What’s Rekindled Embers Tarot?
I view Tarot readings as a tool to go deeper. Tarot helps me listen to the bits whispering at the edges of my knowing. The fuzzy place that feels just beyond my reach, drowned out by noise— from the world, from my inner critic, from fear, from whatever may be speaking over my truest self.
Tarot is a practice that helps me pause, center, still myself, hear that part of me that knows the answer I’m seeking. It’s helped me take my intuition more seriously, remember the ways in which I am a part something bigger than myself, and helped me heal in a way that’s difficult to put into words.
I’d dabbled in Tarot before, but in the fall of 2020, I enrolled in Jade T. Perry’s Cecilia Weston Tarot Academy; I was an inaugural member of both the Anansi and Christmas cohorts, and was invited to be on the teaching team as one of the “Technique and Craftsperson" leads; my role was to work 1:1 with current students in the cohorts to support them on their journey and give reflections/suggestions about their work. My time at the academy was life shifting. I decided to begin offering readings.
When trying to figure out a name for this new endeavor, I got a little stuck. My love suggested I ask my cards about it— a lot came up, but The 8 of Swords and The Queen of Wands imagery were the cards where it clicked.
The 8 of Swords as the starting point: bleak, trapped by one’s own thoughts; a circle meant to serve as protection, but actually keeps one paralyzed; candles extinguished; a tree that is bare, almost looks dead—desolation. The Queen of Wands as the ending point: luscious, ablaze with life, playful, abundance, satisfaction—self assured.
My style of reading Tarot involves deep diving, finding the question beneath the question, reaching for the root. I bring curiosity, compassion, a trauma aware lens, and a belief that we have the capacity to heal within us. I know from my deepest knowing place that—despite all the trauma, pain, and confusion being a human in this world can bring— there is a part of us that remains whole, intact, untouched. Alight.
Alive.
To rekindle something is to “relight, revive, renew” it. An ember is “a glowing piece of coal or wood from a fire; a piece smoldering among ashes.”
When we think of fire, people often forget about embers. The tiny, glowing bits that are often overlooked. Fierce enough to start a destructive wildfire, strong enough to ignite life saving warmth. Not to be underestimated. A beacon of hope when all was almost lost.
I strive to support folx in finding their forgotten embers. Rekindling them. Discovering what is needed to fan the flames to their fullest life giving capacity. Tarot is one of the tools I use to support that kind of healing. Join me?
Image Description: Two tarot cards, side by side. To the left is The 8 of Swords depicted as a brown skinned femme, face half covered as the drink out a gourd, standing in the middle of a circle of eight extinguished candles. In the background is a barren tree. To the right is The Queen of Wands depicted as a curvaceous femme of color, gazing out between two living trees with a satisfied look on her face; the sky looks ablaze behind her.