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Herbalism, Cartomancy, and writing as a sacred craft

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Temperance: Spiritual Ableism, Healing, and Wholeness

The way we talk about healing in spiritual spaces can be fucked up! At best, it's vague and sprawling. At worst, its just straight up ableism.

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Strength wants us to take responsibility for the cycles that keep us non-consensually bound.

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Have you ever been so depressed, hungover, or deep in grief that you’ve been like “fuck the sun?” Yeah, same.

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Those who live under the Emperor's boot have every right to hate this archetype. Hating tarot's Emperor makes sense.

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The Devil is an avatar for capitalism.

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No one actually believes tarot's Justice card means real justice.

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Wisdom keepers are a through line between the past and the future.

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Judgement asks us to make a choice that will change our lives. Judgement asks us to take our fate in our own hands, then live with the consequences.

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A passive reading of The Tower reinforces the narrative that god loves some people more than others.