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The Archetypal Tarot Podcast
The Archetypal Tarot Podcast
Author: Julienne Givot and Cyndera Quackenbush
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The Archetypal Tarot Podcast explores the universal archetypal patterns of the Tarot uncovering provocative mythology for the 21st century. We often feature conversations with teachers, authors and creators about how the mythic tarot, and other card traditions and imagery, can be applied to modern life.
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We are over-the-moon excited to share our conversation with deck creator, artist and magic maker Chris-Anne. You might know her from her wildly cool The Lightseer’s Tarot. In this episode we discuss her brand new deck: The Tarot of Curious Creatures. With their illuminating conversations and grounded wisdom, the curious and quirky characters in this 78 (+1) deck are a strangely familiar twist on the traditional tarot. And we think you’re gonna love it.
The Tarot of Curious Creatures is available November 2nd and can be ordered from her website chris-anne.com and the usual places you get your decks.
More about Chris-Anne:
Chris-Anne is a deck creator, artist, and magic-maker, as well as a marketing strategist and owner of Pixelbrand: a branding and graphic design company. She offers unique courses for creators that combine marketing and branding with manifestation and intuition. She successfully Kickstarted three independent card decks: The Sacred Creators Oracle, The Light Seer's Tarot, and The Muse Tarot-all now available through Hay House. Her latest card deck, The Tarot for Curious Creatures releases this fall.
Website: chris-anne.com
Instagram: @pixiecurio
Stay in touch with us! We’re in Instagram & Facebook @TarotPodcast our email is [email protected] Now you can find Cyndera and Julienne on clubhouse!
This episode is sponsored Freerange Priestess on Etsy - you’ll find unconventional rosaries, quirky prayer beads and more.
freerangepriestess.com / https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreeRangePriestess
BIG Thanks to our patrons: Joro, Peter, Janet, Richard, Juniper and Rash of Stay Woke Tarot. We appreciate our Patrons and their support! You can find out more about the fabulous benefits of being a Patron at http://tiny.cc/tarotpodcast
The podcast is produced by Both/And Media
Theme music by: The Lunar Group
This episode Cyndera interviews writer and film maker Marieke Lexmond about her writing of the Madigan Chronicles with the use of the 22 Major Arcana cards of the Tarot. Throughout this interview, the influences of nature, magic and archetypes pervade and are revealed through the creative writing process. We'll hear a selection from Marieke's first book, The Dagger and discuss the Magical Tarot Deck that is introduced and explored through her second book of the same title. We have 6 in total to look forward to, as well as a specially created Tarot deck of animals and nature illustrated by Marieke's friend from childhood, Nicole Ruijgrok. Thank you for joining us on this journey of magic, life lessons and tarot-inspired characters as we go "Under the Witches Hat."
Marieke Lexmond reads tarot cards, loves food, photography, and travel. She has three sassy little dogs that she likes to take everywhere and have their own Instagram account @urbandogsquad. Her background in filmmaking enabled her to travel and live around the globe. Storytelling is in her blood, from saving her allowance from a very young age to buy books, to her master's degree from the Dutch Film Academy. Fantasy and science fiction are her favorite. She prefers to write fun and mystical stories. Her attraction to nature and places with a magical history brought her to New Orleans and the West Coast of Ireland. As a pagan, she felt an instant connection to the land; it feeds her imagination and has become the inspiration for the Madigan Chronicles.
Her website and instagram tag: underthewitcheshat.com @underthewitcheshat
Stay in touch with us! We’re in Instagram & Facebook @TarotPodcast
This episode is sponsored Freerange Priestess on Etsy - you’ll find unconventional rosaries, quirky rayer beads and more.
freerangepriestess.com / https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreeRangePriestess
BIG Thanks to our patrons: Joro, Peter, Janet, Richard, Juniper and Rash of Stay Woke Tarot. We appreciate our Patrons and their support! You can find out more about the fabulous benefits of being a Patron at http://tiny.cc/tarotpodcastt
Today marks our 10 year anniversary of podcasting! From the Fool to the World and back, Story Through Stone founder and teacher Cyndera Quakenbush and Archetypal Consultant, Julienne Givot have been dishing out thoughts, ideas, interviews and wise cracks about the Tarot, archetypes and provocative mythology for the 21st century for a decade. This episode is a rare opportunity for the two to be together in person discussing the past, present and the future.
email us [email protected] We’re in Instagram & Facebook @TarotPodcast
This episode is sponsored Freerange Priestess on Etsy - you’ll find unconventional rosaries, prayer beads and more.
freerangepriestess.com / https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreeRangePriestess
BIG Thanks to our patrons: Peter, Janet, Richard, Juniper and Rash of Stay Woke Tarot. We appreciate our Patrons and their support! You can find out more about the fabulous benefits of being a Patron at http://tiny.cc/tarotpodcast
The podcast is produced by Both/And Media
Theme music by: The Lunar Group
Podcast guests over the years: Melissa Cynova, Gregg Levoy, Rashunda Tramble, Nancy Hendrickson, Ke’oni Hanalei, Richard Cox & Nicole Schnackenberg, Theresa Cheung, Barb Kurkas Lee, Ste McCabe, Shawn Nygaard, Weston of Root Lock Tarot, Tim Freke, Angelo Nasios, Jim Curtan, Lupa Greenwolf, Craig Chalquist
Can you connect to your ancestors using the Tarot? Answer: YES
Julienne and Cyndera join together for a very special interview with Nancy Hendrickson, author of the recently released Ancestral Tarot (full bio below). Like a 3 of cups dancing, hosts and guests embark on a discussion of anchoring with the ancestors, and the growing interest this has in the collective at the moment.
Nancy delves more deeply into the description of the different types of ancestors tarot readers can work with. Beyond ancestors of blood, each person can call on both Ancestors of Time and Place. Drawing the wisdom of daily life lived over centuries, guidance for specific questions and problems can be articulated through Tarot imagery.
Julienne describes a mini reading she did for herself for her beginning ancestor work and Nancy provides further insight, including some perspectives on reversals. To further delight current topic interests, Nancy, Julienne and Cyndera further explore the connection between fairy tales and tarot, as well as the ancestors present in the larger natural world. This episode wraps up with the conclusion that ancestor work is not only popular at the moment, but is necessary for our continued survival on earth. Open your eyes, ears and heart for signs from the ancestors in this latest interview!
Nancy Hendrickson is the author of Ancestral Tarot, a book that takes readers into the realm of Ancestors of Blood, Place, and Time using Tarot. She has decades of experience in both genealogy and tarot. Nancy is a columnist for The Cartomancer Magazine, writing about Tarot decks from a cultural perspective. She is active on Instagram @nancysageshadow where she posts daily about Tarot and other forms of divination. You can learn more about Nancy and her work at www.sageandshadow.com
This episode is sponsored Freerange Priestess on Etsy - you’ll find unconventional rosaries, prayer beads and chaplets made for ancestor work.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreeRangePriestess
blog: freerangepriestess.com
Many thanks to our patrons: Peter, Janet, Richard, Juniper and Rash of Stay Woke Tarot. We appreciate our Patrons and their support makes all of this possible. You can find out more about the fabulous benefits of being a Patron at http://tiny.cc/tarotpodcast
The podcast is produced by Both/And Media
Theme music by: The Lunar Group
This episode We delve into the world of archetypal fairytales inspired by Cyndera’s recent acquisition of volume one of Jungian scholar Marie Louise Von Franz’s Archetypal symbols in Fairytales: The Profane and Magical Worlds and Julienne mostly fails a Tarot quiz. She's hoping for a chance to redeem myself but until then we hope you enjoy our banter about the power of archetypes and story.
Show notes & Reference Links:
Volume 1 of the Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz: Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales: The Profane and Magical Worlds
This Jungian Life podcast https://thisjungianlife.com/
Clarissa Pinkola-Estes http://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/
Jean Shinoda-Bolen https://www.jeanbolen.com/
Robert A. Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Johnson_(psychotherapist)
This episode is sponsored by our stalwart patrons: Peter, Richard, Juniper and Rash of Stay Woke Tarot and Janet. We appreciate our Patrons and their support makes all of this possible. You can find out more about the fabulous benefits of being a Patron at http://tiny.cc/tarotpodcast
The podcast is produced by Both/And Media
Theme music by: The Lunar Group








