Slow Tarot

On this new moon, we begin a new spread to carry us through the month ahead. The more I sit with this earthy spread, the more I feel it calling to us – inviting us to fall in love with the earth, deeper and wilder than we ever have before. I began this dark moon reading thinking about the difference between the 7 of Pentacles and the 6 of Cups. There is so much maintenance and care and tending inv...

Slow Tarot invites us to root into a spread for the length of the moon's cycle. The cards for this cycle are Strength crossed by the Page of Wands, King of Cups, 3 of Cups Rx, the Tower, 5 of Wands. Recreate this spread while you listen, sit with it a spell. You can find all my contemplations about this spread, alongside invitations to go deeper, at highlowtarot.com/slow-tarot The Scorpio full moo...

Reading by Julie Kelton, music by Beth Bradfish. Slow Tarot is an offering of a collective tarot spread for the month, wisdom to unfold with us as we meet this turbulent, beautiful world. We are well into Taurus season, now, with many planets lingering in Aries, which has been the site of so much activity this past couple of weeks. Are you feeling the spark? Are you letting your frustrations guide...

This moon cycle has taken us through so much collective grief and fear, and so much turbulence. As we sit on the precipice of a new moon in Aries, I return to this spread to reflect on what has occurred over the past month. I talk about the idea of how courage isn't the absence of fear, but instead knowing our fear, and acting anyway. Similarly, grief can help us to know grace, to feel renewal, an...

A new spread for the new moon in Pisces, that carries us through Aries season and the beginning of spring. Music by the great Beth Bradfish. The cards are The Tower Rx crossed by the Emperor Rx (center), 5 of Cups (below), the Star (left), 3 of Pentacles Rx (right), 9 of Swords Rx (above). The two upright cards in this spread are watery, grieving cards, the 5 of Cups and the Star. Allowing ourselv...

This is a reflection on the Slow tarot spread for eclipse season, from the Aquarius dark moon (Feb 17, 2026) to the Pisces dark moon (March 18, 2026). As the moon wanes to dark again, I return to this spread in the context of all that's occurred these past few weeks. The two of wands crossed by the hermit seems to highlight the tension between the world we have and the world we so desperately need...

Music and sound by Beth Bradfish. This Slow Tarot spread carries us through this month’s eclipse season, from the new moon in Aquarius to the new moon in Pisces. Our cards are the Two of Wands crossed by the Hermit, the Lovers, Seven of Swords, King of Swords, Queen of Pentacles. The weeks encompassing eclipse season are profoundly disruptive. This month’s eclipses coincide with the highly anticip...

How do we hold all of this grief? In the closing square of this moon cycle, I am returning to our slow tarot spread to reflect on all that's happened since it was drawn on the Capricorn new moon. Aquarius is a sign that is about the collective, and this Aquarius season we are seeing collective care rise in response to authoritarian violence. The Ace of Swords crossing our 3 of discs promised revel...

3 of Discs Rx, crossed by Ace of Swords, surrounding by 2 of Discs (below), 6 of Swords (left), Page of Cups (right), King of Swords Rx (top)  Our collective has reached an impasse, and this year promises some breakthroughs. The road ahead is treacherous, as demonstrated by the first weeks of the year. But within this morass of state-sanctioned terror, we are witnessing the adaptation of the colle...

A collective reading to carry us from dark moon to dark moon, beginning with this new moon at 28 Sagittarius on December 19, 2025. My dear friend and collaborator Beth Bradfish created the sound for this episode. I love how it reflects the deep and shadowy extremes of this spread and the rawness of this moon. This spread asks us to reckon with our collective shadows. Insecurity is a massive driver...

This full moon musing returns to the Slow Tarot spread of this moon cycle, from the new moon of Scorpio to the new moon of Sagittarius. This Gemini full moon squares the lunar nodes, representing a turning point for the collective, do you feel it? These cards are read by Julie Kelton with music by Beth Bradfish . In this episode, I reference the TESCREAL ideology that is underlying the technofasci...

A spread to carry us from dark moon to dark moon, beginning with the new moon at 28 Scorpio, conjunct Mercury, on November 20, 2025. This spread is meant for us to sit with throughout this season, coming back as this accelerated time in the world shifts, and us with it. Find all my Slow Tarot musings here . My dear friend and collaborator Beth Bradfish created the music for this episode as she lis...