Anatomy of the Aura, Setting Intuitive Boundaries, & Embodying the Hierophant with Eliza Swann
Release Date: 11/18/2020
How to Get the Most from Tarot Spreads
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In Episode 70 of Living Tarot, I wrap up season two of Living Tarot looking at how you can get the most from reading tarot spreads. While spreads aren’t for everyone, they are a great way to expand from single cards readings and start to go deeper on topics that you need more robust information about. I walk through a simple three-card spread including where to start and how to see the story in the spread. I explain how to zoom out and look at the larger themes of the spread to get even more information. I give examples of common misconceptions about spreads and how to...
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How To Stop People Pleasing With Tarot
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In Episode 69 of Living Tarot, I dive into some easy ways to check in with your core desires and differentiate between those and what is expected of you. I walk through two separate tarot spreads that can help differentiate between personal desire and external pressures. I also dive into embodying the judgment card as a means to draw your true desires out into the light. You can join me over my Instagram for walk-throughs of these spreads. Connect with Sheila: Join my email list and get my Tarot for Anxiety spread To book a career tarot reading or distance energy...
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Cultivating Self-Love through Tarot and Intuition
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In episode 68 of Living Tarot, I talk about the connection between intuition and self-love. Though self-love has become a bit of a wellness buzzword, the role that intuition plays in helping us trust ourselves can’t be understated. I talk about using tarot as a tool to cultivate and reflect on that connection. I share some signals cards that can show us when we are being inauthentic or untrue to ourselves. I also share some card archetypes for us to embody and use as an anchor as we learn to cultivate this connection. Connect with Sheila: Join my email list and get my...
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Grounding Practices for Chaotic Times
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On Episode 67 of Living Tarot, I dive back into maintaining our connection to intuition through grounding practices. This episode pairs closely with last week’s episode about changes in intuition over the course of the pandemic. I discuss some ideas for reconnecting with your body and the importance of doing so in order to contextualize and recognize how intuition works for us in daily life. I share some tarot questions to help you connect deeper to your body. Connect with Sheila: Join my email list and get my Tarot for Anxiety spread To book a career tarot...
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Managing Shifts in Intuition in Uncertain Times
Living Tarot
On Episode 66 of Living Tarot, I talk all about some of the changes I’ve experienced in my intuition since the start of the pandemic. Shifts in intuition are common even when the outside world isn’t so chaotic but they are particularly hard to navigate with so much external uncertainty. I talk all about reaccessing where you are with your intuitive process and how to set new, more supportive boundaries. I also discuss some processes for clearing your energy and finding the support you need to set new energetic boundaries. Connect with Sheila: Join my email list and...
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Creativity as a Birthright with Emily Prentice
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In Episode 65 of Living Tarot, I have a great conversation with Emily Prentice about all things creative. Emily, is an illustrator, fiber artist, and creative facilitator living in West Virginia. Emily’s work often shifts and changes, but it always revolves around the basics building blocks of visual art: the colors, shapes, and symbols that connect us to everything else. Emily leads creative study groups that take artistic explorers to the underworld and outer space and many places in between. She runs a snail-mail art service which sends chromatically themed packages to the color curious....
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Embodying the Lovers Card in 2022
Living Tarot
In episode 64 of Living Tarot, I talk all about some of the major themes of the Lover Card since 2022 is a Lovers Card year. I speak to some of the themes that we dealt with last year in a hierophant year and how we can bring those lessons into 2022. I explain how to lean into the energy of the lovers to develop healthy relationships with the people you love and also with yourself. I also share how to calculate your personal card of the year and how to assess how that card works with the Lovers card energy. Connect with Sheila: Join my email list and get my Tarot...
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2022 Astrological Forecast Part 2 with Davis Carr
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In episode 63 of Living Tarot, Davis Carr finishes out the 2022 Astrological forecast. Davis Carr is a consulting astrologer and tarot reader based in the traditional and unceded Algonquin territory (Ottawa, Canada). Davis uses astrology to help fellow creative, burnt-out, over-achieving humans better understand who they are and how to navigate life's challenges. Her tarot readings provide the clarity and guidance her clients need to move forward, make important decisions, or simply get some reassurance that they are on the right path. Davis shares some of the big takeaways for eclipse...
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2022 Astrological Forecast Part 1 with Davis Carr
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In episode 62 of Living Tarot, I host my friend Davis Carr for a look at the Astrological forecast for the first part of 2022. Davis Carr is a consulting astrologer and tarot reader based in the traditional and unceded Algonquin territory (Ottawa, Canada). Davis uses astrology to help fellow creative, burnt-out, over-achieving humans better understand who they are and how to navigate life's challenges. Her tarot readings provide the clarity and guidance her clients need to move forward, make important decisions, or simply get some reassurance that they are on the right path. Davis...
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2021 Year End Wrap Up
Living Tarot
2021 was another hectic and overwhelming year. In episode 61 of Living Tarot, I dive into some of my biggest takeaways from this past year. I discuss some of the biggest personal and business changes that I’ve experienced this year and how freeing myself from some of the stories I’ve historically told about myself has freed me up for more joy throughout 2021. Living Tarot has been one of my favorite projects of the past two years and this episode is a reflection on the evolution of not just the podcast and my business but also me as a person. Connect with Sheila: Join...
info_outlineOn episode 21 of Living Tarot, I interview Eliza Swann. Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, intuitive, writer, educator, and community organizer based in Los Angeles and New York. Eliza received a BA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MFA from Central St. Martins in London. She has trained in hypnotherapy at the Isis Centre in England. Additionally, she has trained with a number of teachers in energy healing, Western Mystery traditions, Vedic cosmology and ancestral healing. Eliza has guest lectured at UCLA, the Hammer Museum, the San Francisco Art Institute, Central St Martins, Cal Arts, the Dia Museum, the New School and many more venues and is currently a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute. Her book “The Anatomy of the Aura” was released by St. Martin’s Press in April 2020. Eliza is the founder of The Golden Dome School, a curatorial and educational platform that studies intersections of art, metaphysics and ecology.
- We had a great discussion about what it's really like to see auras and read them in daily life.
- Eliza talked about the ethics involved in aura reading and how boundaries play an important part not just in managing your energy as a practitioner but in protecting your client from trauma or embarrassment.
- We discuss the importance of good energy hygiene in your own energy field and your home.
- We also talk about how you can change your aura based on what you need on a particular day or what kind of energy you would like to approach your day with.
- Finally we talk about the different ways that intuition shows up and how people can become more aware of their aura and the auras the feel and energy they exchange with the people around them.
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Connect with Sheila:
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Connect with Eliza:
Book a reading with Eliza at https://elizaswann.as.me/schedule.php or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thecircularserpent/
Learn more about Golden Dome School or take classes with Eliza here - https://golden-dome.org/