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Sometimes the next chapter begins before we understand where it’s taking us.This week marks the end of one version of It’s Giving Mystical—and the beginning of something new.As I prepare to shift away from our traditional weekly tarot readings and begin walking through the Tarot card by card, I pulled one final card for the road we’ve been traveling together.First, The Sun jumped from the deck.And then, after thinking that the only sign more ridiculously perfect would be The Fool…I pulled The Fool.Of course I did.So this week, we’re talking about what happens when life begins pressurizing us toward change before our conscious minds understand what that change is asking of us.We talk about The Fool, divine protection, following wonder instead of certainty, the strange intelligence of instinct—and the possibility that you do not need to know where the road leads in order to take the next step.I also share a story about reclaiming my mother’s old room as a healing and creative space, repairing its cracked mirrors with gold, and finding a long-lost kintsugi kit she gave me years ago exactly where I needed it to be.Maybe the cracks aren’t asking to disappear.Maybe they’re becoming part of the beauty.And maybe the path ahead isn’t asking you to figure it out.Maybe it’s asking you to follow the sun.In this episode:Why It’s Giving Mystical is changingThe pressure that can precede a new chapterThe Sun + The Fool and an extraordinary tarot synchronicityWhy The Fool asks us to move without knowingTrusting instinct when the conscious mind can’t make sense of thingsKintsugi, cracked mirrors, grief and making something beautiful from what has been brokenFollowing wonder, awe and the “destiny winds”Giving your mind permission to catch up with what your heart already knowsNext week, we begin with my Tarot 101—how I think about the cards, how I approach a tarot practice, and the philosophy that will guide us as we begin our new journey through the deck.Then: we walk.One card at a time. 🤍

September asks us to come back to the basics. Not because our dreams are getting smaller, but because we’re preparing ourselves to hold something bigger.After the strange, diffuse, alchemical energy of August, September brings us into the medicine of The Hermit + The Sun: tending our own light, taking stock of our resources, strengthening our routines and building the tracks that future expansion can actually travel on.This month, we’re talking about the spiritual practice of sustainability. What replenishes you? What depletes you? What are you willing to keep showing up for even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed? And who do you need to become to meet the life you say you want?We explore:✦ The Hermit + Sun energy of September✦ Why this Fire Horse year can feel so energetically dehydrating✦ The difference between isolation and sacred withdrawal✦ “Desert harvest” and why it is absolutely not too late✦ Protecting your chi, resources, money, attention and life force✦ The Sustainer archetype + the power of daily devotion✦ Building the tracks for future abundance✦ Why blockages and redirections may actually be blessings✦ Love, partnership and relationships that truly sustain us✦ Individual tarot + animal medicine for every zodiac signThe question underneath all of it:What does a more hydrated life look like for you?Not simply more water (although, yes, drink your water) but more affection, rest, play, beauty, spaciousness, nourishment and the structures that allow your life force to stay strong.You are a being with needs. They deserve to be tended to.September is less about forcing the next chapter and more about becoming the person who can walk it when it arrives.Coming this month:The podcast is evolving! I’ll begin walking through the tarot card by card, creating an archive of my perspective on the deck and its medicine.The Field Notes Project... my new monthly mail offering... is also coming online for October’s mailing, and private September appointments are now open. In-person sessions return in October.Come find me at Giving Mystical and join The Thread newsletter for more.

What happens when life begins moving you somewhere you didn’t necessarily plan to go?This week, we’re sitting with the powerful, nonlinear energy of the Pisces Full Moon eclipse and the Judgment card—a card of awakening, recalibration, and the moment when you see something clearly enough that you can’t quite go back.There is a current moving through our lives right now. Things we thought were fixed may shift. Plans may be interrupted. Something may be asking us to surrender—not because we’ve lost our way, but because life itself may be participating in where we’re going.We talk about:✦ The Pisces Full Moon and the feeling of being moved by forces larger than ourselves✦ Judgment as an eye-opening and a shift in our inner North Star✦ What happens when you’ve outgrown an old skin or way of living✦ Co-creation and the possibility that life is creating through us, not simply responding to us✦ The difference between surrender and giving up✦ The Queen of Pentacles as reassurance that you are grounded enough for what comes next✦ Why sometimes the invitation is simply to stop fighting the tidesI’m also sharing two changes I’m deeply excited about: a new chapter for It’s Giving Mystical, as we begin walking through the tarot one card at a time, and The Field Notes Project—a monthly piece of art, oracle and practice arriving in your actual mailbox.Maybe the question this week is simply:Where is life already trying to move me—and what happens if I stop fighting the current?

What if you don’t have to be the one making everything happen?This week, Justice arrives alongside The Magician, inside our larger August landscape of Strength + The Moon. And the message feels clear: something is moving, resolving and rebalancing but not necessarily through force.We’re talking about the difference between directing your life and trying to control it, the strange intelligence of detours, and why the places that feel foggy or “off track” may actually be moving you somewhere faster than the obvious path.We also explore:✨ Justice as love made tangible✨ Why what you do every day reveals what you’re truly devoted to✨ Closing the gap between who you are and how you live✨ Integrity as a kind of personal power✨ The unexpected relationship between Strength, Justice + the number 8✨ Making room for boredom, uncertainty and new ideas✨ Recognizing what is naturally resolving itself✨ Letting life move without being the sole source of fuelA question for the week:Does the way I spend my days reflect what I say matters to me?And perhaps even more importantly: What is life already reorganizing on my behalf?Plus, toward the end of the episode, I share some changes coming to Giving Mystical... including a free monthly community gathering, the new Field Notes mail project, the return of in-person sessions, and a new direction for the weekly podcast.Give yourself a minute. Watch what is settling into place. You may be covering much more ground than you realize.

What if you don’t need to know yet?This week, the Seven of Wands arrives with a simple message: give me a minute.Something is shifting underneath the surface—old plans, desires, identities, and things that once felt incredibly solid may suddenly feel less certain. Rather than rushing to replace them with a new answer, this week asks us to create enough space to hear what is actually emerging.We’re talking about:The Seven of Wands as permission to pauseWhy something that once felt certain may suddenly feel like a mirageProtecting your space without closing yourself offLearning what is—and isn’t—worth fighting forBoundaries, intimacy, and the Two of CupsWhy love doesn’t require sacrifice or self-abandonmentLetting your nervous system set the paceThe deeper August invitation: don’t force clarity before clarity is readyYour creativity, sexuality, passion, and life force may be reorganizing themselves right now. You don’t have to understand the transformation while you’re inside it.Take the time you need. The right relationships, opportunities, and containers won’t require you to abandon your own pace in order to belong.It’s Giving Mystical is a weekly tarot podcast exploring the cards, archetypes, energy, and invitations shaping the week ahead.

August asks something very different of us.This month is less about pushing harder and more about learning what true power actually feels like. Together we explore the beautiful tension between Strength and The Moon—between courage and surrender, clarity and mystery, action and trust.In this episode we explore:Why sustainability is the spiritual question of AugustHow gentleness can become your greatest source of powerThe deeper meaning of the Strength and Moon cards togetherWhy uncertainty isn't a mistake—it's part of the initiationWorking with your body instead of overriding itThe medicine of slowing down, protection, and becoming "findable"Monthly guidance for every zodiac signIf you've been craving certainty but life keeps asking for trust, this conversation is for you.✨ Individual zodiac readings begin at 25:11.If this episode resonates, please follow the podcast, leave a rating, and share it with someone who could use this message.

This week we're working with The Sun, one of the most joyful cards in the Tarot, but maybe not in the way you expect.After several weeks of Court Cards, we explore how the people around us become mirrors for our own evolution. Which relationships nourish you? Which versions of yourself do different people call forward? And what happens when those dynamics no longer fit?Then we turn toward The Sun.Yes, it's a card of vitality, confidence, creativity and life force—but it's also an invitation to respect the intensity of solar energy. In a culture that constantly tells us to push harder, know more and control the outcome, this week's message reminds us that not every path forward is linear.Sometimes the detour is the path.Sometimes the Moon knows something the Sun doesn't.If you've been feeling pressure to figure everything out before eclipse season arrives, this reading offers another possibility: enjoy what is, trust what you can't yet see, and allow life to unfold without forcing every answer.Why back-to-back Court Cards point toward relationshipsHow other people activate different parts of ourselvesThe deeper meaning of The Sun cardSolar energy vs. lunar wisdomWhy detours may be exactly where you're meant to beFinding joy without rushing toward certaintyTrusting the nonlinear path✨ If this episode resonates, please follow the podcast, leave a rating, and share it with someone who could use a little more trust, and a little less pressure, this week. #tarot #weeklytarot #thesuncard #spiritualgrowth #personaldevelopment #intuition #mysticism #tarotreading #eclipseseason #selfdiscoveryIn this episode:

The energy has shifted. Can you feel it?After the intensity of July, this week's reading brings a completely different invitation. Instead of pushing harder, manifesting faster, or trying to figure everything out, August arrives with a softer kind of power.In this episode, recorded from the Portuguese countryside (dogs barking, ATVs and all), Kirsten explores the tarot energies guiding us into August 2026: Strength, The Moon, and the Page of Cups. Together, these cards remind us that not everything in nature moves in a straight line—and neither do we.If you've been feeling vulnerable, confused, exhausted, or strangely directionless after the Aquarius Full Moon, this episode is your permission slip to stop forcing the next chapter.Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is soften.Why August always carries the medicine of the Strength cardThe deeper meaning of the Moon card during a Wheel of Fortune yearWhat this energetic shift means after July's intensityWhy your life doesn't have to unfold in a straight lineThe wisdom of the Page of Cups and falling back in love with being aliveCondor Medicine, thermal winds, and learning to stop forcing your pathHow rest, wonder, and creativity become spiritual practicesWhere am I trying to force what wants to unfold naturally?What if softness isn't weakness—but wisdom?What part of me is asking for rest instead of more effort?What am I ready to fall in love with again?If this episode resonates, follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs permission to slow down.

This week, the Queen of Wands arrives with one clear message: you are allowed to want what you want.As we continue moving through the healing and restorative energy of The Chariot and The Star, this week's tarot invites us to stop apologizing for our desires and start trusting the quiet confidence of our own fire. Where have you been shrinking to make others comfortable? What pleasure, project, relationship, or dream is asking for a little more courage?In this episode, we explore:Why the Queen of Wands is the perfect card for Leo seasonThe difference between magnetism and forceHow Siren energy and the Queen of Wands complement one anotherWhy your environment matters more than you thinkThe permission to claim more space, joy, and pleasureWhat the reversed Queen of Cups on the bottom of the deck may be asking us to set downPlus, Kirsten shares a simple reminder that feels especially alive this week:We're not creating a beautiful life—we're already inside one.This isn't a week to overthink. It's a week to step into the sun, follow what feels alive, and remember that your desires aren't the problem—they're often the invitation.✨ Card of the Week: Queen of Wands🌟 Monthly Cards: The Chariot + The Star

What if this isn't just another week... but the threshold of an entirely new era?In this week's tarot forecast, we're exploring the powerful transition from The World to The Fool—one of the most profound movements in the tarot. As astrologers point to a rare planetary alignment and the Cancer New Moon continues to echo themes of home, safety, and belonging, the cards invite us to begin again—not from naivety, but from wisdom.This episode explores:Why The Fool isn't reckless—it's deeply trustingThe sacred relationship between endings and beginningsCreating true inner safety before taking the leapThe symbolism of the Master Number 22Christ Consciousness and building a life from the heartWhy hope is a spiritual practiceHow to stop fearing mistakes and start trusting yourselfBeginning your next chapter with open eyes and an open heartSometimes the greatest act of courage isn't knowing where you're going.It's being willing to take the first step anyway.

A chapter is closing.This week, the World arrives—not as an abrupt ending, but as a quiet completion. Something you've been circling, learning, grieving, or becoming has reached its natural conclusion, creating space for an entirely new landscape to emerge.In this episode, we explore why this season isn't asking for more effort, but for deeper alignment. We talk about the intensity of the Fire Horse year, balancing powerful yang energy with intentional softness, the medicine of returning to the body, and why your nervous system needs time to acclimate to the life you've already called in.You'll also hear reflections from my own journey through the shamanic medicine wheel as I prepare to enter Condor initiation, and why altitude adjustment may be the most overlooked part of transformation.In this episode:Why The World represents completion—not perfectionHow to navigate powerful momentum without losing yourselfSiren medicine and returning to pleasure as life forceThe shift from effort to alignmentWhy your body often changes more slowly than your soulHonoring endings so new beginnings have solid groundIf this episode resonates, share it with someone standing at the edge of a new chapter, and follow the podcast so you never miss your weekly mystical forecast.

Welcome to Part Two of the July Monthly Tarot Forecast.After an unexpected Mercury Retrograde recording mishap, these readings arrived twice—and somehow, that feels perfectly aligned with July's medicine. This month isn't about forcing the destination. It's about learning to ride the current.In this episode, I share intuitive tarot and archetypal guidance for:Cancer ♋ Queen of Pentacles & The Empty RoomLeo ♌ Nine of Pentacles & The SeedVirgo ♍ Knight of Swords & AgapeLibra ♎ The Tower & The KissScorpio ♏ Nine of Wands & The MirrorSagittarius ♐ Eight of Swords & The DestroyerCapricorn ♑ The Hanged Man & The OneAquarius ♒ Two of Swords & The CastlePisces ♓ The Temple & Page of PentaclesAries ♈ Four of Swords & The MotherTaurus ♉ King of Pentacles & The Fault LineGemini ♊ Page of Swords & The Stone

The energy shifts this week from the restorative embrace of The Star into the electric spark of the Ace of Wands—but not without resistance.In this episode, we explore why inspiration, desire, creativity and even love can feel both exciting and uncomfortable at the same time. What if the thing you're longing for is already arriving... and the real work is allowing yourself to receive it?We talk about:Why July feels like an energetic pivot pointThe Ace of Wands reversed and what it reveals about our relationship to desireThe hidden ways we limit joy before life doesThe wisdom of "May it be infinite while it lasts."Why your body is your most sacred instrumentNavigating this powerful astrological weekend without fearLearning to trust that the Universe is co-creating what's nextThis week is an invitation to stay one breath longer with what feels alive.✨ The universe may be building something even bigger than you can currently imagine.

June asked us to let the tower fall. July asks us to rest.In this first part of the July forecast, we explore the medicine of The Star and The Chariot—two cards that remind us that healing isn't only about effort. Sometimes it's about allowing ourselves to be restored.This month invites us into a deeper trust: trusting that what isn't unfolding may be just as loving as what is, trusting the currents that are already carrying us, and remembering that the universe may be protecting a future that's even more aligned than the one we've imagined.Inside this episode we explore:✨ Why July feels like a month of restoration after June's intensity✨ The surprising question: Why would I want something the universe doesn't want for me?✨ The deeper meaning of The Star as nourishment, replenishment and being held✨ The mystery of The Chariot and the power of effortless movement✨ Cardinal Cancer energy and emotional leadership✨ The difference between forcing and magnetizing✨ Human Design "half channels" and mutually beneficial relationships✨ Why July favors collaboration over isolation✨ Condor medicine, wu-wei, and riding the thermal winds instead of exhausting yourself✨ Making room for wishes to arrive by trusting divine timingIf June rearranged your foundations, July helps you settle into what remains—and discover what wants to grow from there.✨ Individual zodiac readings will be released separately in Part Two. MERCURY RETROGRADE ;)Resources• Join Mystic Rising• Book a private session• Weekly forecasts every Monday• Subscribe for new episodes every weekIf this episode resonated, please consider following, rating, and sharing it with someone walking through their own season of change.

This week’s tarot forecast carries us out of June and toward July with the medicine of The Star.After the intensity of The Tower and the choices of The Lovers, this week feels like an exhale: a moment of replenishment, recovery, and remembering that you are not doing this alone. In this episode, I explore what it means to let your system recalibrate after a season of high voltage, where your energy may be leaking, and how to begin listening for the places that are asking for a reset rather than more effort.We talk about:The Star card as recovery, replenishment, and soul-level restorationHow Tower energy shows up when there’s more energy moving through your life than your current systems can holdThe difference between fixing, rerouting, releasing, and simply allowingWhy this moment may be asking you to look honestly at your resources, energy output, and supportThe invitation to rest, receive, and trust that your wish has been heardMasculine lineage, safety, and the surprising ways support can arriveWhy the end of June and the beginning of July may feel like one continuous energetic thresholdThis is a conversation about replenishment after intensity, about the support that exists beneath you even when you can’t quite see it, and about learning to receive what’s already trying to come in.If this episode resonates, I’d love to hear from you. Share it, tag me, or send it to a friend who needs a little reminder that rest is part of the work.Links & Resources✨ Join me inside Mystic Rising✨ Book a Meditative Tarot Check-In✨ Explore Tarot Mystery School✨ Find me on Instagram: @givingmystical#tarot #weeklytarot #starcard #thetower #thelovers #julyenergy #spiritualpodcast #healingjourney #mysticism #tarotforecast #energyupdate #womenandspirituality

When everything feels like too much, what if the answer isn't doing more but putting something down?This week, Kirsten explores the energy of the Two of Pentacles reversed, alongside the Devil reversed and Emperor reversed, revealing a collective invitation to stop juggling, stop forcing, and reconsider the stories we're carrying about responsibility, achievement, and control.If you've been feeling stretched thin, emotionally exhausted, or caught in a cycle of trying to hold everything together, this episode offers a gentler path forward.Together we explore:✨ Why overwhelm isn't always about what's on your plate✨ The hidden stories that make life feel heavier than it is✨ How unconscious obligations keep us stuck✨ The spiritual significance of what enters and leaves our lives✨ Why June is revealing important information about your future path✨ The difference between peace and the absence of pressure✨ What happens when you stop trying to keep every ball in the airThis is a conversation about grace, trust, and allowing life to show you what can finally be released.Cards for the Week:Two of Pentacles (Reversed)Devil (Reversed)Emperor (Reversed)Connect with Kirsten:✨ Giving Mystical✨ Mystic Rising Membership✨ Tarot Mystery School#TarotPodcast #WeeklyTarotReading #TwoOfPentacles #SpiritualGrowth #MysticRising #PersonalTransformation #TarotForecast #ShadowWork #ConsciousLiving #GivingMystical

Something has shifted.After last week's Death card energy, this week's Nine of Wands invites us into a different relationship with ourselves, our exhaustion, and the stories we've been carrying. What if the collapse wasn't a failure? What if it was simply the completion of a process that no longer needed to continue?In this episode, we explore the house of cards that has fallen away, the surprising wisdom hidden inside fatigue, and the possibility that life may be asking less of your effort and more of your trust.We talk about:✨ Why endings are often invitations rather than losses✨ The difference between vigilance and true resilience✨ The "Wounded Warrior" archetype and what it asks of us now✨ Trusting yourself enough to stay open to possibility✨ The support, collaboration, and community trying to find you✨ New Moon in Gemini themes of voice, connection, and curiosity✨ Why this may not be a battle anymoreThe invitation this week is simple:What if you don't know how this story ends?And what becomes possible when you stop preparing for disappointment and start making room for surprise?If this episode resonates, share it with a friend, leave a rating, and follow the podcast so you never miss a weekly energy update.Connect with Kirsten:Instagram: @givingmysticalWebsite: GivingMystical.com#tarot #weeklytarotreading #spiritualgrowth #healingjourney #personaldevelopment #newmooningemini #intuition #consciousliving #mysticism #givingmystical

This week’s tarot card is Death—and despite its reputation, this is not a card of endings for the sake of endings. It’s a card of resurrection.As we continue moving through the powerful Lovers + Tower energy of June, many of us are feeling both intensely full and strangely empty at the same time. The system is expanding. Old structures are straining. Plans are shifting. Desires are intensifying. And somewhere beneath it all, something new is trying to emerge. In this episode, Kirsten explores:✨ The energetic intensity of June and why flexibility matters now✨ Saturation, overflow, and expanding your capacity to receive✨ Why some dreams, habits, and narratives may be collapsing✨ The Death card as resurrection rather than loss✨ How "house of cards" structures reveal what is no longer authentic✨ The alchemical lesson of working with the material actually on the table✨ Trusting that every detour, distraction, and delay serves a purpose✨ The possibility that something significant is being reborn this weekThe invitation is simple: slow down, stay present, and trust the transformation unfolding beneath the surface.Life may be changing shape faster than expected—but that doesn't mean you're off the path.#TarotReading #DeathCard #WeeklyTarot #SpiritualGrowth #Transformation #Mysticism #TarotPodcast #PersonalGrowth #TarotCommunity #SpiritualAwakening

June arrives carrying a powerful invitation: activation.This month brings together two of tarot's most transformative archetypes—The Lovers and The Tower—creating a potent combination of choice, expansion, awakening, and profound personal growth.In this episode, we explore:✨ The deeper meaning of The Lovers card beyond romance✨ Why June may feel like a crossroads or fork in the road✨ The spiritual significance of union and individuation✨ The Tower as a surge of life force, not simply disruption✨ Wish fulfillment, manifestation, and the question: Are you ready to receive what you've been asking for?✨ Crown chakra activation, expanded perception, and intuitive awakening✨ What your body may be trying to communicate right now✨ How to stay grounded while life asks you to growPlus, individual tarot and animal spirit readings for all twelve zodiac signs.The energy of June suggests that many of us are preparing to receive something we've been calling toward for a long time. The invitation is not simply to wish for it... but to become the version of ourselves capable of holding it.What if the thing you've been asking for is closer than you think?#Tarot #JuneTarotReading #TarotForecast #SpiritualAwakening #TheLovers #TheTower #Manifestation #EnergyUpdate #TarotPodcast #SpiritualGrowth

The Queen of Swords arrives this week with one message: get clear.In this episode of the It’s Giving Mystical podcast, we explore the energy moving us out of emotional fog, distraction, fantasy, and indecision — and into radical clarity, truth, and self-authority.This is a threshold week.A week for powerful decisions.A week for cutting through the noise and asking:What is actually true for me now?Kirsten unpacks the transition out of the Ace of Wands and Hanged Man energy of May and into the potent frequencies of June: The Lovers and The Tower. Together, these cards point toward major choices, energetic expansion, and the restructuring of systems that can no longer hold who you’re becoming.This episode explores:The Queen of Swords as the archetype of internal authorityWhy clarity can feel both liberating and uncomfortableEmotional fantasy vs. aligned truthThe habits, dynamics, and distractions that may need to endGemini energy, communication, and precisionWhy June’s energy is asking for decisive movementThe paradox of discipline and easeIf you’ve been craving clarity, direction, or the courage to finally move differently, this episode is for you.✨ Listen to the end for insight into June’s powerful Lovers + Tower energy and the deep transformations already beginning to unfold.#tarot #tarotpodcast #queenofswords #weeklytarotreading #tarotforecast #spiritualpodcast #mysticism #shadowwork #selfdevelopment #geminiseason #thelovers #thetower #spiritualgrowth #tarotcommunity #itsgivingmystical

Something shifts this week.In this episode of It’s Giving Mystical, we move from the fiery awakening of the Ace of Wands into the deep reversal energy of The Hanged Man — a card of surrender, truth, attunement, and irreversible perspective shifts.Kirsten explores what happens when the body begins recognizing truth before the mind can explain it. This episode is a meditation on authenticity, desire, discernment, nervous system resonance, and learning to trust the quiet knowing inside yourself.There’s a strong theme here around reversal:What can no longer be sacrificed.What can no longer be desecrated.What your body simply refuses to abandon anymore.This conversation weaves together tarot, somatics, embodiment, desire, revolution, Zelda references, truth as resonance, and the strange sacredness of becoming more fully yourself.✨ Themes explored:The Hanged Man tarot meaningReversal, surrender & energetic shiftsTruth as a somatic experienceThe body recognizing alignmentDesire, appetite & authenticityWhy “feeling good” matters spirituallyNervous system discernment in relationshipsSacred embodiment & personal revolutionTrusting what you know without explaining itIf this episode resonates, share it with someone moving through a major energetic shift.#thehangedman #tarotpodcast #spiritualpodcast #weeklytarotreading #embodiment #healingjourney #consciousness #mysticism #tarotreader #personalgrowth #divinefeminine #authenticity #itsgivingmystical

The Ace of Wands arrives this week like a spark returning to the body. A remembering. A reawakening. A reminder that you are not done yet.In this episode of It’s Giving Mystical, we move through the energetic arc from the Ten of Wands to the Seven of Wands and into the life-giving warmth of the Ace of Wands — the tarot card of vitality, desire, inspiration, creativity, sensuality, and renewed life force. Kirsten explores what it means to release outdated identities, soften scarcity around joy and love, and open the gates to more aliveness.This conversation weaves together tarot, embodiment, grief, motherhood, boundaries, desire, nervous system safety, and the deep permission to feel good again.If something in your life is beginning to awaken… this episode is for you.✨ Themes explored:Taurus New Moon energy & “new beginnings”The Ace of Wands as vitality, eros, and inspirationReleasing old identities and scarcity thinkingBoundaries, openness, and safe connectionFeeling more alive in your bodyMotherhood, grief, tenderness & nervous system regulationWhy pleasure and aliveness are sacredLearning to trust there is more available for youIf this episode resonates, share it with someone walking through their own reawakening.#tarotpodcast #aceofwands #taurusnewmoon #spiritualpodcast #tarotreading #mysticism #selfdevelopment #embodiment #divinefeminine #healingjourney #personalgrowth #energyupdate #consciousness #itsgivingmystical

There’s something fascinating happening collectively right now… a strange nostalgia for the quiet of quarantine, for sourdough and slow mornings and being forced back into ourselves. In this week’s episode of the It's Giving Mystical, we explore what that longing might actually be pointing toward: the body’s pacing, the sacredness of ordinary life, and the deep human need for space to simply be. The tarot card for the week ahead is the reversed Seven of Wands — a card of boundaries, energetic space, and the tension between self-protection and connection. This week asks: what happens when you stop fighting so hard to defend your peace and begin trusting the safety you’ve already built? What if the gates could open a little? We talk about hypervigilance, nervous system contraction, embodiment, authenticity, and the possibility of letting yourself be seen without abandoning yourself. There’s a softer invitation moving through this week — one that says you don’t need to over-control everything in order to remain safe. You may actually be ready for more connection, more spaciousness, and more ease than you realize. ✨ In this episode:Why people are suddenly nostalgic for lockdownThe body’s relationship to safety, pacing, and spaciousnessReversed Seven of Wands energy for the week aheadHypervigilance vs. grounded boundariesOpening the gates to connection without losing yourselfSomatic awareness and tracking tension in the bodyLetting yourself be fully seen in your uniquenessWhy “safe” and “connected” no longer need to oppose one anotherIf this episode resonates, you can explore deeper work with me inside Mystic Rising or reach out about private sessions and Shaman School.✨ Connect with me:Instagram: @givingmysticalWebsite: Giving Mystical#tarot #sevenofwands #tarotpodcast #spirituality #embodiment #nervoussystem #healingjourney #mysticism #archetypes #weeklytarotreading #collectiveenergy #selfdevelopment #tarotreader #energyupdate #sacredfeminine #podcast #shadowwork #intuition #consciousness #personalgrowth

This month feels big. Like… quietly revolutionary.We’re working with the energy of the The Hierophant and The Devil—two archetypes that, on the surface, couldn’t be more opposite. One represents the sacred, the institutional, the “this is the way.” The other holds the body, desire, instinct, the things we’ve been taught to question or even reject.But what I’m seeing for May is something different.These energies are inverting.What we’ve been told is sacred… may not be.What we’ve dismissed as profane… might actually be where the life is.There’s something here about holding opposites—really holding them—without rushing to resolve them. And in that tension, something begins to shift. Something new emerges. A deeper truth, maybe. Or just a more honest one.This shows up collectively—in our relationship to institutions, authority, and what we’ve trusted without question. And it shows up personally—in our bodies, our desires, our choices, and the quiet ways we’ve outsourced our own knowing.One of the strongest threads this month is the body.Not as something to manage or override, but as something sacred. Intelligent. In conversation with you at all times. There’s an invitation here to listen differently—to let your body lead, even when it contradicts what you’ve been taught you “should” want or do.This might also bring up questions around desire.What you actually want… versus what you learned to want.And whether those are even the same thing.There’s a kind of unraveling happening.But it doesn’t feel destructive—it feels like truth.Like something that’s been upside down for a long time finally turning right side up.So for May, the practice is simple (but not easy):Stay with the tension.Get curious about what you believe is sacred—and why.And most importantly, listen to your body.It knows.Zodiac readings begin about two-thirds of the way through for each sign.

This week’s energy is a powerful threshold moment... moving out of April and into May, from mid-spring into the beginning of summer, and into a deeply transformative energetic shift.We’re working with the 10 of Wands, and the message is clear:you are being asked to release what you’ve been holding onto… even if it once felt good.This is a week of noticing where you are gripping, carrying, or over-identifying with something that has already completed its cycle. Old inspirations, past versions of yourself, relationships, identities, creative expressions; anything you’re holding because it once lit you up.The truth?Not everything that was once alive is meant to be carried forward.In this episode, we explore:The deeper meaning of the 10 of Wands and why “too much” shows upHow attachment to past passion, identity, or success creates energetic stagnationThe difference between honoring something vs. holding onto itWhy desire is a portal (not a destination)How following your aliveness shifts your entire trajectoryThe courage it takes to trust that letting go creates space for something newReframing “burden” vs. conscious choice in your lifeThis is a week to loosen your grip, trust the unfolding, and follow what feels alive now.You are not here to carry your life.You are here to move with it.✨ Work with me:Mystic Rising (now moving into the Mother archetype)Private sessions opening in MayShaman School (next cohort coming)

This is a special (and very fun) unedited episode of It’s Giving Mystical... recorded on Take Your Child to Work Day with a very special guest: my daughter, Lilah.Together, we pull cards for the younger generation... looking at what’s unfolding this week for Gen Z, especially around big decisions, truth coming to light, and the pressure of choosing what’s next.The energy of Judgment leads the conversation, bringing themes of revelation, honesty, and moments you can’t unsee. This is about truth surfacing personally, socially, and collectively and what it means to move forward once it does.We also explore:the emotional weight of college decisions and “no turning back” momentshow judgment, both internal and external, shapes this time of lifethe reality of uncertainty, loneliness, and change (and why it’s actually part of the path)why no decision is final, and everything continues to evolveWith a few bonus pulls on prom, graduation, and what’s ahead, this episode is equal parts insight, humor, and real conversation across generations.There’s something deeply honest here about growing up, making choices, and learning to trust yourself even when you don’t have all the answers.Listen to this episode when you need:– clarity around a big decision– reassurance that uncertainty is part of the process– perspective on judgment and outside opinions– a reminder that nothing is as fixed as it feelsLet this one be light, real, and a little bit revealing.

Feeling stuck, frustrated, or like nothing is moving? This week’s tarot message explains why and what’s actually unfolding beneath the surface.This episode is a deep dive into the Four of Cups and the subtle but powerful shift from stagnation into movement. We explore the collapse of external authority and the return to your own internal knowing... your body as your compass, your truth as your guide.There’s something here about emotional looping… about looking at the same situation, the same options, the same story, and trying to force clarity. But the invitation this week is to soften. To release the grip. To let yourself feel what’s present without needing to resolve it immediately.Because what if you’re not stuck?What if something is actually moving, just not in the way you expected?With the Four of Cups appearing in reverse, there’s a quiet opening. A sense that something that has felt stagnant is beginning to shift. That the ache, the longing, the confusion… is finding its way back into flow.This episode also touches on the importance of trusting your body over polished language; how something can sound “right” but feel off, and how your system is always reading the deeper truth. Your authority lives there.And beneath all of it, a reminder: you were never abandoned in the waiting. There is movement happening. There is something being prepared. And you are allowed to meet it without force, without urgency...just presence.Let this be a week where you feel what’s true without attaching to outcome… and trust that what’s meant for you is already on its way.And PS sorry for the long pauses, my house and dogs were wild during this recording! ;-)

This week brings a subtle but powerful shift.With Mars now direct, something in your body is waking back up—your energy, your clarity, your sense of direction. And paired with the Ace of Pentacles, we’re stepping into a moment of receiving… but not in the way you might expect.This isn’t the full picture.This is the seed.In this episode, we explore how to recognize and honor what’s being placed in your hands right now—even if it feels incomplete, unexpected, or slightly unclear.Because something is taking shape.And your only job?Stay with what’s here.✨ In this episode, we explore:What Mars direct in Aries is reactivating in your body and lifeThe energy of the Ace of Pentacles as a living seed (not a finished outcome)Why “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” is the message of the momentHow to work with desire without rushing ahead or forcing certaintyThe power of “next right step” instead of needing the full pathWhy the subplots of your life hold the real gold right nowThere’s something here for you.Even if you don’t fully understand it yet.Let it be simple.Let it be enough.Let it grow.

This week’s energy brings fast movement, powerful communication, and a surprising amount of misinterpretation—and that’s not a problem, it’s part of the medicine.We’re in an Eight of Wands week, where things are in motion, messages are flying, and energy is building… but what’s landing isn’t always what was sent.This episode explores:Why communication is inherently imperfect (and why that’s actually beautiful)The difference between headline moments vs. quiet, soul-level victoriesHow to navigate multiple layers of perception without losing yourselfThe tension between potential vs. reality (and where we get stuck)What it means to release control after you’ve expressed yourselfHow to stay open, grounded, and discerning in fast-moving dynamicsThere’s something really alive here—connection, momentum, possibility—but only if you’re willing to:feel more, react less, and let things fully land before deciding what they mean.This is a week to:✨ Speak—even if it’s imperfect✨ Listen—beyond just the words✨ Let go—of controlling how you’re received✨ Notice—what actually feels meaningful (not just what looks important)There is something deeply human, messy, and beautiful unfolding right now.And it’s worth participating in.

This week carries a strange mix of momentum and miscommunication. Even with everything technically moving forward, things may feel… off. Messages missed. Meaning lost in translation. Energy slightly scrambled.And instead of rushing to fix it or assuming the worst, there’s an invitation here:slow down, soften, and give people (and yourself) the benefit of the doubt.Because underneath the noise, something deeper is happening.The Six of Wands arrives as a “victory” card—but not in the way we usually think. This isn’t loud, obvious, celebratory success. This is quieter. Subtler. A rearranging. A recalibration.This week asks:What does winning actually feel like to you?And at what cost have you been taught to achieve it?There’s a difference between external victory… and internal alignment.You may notice:Conversations that feel slightly misaligned, but meaningfulPeople trying to connect, even if it’s imperfectMoments of clarity around your boundaries and capacityA deeper awareness of what actually feels good vs. what looks goodThe real invitation this week is to pay attention to the subplots—the quieter moments, the felt sense, the spaces where you feel nourished, connected, and alive.That’s your compass. That’s your version of success.And if something feels unclear or uncertain?Pause. Don’t force it. Don’t invite it in just yet.There is so much support right now for building a life that genuinely feels good to live.Not impressive. Not performative.True. Aligned. Alive.Let this week be about noticing what that feels like—and choosing more of it.

This month feels big. Like… quietly revolutionary.We’re working with the energy of the The Hierophant and The Devil, two archetypes that, on the surface, couldn’t be more opposite. One represents the sacred, the institutional, the “this is the way.” The other holds the body, desire, instinct, the things we’ve been taught to question or even reject.But what I’m seeing for May is something different.These energies are inverting.What we’ve been told is sacred… may not be.What we’ve dismissed as profane… might actually be where the life is.There’s something here about holding opposites- really holding them- without rushing to resolve them. And in that tension, something begins to shift. Something new emerges. A deeper truth, maybe. Or just a more honest one.This shows up collectively... in our relationship to institutions, authority, and what we’ve trusted without question. And it shows up personally... in our bodies, our desires, our choices, and the quiet ways we’ve outsourced our own knowing.One of the strongest threads this month is the body.Not as something to manage or override, but as something sacred. Intelligent. In conversation with you at all times. There’s an invitation here to listen differently, to let your body lead, even when it contradicts what you’ve been taught you “should” want or do.This might also bring up questions around desire.What you actually want… versus what you learned to want.And whether those are even the same thing.There’s a kind of unraveling happening.But it doesn’t feel destructive, it feels like truth.Like something that’s been upside down for a long time finally turning right side up.So for May, the practice is simple (but not easy):Stay with the tension.Get curious about what you believe is sacred and why.And most importantly, listen to your body.It knows.Zodiac readings begin about two-thirds of the way through for each sign.

April arrives with a powerful invitation:to slow down, take stock, and choose alignment over urgency.This is a month where the material world (Emperor) meets the mystical (Temperance)… where structure and surrender begin to speak to each other—even if they don’t fully understand one another yet.If you’ve been feeling pressure, overwhelm, or like something is shifting beneath the surface… you’re not wrong. This episode explores how April’s energy is asking you to clarify your yes, honor your no, and trust the transformation happening within you—even if you can’t yet explain it.We move through:The deeper meaning of alignment in 2026 (and why it may not feel easy)The Emperor’s call to boundaries, responsibility, and clean energyThe Temperance card as alchemy, patience, and unseen transformationWhy this is not the month to rush or fill spaceHow your inner work is beginning to show up in real, tangible waysThe energetic shift from doing → being → becomingThere is something changing in you.Something refining. Something reorganizing your relationship to your life.And April asks you to trust it.We close with intuitive tarot + oracle readings for each zodiac sign.Key Themes This MonthAlignment • Boundaries • Alchemy • Patience • Integrity • Sensual Presence • Inner TransformationA reminder for April:You don’t need to add more.You don’t need to force clarity.You don’t need to rush what is still becoming.Let the shift happen.Let yourself meet your life… as someone new.

This week’s tarot reading points to the Two of Pentacles—a moment of overwhelm, resource management, and the strange, disorienting feeling of doing everything… and still not quite landing anywhere.If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, emotionally dry, or like you can’t quite “catch up” with your life—this episode names that energy clearly.There’s a deeper invitation here around self-reliance vs. isolation, learning how to hold your world without carrying it alone, and noticing where your energy is being overextended.This isn’t chaos. It’s not collapse.But it is a kind of pressure… a quiet, persistent weight asking you to rebalance.In this episode, we explore:The Two of Pentacles and why this week feels like a treadmill you can’t step offThe emotional tone of disconnection, depletion, and subtle lonelinessHow hyper-independence and “handling it all” might be draining youWhy this energy can feel dry, uninspired, and stripped of magicA gentle reframe: this is a reorganization of your resources, not a failureHow to soften the weight—through nature, presence, and small moments of reliefThis week may not feel expansive… but it is clarifying.And what you learn here—about your energy, your limits, and your balance—will change how you move forward.You’re not stuck.You’re recalibrating.

This is your tarot reading for the week ahead, March 20th–27th, working with the Three of Wands—a card of clarity, self-trust, and stepping into a new chapter after deep emotional clearing.After an intense week of grief, endings, and energetic release surrounding the Pisces New Moon and the astrological New Year, this reading explores what it means to stand at the edge of your life and choose what comes next.Hello my loves—what a week.That feeling of everything surfacing at once…Grief, memory, old relationships, old versions of self…A kind of “roll credits” moment on a chapter that has fully completed.If you felt like the wind dropped out, like everything went still and you were left face-to-face with what needed to be felt… you were not alone.This week, we move forward with the Three of Wands.This is the moment after the clearing.After the collapse.After the truth rises.And now you stand at the edge—not asking “what should I do?”but “what do I choose?”This is a shift from external validation → internal calibration.From “do you see me?” → “do I feel myself?”There’s something here about:Walking yourself home.Trusting your own path.Letting grief and clarity coexist.You may feel tenderness.You may feel nostalgia.You may feel the quiet knowing that some paths are complete.And still—there is something new on the horizon.This week is not about forcing movement.It’s about trusting what calls you… and letting the next step reveal itself.In this episode, we explore:The emotional intensity of the Pisces → Aries threshold (astrological new year)Why grief surfaced so strongly—and what it was clearing“Roll credits” energy: closing a chapter of your lifeThe Three of Wands as self-trust, clarity, and personal powerInternal vs external validation (2 → 3 of Wands shift)Walking yourself home (and why no one can do it for you)Letting go of old roles, identities, and relationshipsAlignment over effort: choosing a new way forwardIf this episode supported you, share it with someone navigating change.And as always—trust yourself. You know the way.

A tarot reading for the week of March 13–20, exploring the energy of The Empress, Death, and the Five of Wands reversed. This episode looks at how deep transformation often happens quietly—and how March may reveal the new life that has been growing beneath the surface.If the past few years have changed you in ways you can’t quite articulate, this reading speaks directly to that feeling.This week carries the energy of “the king is dead, long live the queen.”Not destruction, but transition.Not loss, but evolution.Something old—an identity, a struggle, a way of relating to your life—is quietly falling away so something softer, wiser, and more deeply sovereign can take its place.In this episode we explore the surprising tenderness of the Death card, the fertile power of the Empress, and how the Five of Wands reversed signals that a struggle may be dissolving faster than you expected.The road may suddenly feel easier.And when it does, you may realize something beautiful:the challenge was shaping you the whole time.We explore:✨ The Empress & Death together — why this pairing signals a profound but gentle rebirth✨ “The King is Dead, Long Live the Queen” energy — the shift from old structures of power to something more creative, embodied, and alive✨ Why you may not fully see how much you’ve changed over the past few years✨ The surprising compassion inside the Death archetype✨ Your life as a sacred garden — tending yourself with patience and devotion✨ Five of Wands reversed — when competition, friction, or conflict suddenly dissolves✨ Why some challenges exist to sharpen us rather than defeat us✨ The moment when resistance drops and the path forward becomes easier✨ Recognizing the quiet pride that comes from growthNotice where something suddenly feels lighter.A problem that felt complicated may resolve.A challenge may soften.A path that felt blocked may open.When it does, pause long enough to recognize:You’re not the same person who began this journey.Something in you has grown stronger, wiser, and more capable.And now the garden is ready to bloom.✨ If you enjoy the podcast, be sure to follow or subscribe so these weekly readings find you right when they’re meant to.And if you want to explore this work more deeply, you can learn about Mystic Rising, my community devoted to living and embodying these archetypal energies together.Sending you so much love — and a little Friday the 13th magic. 🖤In this episode:The Invitation for the Week

A March tarot reading guided by The Empress and Death, exploring divine timing, spring awakening, desire, transformation, and the quiet inevitability of what is ready to bloom.In this episode, Kirsten reflects on the rich, fertile energy of March and the particular medicine of The Empress: abundance, pleasure, creativity, trust, and the refusal to rush what is still ripening. Paired with Death, this month’s reading opens into a deeper conversation about clearing, change, the long work of transformation, and the surprising beauty that can emerge after a difficult season.This is a reading about learning to trust your own timing. About letting desire expand you without forcing it into form. About allowing life to move at the pace of life. Kirsten explores the difference between urgency and true desire, the way pleasure changes the body, and the possibility that something new is already arriving — even if you cannot fully see it yet.The episode closes with individual tarot readings for each zodiac sign, beginning at 31:26.If March has felt full, creative, slow, lush, emotional, or quietly transformative, this reading will meet you there.

This week’s tarot energy is The Queen of Wands—a return of passion, courage, and creative fire after the release of limiting beliefs revealed through The Devil reversed.If February felt heavy or revealing, this week may bring something different: a spark coming back online. The part of you that remembers you’re here to live.In this episode, Kirsten reflects on the moment when we suddenly see the invisible rules we’ve been living by—beliefs inherited from childhood, culture, or old versions of ourselves. Once those stories are seen, something shifts.There is power in witnessing.There is power in naming what’s true.And there is deep freedom in realizing you don’t actually have to play by that map anymore.This week’s energy moves us into Queen of Wands territory—bold, fiery, passionate, and unapologetically alive. She doesn’t worry about being accommodating. She’s not here to shrink. She’s here to live fully while she’s here.After the heaviness of recent weeks, this energy may show up as:• a sudden surge of passion or desire• speaking something out loud you didn’t plan to say• creative inspiration returning• anger or truth rising to the surface• a renewed sense of agency and personal fireThe Queen of Wands reminds us: you’re not dead yet.And sometimes the medicine for exhaustion isn’t more restraint—it’s a return to aliveness.There may also be a little “beautiful oops” energy this week. Something spontaneous, messy, or unexpected that ultimately brings more life into the room.Spring is beginning to whisper again.The fire is returning.And the Queen of Wands invites you to step back into your vitality.• Reflecting on The Devil reversed and the beliefs we didn’t realize were shaping us• The power of witnessing old stories and inherited rules• Entering the energy of the Queen of Wands• Why women are often called “too much” when they stop accommodating• The return of passion, desire, and creative momentum• Seven of Swords reversed and truth coming into the open• The playful, unpredictable magic of “beautiful oops” momentsIn this episode

This week’s card is The Devil in Reverse, and it feels like a long exhale.After weeks of heaviness — the 10 of Wands, the 10 of Swords, that Eight of Swords feeling of “even if I stand up, now what?” — there’s something shifting. Not dramatically. Not loudly. But cleanly.In this episode, we talk about what it means to loosen the chains.Where are you taking life too seriously?Where are you bound by old vows, old habits, old narratives that don’t actually fit anymore?What are you feeding with your attention?The Devil reversed doesn’t scold. It doesn’t shame. It simply says: you have more choice than you think.We explore:– information overload and nervous system collusion– the difference between devotion and obligation– building legacy (10 of Pentacles + Three of Wands) one small daily act at a time– rewriting commitments without drama– letting February’s heaviness melt like snow before springThere’s relief here. There’s clarity. There’s a subtle but powerful shift toward alignment.You don’t have to carry everything.You don’t have to participate in every myth.You don’t have to keep agreeing to what drains you.The chains are looser than you think.Let’s cut them gently.

This week’s tarot reading explores major endings, energetic overload, and the discomfort of transition as we move through Fire Horse energy, the Aquarius New Moon, and into Eclipse season.The cards guiding us:10 of Wands – Carrying too much / Overextension10 of Swords – Final endings / No going back8 of Swords – Uncertainty / Not knowing the next stepThe Hanged Man – Surrender / Holding the poseThis is a week about:Letting go of what is already overReleasing burdens you no longer need to carrySitting in the in-between without forcing clarityUnderstanding the difference between surrender and stagnationWe are in a Fire Horse year — high action, high intensity, fast momentum. But this week calls for hydration of the nervous system, energetic conservation, and alignment over reaction.If you feel:Stuck but unable to go backwardDone with something but unclear on what’s nextOverextended, emotionally or energeticallyPressured to “move on” before you're readyThis reading is for you.You are not stuck.You are in a pause.And the pause is strategic.✨ Themes this week:• Major endings• Energetic shedding• Alignment over urgency• Surrender as strength• Becoming someone newListen if you're navigating:A relationship endingCareer transitionIdentity shiftSpiritual recalibrationPost-2025 integrationYou don’t have to force forward motion.The road will reveal itself.

This week’s tarot reading explores the Five of Pentacles, and what it means when themes of scarcity, lack, and emotional isolation surface. This episode offers spiritual guidance on transforming scarcity into abundance, trusting your intuition, and navigating uncertainty through the lens of tarot.We also explore the influence of The High Priestess and The Hanged Man, and why this is a powerful time for perspective shifts, intuitive awakening, and embodied healing.The Five of Pentacles is often associated with feeling outside of love, support, or belonging—but this card also reveals how these moments can become profound portals for transformation, resilience, and spiritual growth.In this episode, we explore:The spiritual meaning of the Five of Pentacles tarot cardHow scarcity and abundance live in the bodyWhy intuition becomes stronger during uncertain timesThe role of The High Priestess and Hanged Man in perspective shiftsHow to transform lack into creativity, movement, and trustPractices to reconnect with your body, intuition, and inner stabilityThis is a week for compassion, gentleness, and returning to yourself.Even when you feel outside of certainty, you are not outside of love.Trust what you know. Trust what is shifting.

This is the weekly energy reading for the week of February 6, 2026.Alignment over effort & the fire horse awakening.We have officially crossed a threshold.With the arrival of the Fire Horse year, Uranus moving direct, and a powerful sequence of transits unfolding throughout February, the energy is accelerating in ways that are tangible, physical, and unmistakable. You may feel it in your body already—that sense that something is waking up, something is thawing, something is ready to move.This week’s message centers around a profound shift:Alignment over effort.The work you did in the past year—what you released, what you healed, what you chose—has already carved the destiny lines you’re now moving along. The Fire Horse doesn’t create the path. It runs on the one that’s already been made.In this episode, we explore:Why effort alone won’t create momentum in 2026—and what actually willHow to recognize the difference between what’s aligned and what’s simply familiarThe collective healing around self-acceptance and releasing the idea that you need to “fix” yourselfThe intuitive perception available through the High Priestess and the Hanged ManWhat the Knight of Swords reveals about courage, clarity, and rapid movement this weekHow to stay anchored as destiny accelerates around youThis is a moment of increased speed, clarity, and activation—but not through force.Through resonance.Through listening.Through trusting what feels alive.The Knight of Swords reminds us that clarity may arrive suddenly—and when it does, you may find yourself moving faster and with more certainty than you thought possible.Your task isn’t to push harder.It’s to recognize the clear bell when it rings.—If this resonates, you may also enjoy:February Energy Reading: The High Priestess & The Hanged ManWith love,Kirsten

A February tarot reading guided by The High Priestess and The Hanged Man, exploring surrender, intuition, stillness, and what it means to trust the Wheel of Fortune year.In this episode, we explore:The High Priestess & The Hanged Man as a paired initiationWhy February is an input month, not an output monthImbolc, the Leo Full Moon & the Wood Snake → Fire Horse transitionHow surrender creates momentum in a Wheel of Fortune yearZodiac messages for all 12 signsThis is your month-ahead reading for February—offered as a timeless transmission, so whenever you find it, trust it found you on purpose.We’re meeting at a potent threshold: the Leo Full Moon, Imbolc (the halfway point between Solstice and Equinox), and the collective pivot from Wood Snake → Fire Horse at the Lunar New Year mid-month. Translation: the terrain is shifting… but February asks you to shift in a surprisingly different way.This month carries the paradox of a Wheel of Fortune year (movement, currents, acceleration) paired with the deep yin medicine of:The High Priestess — receptivity, dream-space, the oracle, “hollow bone” listeningThe Hanged Man — surrender, reversal, perspective shift, purposeful releaseTogether, they ask for an experiment:Hold the pose longer. Listen longer. Stay softer longer than you want to.Not as stagnation—as fertility. As the kind of stillness that moults old layers and reveals what’s actually true underneath.If February isn’t an “output month,” what is it?Let the river carry you (less forcing, more allowing)Anchor into “6th house” maintenance: body, home, money, daily rhythm, the basicsWhen your mind insists it “knows,” try: “And… I wonder what else.”Call in support: guides, guardians, teachers (not to outsource power— to reveal nuance)You’re not behind. You’re not wasting time.You’re becoming more essential.Aquarius — Queen of Swords + Squirrel Spirit Back in your native clarity. Give yourself permission to be more self-focused than usual.Pisces — Ace of Pentacles + Antelope SpiritA small yes becomes a fast-moving blessing. Say yes to what’s easy and aligned.Aries — Eight of Swords + Elephant Spirit A familiar stuckness invites a new strategy. Your intuition can guide you even here.Taurus — King of Wands + Porcupine SpiritYou’re lit up—don’t let old stories clamp down on new aliveness. Stay curious.Gemini — Seven of Cups + Deer SpiritLess urgency, more softness. Let the “right cup” find you when you stop scrambling.Cancer — Two of Swords + Dove SpiritDon’t rush the dilemma. The binary is likely false. Recede, breathe, let it clarify.Leo — Hierophant + Hummingbird SpiritThe Beauty Way. Presence as devotion. Let sweetness be a spiritual practice.Virgo — Queen of Pentacles + Rabbit SpiritTend your material world with reverence—body, home, money—and let luck meet you there.Libra — Two of Pentacles + Turtle Spirit Step-by-step is the spell. What feels impossible to hold will resolve more easily than expected.Scorpio — Seven of Wands + Chameleon SpiritHold your space without overexplaining. Trust your boundary instincts—act confident until it’s true.Sagittarius — The Fool + Electric Eel Spirit A green-light month. Take the risk. Say yes to the new path and see what happens.Capricorn — Knight of Cups + Panther SpiritNotice where you dim yourself to “keep” love. The right love celebrates your bigness.Bottom of the Deck — The Tower + Otter SpiritChange is afoot… and you’re not alone. It may arrive softly, but it’s real—and it’s liberating.February’s medicine is simple (not easy):Surrender past your comfort point—one breath longer—and watch what falls away.If this episode supported you, share it with someone who needs permission to soften without losing momentum—and come ride the river with me. 💫The Heart of February: Stillness with MomentumA Practice for the MonthZodiac Messages + CardsClosing Intention

Well… here we are.A full 22-minute episode recorded beautifully — on mute. 🫠So consider this version a transmission that wanted to be said twice.In this week’s episode of It’s Giving Mystical, we’re standing in the liminal space between January and February, closing out the Magician + Justice energy and moving toward the High Priestess and the Hanged Man — all within a Wheel of Fortune year that’s asking us to trust the current of life a little more deeply.We reflect on last week’s Devil card as a final moment of clarity and choice:What are you still choosing — and what are you finally ready to release?From there, we enter the energy of surrender, vertigo, and trust — the feeling of leaning back into the river and letting yourself be carried. This is a month of doing what you’re already doing… but deeper.The card for the week ahead is the Three of Cups — celebration, community, love, harvest, and remembering that we are not meant to do this alone. This episode explores the sacred role of joy and gathering, especially in times of grief, uncertainty, or collective strain.Through a deeply personal story about family, loss, memory, and laughter — and reflections on activism, community, and chosen family — this episode is a reminder that:✨ We are still here✨ We are still together✨ And that alone is worth celebratingThe Three of Cups asks us to keep one foot on the dance floor — even when things are hard. Especially when things are hard.This is an invitation to honor your people, show up for the celebrations that matter, invest in the relationships that sustain you, and remember that joy, music, laughter, and community are not frivolous — they are powerful medicine.Raise your glass.Say L’chaim.We’re still here. And it’s not over yet. 🥂Aho,Kirsten 💫

✨ It’s Giving Mystical — The Week of January 23rd ✨This week’s podcast is an invitation into awakening to love—not just the soft, sweet version, but the kind that cracks us open, tenderizes us, and asks us to stay present with what we feel.We reflect on last week’s themes of new energy, new channels, and the tension between what we’re maintaining and what we’re becoming. Awakening to love can arrive as delight—rediscovering what lights us up, what our hands and bodies love to do—and it can also arrive as grief, vulnerability, and a deeper sensitivity to harm, fear, and heartbreak.I share reflections on the Three of Swords as a card of courage and lion-heartedness—how heartbreak, while never something we seek, is part of what makes us available to love, compassion, and brave presence in the world. We explore what it means to stay open without hardening, even when the world feels overwhelming.This episode includes a deeply personal story about embodiment, boundaries, and learning to stay inside oneself rather than orienting from the outside in—especially as a woman navigating desire, safety, spirituality, and relationship. We talk about how subtle interactions can pull us out of our bodies, and how returning to breath, presence, and self-trust is a radical and necessary practice.For the week ahead, we work with The Devil card—an exploration of choice, binding, devotion, desire, and the places where we may feel trapped or unconscious. The Devil asks us to look honestly at what we are in service to, where we’ve given away our power, and where reclaiming choice can liberate vitality, pleasure, and integrity. We also touch on embodiment, sexual energy, shadow, and the importance of integrating the spiritual and the material.With Temperance and the Ten of Wands (Reversed) supporting us, this week offers the possibility of putting something heavy down, rebalancing how we carry our responsibilities, and allowing insight to arrive without overwhelm.This is a long, winding, heartfelt episode—an offering for those feeling tender, fierce, alive, and in the middle of it all.You are invited to move slowly, stay in your body, and remember: this too is a gift.Sending you so much love.I’ll talk to you very soon. ✨

Hello beautiful people. It’s me, Kirsten, and this is the It’s Giving Mystical podcast—your energetic weather report for the week ahead.We’re halfway through January now, which means it’s time for a gentle but honest check-in. How are the Magician and Justice moving through your life? Where do you feel momentum—and where do things feel out of sync? This week invites you back to your breath, your intentions, and what you are truly devoted to calling in during this Wheel of Fortune year.We’re also reflecting on last week’s King of Swords energy. What conversations were stirred? What words were spoken—to you, by you, and within you? Some of these exchanges may have healed. Some may have triggered. All of them mattered. Language is shaping reality right now, so notice how you’re speaking to yourself and the world.The cards guiding us this week are The Tower (reversed) and the Ace of Cups—a powerful, luminous pairing.The Tower reminds us that structures—both inner and outer—can only hold so much energy before they must change. But in reverse, this doesn’t feel like collapse. It feels like a gentle flooding, a release of blocked flow, an opening that allows life back into places that have been dry or constricted. The things you have built can no longer contain what your soul is becoming… and that’s a beautiful thing.Paired with the Ace of Cups, this becomes something extraordinary:an awakening into love.Not the “falling” kind, but the remembering kind.The kind that feels like, “Oh… there you are.”This could be romantic. It could be familial. It could be spiritual. It could even be a deepening love for yourself. But whatever form it takes, it carries recognition, warmth, and the sense that you are not walking alone.As we step out of the Hermit year and into the Wheel of Fortune, the universe is asking:Can you trust what you cultivated in the quiet?Can you bring your heart into connection now?Justice reminds us that love is not meant to live in isolation. Love wants to be lived. Shared. Expressed in the world.So this week, move a little slower. Let the energy settle. Let the heart open. And when you feel that spark of recognition—whether with a person, a path, or a new possibility—trust it.May you awaken into love.May your heart feel warm and alive.May you remember you are not in this alone.I love you. I’ll see you soon. 💖

Hello beautiful people. It’s me, Kirsten, and this is your It’s Giving Mystical podcast for the week ahead — the week of January 9th (1/9). A powerful threshold.This is a big week astrologically, with potent alignments already stirring clarity, revelation, and momentum. After last week’s Chariot energy — the inhale before the pounce — we’re now entering the moment where the arrows are released.The card guiding us? The King of Swords.This week is about words.Big words.Healing words.Disruptive words.Truth-telling words.Words that change the shape of what comes next.The King of Swords is a translator — a bridge between the spiritual and material worlds. He carries clarity, but he also carries humanity. Unlike the Queen of Swords’ sharp black-and-white decisiveness, the King allows for nuance, context, compassion, and even a little wobble. And that wobble matters.This is a week for:Important conversationsSpeaking before you’re 100% sureListening deeply, even when it’s uncomfortableLetting yourself communicate imperfectlyWhen clarifying cards appeared — The Star, The Tower, The Moon — it became clear:These conversations are tied to healing, restructuring, and your dreams.They are determinant. They matter.You may notice:Someone trying to speak to youA truth wanting to come through youA conversation that feels bigger than it looksBring beginner’s mind. (Earthworm energy from the Wild Unknown Animal Deck showed up as a reminder here.) Let yourself try. Let yourself get it a little wrong. There is medicine in the effort.This is also a reminder that we are in a Wheel of Fortune year. Unlike the effort-heavy 9 year, this year invites revelation. Movement. New environments, new communities, new conversations you couldn’t have planned for.One of the core practices this week:✨ The breath.Notice when you’re holding it — especially in conversation.Give yourself one full, spacious breath.That pause?That’s where quantum leaps happen.Not by force — but by spaciousness.You don’t owe anyone immediate answers.You don’t need to rush.You are safe to pause.This is not a Queen of Swords week.This is a King of Swords week.Ask yourself:What feels true right now?How can I best translate that?How can I listen with compassion?How can I stay present even when it’s awkward?Let your words be planted in love, humanity, and care — not in cruelty, urgency, or the need to win.Big words this week.Be patient with yourself.Be kind with your language — especially inwardly.And breathe. Always breathe.Happy week ahead. 💛

The Magician & Justice: January 2026All right, hotties. 💋Welcome to your January 2026 long-form episode — the one you listen to with tea, a blanket, and your nervous system exhaling in real time.In this episode we drop into the energetic architecture of 2026 as a Wheel of Fortune year (a 10 year) — a year of expansion, destiny winds, right-place-right-time magic, and terrain that moves under your feet (in a good way… mostly). If 2025 felt like deep contraction, shedding, healing, and reworking the foundations, 2026 is where the world starts meeting you again.9 year → 10 year shift: contraction to expansion, consolidation to momentumThe medicine of the 1 + 0: your Magician clarity + the Universe’s protection (condor wings, baby)Why Wheel/Jupiter energy can be so benevolent — and also too much, too fast if you’re not groundedHow the pace may really pick up mid-February (and why January is your anchoring month)“Don’t get carried away” (and also… learn how to ride it)The return of your mythic appetite — your hunger for life, beauty, creation, love, experienceWhy January matters (even if people say “the year starts at Aries season”) — the void is fertile, and Capricorn season helps you build what will bloomMajor Arcana theme:The Magician (January as a manifestation portal)Justice (11) as the next layer: swift movement, rails greased, the pot sweetenedTogether these cards say: you’re all in. And the universe is responding.Oracle + animal pulls:Echinacea DestinyMartyr (light attribute: the transcendent desire to serve self and the world)Anchor to Fly (safety + freedom can coexist)Our Lady Who Sends the Angels (protection + guidance)Frog (healing, gentleness, restoration — moisture for the spirit)We also name the energetic undercurrent: Phoenix / 10 of Swords reversed — fresh eyes, beginner mind, and a clear invitation to not carry last year’s residue into the new terrain.A quick energetic weather report for each sign:Capricorn: Sun + Snake — be your own warmth before you seek it outsideAquarius: Queen of Pentacles + Crocodile — quiet stability… and an ancient whisper calling you forwardPisces: Death + Lizard — permission to only be in environments that nourish youAries: Lovers + Panther — no more f*cking around; choose what aligns with your fierce heartTaurus: Seven of Wands + Frog — protect your healing; take up room for what you needGemini: Two of Swords + Fish — mind vs. feeling; trust the current, don’t overthink the riverCancer: Ace of Cups + Swan — love + beauty; make art, write poetry, soften into devotionLeo: Knight of Swords + Firefly — inspiration is high; watch burnout and learn modulationVirgo: Knight of Wands + Buffalo — passion with grounding; trust your (charming) messinessLibra: Judgment + Oyster — a reveal, a pearl, an unexpected truth that becomes treasureScorpio: Four of Cups + Deer — frustration softens with listening; widen perceptionSagittarius: Chariot + Moth — make moves in the dark; cloak your energy until it’s yoursAsk for what you want.Believe you’re allowed to have it.And also: keep an eye on impact — who you’re bringing with you, who you’re building with, where you’re learning you don’t have to do it alone.This is a building month. A clarifying month. A month where more comes into the field.And we’re officially entering the Wheel of Fortune terrain — may it be more fun than last year, and may it feel like something we do together.Talk to you later, friends. Bye. ✨In this episode, we explore:Tarot + Oracle for JanuaryZodiac mini-readings (Tarot + Animal Spirit)The January invitation

✨ It’s Giving Mystical — Week Ahead | January 2, 2026 ✨Hello beautiful people.It’s me, Kirsten, and this is your It’s Giving Mystical podcast for the week ahead.We are officially stepping into 2026—and we are doing it differently.This week opens with Wheel of Fortune energy: a turning point, a shifting terrain, a year that wants to take shape in its own way. The 10 reminds us that change is not random—it’s protected, purposeful, and alive with destiny. The Onespeaks to your sacred role as the bridge between heaven and earth. The Zero speaks to divine protection, source energy, and being held as you become.Together, they whisper:You are not doing this alone.This is a generative year.After the shedding, fatigue, and deep initiations of the nine year, the ten year asks us to build, create, and allow life to meet us halfway.For this first week of the year, the card guiding us is The Chariot.Not as force.Not as hustle.But as contained power, pleasure, and magnetic pause.The Chariot reminds us that true momentum comes from alignment—not rushing. From drawing your power inward. From knowing what is meant for you and trusting that nothing aligned will pass you by. This is the inhale before the arrow releases. The stillness before movement. The moment where the universe says, I see you… and I’ll sweeten the pot.There is something deeply satisfying here.A sense of recognition.A sense of being met.A sense that your intuition was right.This is not a solitary week.There is mirroring, communication, allyship, and confirmation.You may feel seen—by another person, by your community, or by life itself.As we move toward the Cancer Full Moon, themes of home, care, ambition, and emotional truth may surface—but overall, the energy feels warm, collaborative, and validating. Harmonious. Supportive. Alive with possibility.Let yourself feel good this week.Let yourself feel proud.Let yourself enjoy the turning of the wheel.You’re all in.And the universe is responding.✨If you feel called, this is a beautiful time to ritualize the year ahead—through tarot, intention-setting, sankalpa work, or simply naming what your heart truly desires.Here’s to being wide awake for what’s coming.Here’s to pleasure, power, and momentum.Here’s to 2026.I’ll see you soon. 💛

It’s Giving Mystical — Week of December 26This week’s episode is an invitation to slow all the way down.We’re in the liminal days — that strange, potent stretch between Christmas, the Solstice, and the New Year — a time that has long been understood as mythic time, outside the usual rules of productivity, urgency, and linear momentum.In this episode, Kirsten explores the ancient idea of the 12 Holy Days — the days between December 26 and January 6 — and how they can be used as a powerful contemplative bridge between the year that’s ending and the one that’s forming.Rather than rushing toward 2026, this is a call to stay with your life.Why 2025 isn’t over yet — and why wishing time away robs us of magicHow the 12 Holy Days can be used as a gentle reflection on each month of the past yearA simple ritual: giving each day to one month (January–December) — honoring what was, and sensing what’s comingThe feeling of these days as out of time — sacred, strange, and deeply aliveThis week’s cards speak to liberation, momentum, and integration.Eight of Swords (Reversed) — breaking free from mental confinement, outdated stories, and self-imposed limitationsEight of Wands — sudden movement, energy returning, something real taking shapeDouble Eight energy — manifestation, materialization, spirit entering formTemperance (appearing twice) — the reminder to pace yourself, to metabolize change rather than burn out on itThree & Six of Pentacles — collaboration, reciprocity, and remembering that your liberation lives within communityThere’s an electric “I knew it” moment here — vindication, clarity, momentum — paired with a deeper wisdom asking:How do I hold this energy without losing myself to it?When energy finally moves after a long contraction, it can feel intoxicating — like anger, desire, or joy cracking something open.This episode explores:How to ride the wave without getting stuck in the chargeWhy emotional highs can sometimes create their own hangoversHow to come back to center, nourishment, and ground without dimming your alivenessThese final days of the year matter.They are not filler.They are not insignificant.They are not something to “get through.”There is a gift at the door — and you don’t want to miss it.As Kirsten reminds us:The worst thing is not discomfort — it’s numbness.We’re here to feel, to experience, to stay awake to our lives.Let this be a week of presence.Of honoring who you’ve become.Of staying open to beauty, mystery, and miracle — even now.✨ Happy Holy Days. Happy Returning Light.✨ And may you meet the threshold with open hands.✨ Inside this episode:🃏 The Tarot for the Week:🔥 A Key Theme:🌑 The Deeper Invitation:

This week’s energy meets us at a powerful threshold.As we move through the final days before the solstice, the tarot and the collective field are asking us to slow down, soften, and trust what’s quietly taking shape beneath the surface. What you thought you were working with at the beginning of the month may look similar but different now—because you are different.We reflect on the King of Cups energy behind us, inviting emotional depth, honesty, and sovereignty as we learn to swim in deeper waters without losing ourselves. There’s a remembering here: I know who I am. I can be here, even when the terrain is unfamiliar.This episode explores:The solstice as a time of untethering, quiet, and deep sensitivityWhy this season asks for tenderness instead of performanceThe fertile void of a 9-year cycle ending—when identity dissolves and curiosity returnsWhat it means to sit in emptiness without rushing to fill itThe pressure building inside you—and why it’s not meant to be released prematurelyFinding pleasure even in yearning, discomfort, and acheTarot for the WeekWe pull the Two of Pentacles (reversed), signaling the end of limbo and false busyness. You’re done juggling what no longer deserves your energy.Supporting cards:Ten of Swords — it’s truly over; there’s no life left in the old formThe Tower (reversed) — the shock is settling, the dust is clearingKnight / Son of Wands — it’s time to move, follow desire, and choose lifeThis isn’t about forcing outcomes. It’s about honoring your vitality and allowing desire to guide you—not because it guarantees a result, but because of who you become by moving toward what calls you.We also speak honestly about:Quiet heartbreak without a clear causeThe complexity of the holidays—light and loneliness coexistingThe necessity of art, connection, and truth as anchors in human lifeLetting truth transform you, even when it’s tenderAs the light begins to return, you’re invited into a simple solstice ritual:“As the light returns, so does this…”Name what you’re calling back to yourself.Be gentle. Float when you need to. Let the system re-organize itself.You are not broken.You are becoming.Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah—however you mark this turning of the wheel.I love you, and I’ll talk to you soon. ✨