black magic✨🔮

Hello friends and comrades. You may recall I talked about the Hierophant in episode #5, nearly two years ago exactly and not long after I had been let go from my day job. Now I’m talking about the Hierophant again and have started a new job as of today. I don’t know what it means but maybe it means something. Time will tell. I think the message of this episode is very different, as I’ve been takin...

You drink Starbucks because you fear death. Hello friends and comrades! I’m finally back for one more episode before the new year: Strength. I make a bunch of references in this one, but the two most significant resources to me were Rudy Rucker’s Infinity and the Mind , as well as Carl Sagan’s essay Does Truth Matter? Science, Pseudoscience, and Civilization . And while you *could* make fun of my...

Darlings, where have you been?! It’s been too long and I’ve missed you too much but I’m glad we’re back together now. This episode, I talk about temperance—a concept I am learning to resent less and appreciate as a necessity for good art and a life well lived. Get full access to black magic✨🔮 at sarahblack.substack.com/subscribe

Happy summer, sweetie darlings. This week, I am revisiting the World and talking about anima mundi, alchemy, conformal cyclic cosmology, astrology, Dracula, absolute reality, and if there’s even a f*****g point to any of this. You know, thought daughter summer things! Below are Waite-Smith images for The World and The Fool. I love you and I’m glad we’re here together. Get full access to black magi...

Happy belated Beltane, darlings! Beltane marks the beginning of May and the halfway point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice, so you might say summer has now begun its approach. It certainly feels that way in Montreal: the days are warmer (if not a little rainy), tulips bloom, and terrasses are open (the true mark of the end of Montreal winter). In episode 18, we revisit the Seven of Cups,...

Hello, my darlings! Here is episode 17 of black magic✨🔮. This week, I: cry about the solar eclipse; wax philosophical about finding “god”; remind you once again that I’m an Aries Rising; read poetry; and tell you to make your bed. Get full access to black magic✨🔮 at sarahblack.substack.com/subscribe

Hello, beloveds! Here, at last, is episode 16 of black magic✨🔮. This week, I talk about getting everything you ask for and how goddamn scary that can be when you’re not prepared for the changes that demands. There is no desire without suffering, baby! You either stay stuck yearning for what you don’t have, or you rip out your old life to make room for the new. Below are the images for the Wild U...

Hello, my beloveds! Here, at last, is episode 15 of black magic✨🔮. Thanks for your patience while I’ve been slaying goblins and unsuccessfully seducing vampires in Baldur’s Gate. I promise the worst of the hyperfixation has passed and I’ll be back to posting more regularly very soon. This week’s episode is about setting resolutions or intentions (however you prefer to view them) for the new year...

Hello, my loves! Here is episode 14 of black magic✨🔮. This week, I talk about the concept of judgement, what is worth our time and energy in this life, how you can start tuning into your higher calling, and a little bit of astrology for some spice. Below are the images for Judgement. I love you! If you listen to this podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, maybe give me a 5 star rating if you want...

Hello, my little ghouls and goblins! Episode 13 of the podcast is here just in time for Halloween! I’d love to claim that I planned it this way, so I will. If you’ve upgraded to a paid subscription to black magic✨🔮, you’ll also be receiving a media playlist to help you celebrate this weekend, so keep an eye out for that. And if you’re not upgraded but you want the playlists, you know what to do:...

Happy Fall and happy full moon in Aries, my loves! Here I am with episode 12 of the podcast – can you believe it?? This week, I talk about the Ten of Wands, which is a card that asks us to examine how and where we spend our energies; how burnout blocks us from knowing ourselves, what we stand for, and doing work that aligns with our values and purpose. I speak on this mostly in the context of bein...

Hello, beauties! Here’s episode 11 of the podcast: all about The World, choices, realities, the ever progressing spiral of existence. I realized while I was editing this that I totally misremembered the Loco Wine bottle – they started as the spiralled line I describe in the episode, but they evolved into thick brush strokes. Just so unique and striking, and the wine was so dreamy. I hope one day I...

Summer’s ending and I’ve been feeling extra yearn-y and nostalgic these days. This week’s episode is about indulging our desire to revisit the past and reconnecting with our inner child to align with our true passions and goals. And also about whether or not you should text your ex back, because Venus and Mercury retrogrades are bringing people out of the woodwork. Here are the images for the Six...

Hello, my friends! Summer is ending and I’m more devastated about it than usual. I’m pre-grieving an era of my life that hasn’t even ended yet. There will never be another summer of 2023! And this one was particularly great and, therefore, worthy of mourning. Change is inevitable though, and trying to fight the future will only double our pain. That’s the chaos and power of the Tower, baby! Anyway...

There are few tarot cards that we want to see less in a reading than the Devil. It’s a sinister looking card that challenges us to view our own flaws and frailties with an honest eye, no matter how uncomfortable or painful that might be. It dares us to be curious about our inner demons and what fuels them, what inspires our baser instincts and behaviours, so that we might finally slip loose from t...

Hello my friends! Since I talked a little bit about my sisters last week and how much they mean to me, I thought it would be fun to record an episode with them while I was home in Kelowna, and I was right! Between all the laughing and teasing, we talk about motherhood and what that can mean when you’re child-free, how we nurture and trust ourselves and the people around us, and iconic mothers in o...

It is my sister Caitlin’s birthday, and it feels appropriate to publish a new episode today. Caitlin is endlessly supportive of my writing and every idea I’ve ever had to pursue my creative instincts. Not only that, the Wild Unknown deck that I feel such close connection with and use for all of my readings was a gift from her. I feel confident in saying this newsletter and podcast exist in large p...

My friends, I have returned with a special episode from the road, where I welcome my first ever guest: Brandon Fletcher, an incredibly talented director, photographer, philosopher, and dear friend. You can find him on IG as @bwfletcher , and check out his creative work via @fakedpotatoes and his website . Fun fact: Brandon took the photos that I use for my Substack profile pic and the podcast icon...

I’m so thankful to have been laid off at the start of spring. I’m out of a job but at least I can go on my little Kendall Roy Walks in sneakers, a light jacket, and lots of SPF now. This last week has been a lot of hyper-fixating on Succession (no, like, MORE than usual), 5 pm naps, and vacillating between many different emotions; primarily feeling like this is the universe giving me a chance to g...

Hello again, friends! Life is entirely absurd: I recorded and edited this episode last night with the intent to publish sometime today, opened Slack this morning to find a surprise last-minute company meeting invite and, long story short, your girl here is victim to yet another series of corporate tech layoffs. Lol! Lmao! I just re-listened to my recording to see if sudden developments might make...

Can you believe I’m back in your inbox already? I’ve returned with another podcast episode - this time with improved audio and I’ve edited out most of the ums and weird mouth noises. The themes of Seven of Cups have been really relevant to me lately; I’ve had a few different conversations about feeling overcome by the mountain of decisions we make day to day and knowing when we’re moving in the ri...

Hello dear readers and now listeners! I have been toying with the idea of this (or some version of a podcast) for years and hesitating for many reasons: * Will anyone even listen to what I have to say? * Do I have the right equipment? * Am I funny and interesting enough? I still don’t have answers to these, but something I do know is that there are plenty of uninteresting, unfunny dickheads out th...