Three of Cups, July Fourth & the Mars-Uranus Conjunction

Message the show & share your thoughts!July 4th doesn’t feel like a party for me this year (or most years), and I wanted to say why without pretending it’s simple. In this episode, I’m riffing solo, unedited, exploring what the United States is celebrating at 250 years, what we’re ignoring, and what I wish we were celebrating instead.As ever, I use Tarot and astrology as a framework for meaning-making, starting with the Three of Cups, the card associated with the part of the zodiac year that holds July 4th in Cancer season. In this card, three femmes dance with raised goblets, surrounded by the fruits of a shared harvest. This card is called the Lord of Abundance, sometimes described as the Walled Garden. In the context of July 4th, it raises a potent question: what would America feel like if safety, community joy, and plentitude were normal instead of rare? From there, I talk plainly about nationalism, white Christian nationalism, corruption, attacks on immigrants, and the steady erosion of public goods and public lands — because our creativity and our nervous systems live inside these systems.I also talk about Cancer and the Chariot (emotion and forward motion), the moon and The High Priestess (intuitive knowing), and Mercury and The Magician (the possibility of honorable communication).I hope you'll join me in imagining practical abundance during this weekend celebrating "freedom" — things like universal basic income, universal health care, well-resourced schools, more time to make art, and more local sharing that builds belonging. I also look at the Mars Uranus conjunction on July 4th as a charged, unpredictable transit and why it's important to slow down and stay grounded!If this lands with you, send me a note via Fan Mail (link above), subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review so more Creative Spirits can find the show.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.