258. MONTHLY MEDICINE: April is Declining the Invitation

Happy, blessed Beltane everyone! So grateful to be here with you all for another month and -- of course -- another Monthly Medicine episode of the pod!  The theme for May is Contemplate, a valid and appropriate energetic response to the intensity of April, where there was a huge amount of excavation and unearthing of old sludge that was ready to be processed and cleared. Now, we are standing at the gates of a new cycle with a lot more space for creation, movement, and life to flow through us. If we can work with the invitation to contemplate -- to reflect on what's present for us, as well as our potential resistances, fears, and blockages around that -- it will help us to move to the next stage of our lives.  Our Soul Tarot Reading for May Card for the month ahead: King of Wands RX and Four of Swords RX How the month will feel to us: Six of Cups Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Nine of Swords RX What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: Page of Swords An Aligned Action to take: Knight of Cups RX Transcript can be found on Spotify! LINKS:  Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Whew, this month is a doozy! April roots us fully and firmly into the heart of Aries season on the wings of an Eclipse season and Mercury stationing retrograde.  Our theme for the month of April is Declining the Invitation. We're not saying no to everything, or bypassing what matters. We're being invited into a space of deep reflection and review this month (hello Merc Rx & Eclipse szn), and as such, we cannot afford to put anything extra on our plate -- including unhelpful stories, untrue narratives, or pursuing stuff that's either a no or a not right now. Trusting in ourselves and the unfolding of things, as well as being extremely gentle with ourselves, is the order of the month ahead.  Our Soul Tarot Reading for April Card for the month ahead: The Lovers How the month will feel to us: Three of Swords How can we marry these two things together?: The Tethered One Deepest lesson of the month ahead: The Hermit What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: Six of Pentacles An Aligned Action to take: Four of Cups What we’re being invited to make space for and welcome in: Seven of Wands Transcript can be found on Spotify! LINKS:  Tarot for the Wild Soul Course is coming back -- with weekly live Q&A and practice calls! Enrollment opens on 4/9, click here to learn all about the course: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/tarot-for-the-wild-soul-course  Our Full & Partial Scholarship Applications for TFTWS Course will be open from 4/1 to 4/5! Click to apply or to learn more: https://lindsaymack.typeform.com/to/if7mgzOT Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Welcome to a new Monthly Medicine, loves!  March always represents a powerful turning point on the wheel of the year, as it is the gateway into which we exit Pisces season (and all that that previous cycle represented and held for us) and enter a new astrological year on the wings of Aries season. Between that threshold and our first Eclipse of 2024, this March is shaping up to be quite momentous.  Our theme for the month of March is Fullness. We're being invited to explore a few things around that theme: 1. the "fullness," zenith, or completion point of this cycle we've been in, and allowing that to be a jumping off point for deeper reflection about what we want to grow and foster on the other side, and 2. how to open to a greater sense of fullness and fulfillment around our own well being this month and beyond.  Our Soul Tarot Reading for March Card for the month ahead: Queen of Pentacles How the month will feel to us: The Magician How can we marry these two cards together?: Ace of Wands Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Nine of Swords What we’re being invited to pay attention to most: King of Swords An aligned action to take: The High Priestess What we’re being invited to make space for and welcome in: The Emperor Transcript can be found on Spotify! LINKS:  Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Today on the podcast we dive into two beautiful questions sent in to us by listeners: how can we trust in, and surrender to deep healing with The Star card when we have trauma around rest, and how can we square receiving Ten of Cups during a period of deep loneliness?  Transcript available on Spotify! LINKS:  The Rewilding the Tarot early bird discount sale is happening from now until 2/20! To learn more or to dive in: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/rewilding-the-tarot-early-bird-discount Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to tarotforthewildsoul.com Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Happy Imbolc/Lughnasadh, loves!  Our theme for the month of February is Warming. Things are beginning to warm, quicken, and stir this month. Indeed, much of the 8/Strength energy that we're going to be cycling through in 2024 is starting to come online. The seeds we've been sowing are coming to fruit, and we're opening to some newfound excitement and fresh energy in February. Our work will be to hold ourselves with gentleness and compassion through the expansions and contractions of the cycle ahead -- to root into our most restorative practices, and open to the supports (both internal and external) that feel the most accessible to us.  Our Soul Tarot Reading for February Card for the month ahead: The High Priestess How will this quickening of the pace feel: Death Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Nine of Swords What’s asking for our attention most: Nine of Cups What’s being cleared out: Seven of Cups What’s cycling in: Knight of Wands Transcript can be found on Spotify! LINKS:  A brand new version of Rewilding the Tarot (my Level One Soul Tarot training) is opening for enrollment next week! For full & partial scholarship application info, pricing, syllabus and more, click here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/rewilding-the-tarot Sign up for the newsletter to take advantage of our incredibly early bird discount for Rewilding the Tarot, happening from February 13 to the 20th: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Today on the podcast, we dive into three different questions, all centered on the same inquiry: how can we make peace with difficult, challenging, or disappointing card pulls around the year ahead? Together, we dive into how to begin to do this, and how this practice can serve to widen our capacity to remain present with difficult things happening outside of our Tarot practice.  Transcript available on Spotify! LINKS:  Sign up for Soul Tarot 101 (with a live Q&A happening on January 20th!): https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/soul-tarot-101 Sign up for Tarot Anchoring, my brand new live workshop happening on January 27th: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/tarot-anchoring Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Please consider donating to Healing our Homeland and to Meca, two organizations that are providing on the ground support to Gaza Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Happy New Year, Wild Souls! We are finally here in 2024 -- a profoundly transformative and powerful year -- and January's energetic invitation is greeting us as warmly and as potently as we could possibly wish for.  Our theme for the month is Beloved. January is a big month with a lot of strong invitations. We are really being asked to clear the deck, to look at things with fresh eyes, and to set down some new intentions. How can we be a beloved to ourselves as we navigate these things? How can we center our wellbeing and what our body and being are longing for as we do so? How would that change what we said yes or no to?  Our Soul Tarot Reading for January Card for the month ahead: Two of Pentacles Deepest lesson of the month ahead: Four of Wands & Ten of Wands What’s asking for our attention most: The Lovers An action to take, if any: Ace of Wands What’s being cleared out: Death What’s cycling in: Ace of Pentacles Transcript can be found on Spotify! LINKS:  Enrollment for The Threshold ends on Friday, January 5th! Sign up to take advantage of this offering before it goes away: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-threshold-2024 Sign up for Soul Tarot 101 (with a live Q&A happening on January 20th!): https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/soul-tarot-101 Sign up for Tarot Anchoring, my brand new live workshop happening on January 27th: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/tarot-anchoring Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Today on the pod, we have the amazing Jeff Hinshaw with us to chat about all things 2024 and do a little channeled reading for your year ahead. Enjoy! Jeff and Lindsay's Reading, cast from Tarot of the Holy Spectrum and Cosmic Cousins Astro Oracle:  Fire Signs: Queen of Pentacles & Mars Earth Signs: Judgement & Interpersonal Awareness Air Signs: Ace of Wands & 7th House Water Signs: The Hierophant & Cosmic Sea Goat North Star cards for the collective: Ace of Cups & Scorpio’s Esoteric Phrase Transcript available on Spotify! LINKS:  Sign up for The Threshold, Lindsay's best-selling channeled download on 2024 and your year ahead: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-threshold-2024 Sign up for Soul Tarot 101, a deep dive course on the ABC's of Soul Tarot with a live Q&A with Lindsay on 1/20/24! https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/soul-tarot-101 Sign up for Tarot Anchoring, a three hour live workshop with Lindsay on 1/27/24 on the art and practice of Tarot Anchors: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/tarot-anchoring Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Jeff's Links: Learn more about Jeff Hinshaw, sign-up for their Newsletter, and tune into their Podcast – Cosmic Cousins on: iTunes, Spotify, or Podbean.  Jeff also posts on Instagram, offers Astrology and Tarot Mentorships, and Astrology Readings.  In addition, join the waitlist for the second edition of the Cosmic Cousins Astro Oracle deck, set to be released this coming Spring 2024. — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

Today on the pod, we dive into The Nines of the Tarot, looking at how they can be of tremendous benefit to us in big or pivotal personal moments. The Nines invite us to come home to ourselves and respond to an inner need. Through our willingness to do so -- to be present with that part of ourselves -- we shift and transform, opening roads in our lives to new destinations. In today's episode, we will dive into The Nines, The Hermit, and how to work with these energies in practical, heart-led ways. Transcript available on Spotify! LINKS:  Sign up for The Threshold, Lindsay's best-selling channeled download on 2024 and your year ahead: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-threshold-2024 Sign up for Spiralic Tarot: Winter to Summer! Enrollment closes on 12/19/23: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/spiralic-tarot-winter-to-summer-2024 Sign up for Soul Tarot 101, a deep dive course on the ABC's of Soul Tarot with a live Q&A with Lindsay on 1/20/24! https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/soul-tarot-101 Sign up for Tarot Anchoring, a three hour live workshop with Lindsay on 1/27/24 on the art and practice of Tarot Anchors: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/tarot-anchoring Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.

December is a bridge month, helping to usher us from 2023 -- a Chariot year, full of questions, liminality, and unknowns -- to 2024 -- a Strength year, full of illumination, clarity, and empowered, heart center action.  Our theme for the month is Shift. A big shift is happening for us right now, personally and collectively. Our job will be to surrender to it, work with it, and stay connected to our hearts in the midst of it.  Our Soul Tarot Reading for December Card for the month ahead: WHEEL OF FORTUNE Deepest lesson for the month ahead: EIGHT OF PENTACLES What can we offer and devote our attention to? TWO OF CUPS How can we tend to ourselves best this month? FOUR OF WANDS The card helping us to shift from 2023 to 2024? SIX OF CUPS Read the transcript: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/episodes-transcripts/ep-250-december-is-shift CW: challenges around parenthood, illness, pet loss, grief, death, trauma, anxiety, challenges around navigating neurodivergence, and hypervigilance LINKS:  Learn about The Threshold and our upcoming Wild Soul Holiday Sale, happening from Monday, December 4 -- Friday, December 8th! https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/wild-soul-holiday-sale Learn more about Lindsay and dive into all of their courses, journal posts, and free resources by going to https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/mailing-list Got Q's for Lindsay to answer on the podcast and beyond? Ask them here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ask-lindsay Download the (free!) Ultimate Soul Tarot Card Guide here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/the-ultimate-soul-tarot-card-guide WEBSITE: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/ — PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST TRANSCRIPTIONISTS: Meghan Lyman, Annelise Feliu, Terri Wanjiku, Valerie Cochran PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast episode was recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe.