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Sep
30
wooden paddle dipping into calm water from inside a rowboat

"what if i'm also grieving something personal?"

your personal grief is not something you have to check at the door for river styx.
7 min read
Sep
29
so grief work seems pretty exhausting

so grief work seems pretty exhausting

when we can recognize why we're so tired, when we can clock that our grief needs some extra care on certain days, when we can direct our grief into activities and efforts that make real change, things start to feel easier, lighter, more hopeful.
9 min read
Sep
27
photo of water and mist within a dark rock cave

so you wanna use tarot to explore emotions & grief

whether we're navigating grief or another emotional experience, the tarot can serve as an incredible companion for building a relationship with those emotions — learning to be with them, tend to them, and honor all that they have to teach us. don't believe me? let's try it out together, right now.
7 min read
Sep
26
nine of cups from the gentle tarot (left), tarot of the drowning world (center), and mindscapes tarot (right)

nine of cups // creative prompts

what i share here is just my own perspective on the tarot — you get to make your own path, your own way, your own meanings. what does the nine of cups mean to you, for you, with you?
4 min read
Sep
24
jellyfish suspended underwater

so you're scared of how deep your grief goes

grief work doesn't have to mean just diving headfirst into an abyss so deep you'll never escape. it means learning how to float, and how to flow. let me show you.
10 min read
Sep
22
photograph of sunshine from underneath the surface of water

so you feel guilty calling it grief

while your grief might feel heavy, exhausting, miserable to manage, and entirely overwhelming, it is also a sign that you still care, that you haven't tuned it all out, that your heart is still soft enough to be broken.
9 min read
Sep
19
devils & fools: year of water

a spread for the nine of cups

surprise — this month i wrote you not one but two tarot spreads on the nine of cups. thanks for being here.
5 min read
Sep
16
nine of cups from the this might hurt tarot

nine of cups & the grief of wishes withdrawn

this card doesn't HAVE to be grief work — but it certainly can be, if we let it.
8 min read
Sep
13
september 2026 spreads for all

september 2026 spreads for all

how can tarot help us understand our grief, and our gratitude? how can tarot clarify what we're wishing for, and the wishes we non longer carry? how can tarot deepen our relationships with our own emotions? let's pull some cards and find out.
5 min read
Sep
10
wooden rowboat on rippling water

how is your heart grieving?

what does grief look like for you right now? what shape does your grief take? how is it showing up? and what is it costing you to hold your grief in whatever way you're holding it?
8 min read