What do Carmen, Christian Dior, Mad Men and Dune have in common? They're all iconic pieces of pop culture that have featured the Tarot! Today, Angie and I are sharing some of our favorite examples of Tarot influencing and entering into the zeitgeist.  We want to hear about YOUR favorite Tarot X Pop Culture moments! Write to us at isotpod@gmail.com and tell us the ones we should know. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ON PATREON FOLLOW ANGIE ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOW NICK ON INSTAGRAM "In Search of Tarot Theme" written and recorded by AJ Ackleson ..read more

The use of archetypes to describe, refine, and create our reality is an essential part of many Astrological and Tarot practices. Yet for many people, the idea that we could ever reduce or essentialize the human experience into neat categories seems futile at best and harmful at worst.  IN THIS CONVERSATION, Jonathan Koe (a.k.a. Nate Qi) leads us down a winding and wonderous reframing of all that archetype can be, sprouting branches of wisdom along the way on the topics of time, history, and the healing of divination in the "Western" imagination. Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic wh ..read more

Our guests today are Luna Hammond and Shannon Knight, the hosts of The Tarot Diagnosis podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights the intersection of tarot and psychology.  Luna is a psychotherapist and private coach in Baltimore, MD who specializes in working with people who are striving to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. Shannon is a psychotherapist and coach with a private practice in Tampa, FL (soon to be Arizona) where she works with individuals and couples looking to live, feel, communicate, and connect authentically with themselves and those around them. On the p ..read more

Welcome to our very first Quarterly Questions minisode! This week, Angie and I are chatting about a very popular and often controversial topic in cartomancy: Tarot versus Oracle. What factors are at play when we consider the legitimacy of a deck? How does our desire to be part of a community influence which cards we choose to work with? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US!  After listening to this episode, email us at isotpod@gmail.com and tell us what you think!  Support this podcast on Patreon  Follow Angie on Instagram  Follow Nick on Instagram  In Search of Tarot theme mus ..read more

Our guests today are Jannie Bui Brown and James W. Brown IV, a mother and son team who authored and illustrated the fantastic new Tarot deck: The Sacred Web Tarot. Jannie is an artist, yoga teacher, devoted mother of three and partner in life with her beloved. She considers herself to be a life-long student of all things spiritual and liberating and finds herself most at home on a trail by a stream, under a tree or on a couch reading a good book. She designs healing jewelry that she sells so that she can donate her profits to beautiful non-profit organizations. When not dwelling on the mystica ..read more

Drawing upon a deep connection to the body, memory, spirit, and the land, zaneta's (they/them) art is a process of remembering our interconnectedness or the Filipinx term, kapwa. zaneta currently lives and creates on Lenni Lenape territory (Brooklyn), offering community listening rituals, as well as listening and sound workshops in spaces such as the Brooklyn Museum and online. In 2020, their project, Sacred Seasons, won the Brooklyn Arts Fund grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council and was co-presented with the New Women Space. Their field recording work has taken them throughout the contiguous ..read more

We're still on a break between seasons but we wanted to share some thoughts on The Chariot, 2023's card of the year, and announce some big plans for the future of the show! Are you a regular listener of In Search of Tarot? Help us reach our goal of $200/month on Patreon so that we can begin welcoming guest contributors to the show! Support us on Patreon Book a 2023 Year Ahead Reading with Nick Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ ..read more

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.m ..read more

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 ..read more

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 M ..read more