The Toppling of the Tower

"There is a worm at the heart of the tower; that is why it will not stand." Neil Gaiman, Instructions Every time the Tower appears, I know I am to brace myself for some kind of momentous upheaval. Previously, the Tower has foreshadowed the toppling of narcissistic-type figures (ie. The Shadow Queen) or some kind of…

Tarot: A divination medium or a psychological tool?

  The universe we live in is a reflective one, which we are continually 'casting' our intentions upon. Let me explain that in another way: everything we see or experience is reflective of what we are thinking or feeling at that moment. If you are thinking about someone you love, you are more likely to…

Twin Souls and Soul-kin: a grounded perspective

  When we hear the word 'twin flame' or 'soulmate', we usually romanticize about a person who completes us, so we do not have to do the dirty work of healing ourselves. In reality, soul relationships always involve either some kind of unresolved karma or, in the case of twin flames, to an imperative healing-to-be-done. In a twin…

Grounding the Intuition: Using Tarot As a Tool for Self-Awareness

We often think of Tarot as an airy-fairy thing, but I feel like all forms of 'spirituality' need to be balanced by equal or stronger grounding, if not you become too 'top heavy' (to borrow the words of my friend J). All the information enters from your crown, but with no roots to ground it in…

The Anatomy of a Shadow Queen

   Lately, I have been part of a kind of cult recovery group on Facebook and through it, I have met many intuitive, smart, sensitive, empathetic and genuinely 'light' people: what you could call light workers. I also found out many of them had gone through similar early-childhood-and-after narcissistic abuse from family members, particularly narcissistic mothers.…

Hacking the Anxiety Monster

What is it like to be anxious? Let me tell you the ways. Being in anxiety is a bit like being stuck in a loop, unable to get out of it. Imagine that your brain has decided to go on auto-pilot apart from your body and your body, confused and disconnected, follows after it dragging,…

East vs. West and "cultural appropriation"

Edit: This is a repost of a blog entry I did a month ago. It was lost when I transferred the blog so I am re-posting it. 🙂 When I first got to Canada, I was surprised to learn that what were normal realities for me- spirituality, spirits, the existence of the soul- were treated…

Finding Space In Heart and Mind

  Our friend Enya came over recently, as she often does when she needs refuge and space from her busy life in music school. When we were catching up, we spoke about a wide variety of topics, including what was in hold for her future. I explained to her how I saw futures as merely…

Being an Empath: a blessing or a curse?

I've been wondering about the 'gift' (ha!) of being an empath. Well, for me, it comes together with energetically sensing everything that is happening around me not only in my surrounds but also with people, particularly loved ones. It gets to the point that I get periods of darkness in which I suddenly feel like…

Ancestral guides and Tarot messages

  Lately, I had experienced a family event that sort of made me spiral again into the past into feelings of abandonment, depression and crippling sadness. The kind of sad that sort of wells within your heart randomly during your day and leaves you at the brink of tears when you're teaching a lesson. That…