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Sister Temperance Tarot, East Austin, Austin, TX (2025)

09/23/2025

The bears are preparing to dream. Soon they will curl into the dark womb of the earth, surrendering to winter’s long sleep. In their stillness we are reminded of the old ancestral rhythm—rest, retreat, renewal.

Just as the bear journeys inward, we too are called to listen to the quiet voice within. To gather the year’s learnings close, to descend into our own inner caves where spirit whispers and the roots of the soul grow strong.

Bear teaches us that rest is sacred, that silence holds wisdom, and that in the darkness seeds of new life are sown.

As soon as I placed these bear stones in my shop, they found their keepers straight away—proof that Bear’s medicine was already reaching out to those who needed it most. 🐾✨

09/20/2025

NEW MOON IN VIRGO ECLIPSE TAROT: I love how on point our reading is for this eclipse/equinox! Could the major arcana be more on the nose with both of these big turning points showing up as Judgement and Justice? I think not, my friends!

Justice here signifies the balance and equilibrium in the still point of equinox, and also the rebalancing of the eclipse lessons flowing in hard and fast. Judgement is here to let us know that this last eclipse is NOT fu***ng around, okrrrr?

This is your last effing chance to get your s**t together around whatever BS baggage you’ve been faithfully dragging behind you for way too long, bb! Drop it at the checkpoint, because it can’t come with you into this next chapter.

Not to be harsh about all that, but I’m seeing some verrrrry tough curriculums being passed around class, y’all! I think many of us know the feeling of preparing for a high stakes exam, and knowing the grade we make may define everything that comes after… This is that energy.

I don’t like putting pressure on these things at all (because like I said in an earlier post here, we all have ENOUGH stress rn) but that being said, even just saying OKAY I AM READY AND WILLING TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR MY OWN WELL BEING AND THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE! …goes a long way, even if you have no idea where to begin.

Ask your ancestors for help. Draw a picture of what your live could look like. Imagine how different everything could be, if you could change.

This isn’t spellwork time (because we don’t do that during eclipses!) but just… visualizing. Asking. Believing you deserve it and are worthy of your dreams coming true. Because you freaking ARE!

The key points here are to just start being really honest with yourself about whatever needs work — and if you need help with that, start being real and ASKING for it.

It’s an interesting mix of humbling yourself enough to admit that it’s probably not working stumbling along on your own, while also having enough of an intact sense of self-worth to allow you to trust that you’re worthy of receiving that help!

AND to follow the fire of desire under your ass to motivate you towards following your big passions, dreams, and desires!

This 29 degree karmic eclipse means business — and there’s no going backwards after this. Secrets will likely be revealed (whether you’re ready or not), and this will hit especially hard for anyone not living in alignment with their true desires!

Like, this is maybe an extreme example, but this is the kind of celestial event where virulently homophobic politicians get discovered in public bathrooms doing the stuff that they privately long for but use their platforms to decry. That kind of thing, but…where might it apply to YOUR life (and the secrets you’re keeping about what you really want hidden from even yourself?)

I’m seeing these cards come up a LOT in many of the readings I’ve been giving, (along with The Star!) and these themes are also popping off for lots of folks. How about you? Are you feeling it yet?

We’ll be laying all this down on the altar TONIGHT (Saturday, 9/20), around 8pm CST on IG live for the full moon eclipse tarot broadcast – I hope you’ll come and join in that conversation!

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09/20/2025

When the Sun crosses the celestial equator on September 22nd, we will (finally) arrive at the autumnal equinox — one of four great movements in the symphony of the year.

Solstices and equinoxes mark the turning points in this celestial score, each a shift in rhythm and tone. It’s a powerful thing — to tune into the operatic song of nature, with all its drama, furor, and splendid aria-like sunsets and sunrises.

Here in Texas we weather the intensity of summer storms and then the brutal droughts that follow, praying for a whiff of fall, that first sense of crispness in the air, and a respite from b**b sweat and our bangs sticking to our foreheads! Ah, how I long for SWEATER WEATHER (pronounced: sweata weatha!)

This season carries its own distinct chord: abundance ripening into release, warmth (eventually, god I HOPE) giving way to chill, and light and darkness in a fleeting moment of perfect balance.

Across cultures and continents, autumn meant gathering what was grown, foraging what was left, honoring the fruits of labor and the generosity of the land. Grains became bread and beer, fruits turned to cider and brandy, and whole communities feasted together in gratitude for the harvest.

Even though it may be awhile before we see winter’s dark maiden attempt to steal away summer’s blush down in these parts, we will still find ways to gather and celebrate the turning towards autumn, and the still point of the equinox.

I’m a bit obsessed with the depiction of this featured in Valentine Cameron Prinsep’s fabulously dramatic Pre-Raphealite masterpiece, At the First Touch of Winter, Summer Fades Away (1897). It’s sooo goth, with Winter draped in black velvet, making her hapless sweet summer child sister drop all her pretty blossoms with a touch of her pallid hand…

The painting really captures that poignant threshold — the golden edge where plenty begins to wane, and the first whisper of harsher weather enters the scene like an uninvited dark fairy.

It’s interesting to me that Autumn isn’t depicted in this scene — but possibly the goddess draped in russet gauze is just beyond that woody glade, stirring a cauldron of hearty stew? I like to imagine so, anyway.

It may be weeks or (sob) even months before I can sensibly don a cardigan again, or the (new to me) lovely vintage forest green crushed velvet pants I can’t wait to wear…But come Monday, it will OFFICIALLY be Autumn, and you can bet I’ll be finding ways to get my pumpkin spicy pagan harvest rituals on!

I hope you’re finding some space to listen, to harmonize, and to allow the cycles of sky and soil guide your spirit into this seasonal turning.

Do you have plans to honor the equinox this Monday and is it feeling like fall yet where you are (and if so, aaaah I want to hear all about it — and please send some cool crisp breezes down this way?)

Are you noticing this turning’s sacred balance point bringing some equilibrium into your world yet? Where are you gathering in abundance, and where are you being invited to let go?

I hope that your Autumnal Equinox brings coziness and inspiration, and that your harvests are full of ripening goodness. Blessed Fall! 🍂🤎🍁

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09/19/2025

In these unsteady and deeply disturbing times we’re living through, it’s essential to tend to our inner light — and find ways to keep it glimmering in the darkness, no matter what.

Dear ones, please do not allow these small-minded, hateful, frightened people to shrink your glow. I completely understand the instinct to want to hide away, go to ground, and just become invisible right now.

I want to hold the difference between protecting our peace, & our inner world — against letting ourselves disappear or be forced to the margins.

The equinox and this eclipse season are strongly highlighting the need for balance and equilibrium, along with both nuance and clarity.

For anyone that grew up in households or lived in situations with a lot of unpredictable anger, violence, and erratic emotional abuse, your survival mode may be telling you to go to ground, shut down, or find ways to numb and dissociate.

I get that, very much (unfortunately) — and I know how triggering it can be for the people in power to be so hellbent on making this beautiful world more terrible, difficult, s**tty, dangerous, and expensive — especially for the most vulnerable folks among us.

It’s fu***ng DARK, y’all. And when it gets really dark like this, I feel moved to offer a very tender reminder to any of you similarly feeling intense anxiety and even despair right now to cup both hands around the candle flame that is your wild and precious heart, okay?

Protect yourselves from the rage-a-thons and bleak-bait. Take a break from the horrors when you need to — I promise there will be fresh baked maggoty buns of misery and doom on offer for us all tomorrow!

Do what you need to do to keep your light going — even if it feels wavery and flickery.

Just don’t let them blow you out, or make you think your fire is irrelevant. It’s actually one of the things they’re most afraid of.

Regimes that feed off of cruelty and despair will try to eat your spirit, if you let them. Do not let them. Find your defiant hope within, with blood-stained teeth and feral laughter.

Find your vulnerable, raw, golden magic — and burnish it to hot flame to keep you warm on cold nights and the soul’s long dark winters.

Store up your good memories, your best jokes, your warmest friendships in the root cellar of your heart — like barrels of hazelnuts, or jars of pickled beets.

Add some spice in there, too — ginger, and cayenne, to go with your salt and vinegar. Don’t make yourself more palatable, more bland. Let them pucker, and spit you out whole.

I see your fierce bravery, your tremulous eyes, and bright candle this is the defiant hope of your existence. And I’m here, holding your hand. Flaming my light to join with yours.

ARTWORK: The Dweller in the Innermost, by George Frederic Watts.

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09/19/2025

This eclipse season has already been full of revelations, major shifts, and some surprise endings (as well as new beginnings!)

The (second!) new moon in Virgo solar eclipse at the anaretic 29° degree threshold brings a culminating energy, ready to close out stagnant cycles, and invites profound transformation.

I don’t tend to love astrological takes that put a lot of pressure on us (especially when we’re already so taxed and worn out by the state of the world!) buuuut I have to acknowledge that this actually is a powerful “last-chance” lunation that asks us to get serious about Virgoan themes: our health and well-being, how we show up to be of service, and the firmness of our loving boundaries.

It’s an excellent time to revisit our routines, and examine what’s truly functional, and what’s ready for a serious upgrade.

Sometimes we find ourselves working with broken systems because we’re too overwhelmed to take the time to figure something out that actually flows the way we need it to…

So we limp along, patching things up with duct tape — instead of taking the time to create something that actually serves our needs, and helps us better share our gifts and medicine with the world!

There is real urgency to turn towards this now, and finalize the loose ends and energetic hangnails before the chapter closes, and we move on to the next page!

I would especially highlight anything in your life (and especially your day to day life, self-care, and business routines) that has grown clunky, overly-complicated, and nitpick to the point of becoming too difficult to even deal with!

I’m thinking about my morning coffee smoothie shake thingy that I’ve been making — with no less than like… seven (?) different jars and bags of powders and supplements added in there! I’m seriously ready for ONE thing I can scoop in that has everything I need (and I’m open to quinoa/amaranth-free suggestions, if you have one you really like!)

What can be streamlined and made more elegant in your life right now? It’s time to simplify, get clarity around what works and doesn’t work, and clean the slate in preparation for whatever unexpected shifts this next eclipse might bring our way!

Clear the clutter (physical, as well as mental and emotional), take reeeeallly good care of your spirit and nervous system, prioritize sleep and grounding food, and nurture your heart.

Movement can be especially helpful right now — both of your body, and the physical reality of your home and workspace. Clear away energetic cobwebs through dance, jumping on a rebounder, or qi gong.

The shake ups these eclipse can call in are often disruptive, intense, and unexpected. The changes at hand are very likely all for the better — but it may not feel that way in the moment!

So please be very gentle with yourself (and others) right now. We’re all kinda goin’ through it, and we just need to get to the other side of eclipse season, and through to TRUE FALL! Are you ready? I know I sure AF ammmmm!

ARTWORK: The Dancer — a cast bronze sculpture by Leonora Carrington (superimposed by me over brooding skies)

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09/18/2025

This liminal moment between eclipses and right before the Autumnal Equinox is bringing up the Hanged Man card — or The Hanged One, if you’re like me, and prefer a gender-expansive tarot!

I’ve had this photograph tucked in my file of images that recall tarot symbolism for me — I like it best when it feels like the correlation was totally unintentional, but still totally mystical.

Something about this trapeze artist suspended upside down, casually smoking while meeting the photographer’s eye with a steady gaze just takes me right into the realm of The Hanged One.

Ironically, giving up smoking (or other addictions) tends to be a theme I see coming up with this card — being about making sacrifices for our own evolution and higher good.

This next eclipse (with the second new moon in Virgo on Sunday, September 21st) is asking us to examine what we’re willing to let go of, in order to grow.

Can we face some temporary discomfort, if it means we can grow our wings and fly?

What’s holding you back from that soul-growth or personal transformation, right now?

What big stretch, heavy lift, or disruption to your habits, comforts, or routine are you avoiding acknowledging is actually necessary?

This is the moment to hang out in that often uncomfortable balance, waiting for our wings to be ready, trusting in the process — and making room for all the places we’re ready to expand into!

Are you clear on your cosmic curriculum and spiritual assignment at this pivotal moment?

If it’s all feeling a little hazy, and you notice some Neptunian smoke getting in your eyes and clouding your vision, fret not!

Help is available, and I would be very honored to assist you through the fog. Just reach out to book a session, or click the link in my bio. I’d love to guide you into this next stage of your personal metamorphosis!

IMAGE: Circus girl smokes while rehearsing her stunts — by Nina Leen, 1949

09/14/2025

“Either you do it like it’s a big weight on you, or you do it as part of the dance. When you understand the thought is the thought of the thoughtless, your singing and dancing is no other than the voice of the dharma. Singing and dancing — insurance, savings accounts, jobs, responsibilities — Shiva’s dance of life. Do you do from ‘ugh’ or do it like ‘ah?’ Do you surf through it all, or do you carry it around like its a load?” – Ram Dass 🏄‍♂️Art by

09/07/2025

FULL MOON ECLIPSE IN PISCES TAROT: I’m very grateful for the gentle and constructive messages we’ve received in our spread for this eclipse — especially given a lot of the intense fear-mongering and catastrophic hot-takes I’ve been seeing from folks of late!

It’s a chill and drizzly afternoon over here, and I’m super grateful for the opportunity to work and rest in equal measure, to nourish myself in body/mind/spirit — and to reflect on the ways that I get to support other in doing the same.

Perhaps it’s my 10th house Cap stellium that draws folks to seek readings with me about their paths in work, career, and money — but it feels so right, and deeply satisfying to get to support people in their journeys towards finding ways towards fulfilling work that allows them to build strong foundations, and participate in reciprocal communities.

We’re all part of circles within intersecting circles, and we all have a role in our villages. Finding what that work is can feel daunting — especially in this late-stage capitalist hellscape that doesn’t support many of our creative dreams, and actively suppresses and thwarts the kinds of fields many of us feel most passionate about being part of.

But…that is NOT an invitation to stop dreaming, or to stop working towards the ways we truly want to feel, and the work that makes our hearts feel full.

In my experience, being a full time tarot reader is one of the more unlikely and impractical ways I could have chosen to make a living — and yet… I cannot think of ANYTHING I’d rather be doing in this life!

Getting to offer this work of compassionate spiritual service to seekers and dreamers is the greatest privilege and honor I could imagine — and all I want is to be able to continue helping people, for as long as I can! It’s a gift to me, and a gift to others. What could be better than that?

Have you found your WORK in the world (this is different from a J-O-B, y’all!) What’s the thing you can focus on all day, and it never feels like drudgery, or toil? It’s the work that you would do for free — that you would still want to do, even if you were a billionaire!

The way to approach this, if you’re still trying to figure it out, can be to get still in your body and mind, to allow your heart to be curious, and to check in with how you really want to FEEL every day. That’s the starting place that I invite you to walk towards — and if you want to go further, I am here, and would be so very delighted to delve into this subject with you, and help you find your way!

We’ll be laying all this down on the altar TONIGHT (Sunday, 9/7), around 9pm CST on IG live for the full moon eclipse tarot broadcast – I hope you’ll come and join in that conversation!

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09/07/2025

I’ve been noticing more and more lately (in myself and others) the tendency to be on edge, more defensive and fearful, more combative, and less willing to slow down and listen.

This energy tends to ramp up when the world feels scary, and especially during eclipse season, when everything feels a bit haywire, energetically.

Over the past five years, I’ve done a lot of inner and outer exploration into how we engage with one another — online and in direct community, and how s**t we often are at expressing gentleness and true kindness, especially in the face of conflict or disagreement.

It’s something I’m really examining in myself, and actively trying to work on — because I’ve seen that being mean, petty, selfish, and spiteful just…doesn’t get any of us where we want to be.

I don’t know the original maker of this meme/art, but it’s been going around for the past few years, and I’m moved to share it and speak/write on it whenever I can, because I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly:

In an age of performative cruelty, KINDNESS IS PUNK AF

and, I’m pairing it with this amazing photo from 1950 by Art Shay, featuring a sign that reads:

BE KIND NOW

I want to add to these sentiments by saying that I think honesty and directness are often ways to be truly kind and punk as f**k (though as my friend Leah Moss says in her fantastic list of ways to live, “Being honest and direct should not take precedence over kindness.”.

There’s a balance in there we have to strive to find with one another, right? It’s something I often struggle with — and find this lesson coming up a LOT, especially since 2020.

Giving a s**t and caring about the well-being of others is punk as f**k. Having difficult conversations with people you care about is kind and punk as f**k.

I personally don’t find apathy, avoidance, or checking out of showing the f**k up for people and causes that matter to be very kind, or very punk.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the disconnects I see in new age-y hippie “love & light” circles, that are ostensibly supposed to be all about kindness and compassion, but when it comes down to it, couldn’t (and still can’t) be bothered to care about others enough to protect themselves and their communities from a deadly virus — or show up for clear and direct conversations about what actual community care really looks like.

To be truly kind and punk as f**k is often deemed as being “scary” or “too intense” for the good vibes only / don’t harsh my mellow crew — where kindness is just a word to wear on a t-shirt or print on a cheap mug, rather than actually practice in interpersonal relationships.

The fragility and fear of confrontation I’ve witnessed directly in those circles tends to conflate real talk with shaming or abuse, which can make communication pretty impossible. I truly wish there was a larger capacity for diving into to necessary conversations that bring opportunities for growth and understanding without resorting to bypassing, cowardice, and shut down.

The reality is that with the dissolution of subcultures into monetized memes to be capitalized on and sold as halloween costumes, cultural movements and groupings like hippie or punk don’t really mean much anymore. The only thing that really matters now is honesty, and kindness – and I’m interested in working towards the intersection where those two pieces can really overlap and work together.

Also: HAPPY FULL MOON IN PISCES ECLIPSE TO MY DIRECT CLEAR COMMUNICATORS WHO DON’T SHY AWAY FROM REAL TALK & ARE KIND & PUNK AS F**K!!!

In these heavy times, let’s try for punk rock kindness, my friends. And as Octavia E. Butler wrote in Parable of the Talents:

“Kindness eases change.
Love quiets fear.
And a sweet and powerful
Positive obsession
Blunts pain,
Diverts rage,
And engages each of us
In the greatest,
The most intense
Of our chosen struggles.”

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