Nick Follow Nick on Instagram Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!

Jasper Joy is a white, genderqueer witch, tarot scholar, community chemist, venusian writer, and elder-babe residing among the rightful homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee people, both past and present (also known as Asheville, NC). Their work is defined by open-hearted ethics, neurodivergent experiences, and a blatant disrespect for the state. Jasper loves supporting queer and trans beings in areas of meditation, spiritual daily practice, spell-crafting, love, joy, and the sacred trans experience. Support Jasper and Tarot for Top Surgery on Patreon Order a T4T Reading Visit Jasper's Website Follow Jasper on Instagram --- Support this Podcast on Patreon Book a Reading with Nick Follow Nick on Instagram

Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine will be published by Inner Traditions in November of this year and is currently available for pre-order. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions in Spring 2023.   Pre-Order The Flowering Wand  Subscribe to Sophie's newsletter  Follow Sophie on Instagram  Visit Sophie's Website  ---  Support In Search of Tarot on Patreon  Book a Reading with Nick  Follow Nick on Instagram  Follow Angie on Instagram  Music by A.J. Ackleson. Thanks AJ!