The Tarot Diagnosis
Shannon Knight, a licensed psychotherapist who loves tarot, demystifies tarot and explores its connections to mental and emotional health. Each episode implements tarot's tools to better understand ourselves, our behavior, thought patterns, emotions, and relationships. The podcast pulls cards to facilitate growth and help create the life and relationships we desire.
Episodes
Collective Reading: What are you hiding from?
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I’m pulling for June’s collective tarot reading where I explore a Summer Solstice inspired spread designed to help us step out of the shadows and into the growth of the sun. As we move toward the longest day of the year, I wanted to create a spread that examines what we've been avoiding, the fears keeping us stuck, and the growth that becomes possible
Pillars in Tarot: The Psychology & Space Between Stimulus and Response
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore a question that has been lingering in my mind for months: What do the pillars in tarot actually symbolize on a deeper psychological level?Using Viktor Frankl’s famous quote - “Between stimulus and response there is a space…,” I reflect on how the pillars in cards like the High Priestess, Justice, the Hierophant, and even the Moon might represent
Collective Reading and Tarot Spread Workshop
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I walk you through one of my favorite creative tarot practices: building a tarot spread in real time and then using it for our collective month-ahead reading for May!Instead of starting with a pre-made spread, I decided to let the cards guide the questions. As a therapist, I’m used to being a professional question asker, so this felt like a natural way to
The Archetypal Moon & the Psychology of Perception through Tarot
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore the Moon archetype through the lens of perception, ambiguity, and psychological insight. I also get super personal about my early experiences as a therapist.This episode was inspired by pulling The Moon after not seeing it in my readings for quite some time. That experience opened the door to a flood of memories from my early days as a therapist
The Celtic Cross: A Collective Reading
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I continue my monthly collective-reading tarot series with the classic Celtic Cross spread for April, using the truly stunning and special Earth Magick Tarot. This month’s reading felt intense from the start with multiple Major Arcana appearing throughout the spread (six in total omg), the themes that surfaced centered around uncertainty, systemic instabil
The Psychology of the Court Cards: A Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Tarot Discussion
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I share what happened when I found myself in a creative slump and did what I often encourage others to do…just shuffle the cards and follow what shows up. What surfaced were court cards, which led me back to a recent workshop I created on understanding the Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings through the lens of psychosocial development and Jungian Psychoanal
Why is Everything F*cked? - A Collective Tarot Reading
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I’m kicking off March with a new series for the pod: a monthly collective tarot reading. A lot of you asked for more frequent check-ins after my 2026 year-ahead reading, and honestly… I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing this sooner. So, thank you for the suggestion!If you’ve been around my work for a while, you know I don’t read predictively. My relat
The Anatomy of a Good Tarot Question: How to Ask Better Questions for Deeper Readings
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore why asking better questions might be the most important tarot skill you can develop.As a psychotherapist, I often joke that I’m a “professional question asker.” It’s half joke, half truth because the arc of a therapy session (sometimes even the arc of an entire therapeutic relationship) can hinge on one well-timed, well-crafted question. And I’ve
Poisoning the Tarot Well: How Fear, Bias, and Conditioning Shape your Tarot Readings
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore a concept called “poisoning the well” and how it can inconspicuously shape the way we interpret tarot, often before we’ve even given the cards a fair chance to speak, or ourselves an opportunity to be curious about the card. Poisoning the well can happen when we learn to fear a card before encountering it in its specific context, which makes anyt
Stop Mothering the Tarot: Part tarot analysis, part cultural critique
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I'm exploring something that’s been stirring in me since a recent book club event inside The Symposium: the way we unconsciously project motherhood onto tarot’s female figures. After an insightful conversation in the book club (shoutout to Darcy for naming it so clearly: “Tarot doesn’t need another mother”), I couldn’t stop thinking about how often car
Collective Effervescence & the Three of Cups: The Emotional Power of Shared Experiences
In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I discuss an epiphany I had after pulling the Three of Cups. It led me to reflect on the feeling I have when I’m in the middle of a crowd at a concert. Or, back in the day, when I’d wait in line for hours to be front and center of the stage at the barricade. It was such a euphoric feeling, everyone sharing in excitement and joy at the same moment in time for
A Collective Tarot Reading for 2026: Nervous System Wisdom
In this last episode of 2025 for The Tarot Diagnosis, and I’m offering a collective reading using my annual New Year spread. This reading is for all of us - a shared reflection on what we’re carrying forward, what we’re releasing, and how we can meet the coming year with more awareness, regulation, and intention. At the center of the spread is our 2026 collective year card: The Wheel of Fortune,
The Year of the Wheel of Fortune
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore 2026 as a Wheel of Fortune year, with The Magician as its companion archetype - an invitation to step into the new year embracing change, adaptability, resilience, and meaningful participation. I keep returning to the idea of finding the center of the spinning wheel: not perfect stillness like we’re often led to believe we should be finding, but nervou
Time, Tarot, and the Nervous System
I’ve had “Timekeeper” by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals stuck in my head, and it sent me down a rabbit hole about how we experience time - psychologically, somatically, and through tarot. In this episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore why time isn’t a single, objective thing we all live the same way. Instead, our nervous systems, mental health, creativity, grief, and even neurodivergence sh
The Shadow of Being Seen: Tarot, Psychology, and Writing My First Book
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, I'm taking you behind the scenes of writing my new book, Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow (available for pre-order now, out December 8, 2025!).In this deeply personal episode, I share what happened the day I received my author copies: yes, including the moment I froze and couldn’t open the box. But more than that, I offer a director’s cut of the book itself - read
Roots of the Shadow: A pre-release chapter read through of Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, in honor of my upcoming book Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow, which releases on December 8, 2025, I’m reading a portion of chapter 2 (Roots of the Shadow) right here on the podcast.In Roots of the Shadow, I dive into the foundations of shadow work through a deeply therapeutic and psychologically grounded lens. I explore how Carl Jung’s original concept of the shadow
Celebration to Corruption: The Shadow of the Six of Wands
What if the real root of evil isn’t money, but power?This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, I take a deep, psychologically grounded look at the Six of Wands, a card typically associated with success and recognition, and reframe it through the lens of shadow work, power and control, neuroscience, and social dynamics.Inspired by a spread I pulled during a recent shadow workshop and influenced by curren
Blindfolds and Closed Eyes in Tarot: What Obscured Vision Really Symbolizes
What does it mean when tarot archetypes are blindfolded or their vision is obscured? In this week’s episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I explore the often over-looked symbolism of obscured vision in tarot - where sight is blocked, avoided, invited or even denied. Inspired by six cards (Two of Swords, Four of Swords, Eight of Swords, Nine of Swords, Ten of Wands, and Strength), I take a psychological
The Shadow of the People Pleaser: A Tarot Exploration
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, we’re exploring one of the most commonly misunderstood behaviors that exist in many of us: people-pleasing. Inspired by real conversations in the therapy room and the archetypal patterns of tarot, I explore people-pleasing through a trauma-informed, psychological, and tarot-based lens.While people-pleasing is often viewed as a virtue and praised as kindness or e
Tarot Therapy: Tarot as a Transitional Object, Space, & Phenomena
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, we’re getting delightfully nerdy. Inspired by a conversation with a dear friend, I explore tarot through the lens of developmental psychology, focusing specifically on Donald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects, transitional space, and transitional phenomena.Traditionally, transitional objects are things like blankets, stuffed animals, or toys that help
The Devil in Your Relationship: A Therapeutic Tarot Journey
After a rejuvenating break in nature, I'm back…and tarot wasted no time in offering a message that couldn’t be ignored. In this reflective episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I share how three cards - The Devil, The Three of Swords, and The Lovers - kept showing up across multiple decks, pointing to a powerful arc about relational stuck-ness, emotional pain, and the freedom of conscious choice.We
Archetypal Neuroscience: The Dopamine & Serotonin of Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I pulled two seemingly contradictory cards (the Knight of Wands and the Seven of Pentacles) and found myself reflecting on the very human tension between urgency and patience. At first glance, these archetypes appear at odds: one races forward, fiery and eager; the other waits, steadies, and tends. But beneath the surface, they share a common root: passion
It’s All in the Clouds: A Journey into Tarot Symbolism
When you think of the Wheel of Fortune, you might focus on the wheel itself - the chaos, the symbols, the turning of fate. But what about the soft, billowy clouds that frame the card?In this week’s episode of The Tarot Diagnosis, I take a journey into the symbolism of clouds in tarot, exploring how they quietly anchor some of the most profound archetypes in the deck. Far from being just background
Tarot Therapy: Why Changing Our Thoughts Doesn't Work - A DBT Approach
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m unpacking why “just think positive” advice often backfires and offering a more sustainable approach rooted in both Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and tarot. Together, we’ll explore why lasting change doesn’t start with your thoughts, and why it actually starts with your actions.I’ll walk you through how trauma wires the brain to anticipate harm, ho
Grief is Proof: Exploring Loss Through Tarot
[TW: Discussion of death, grief, suicide.] This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, I sit down with the Five of Cups and a whole host of other cards, but not in the way we usually expect. Instead of offering a clinical take or a tidy metaphor, this episode is more of a free-flowing love letter to the messiness of grief: the kind that arrives with dreams, dead batteries, wildflower fields, and the unshaka
The Shadow Spiral of the Swords: A Tarot Journey from the Five to Ten of Swords
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis, I had every intention of doing a neat little compare-and-contrast between the Five and Seven of Swords. But in true Swords fashion, what began as a tidy intellectual exploration turned into something much more raw, spiraling, and unexpectedly revealing.In this episode, I invite you into a descent through the second half of the Suit of Swords: from the Five through
The Abandoned Archetype as the Golden Shadow
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m unpacking the emotional aftermath of the Summer Solstice Summit and diving deep into one of the most powerful psychological and tarot-based concepts I explored there - the Golden Shadow, which I expand on as a type of abandoned archetype.I begin by reflecting on the special magick that unfolded during the Summer Solstice Summit and how a weekend meant
Judgement & Justice Demystified: A Therapeutic Tarot Breakdown
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m diving into the nuanced and often-confused archetypes of Judgment and Justice (especially for newer readers). Plus, these are two major arcana cards that are especially relevant given the state of the world. Fun fact: this episode was inspired by a listener request, and I went full nerd-mode by pulling out lots of books I thought had unique perspective
The Truth Behind the Two of Cups
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m sitting down with the Two of Cups, but not in the romanticized way we often think about with this card. Sure, this card speaks to connection, mutual care, and being seen, but in this episode, I’m more interested in what is hiding underneath all that sweet relational imagery. Inspired by a lively (and opinionated!) book club discussion inside The Sympos
Lazy or Liberated? The Four of Swords & Eight of Pentacles go to Therapy
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I invite you to step away from your Eight of Pentacles bench of productivity and join me on the stone slab with the Four of Swords - a card I kept circling back to while creating a workshop on the architecture of stability. After pulling the Eight of Pentacles (yet again) I realized this card that’s been following me around for two months now was in desper
Architecture of Stability: Tarot and Financial Wellness with Mimi Cirbusova
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I have a timely and tender conversation with my friend and favorite financial educator Mimi Cirbusova to explore what it means to find stability when the world feels like it’s crumbling. Whether it’s rising rent, global uncertainty, or emotional exhaustion, we’re all navigating something right now. This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reima
Damocles: A Jungian-Tarot Psychoanalysis of Sleep Token
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m stepping back into my music-journalist roots (yes, I share a tidbit of my personal lore in this episode haha) and I’m leaning hard on my therapist brain to do something I’ve been dying to do: a Jungian-tarot psychoanalysis of Sleep Token’s new single, “Damocles.” Beyond dissecting the song itself, this episode journeys into the artist’s mind and unpack
Tarot Therapy: The Psychodrama of Tarot & Witchcraft
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m continuing my monthly Tarot Therapy series by exploring a topic I’ve been wanting to discuss for ages: How tarot and witchcraft function as Psychodrama.Specifically, I explore how tarot and witchcraft can be understood and practiced through the lens of psychodrama, a powerful therapeutic method developed by Dr. Jacob Moreno. Psychodrama is essentially
The Wounded Caretaker: A Tarot Exploration
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast I’m exploring a delicate identity that many people carry without ever naming: the wounded caretaker. Inspired by a social media trend that says, “I probably just needed a hug, so I became a therapist,” this episode takes a deep dive into the lifelong emotional patterns that develop when we’re asked to care for others before we’re ready…and before we've
Gaslighting, Over-Explaining, and the Page of Swords in Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m discussing a tender and often overlooked habit many of us carry: over-explaining. In this episode, I explore the psychological roots of this behavior through the lens of the Page of Swords, an archetype that is curious, alert, and sometimes altered by experiences of gaslighting or a lack of conflict resolution.We’ll unpack how early experiences with
Tending to Our Parts with Tarot
I’m doing something a little different this week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast! I’m re-releasing an episode from a few years ago on Tarot and Parts Work, where I get nerdy about the therapeutic model of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Jungian Depth Psychology through the lens of tarot.I have a few reasons for this: First, there’s been a surge of interest in this intersection, so I want to bring
Tarot Therapy: The Wands & Motivational Interviewing
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m continuing the new Tarot Therapy series, where I explore tarot through the lens of therapeutic theories and modalities. In this episode, I’m nerding out about Motivational Interviewing (MI) and the Suit of Wands and uncovering how the fiery energy of Wands aligns perfectly with the psychology of change, motivation, and burnout.At its core, Motivational
Why is Toxic so Intoxicating? | Understanding Relationship Dynamics with Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I explore how the brain’s dopamine system drives us to feel intoxicated by toxic relationships. Inspired by conversations with clients, I discuss the science behind intermittent reinforcement and how tarot cards like The Devil and the Two of Swords reversed perfectly mirror these psychological patterns. Join me as I walk you through the neurobiological and
The Cognitive Magic of Tarot: A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Brooks
This week onThe Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m wading into the intersection of tarot and cognition with Dr. Thomas Brooks, a research psychologist, educator, and tarot enthusiast. Together, we explore how tarot fosters cognitive flexibility, promotes self-reflection, and helps us hold complex dualities.We discuss the power of projection, the role of archetypes like The Emperor, and how pattern recog
Tarot by Omission: What's NOT in Your Spread?
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am nerding out! I explore the concept of Tarot by Omission: what it means when a particular suit or archetype is missing from a reading, and how that absence can guide deeper self-exploration.
To bring this concept to life, I introduce a fictional, therapeutic case study, analyzing a tarot spread where Cups and Swords are absent, revealing deeper emo
Tarot Therapy: Aces & The Stages of Change
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am introducing a brand-new series—Tarot Therapy! In this series, I’m returning to the foundation of my work, where I explore tarot through the lens of psycho-therapeutic models and theory. Each episode in this series will dive into a different psychological theory and/ or therapeutic model, blending them with tarot to deepen self-awareness and of cours
The Year of The Hermit
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m exploring the collective and personal energy of 2025, a year ruled by The Hermit. From a numerological perspective, 2025 reduces to 9, aligning us with the wisdom, solitude, and introspection of this archetype.
In this episode, I reflect on key elements of The Hermit—the lantern, staff, cloak, and the path they walk—all offering us unique insights
Who I was, Who I am, Who I am becoming
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m reflecting on the last year and my personal relationship to vulnerability. A few weeks ago, we reached the 150th episode of this podcast, and I’ve been quietly contemplating the journey that brought us here. To those of you who have been with me since the beginning, and to the newer listeners who’ve joined along the way—thank you. Your support and en
Tarot for Creativity with Chelsey Pippin-Mizzi
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I sit down with one of my favorite creators, Chelsey Pippin-Mizzi, to explore her latest book, Tarot for Creativity. Chelsey and I discuss how this book is more than just a tool for creativity, but a guide for personal curiosity and self-exploration. Listen in as we both work through a spread and get nerdy about the Death card and the Eight of Pentacles.
Intuitive Manifesting with Brigit Esselmont of Biddy Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am sitting down with Brigit Esselmont, the founder of Biddy Tarot and the best-selling author of Everyday Tarot. Brigit just released her latest book, Intuitive Manifesting, a practical guide to using your intuition to supercharge your manifestations.
In this episode, Brigit and I spend time exploring the intersection of manifestation, intuition, and
Stories we Don't Share: Tarot for Ancestral Shadows & Family Narratives
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am highlighting the hidden narratives that shape our lives: the unspoken family stories and ancestral shadows that influence us in ways we might not even realize. Inspired by my clinical work (especially during the holiday season), the collection of essays What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, and my recent workshop on ancestral shadows (available for
Do no harm, take no sh*t: Processing Collective Grief with Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I felt compelled to approach the podcast a bit differently. Like many of you, I’ve been sitting with a deep sense of grief and uncertainty, and I knew it didn’t feel right to just dive into a typical episode without acknowledging that shared weight. So today, I’m letting tarot guide the conversation.
I pulled three powerful and pertinent cards: The Whe
Pages of the Past
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I explore how the Pages of the tarot function as symbols of childhood and early adolescence—key stages when our shadows first form. This episode highlights how each Page represents different childhood experiences and shadow traits. I also walk listeners through an interactive exercise called “Pages of the Past.” Plus, I share a clinical anecdote about us
Monsters & The Psychic Terrain {A Spooky Discussion with Candis Green}
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am diving deep into the intersection of horror, monsters, and mental health in celebration of spooky season. I’m joined by special guest and fellow therapist Candis Green, host of the Mental Health is Horrifying podcast, who is an expert on horror and mental health.
We have a nerdy and enlightening conversation exploring how horror films and monster
Functions of the Shadow: Complexes & Projections
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am exploring two important functions of the shadow: complexes and projections. Inspired by recent talks, presentations, and my upcoming book on shadow work (to be published by Weiser in Fall 2025), this episode highlights how the shadow, tarot, and psychology intersect.
Throughout the episode I discuss The Star as a shadow, the Six of Pentacles as a
Coping with the News: With Journalist Daylina Miller
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, Daylina Miller, a seasoned journalist and secular witch, joins the conversation to explore the delicate balance between staying informed and protecting mental health in the midst of the 24/7 news cycle. Together, we unpack how to gauge your limits, regulate your nervous system, and avoid the trap of doomscrolling—all while honoring the privilege and resp
The Culmination of Suffering: An Analysis of the Ten of Swords
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am analyzing the symbolism of the Ten of Swords, focusing on its representation of fear, judgment, and self-sabotage.
I explore how this card encapsulates the culmination of suffering and defeat, not only from external forces but often from our own internalized fears. This episode looks at self-sabotage behaviors driven by the dread of being perceiv
The Value of Neutrality in Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am exploring a concept that has been infiltrating several of my therapy sessions this past month - the idea of neutrality.
We can sometimes find ourselves emotionally charged when confronted with challenging cards like The Tower, Three of Swords, or The Emperor. These immediate reactions can cloud our judgment and hinder the insightful guidance that ta
Tarot & Cognitive Distortions
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I'm having a bit of nerdy fun by exploring the top nine cognitive distortions I have been seeing inside my therapy practice. Surprise, but no surprise, I pull a TON of swords along with several reversed majors. Check out the cognitive distortions below and tune in to the episode to see which cards show up for each distortion!
All-or-Nothing Thinking:
The Truth about Spiritual Bypassing
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I was inspired by a facetious conversation inside The Symposium about how you could use tarot as a form of marketing (e.g., Want to go from the Ten of Swords to the Ace of Cups?) I sat on this conversation for a while because it did strike a cord - but I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to explore it. Then it hit me - this felt a lot like spiritual bypassing
The Burden of Healing
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I explore the challenges and rewards of seeking deep, meaningful connections in a fast-paced, often superficial world. Inspired by the King of Cups and the Ten of Wands, tarot helps me discuss the burden of healing, the desire for depth, and the paradox of increased self-awareness.
Join me as I navigate the complexities of relationship dynamics and the i
The Golden Shadow
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m pulling cards to the concept of the golden shadow, a lesser-known aspect of Carl Jung’s theory of the shadow. While the idea of the shadow and shadow work is well-known and often discussed in the realms of tarot and psychology, the golden shadow highlights the positive traits and potentials we might have repressed or ignored.
Throughout this episode,
How a Therapist Reads Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m getting candid about reading tarot as a therapist and how fascinating that intersection is to be hanging out in. This is an exciting and intimate episode where I share a real reading with all of you. I felt like it was important to show how a therapist might approach the cards with a real world example.
So, get ready to be a fly on the wall as I pull
Tarot in Pop Culture
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, Erin Jones is back to explore the representation of tarot in pop culture, as well as the benefit of looking at tarot as a neutral entity. Join us as we talk about how tarot is represented in film and media - specifically the new horror film “Tarot” (there are spoilers in this conversation) and how we feel about the surge of tarot popularity.
We open the
Navigating Gender: A Tarot Exploration
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m sitting down with The Gender Doula, Eli Lawliet, PhD. Eli (he/him) is the dreamer and weaver of The Gender Doula. In addition to a decade of experience researching trans healthcare, law, policy, and history, he has formal training as a full spectrum doula, breathwork facilitator, and tarot reader, as well as many years of surviving the world of pover
I Can Do it With a Broken Heart
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m doing something I have never done before. I am exploring tarot through the lens of music - specifically the iconic Taylor Swift. Swift recently took the world by storm (as she always does) not just via her Eras world tour, but by dropping a (double) album in the midst of the tour.
Admittedly, I have never been a Swiftie and only recently started list
Tarot & Social Psychology
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m getting nerdy and exploring the topic of Tarot and Social Psychology. I spend time dissecting the concepts of power, authority, conformity, and prejudice through the lens of tarot archetypes and then I dive into the world of attitudes and actions.
I guide listeners through an enlightening exercise I first introduced to members of The Tarot Diagnosis
Tarot for Your Existential Crisis
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m getting existential. There’s been an uptick in discussion in my therapy practice around the concept of death, the meaning of life, and existential dread. So, naturally I’m turning to tarot to help me examine, ponder, and even come to terms with my own existential dread.
The Five of Cups, Queen of Swords, Hanged Man, Two of Wands, and Nine of Cups all
Individuation with The World
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m back after a short hiatus with the anchor of The World. I reflect personally on what this card represents for me as I feel like I’m very much in the middle of a World moment - a lot of culmination, completion, and new beginnings swirling around me. All of which is why I have been rather quiet on social media and the podcast the last few months. I since
Judgement: A True Awakening
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am joined by author and artist Monica Bodirsky. Together we traverse the world of Judgement and explore how powerful language can be when it comes to tarot and the importance of using our *discretion* when it comes to not only how we interpret the cards, but also the words, meanings, and associations we assign to them.
Monica Bodirsky is an artist, autho
Shadow Work with Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I invite you to step into the transformative practice of Shadow Work, guided by the symbolism of The Sun card. Unpacking the teachings of Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, I explore how the shadow encompasses suppressed fears, desires, and insecurities within us. Contrary to common misconceptions, the shadow isn't inherently dark; it also encompasses lighte
The Moon: The intersection of Astrology & Tarot
This week’s episode is a break from tarot heavy content and instead taking a step into the world of astrology – specifically the role of the moon and our moon sign.
I’m joined by astrologer and psychic medium Alexander Kriech who shares his wisdom and experience with us and guides us through the importance of the moon and what it means for each of us.
Alex sheds light on how the moon can represe
Healing the Mother Wound
It is so nice to be back recording some episodes. This has been a weird month for me - you probably noticed episodes have been inconsistent and I’ve been rather quiet on social media. Unfortunately, I was insanely sick for nearly three weeks, but I’m finally coming out the other side and experiencing some glimpses of energy again.
This week, I explore generational trauma, focusing on the Mother Wo
The Perfectionist's Paradox: Exploring Overcontrol with RO-DBT & Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I am joined by fellow therapist Emilea Richardson from Sparrow Therapy and we work to navigate the intricate terrain of perfectionism and overcontrol, while discussing how Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) and tarot insights can illuminate our path towards greater self-acceptance and authentic living. Remember, the journey towards embrac
Coping with Tower Moments
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we’re holding space for Tower moments. I explore the concept of coping with Tower moments - tips to process your own Tower moments and how to support others who may be experiencing a difficult time.
Listeners will get a glimpse into what it’s like using tarot with a therapy client as I share a real therapeutic example of using my “Coping with Tower Momen
Tarot & Attachment Styles
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m exploring the world of Attachment Theory through the lens of tarot!
I start off anchoring us with The Devil archetype and then lead us on a journey into Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized, and Secure attachment styles. To explore these concepts, I spend time working with The Moon, Nine of Swords, Four of Cups, Eight of Cups, Queen of Swords, Two of Cups,
Terrible Tarot: A Conversation with Annie Buell
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m stepping into the world of social media tarot readers with Annie Buell aka Moonlight Medium who you might know from TikTok (check them out here).
We’ve all been scrolling and come across some questionable readings before. Annie was noticing an alarming amount of these on TikTok and started two series to help educate folks on “Terrible Tarot” an
The Psychology of Temperance & Strength
Welcome back to a new year of The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast! This week I’m exploring the symbolism of the Temperance archetype while also finding where it intersects with the Strength card - as it’s the card of 2024.
Throughout the episode, I draw parallels between Temperance and psychological concepts like self-regulation, radical acceptance, and change, which we see in therapeutic modalities such
Death and Transformation
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m pulling cards and offering a raw and vulnerable glimpse into what this last year has been like personally and professionally. From surgery, to a farewell - I touch on everything that has made this year what it was through the lens of Death as our anchor.
The World, 8 of Cups, and King of Pentacles emerge first as reflections of the year and have me
Leaving the Church & Finding Tarot
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I’m joined by Cami Ostman - a former Internal Family Systems therapist who has journeyed away from organized religion, into tarot and therapy, and now into storytelling.
Cami vulnerably explores her experience of entering and exiting a fundamental religion, how pivotal tarot has been in her personal healing journey, and how she has transitioned from o
The Cards You're Dealt: A Conversation with Theresa Reed aka The Tarot Lady
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, Theresa Reed (aka @thetarotlady) joins me to discuss life’s most difficult moments and her new latest book “The Cards You’re Dealt - How To Deal When Life Gets Real.” Our conversation explores grief, loss, tragedy, and the role tarot can play in helping us to navigate life's difficulties.
Theresa and I touch on societal pressures, why we often neg
Logic & Magic: Finding Harmony in Opposition
This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I tackle a topic I think many of you have pondered yourselves. How do we find harmony while we’re rooted in logic, but long for magic?
A Symposium member reached out to me recently and posed an insightful question. I had already planned on doing some work with The Hanged Man this week, and I felt her question paired so well with that anchor.
I begin the
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