Taropedia

It's the hanged man and the four queens, so Phil and Ben's ex-X-ian asses talk about jesus christ and bible thumpery, which gets us into a thing about healing, rebirth, war, the jungian 'shadow, misoguny, and we ask questions like "is death the ultimate orgasm?" "Does christ bear political revolutions?"... lots of other stuff. This episode is actually going to go up in three parts over the next fe...

(Tock) Part 2! Outro music on is pitch-corrected Phil doing some creative working-out of his childhood trauma. Hopefully it's cool. The song is "Sister ray" by Foxes and the text is "Shame, theory, theology" by Stephen Pattison. Also the prayer bowl is in there for slaps (or spanks, as you like). 

(Tick) Hi everyone. It's Justice (XI) and the four Kings, so you know it's deep into the coolness and the realness and the esoteric juiciness. This is going up in two parts just cuz logic pro is being annoying with the longer audio file for some reason -- The topics covered in today's episode are self-advocacy, binaries, paradox, laws, sheet music, christianity, medicine, time, 'sacred geometry,'...

It's TENS across the board! The Wheel of fortune and the four tens, and we get into with lots and lots. Luck, improvisation, emotional intelligence, sensation, more polyvagal theory... too much to name. We need to start making lists of topics covered for these intro paragraphs. Cheers and love! Please enjoy xo     

Hey Pod folk -- it's the Hermit and the four Nines! We talk about hoarding, repression, the shame awareness, "tonal desire" in western music, and masturbation! And more than that, even. Outro Hermit-inspired music by Phil for two violins. 

Greetings pod fam and Happy Mother's Day! Ben is ponderous about the future of his band and Phil gives him a reading for a second time. We end up discussing readings themselves, and Phil shares some about his understanding and philosophy regarding tarot and the value of using it as a tool for introspection. The episode ultimately covers a wide array of topics. Pls enjoy~ 

Today we've arrived at Strength and the four Eights... it's a very interesting discussion that covers a range of things from Teachers/Gurus, to Mothers, Internal Family Systems, Yoga, Polyvagal Theory, candymaking, ADD/ADHD... a lot more. There is unfortunately radiator noise coming from Phil's living room. He apologizes. Outro music is a sweet meld of some of Phil's music with some quotations of...

The Chariot and the four Sevens, which includes a spiel on the dreaded Tower (16). We gather in Ben's chariot (his parked car) in PA and, in appreciation of our Lovers episode we talk about wetdreams, Marie Antoinette, macarons, the Tower of Babel, dissociation, polyvagal theory, the Real Housewives franchise, masking, and a whole ton more... Phil has fashioned some truly extra outro music with a...

Howdy folks! This one is the Lovers and the four Sixes. It feels like a lot of philosophy and we think it's great. Gaze, self-awareness, more pranayama yoga, practicing strategy, sublimation of the libido, intergenerational trauma and pedagogical traditions... much more. Phil made some lovers-inspired outro music. 

Today we talk about the Hierophant and the four Fives which is a whole trip mentally... all about tensions and paradox and desire. It's a good'n. Topics covered are harmonics, frogs, art, pranayama yoga, shame, awe, laughter, bullying... the list goes on. We hope you love it. Phil made more outro music, this time pulling samples from several sources and adding them to some of his mandolin improvis...

Please enjoy this episode on the Emperor and the Four Fours, which TRIGGER WARNING includes the Death card (13). Sorry about it. We invoke death and we wonder about all sorts of things. This episode's topics include some music theory, orchestral conducting, Chinese pulse diagnosis, fatherhood, karma, rebirth, transformation, etc etc. It's all over the place but good vibes, for sure. Oh, Phil's mad...

We chill in the flesh and cover the Empress and the four threes. There's a bunch of good stuff in here! We try hard to penetrate into the substance of the number three. What is it, even? It's not even, that's for sure. We do get into some Christianity and Polyvagal theory and even some mathematics? Hard to say. Some downsides are Phil's embarassing Sanskrit pronuciations and at one point Ben drops...

It's the High Priestess and the Four Twos! Rubba dub dub. Wiggle wiggle, hip hop, flip flop. We get into all sorts of stuff and Phil records from his bathtub. Listen for a really resonant sonic experience. We talk about sympathetic vibration, entrainment, about the process of change... we allude to masturbation and Ben burps... there is much too much to mention. As a special treat there is an outr...

We hope we're onto a more digestable format for distributing content here, folks, as instead of moving through a chaotic, clean sweep of the cards we are now going over them by number. Today is NUMBA ONE, folks. The Magician and the Four Aces. Listen to hear musings about mewing, music, magick, and manifesting. There's a teaser in here for some of Ben's freefrunning philosophy and some nifty thoug...

It's the Tenth one and that feels special. It's the Court Cards too, and that's nifty. About roles, personality... Phil tries to squeeze the court cards into a string orchestra festival analogy and we talk about co-regulation in polyvagal theory. Outro music is Agaga by May Edda (feat Léon). 

Greetings once again. Today's episode is an overview of the Pentacles suit. All about goal-setting, problem solving, learning, growing and becoming Opulent. This episode is all about how to make your coffers groan under the lusty weight of their contents. 

We have a reading for you, folks! Big bonus! Bing Bog! Bing Rog Bips! A reading for Phil and upon his heart we uncover guilt and confusion around his weed smoking, so we ask the cards (and Phil and Ben's own 'higher thoughts') to weigh in. Please enjoy and enjoy responsibly.  Cheers xo 

This one is another marathon but we promise it's worth it!! We are gathered together in the flesh in NYC for this episode, and that means we smoke weed together and get into some really interesting stuff. We cover the entire swords suit (although we conduct a short reading to determine our course, it not being initially momentous), and Phil relays his experience performing Tchaikovsky vioiln conce...

Oops. This is the end of episode 7 which got clipped. We were so disappointed when we heard the non-episode ending. By the way, the outro music is vibes of 8 cups by Phil. 

This is an ambitious (14-card) sweep this episode, folks, and we hope you will persevere in solidarity with us as we travel from the 7 of Wands all the way 1-10 of the Cups suit. It's truly an adventure and a collection of many many minutes, absolutely.  Among the topics we brush against are Love, Entrainment, Addiction, western music theory, asceticism, feng shui... many many. xo!   

The First episode we ever recorded! We are like awkward little podcast babies burping and spittling all over the microphones. We go over the first seven cards of the Wands suit. Outro music "Fanning out" for two violins. 

Major Arcana 19-21. Phil explores the boundary between a cough and a sneeze and Ben makes a mysterious wet sound. Other topics include Polyvagal theory, musical performance as mortification ritual, and lemonade enjoyed on porches.      Brothers, behold, my brothers,  They meet, two star-bound spirits in the sky encountering.  In silence they gaze the one upon the other.  He sings no more,  And yet...

Phil gives Ben a reading!! Phil shares all about his philosophy with readings and Ben gets soul naked for everyone.  Music at end of episode is title-less "Wheel of Fortune" music for two violins. Cheers! 

Ben and Phil go through 17-19 of the Major Arcana (The Star, the Moon and the Sun) and talk all sorts of things. Fun times had, rabbit holes plunged. Please enjoy.  Music at end of pod episode is an eary draft of a collaboration between Phil and @gaieasanskrit. Very sweet, more to come. xo   

Hi! Here we delve into two of the Topmost scary cards in the deck, which be the Devil and the Tower, but we try to give them a really kind and positive spin so no one has to feel afraid if they draw these cards. Smooches for everyone! Also we talk about squirrels.  There is sound of our father practicing piano in the background but we think this is a marked improvement to noise of radiator screami...