JUSTICE: You Are an Agent of Change w/ Maria Minnis

Message the show & share your thoughts!For the Justice card, I HAD TO talk to Maria Minnis, the liberatory Tarot goddess and author of Tarot for the Hard Work: An Archetypal Journey to Confront Racism and Imagine Collective Healing, Maria's book, which came out early this year (2023), explores each Tarot archetype within the Major Arcana through the lens of social justice work, offering reflection questions, recommended actions, and deeper study to help you grow and embrace your agency to initiate change.The Justice card is all about agency and action — particularly the actions that flow from our values, and so Maria and I talked about:The Justice archetype, its symbolism, and what it meansHow Justice MUST BE rooted in action, not just thoughtThe origins of Maria's book project and how it springs from her own social justice evolutionBringing nuance and context to our notions of justiceThe importance of communal engagement, curiosity, listening, and noticing in activism work, particularly for folks with greater privilegeReframing ideas around hierarchical leadershipThe role of creativity in social justice workWatching our elder leaders fail us (we recorded this during the GOP convention and before Biden dropped out of the presidential race)How youth offers creativity and fresh imagination for liberation effortsWhy it's important to fight for our creative impulse and our sense of integrity and valuesThe scales of justice as linked forces of creation and destructionWhat kink has to do with Tarot and liberation, and what it teaches us about communication, pleasure, and consentMaintaining levity in our activism effortsIn a world that continues to spiral toward authoritarianism and environmental collapse, our voices, activism, visibility, and  power is needed more than ever. Find inspiration and guidance in this rich conversation with an incredible mystic and change-maker!Learn more about Maria and her work on Instagram and on her website. Check out her Kinky Tarot podcast and her new learning community, the Lunar Liberation Society. And buy a copy of Tarot for the Hard Work here.This podcast is a production of Typewriter Tarot. Learn more & join us:Join the newsletter and receive the first 3 journaling prompts from Tarot for Creative Spirits (the workbook).Check out upcoming events & workshops.Book a Tarot reading.Shop our bookshop.