Welcome to Wildly Tarot Summer Camp!! In this episode we deep dive into the origins of divination and talk about how that branched off into modern day oracle decks! We fangirl a lot about one of our favorite oracle deck creators (Black and the Moon) also have strong opinions about the gatekeeping that happens between Tarot and Oracle readers.  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Wildly Tarot Podcast

Intro to Oracle Decks

Welcome to Wildly Tarot Summer Camp!! Per usual with our summer camp episodes, we begin by using the Celtic Cross spread to answer a question from Jenna, but per usual we went with a bit of a modified version from Theresa Reed's book, "Tarot: No Questions Asked." since we felt her version was a bit more suited to our needs. We also talk about one of our favorite decks and chapters in our book, Sola Busca Tarot!  So dive right into this summer camp fest with us and let's go waaaay back and hang out with a bunch of esoteric nerds for awhile.  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Sola Busca

Welcome to Wildly Tarot Summer Camp!! In this episode we dive into our second card divination style, Lenormand! Expanding on our original introduction to Lenormand episode we recorded almost 2 years ago, this is perfect episode to listen to first as an introduction to everything Lenormand! If you are a supporter on Patreon, you can access our Tarot Meanings Cheat sheet here! OUR FAVORITE BEGINNER LENORMAND RESOURCES: The Essential Lenormand by Rana George The Card Geek's Youtube Lenormand Playlist Emily Rose Divination Lozzy's Lenormand Grand Tableau Walkthrough Part 1 and Part 2 V's Lenormand Classes (Follow her for info about upcoming classes!)  OUR FAVORITE BEGINNER TAROT DECKS: Wildly Lenormand Deck - We may be biased but we think our deck is great for beginners because we built it with beginners in mind! You can use it as flash cards, companion to your readings, or on their own. Jamie Sawyer's Lenormand Deck - We mentioned this in the episode and it is one of our fave beginner decks as the pictures are bold, clear, and colorful!  Precious Possums Lenormand Deck - This deck just completed a Wildly successful Kickstarter campaign and will soon be available for pre-order on their etsy store! Monsters Lenormand - Jess Rollar has two editions of this deck, a mini edition and New Moon edition. Both come with a plethora of extra 'people' cards for all of the monsters in your life!  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Intro to Lenormand

Welcome to Wildly Tarot Summer Camp!! We're going Old School this episode by doing a reading for friend of the pod, Rachel, using the Celtic Cross spread and reviewing Visconti Tarot that is featured as the first chapter in our book "The Art History of Tarot"! So dive right into this summer camp fest with us and let's go waaaay back to where things started!" Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Visconti Tarot

Welcome to Wildly Tarot Summer Camp!! In our first episode of the season we go over the basics of Tarot! Expanding on our original introduction to tarot episode we recorded almost 2 years ago, this is perfect episode to listen to first as an introduction to everything tarot!  To further your learning you can listen to our Major Arcana mini-episodes for short explanations of what the cards mean to us in positive and negative ways and how they’ve shown up in our lives. You can Listen to all of them for free on our Patreon! If you are a supporter on Patreon, you can access our Tarot Meanings Cheat sheet here! OUR FAVORITE BEGINNER TAROT BOOKS: Tarot: No Questions Asked by Theresa Reed Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow The History of Tarot Art by Holly Adams Easley and Esther Joy Archer OUR FAVORITE BEGINNER TAROT DECKS: Wildly Tarot Deck - We may be biased but we think our deck is great for beginners because we built it with beginners in mind! You can use it as flash cards, companion to your readings, or on their own. Kaleidadope Tarot - A beginner friendly, fun and modern deck by Krystal Banner! Radiant Rider-Waite Smith - If you’re wanting to learn with the classic, this is our favorite version! Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Intro to Tarot

In this all questions episode, Esther and Holly start to talk about the summer solstice but then it quickly spirals into something totally different and just a teeny bit censored. Our first question of the episode asks if tarot and using intuition is a natural gift or if it is something that can be learned. Our second question of the episode (and the reason we don't have a deck review) is from a listener asking about Esther's journey out of Christianity. This is her story... [Law and Order Clang Clang] Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Divinity and Divination

In this special episode of Wildly Tarot Podcast, we first talk about Esther's recovery from her appendix surgery and dive right into listener questions both about their current job situations. And as the highlight of our episode we include an interview Esther had with Brendan Marnell from Pacific Northwest Tarot where we talk tarot, obviously plants and animals found in the Pacific Northwest, and some of our fave cards from the deck! Because this is an extra long episode, some timestamps for you:  0:00 - Welcome and Banter 3:30 - Intro, First Question 20:40 - Second Question 39:00 - Announcements, Patreon Shout Outs 45:00 - Intro to Esther's interview with Brendan Marnell! Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Pacific Northwest Tarot

Esther's recovery from her emergency appendix surgery is going smoothly, so we're finally able to release this episode! Thank you all for your patience and well wishes!  Our questions for the episode involve finding strength during a difficult job hunt in a toxic academic environment and a follow up question from Flustered in Florida asking if they are ready to move on from their own toxic work environment. (The answer is yes!) Our deck for the episode is the Be You: Affirmation Cards from The Lamare.  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Be You: Affirmation Cards

The gals are super chatty in this episode! Esther talks about the Table Top RPG game, Bedlam Hall, that she ran for her friends this past weekend that led to us creating an RPG channel on our discord! Our questions of the episode involve guidance for a listener who wants direction, but we're also including mental health resources for the US and Internationally below and encourage any listener feeling alone and depressed to share that with their mental health professional or to use one of the resources below if that isn't an option right now.  Our second question of the episode is a listener asking about what to do about her job as a critical care nurse who is dealing with a moral dilemma because of their hospital work environment post-COVID. Our deck of the episode is the gorgeous mixed media deck Mystic Masters Tarot by Dani Mystic!   [USA] Mental Health Resources: Suicide Prevention LifelineExternal1-800-273-8255 Veterans Crisis LineExternal1-800-273-8255 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National HelplineExternal(1-800-662-HELP (4357) OK2Talk Helpline Teen HelplineExternal1 (800) 273-TALK Crisis Text LineText SIGNS to 741741 for 24/7, anonymous, free crisis counseling International Mental Health Resources (Scroll down to find your country and click the topic for a drop down of resources.)    Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!   

Mystic Masters Tarot

In this episode Holly reminds everyone to be careful as spring Mercury Retrograde is here and injuries are afoot! (Or in this case, a finger?) Our first querent for this episode asks about their post-college dreams and the second has questions about reading positive cards in a release position and how to have a conversation with your deck.  Our deck for the episode is Soul Cards by Kristine Fredheim. Holly and Esther specifically talk about the Allume edition, which was part of a partnership with the woman owned cannabis lifestyle brand, Allume. (Pssst! They're currently having a sample sale of the deck so click here for that!)    Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Soul Cards

In this episode we talk with Keziah Gibbons, the creator of one of our favorite tarot courses, and the first tarot course published with Insight Timer, Tarot Wisdom, A Complete Guide. This 30 day tarot course is unlike one we've ever experienced and we get into the nitty gritty details with Keziah about the structure itself, what we enjoyed about the lessons, and what we got out of taking the course ourselves. You can sign up for her Tarot Wisdom course right now if you are an Insight Timer Plus member and you will have direct access to her as your teacher as well as a number of other classes she has available! (Reiki, Trusting your Intuition, and her numerous guided meditations, one of our favorites being the Morning Wake Up routine!) You can find Keziah on Instagram, Facebook, and Insight Timer.  Keziah has been so gracious with our Patreon Wildlings by offering the course for them to have access to so we will be in touch about those details very soon via your Patreon inbox!  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Keziah Gibbons Interview

Last week it was Holly's mic that gave us problems, and this week it was Esther's mic that stopped working during recording. So while we're trying to get new mics for both of the gals, we're releasing one of our favorite Charmed Patreon episodes, "The Wedding from Hell"!  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

The Wedding from Hell (Patreon Bonus Episode)

Apparently this week's episode is our mid-series musical episode? So be prepared for Esther breaking into song randomly throughout! Our questions for the episode involve future job changes and how to find other tarot friends in Portland, Oregon! The deck of the episode is the Reclaim Oracle by Marion Costentin! You can pre-order the deck or the journal that we talked about now on their website! Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our book you can get our History of Tarot Art spreads zine that we created by filling out this form! Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Reclaim Oracle

Apparently this week's episode is our mid-series musical episode? So be prepared for Esther breaking into song randomly throughout! Our questions for the episode are involve future job changes and how to find other tarot friends in Portland, Oregon! The deck of the episode is the Reclaim Oracle by Marion Costentin! You can pre order the deck and the journal now on their website!  Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order! If you pre-ordered our deck, you can get our History of Tarot Art Spreads Zine that we created by filling out the form here!  Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store!     

In this episode, Holly sits down with Thomas from Hermit's Mirror to talk about his Life Line Tarot and Life Line Lenoracle decks! The line artwork makes this deck so unique and approachable for everyday use, plus its price point can't be beat! Listen to this episode to hear about Thomas' art process, how he designed the deck during the Texas Ice Storm this past year, and some of his own personal practices to help connect with tarot archetypes. (Plus a fun and unique way to cleanse a deck!) You can follow Thomas on Instagram, his website with tons of blog posts to dive into, or find out how you can order Life Line Tarot and Lenoracle here! Our book, The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck, is available for pre-order!  Do you love Holly and Esther? Then you'll love our face on everything! We got mugs, totes, phone cases, and even a tarot certification! You can find our merch here! Interact with us between episodes and join our Wildy Tarot Patreon , Facebook Group and Discord Server! You can follow us on Instagram, and while you're there you can also follow Holly and Esther. Browse and purchase decks and books we have previously reviewed in our Bookshop.org store! 

Life Line Tarot Interview

Two friends talk tarot, mysticism, and everything in between!

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