Arcana 3. The Empress

In each episode of Arcana, Jodie invites Soulstice team members Bea and Audree to unpack a Tarot card and how the archetype can deepen our understanding of what it means to live, grow and change. The conversation is supported by their knowledge from lived experience and psychotherapy training.The Empress card is our starting point for this episode. Our in-house Tarot specialist, Bea, introduces us to this card of divine femininity and the symbolism within how she is softly represented. This inspires conversation into the positive aspects of creativity, abundance and care as well as the shadow sides; smothering, passivity and over-dependence. Audree highlights the Mother/Father archetypes within Freudian psychology and offers critique to traditional theories of bio-essentialist gender development. Jodie helps us to imagine a world beyond the binary where we can celebrate these qualities in us all. Tune in for chats on internal misogyny, cultivating healthy relationships to care and queer theories. Together they wonder how to birth beauty and let it flourish, adopting queer theories to inspire how we can all become The Empress.