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Mother Tarot: The Magician

Mother Tarot: The Magician

There is space between the planting of the seed and the flowering of the bush, between the birth of an idea and it’s actualization, between dusk and dawn, between learning and demonstration. It is within these gray areas that the Magician is at work. Potential is space: space taken, space expanding, space existing. Allowing oneself to claim the space necessary to evolution is the mission of the Divine within. The Magician arrives just after the Fool has taken first steps. Mag

Mother Tarot: The Sun

Mother Tarot: The Sun

In the Mother Tarot deck, the Sun is the ultimate fire card, and thusly related to athame/sword energy. Represented by both egg and sperm, it constitutes massively compatible energies that smite the dark night. Many stars were born into an ever-expanding universe that includes our Sun. Sometimes feeling like a small fish in a big pond can bring feelings of contentment, peace, and acceptance. This card represents having learned enough to know that you have much, much more t

Mother Tarot Deck: Five of Wands

Mother Tarot Deck: Five of Wands

The Five of Wands in the Mother Tarot refers to mental health struggles. These might be struggles with integrity and/or vulnerability, or they could be the result of a physical chemical imbalance—likely both. The tragic results of mental illness are heavy real-life consequences. Someone with a broken leg, for example, poses a clear opportunity to mend, whereas someone with postpartum depression, for example, might present an array of behaviors that slip sneakily into their da

Mother Tarot: Temperance

Mother Tarot: Temperance

The Temperance card in the Mother Tarot Deck is about growing up, in a sense. It follows Death, and springs from gentle hope. Delayed gratification, moderation, self-control, and honest work are brought to mind. Slow and steady win due to sustainability. With help and faith, seeds grow to give fruit. ⁣ ⁣ This night scene is indicative of the dream world, for much of our ability to integrate new knowledge and envision new offerings is accomplished during sleep. Rest, nourish

Mother Tarot Deck: Queen of Cups

Mother Tarot Deck: Queen of Cups

The Queen of Cups in the Mother Tarot Deck is Spirit, manifest in the form of the heart, which miraculously chooses to beat (or not to beat). No cup can contain this Queen, however her essence may be pumped in connection with her world, rhythm of the Divine as her guide. ⁣ ⁣ This card beckons the Universe’s unending wellspring of available love. Bring to mind the saying that when one door closes, another opens. This must be true for the heart to survive. When the heart is b

Mother Tarot: Three of Wands

Mother Tarot: Three of Wands

The Three of Wands in the Mother Tarot Deck refers to sustainability by way of recycled/repurposed resources and energy. This card encourages self care in the form of small transforming shifts, whether it’s nourishment, a night of sleep, creative output, and/or healthy release. Make a shift when this card lands, using its position as a deeper prompt. In reference to relationships, this card may indicate the arrival of friends, or the addition of new coven members. It may also

Mother Tarot Deck: the Devil

Mother Tarot Deck: the Devil

The Devil in the Mother Tarot Deck knows you well, and it’s likely you know it well, too. The Devil, like God, is in the details. It’s built into our DNA and cellular makeup, waiting to be switched on with the slightest trigger. It is the forgotten and unforgotten trauma of this and past lives. It’s a tripwire for those who’ve taken no or little time to evaluate their own destructive tendencies; their programmed abusiveness or attraction to abuse; their attraction to danger.

Mother Tarot Deck: Three of Cups

Mother Tarot Deck: Three of Cups

The Three of Cups in the Mother Tarot Deck portrays the essence of togetherness, fun, play, and happiness on an everyday scale. This card also serves as a reminder that love abundance is as much a mindset as it is happenstance. These three mer-beings represent any number of harmonious relationship connections. Aunties, uncles, parents, family friends, friendships, spouses, boyfriends, they-friends, girlfriends, adopted family, daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, grandparents, t

Mother Tarot: Eight of Cups

Mother Tarot: Eight of Cups

The Eight of Cups in the Mother Tarot Deck asks: Are you feeling the weight of the world today? ⁣ The Divine Feminine is eternally sacrificing for the sake of the Universe. Having devolved away from Her, we habitually sacrifice our Mother Earth (and ourselves) for the sake of human agenda. ⁣ This card may point to a self-care crisis, an environmental crisis, or simply the need to emote more authentically so that deeper thinking can begin.⁣ ⁣ This Eight may also point to

Mother Tarot: The Hanged

Mother Tarot: The Hanged

It can be difficult to discern your predicament from the perspective of The Hanged. Falling petals and thorns indicate danger and wasting time. Clouds linger, heavy with raindrops. And yet, there is health and cleansing from rain, grace in the aging process, and protection in thorns. ⁣ ⁣ This nymph enjoys their body, in awe of the spectacle, curious about their position, but finding new ideas with each moment spent suspended upside-down. ⁣ ⁣ This card often means: Wait an

Mother Tarot Deck: Death

Mother Tarot Deck: Death

In the Mother Tarot Deck, the Death card refers to transition. It refers to a moment of permanent change, and also to the processes of decay and composting, which extend far beyond the time of transition. Further beyond a death lies the web of connectedness that that being, relationship, job, endeavor, or energy impacted, and the waves of influence each small and major transition casts. To embrace Death is to embrace the understanding that you are connected to the Universe. Y

Mother Tarot: Two of Wands

Mother Tarot: Two of Wands

The Two of Wands in the Mother Tarot Deck is that tingling sensation that glides up your spine as you strike idea gold. It’s also synchronicity—the feeling that the Universe is lining things up in your favor, laying the path for your best chance of success. It is also breathing in and out. This card may present a fork or crossroads, the choice being yours to make. Unlike the Two of Swords, this fork may not necessarily indicate loss or permanence, but rather expansion as you

Mother Tarot: Four of Swords

Mother Tarot: Four of Swords

The Four of Swords in the Mother Tarot Deck represents the necessity of rest. One must be diligent in listening to the ebb and flow of the creative cycle, yielding perhaps more intentionally into the ebb side of things depending on culture and constitution. The four rooted trees protect and nurture while cutting through the noise of the windy mind.⁣ ⁣ Orange heals the creative energy center in the body, gut and womb, cradled between sensuality (base, red) and will (solar pl

Mother Tarot: Page of Cups

Mother Tarot: Page of Cups

The Page of Cups in the Mother Tarot deck is the empath: the soul who is able to easily sense the feelings of others, and also transfer that emotional energy via the power of grounding. Sensing is the easy part. Sifting emotions through the cleansing waters of the body—back down into the earth to be reborn as new thought energy—takes considerable practice and skill.⁣ ⁣ This princess understands that life brings surprising feelings for everyone, rendering their actions somet

Mother Tarot: The World

Mother Tarot: The World

The World is drawn when a cycle is complete, signaling time for a long holiday, retirement, or the closing of an entire chapter. Perhaps palliative care is in order, one task being to watch the choreography of the clouds, grass, campfire, and waves after minimizing down to core needs. Another is listening for the groan of the mountains or sea, as winter turns to spring, then wild summer. Yet another is to sing for friends, family, and companions, your safe-and-soundness b

Mother Tarot: The Star

Mother Tarot: The Star

The Star card in the Mother Tarot Deck is about the human connection to the fae/fairy realm. Creative and nurturing instincts are linked with recognition. Fairies are Earth spirits that mimic the natural world out of divine recognition, thus when humans “see” these spirits, they take on human-like form.⁣ Fairies thrive in natural settings. Conversely, in a world where little natural beauty is present, fairies are less likely to be present. Learn to listen to the mountains,

Mother Tarot Deck: Three of Swords

Mother Tarot Deck: Three of Swords

The Three of Swords in the Mother Tarot deck is about autonomy. It. is. enough. It’s enough to carry a womb, live in a body, own a business, be an artist, build a legacy, work a job, keep a home, be a partner, be a friend, live a life, make a choice.⁣ ⁣ This card can point to deeper decisions beneath larger ones—the rock-and-a-hard-place choices. Having ones’ tubes tied, letting a creative project die, terminating a pregnancy, adopting instead of birthing, ceasing IVF trea

Mother Tarot Deck: Eight of Wands

Mother Tarot Deck: Eight of Wands

The Eight of Wands in the Mother Tarot is nurturing, the spell of taking care. Purpose aside, this card is the incubation of an idea, the raising of a child, the raising of a body, a craft, expertise, a legacy, etc.⁣ ⁣ This femme knits an idea, stitch by stitch, together. They know not yet know what they're creating in full, but they go for it anyway. Tic, tic, tic, tic...⁣ ⁣ This card aims to inspire, for slow and steady effort over time can be a joy to partake in. It te

Mother Tarot Deck: Ace of Pentacles

Mother Tarot Deck: Ace of Pentacles

The Ace of Pentacles in the Mother Tarot Deck is about grounding. Our bodies are made of water for the most part, so we’re natural conductors of electricity, impacted and altered by each signal and wave we come into contact with. Our modern world would have us constantly immersed in these invisible electromagnetic fields with no instruction to protect against, neutralize or ground energy back into the earth. ⁣ ⁣ This clever Ace is here to remind you to remove your shoes and

Mother Tarot: Queen of Wands

Mother Tarot: Queen of Wands

The Queen of Wands in the Mother Tarot embraces her creative force, and in doing so, she(he/they/it) takes responsibility for it. Did you know that an average-aged new mother in the United States has already produced over 22 tons of garbage by the time she’s given birth or adopted her first child? This Queen lays claim over her own evolution within the human story, taking responsibility for waste as well as creativity. Associated with intent, aesthetics, collective consciousn

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