The gentle stirrings of Slow Tarot

Following the call to move into a new phase of my soul work

A few months ago, I began hearing the gentle whispers of a rebirth.
The still, slowness of Winter allowed my inner voice to be heard.
”It’s time for a change”, she whispered.

Truthfully, the name ‘Tarot for Life’ was chosen very much in haste, as I was desperate to stop procrastinating on hitting publish on my first Substack post, 9 months after initially signing up. I needed a name and with #tarotforlife being my favourite hashtag… my Substack was birthed into the world.

This name felt good and has served me well, as I navigated the new terrain of Substack and began touching back in with a deep desire, yearning even, to write which had been lying dormant for a over decade (oh how I miss those Blogger days).

Rather ironically, I have this platform to thank for igniting this need for a change. I never knew ‘slow living’ was an actual thing before arriving here. I have been living this way of life, intuitively, for a good while but suddenly felt so seen and validated by what I was reading here.
I was beckoned into a space where others (such as the wonderful

Hunter Burgtorf

Claudia Wilde

and

Slow Folk

) were writing about living slowly and intentionally, in tune with the seasons, connected to cycles and rhythms, integrating into motherhood… and what they were sharing resonated so deeply with the life I was attempting to create for myself. All of a sudden, I now had a real, tangible concept and way of being that spoke to me so profoundly.

So here we are, at the threshold of rebirthing a new vision for my soul work… but not quite yet.

My intentions for this space ultimately remain the same; to share tarot in a grounded way to make it accessible for everyone to use and understand, and that can be infused into daily life.

But something else is calling me forward. A deepening. Something bigger (and scarier).

The concept of Slow Tarot, that is, using tarot intentionally and intuitively to create a life of slow simplicity, has been on my heart for some time but more immediate and pressing matters of the heart have been a priority lately. Now things are beginning to settle, the volume has been turned up on those subtle whispers and they have become something that I cannot ignore any longer. The stirrings I have felt under the surface are eagerly awaiting to be tended to and be given the nourishment they need to bloom forth.

This is the beginning of something new. I don’t know where it will lead me, but I am trusting the process with my entire being, as I have done with so much else of my life over the past few months.

As it gently unfolds, a more in-depth post will be coming your way very soon which explains more about what Slow Tarot truly is. But in the meantime, I want to thank you for riding this wave with me x