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I recently engaged in a little Tarot deck “hygiene” by putting aside my most commonly used decks. They’re well-seasoned like a cast iron pan. Instead, I pulled out all the Tarot decks that were gathering energetic dust in my drawer. I did this with a question in mind: do any of my other decks have…
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When I was drowning in my own career transitions, questioning everything I thought I knew about professional success, I needed so much more than a candle spell. What I needed was to figure out who the hell I was becoming. And how to get out of my own way. That’s the piece I want to…
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You’re never fully at work. You’re never fully at home. You’re perpetually in the threshold — and the threshold was never meant to be a dwelling place.
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This post is part of the Scarab Codes series, where ancient wisdom meets practical strategy for building something that actually feels like yours. I need to have a word with you about the 10th House. If you’ve ever Googled “astrology and career,” you’ve probably landed on some version of this: Look at your Midheaven! Your…
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Welcome Aboard… the Flying Dutchman You boarded this ship because it came with certain promises, stated right in the contract: fair pay, benefits, and a crew. But it turns out that you’ve actually boarded the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship that is cursed to sail forever, never reaching port. Welcome aboard to your toxic corporate…
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Transforming professional disappointments into creative fuel for your next chapter In every major career or life transition, you have to face what you lost. Because it’s not just the job, is it? It’s not just the title, the pay, the people you loved working with, the things you learned, or the routine. On the flip…
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We are all descended from an Irish Queen. I’ve been playing with my Ancestry.com family tree for a couple of years now. Most records for my grandparents, Polish and German immigrants, end in the 1800s. But every so often new small bits are available: a census document, an obituary that’s no longer behind a paywall.…
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Rebuilding a world that’s collapsing requires new kinds of leaders — and the Tarot has 22 of them. We are living through a moment of profound transition. Old systems are cracking. Old economies are wobbling. Old models of leadership are failing in real time. Whether you’re leading a team, a business, a community, or simply…
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A guide to re-emergence after life’s great transitions — with journal prompts, a Tarot spread, and a guided meditation with Goddess Isis. The Clearing You’ve arrived somewhere you didn’t expect. Maybe the job ended. Not with a dignified exit, but with a Zoom call and a cardboard box’s worth of dignity. Maybe the caregiving ended,…
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Your resurrection after corporate spiritual death won’t be about recovering your 22-year-old self or returning to some idealized past version of who you were. You’ve gained too much wisdom, come too far, and seen too much to turn back the clock. But what you can do is acknowledge what was lost, and gather back the authentic expressions…
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What happens when divine guidance doesn’t match your self-image? Picture this: You’re crashed on a friend’s futon in Osaka after a night of sake and karaoke. Normal dreams, nothing fancy. Until a literal God tears open your dreamscape, yanks you into another dimension, and introduces you to a Goddess you’ve never heard of. That’s what…
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What would it mean to embody the Lady of Slaughter in your career? I resisted Sekhmet for years. As a Pacific Northwest forest girly who plays druids and clerics in video games, who writes poetry and loves word witchery, who imagined herself more hobbit than warrior…. a bloodthirsty lioness goddess just didn’t fit my “aesthetic.”…
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5 cards to help you rise from the foam and remember who you are I recently wrote a post about the power of working with Aphrodite, Venus, or other Love Goddesses when you’re working in corporate or high stress environments. I wanted to expand on this with some practical magic, and share a quick and…
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When your job is crushing your soul, the Lover of Smiles might be exactly who you need to call. A few weeks before my son was born, I flew to Cyprus to pray to Aphrodite. I knelt in the ruins of her temple in Pafos, my pregnant belly pressing against ancient stones, and asked her…
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I was my mom’s third child, and my dad’s first. As a gift to him, she gave him full creative freedom to name me: first and middle. After a couple weeks of thought, my dad settled on Deitrich if I were a boy, and Brenda if I were a girl. My middle name is a…
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While others debate whether it’s too late, you’re busy being the proof that another way is possible. Every regenerative, ethical, future-forward business launched, every creative project, every community built on care instead of extraction – this is sacred rebellion against despair. Instead of false hope, let’s express hope with our hands. Hope that works with…
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Stop letting overwhelm kill your dreams. Here’s how the Sacred Elements can organize your chaos. One of the unexpected consequences of taking a magnificent risk — of embarking on the quest to be an entrepreneur, author, or artist — is the sudden loss of direction. When you’re just thinking about taking the leap, everything feels clear. You…
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When corporate burnout in tech becomes so severe that you don’t recognize yourself anymore, sometimes the path to healing lies not in quitting and running off to Japan (though… I did do that later), but in spiritual recovery that can happen alongside your career. One afternoon, I was in the garden weeding after a particularly…
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It’s 2018 and I am stuck in my doorway. I’m literally standing there. It’s 7:00 in the morning. I’m wearing my freshly ironed pants, a new crisp collared shirt. I’m holding a travel mug of coffee in one hand, my keys in the other. I have a big handbag of all my onboarding materials for…
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I assume I’m not the only one who has noticed how the wellness industry has turned manifestation into individual wish-fulfillment. The message seems to be: “Manifest your dream life! Attract abundance! Get everything you want!” Very real magical workings have been given an almost narcissistic paintjob. From switching timelines to creating a new identity for…