Been thinking about teachers, and how I used to practice Bikram Yoga, which now has a Netflix documentary. It's gotten me thinking about all the teachers and teachings I've believed or been influenced by in my life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more

Go follow Minivan Mystic anchor.fm/minivanmystic for more podcasts like this, where I talk about purity culture in tarot & social justice communities! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more

I've launched a new podcast that will hopefully feel less limiting in topic than a tarot focused podcast. Right now you can find it at: anchor.fm/minivanmystic and I'm on Instagram @minivanmystic --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more

On Episode 12 I introduce you to some of the information that I am learning from Ren Zatopek's Simple Spiritwork online course (that's free!), including her quote that "all maps are metaphors." So tarot can be a map for this moment?! Yes! I was introduced to Ren in an episode of Sarah Chappell's podcast: So You Wanna Be a Witch? I recommend listening to that podcast, as well! I mispronounce her last name in the episode, oops! It sounds like chapel, not shapelle. Sorry Sarah! I take this concept of maps as metaphors and apply it to my tarot practice. I share some vulnerable insights from a r ..read more

On this episode, I continue my exploration of The Empress card, as I am deep in ancestral exploration. I talk about historical waitresses empresses were recipients of a blood lineage. This means that my physical embodiment of my ancestral lineage is an empress moment in life. I didn't do anything to earn my genes, I'm just receiving them! I share about my first session with Darla Antoine. Her website is: https://darlaantoine.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @leorisingtarot Website: www.leorisingtarot.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more

On today's episode, I talk about where I am currently, just having experienced a concussion of winter break from a freak fender bender (I rear ended someone at a stoplight). I muse about how it was nice to take a social media break, even if forced, and how I sometimes think that watching other people's spiritual journeys online makes me procrastinate on my own spiritual connection, because it's just not as sexy! I then read on air, a listener email, who responded to my Which New Year episode. This listener, Lisa of  @ninthwavedesigns  on Instagram, is so thoughtful in her own exploration of Sa ..read more

On this episode, I talk about how my birth year (The Hermit) shows up in my life, going way back to some of my earliest memories. I share about taking a break from podcasting this fall aligning with The Hermit, and then muse about how to figure out a year card. Am I gonna have a Magician, Wheel of Fortune, or Sun year coming up? What do you think? Let's Connect: Instagram: @leorisingtarot Website: www.leorisingtarot.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more

Welcome to Season 2!  On today's episode, I talk with Rebecca Scolnick, who I met on Instagram, and loved the brevity in her bio: Video Witch, NYC. Yes! Her website says that she is a filmmaker, and creative intuitive with a fervor for personal mythology, and I am so here for this conversation that covers her journey to find tarot through an angel deck, and our mutual love of The Hero's Journey.  Find Rebecca online: Instagram: @beescolnick or www.rebeccascolnick.com We mention Lindsay Mack (https://https://lindsaymack.com/), Ariel Gore( http://arielgore.com/) and Anne Lamott (@ANNELAMOTT) Con ..read more

This episode is just the beginning at tackling some big topics in tarot. I talk about hierarchy in the court cards, the idea of upward mobility or a bias toward success as a ladder as we move through tarot cards, and why tarot is SO WHITE (and why it shouldn't be). I do a personal 3 card reading on the subject and would love to open this conversation up to more discussion. I'm not the first to say that tarot has some flaws in upholding systems of oppression. Some other podcasts that cover topics like this (not just tarot related): Queer Witch Podcast Rise Up Good Witch Podcast Wild Mysti ..read more

On today's episode, I talk about darkness & light, giving voice to my lived experience of postpartum OCD. Trigger warning for this episode, as I read a piece I had published that deals with OCD intrusive images, including suicidality & homicidality.  Let's connect: Instagram: @leorisingtarot Website: www.leorisingtarot.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leorisingpodcast/support ..read more