july 2025: spreads for all & TAROT SPREADS is here!

today is the day! my second book, TAROT SPREADS, is officially out in the world!

it is a wild, terrible, beautiful, bizarre, perfect time to be launching a book. wild and terrible because everyone is exhausted and overwhelmed and just trying to make it through each day. beautiful and bizarre because i am having conversations with people that acknowledge the horrors of our world and in the same breath, finding power in the ways that tools like tarot can help us find the strength to fight back. and perfect because there is never really an ideal time for a book to launch, which means there's never a worst time either.

this is the moment in which this book wanted to be here, so here we are. (and really, the book was impatient and started arriving at peoples' doors like two weeks early, so we're all just on mercury's timing now.)

to celebrate TAROT SPREADS, i'm sending you some tarot spreads. and yes, technically i do this every month (and two or three times a month for folks who have paid subscriptions), but i'm still excited to share some brand new layouts with you that can help you sit in hard truths, find some pleasure, live with authenticity, and keep expanding your personal courage.

if you're new here, you can browse the many free exclusive tarot spreads that i share here on my newsletter by clicking here. i also maintain a spread archive of other free tarot spreads that i've shared on the internet over the years. and of course, if you love my tarot spreads and would enjoy having a custom tarot spread sent to you once a month as part of a mini mentorship, you should definitely check out my spread architect program.

let's get to the spreads!

HAPPY HOUSE: a siouxsie and the banshees tarot spread for exploring compliance. we're in a moment where it's far easier to play along than it is to stand on business — and sitting with your truths around compliance and avoidance is an essential first step to changing that pattern.

card one: it's safe & calm if you sing along. in what ways are you reluctant to rock the boat? where is it simply easier, safer, more comfortable, to keep the peace?
card two: don't say no. what are you afraid to say no to? where do you feel uncomfortable pushing back?
card three: we've come to scream. what would it take for you to willingly and knowingly cause a disruption or break the pattern?

TAKE ME TO CHURCH: a hozier tarot spread for sex and humanity. it's okay to want, to love in ways that disrupt state violence, to desire more than this broken world. what are you dreaming of, working towards, hungering for?

card one: the only heaven i'll be sent to. what is your vision for the world, the kind of heaven that you're craving? what is the sacred in your every day?
card two: this is hungry work. what are you sacrificing? what are you reveling in?

IN MEMORIUM: a tarot spread for remembering what's been lost. how often are you tending to your own grief? what have you been burying or putting off? what would it look like to meet your grief with gratitude, compassion, even joy?

card one: a real grief to sit with. what are you carrying with you that has been lost or is slipping from your hands? what deep sorrow needs your active mourning?
card two: a lasting joy to carry on. what gift is this grief, or this loss, still giving to you? what can you hold fast to, rather than forcing yourself to surrender?

KEEP ON LIVIN: a le tigre tarot spread for when you gotta keep on. this world wants to chew us up and spit us out — but when we remember what matters and don't let the fears of others hold us back, so much more becomes possible.

card one: look up to the sky. what matters to you? what are you dreaming of? what keeps you going, a north star for your loves and values and hopes?
card two: push through their greatest fears. how are you being held back by the people or ideals or restrictions around you? what external obstacles are you facing?
card three: don't let them fuck you around. what can you do to claim your power, to take steps that represent who you truly are?

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED: a tarot spread for building momentum over time. every race or journey starts with pressing on the gas — but the farther we go, the more power we find within ourselves. what helps you keep going, and what does it look like to really push?

card one: fill up the tank. what resources you, nourishes you, sustains you? what helps you prepare for the work that you're doing? what keeps you going?
card two: pedal to the metal. what does your speed and power and focus look like? what does it mean for you to move forward with intention and strength? what does your movement or effort feel like right now?

thank you for being here! remember that in addition to purchasing my book, you can also support pub day by sharing posts about TAROT SPREADS on social media, telling your friends about how much you love my work, and leaving reviews for both FINDING THE FOOL and TAROT SPREADS on amazon, goodreads, and your other favorite places to get book info. (you don't have to have bought the book on amazon to review there, but your words still make a huge difference, especially in these first days of launch!)

i've got a bunch of new podcast interviews coming out over the next few weeks, so stay on the lookout over on my instagram for updates and new releases! and remember that if you're in NYC, i've got two local FREE events that i'd love to see you at! tonight i'm at astoria bookshop, and on july 16th i'll be at lofty pigeon books in brooklyn. get info on all of my events right here:

sending you love, safety, and courage, friends!