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The tower, a symbol of ascent to the heavens, and eventual destruction. In the practice of pulling tarot, drawing this card can inspire anxiety, as we gaze upon the image of the figures falling from a great height, struck by lightning from the heavens above. In this episode, we explore this complex symbol, weaving tarot, the story of the Tower of Babel, the tower in fairytales, and the modern day tower—the skyscraper, with its capitalistic implications. Tune in to deepen your understanding of the tower, and how to approach its ascent with an eye towards personal transformation. In our dream interpretation section, we explore a listener's dream of a meteorite that never materializes. ANNOUNCEMENTSSign up for Mariana's FOUNDATIONS OF THE TAROT class, which starts June 1st, at this link: https://persephonessister.com/foundations-of-the-tarot/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaemlg6Qt7wSoPwQolbC7ZevR0cbcaoyx0KuYSTJDxax5FChqR2sdT5nrOFobg_aem_UNpUix_7sZgoesu-Z5HzzQCatch our friend Alyssa Polizzi's wonderful archetypal offerings at her Substack, The Artemisian: https://www.theartemisian.com/

In this very special episode, Mariana and Cristina sit down with Hope and Matt Hughes, the creators behind the magical array of tarot and oracle decks, which they publish through their company, Ethereal Visions Publishing. The occasion for this chat is also very special--Cristina has joined forces with Hope and Matt, collaborating on their upcoming astrology themed oracle deck, the Musica Universalis!!! Tune in with us as we talk all about this exciting new project, and share insights on the role of oracle decks in our divination practices, how Hope and Matt go about creating the art and accompanying literature for their works, what it means to have a ritual practice that involves art, symbology, and self-reflection, and so much more. This is one of our "praxis" episodes, hopefully offering some helpful insights into cultivating ritual and spiritual practices of your own. Important to know! The Kickstarter for this fabulous book-deck will launch on April 30th, 2025! Find the link below to get notified when the Kickstarter is live, and take a look at the wonderful project so far. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evpublishing/musica-universalis-zodiac-oracle-deckLearn more about Ethereal Visions Publishing at their website here: https://www.etherealvisionstarot.com/Find Hope on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hopebowiehughes/And Matt on IG: https://www.instagram.com/matthughesart/

To be eclipsed is to fall into shadow. Astronomical eclipses occur about four times a year, when one of the luminaries is cast into darkness. We too can be cast into darkness, thrown into life experiences that bring us down into the depths of our personal underworlds. Just as the Sun and Moon go dark, so can we. Eclipses were seen as a malefic omen to ancient people, but we know that we need the symbolic dark in order to understand the part of life that is filled with light. In the hero's journey, in myths, the experience of katabasis, of “going under” occurs when the protagonist travels to the underworld, to retrieve or discover some life-altering wisdom, enlightenment, or gift. There is fertility in darkness. Join us in this episode, which we created during “eclipse season” in the late winter of 2025, to explore stories of descent and rising, of occultation and resurrection. Our listener dream analysis focuses on someone's dream of floating up in the sky. 

One of the most archetypal experiences we undergo in this lifetime is the search for the "other." We move through the world as individuals, learning and growing on our own path of development, but eventually, we begin to yearn for another to share space and time with. Enter the symbol of the lover. Is the beloved a mirror? A focal point of projections that teaches us something about ourselves? An angel? A secret challenge to our sense of self? How can we undo the tight laces of "Me" and unfold into a "We"? This episode explores these questions. With cues from the Lovers card in the tarot, the myth of Psyche and Eros, medieval romantic courtly love, and our own reflections on love, and the beloved, this episode is our Valentine's Day gift to the world :) At the episode's end, we analyze a dream that involves Hekate and wild animals. ANNOUNCEMENTCristina's signature class, The School of Astrological Arcana (formerly called The Art of Chart Interpretation, and The School of Divine Sympathies - forgive her Gemini Moon!!) is open for enrollment!! Use the code ASTROAA through February 15th for $20 off enrollment, as well as some rich freebies -- a 44 pages Archetypal Astrology guidebook, a free 90 minute seminar, "Myths from Underground."

The collective unconscious lives and breathes between us all, a mysterious web of connectivity, sign, and symbol. Join us in this fresh episode where we contemplate the origins of the concept of the collective unconscious, and how it's functioning in its highly activated state, in our present moment. The primordial forms of the archetypes are activated, and emerge into the world. We're currently witnessing the hugeness of prominent archetypes—the tyrant, the assassin, the folk-hero, the outcry of collective pain. Sit with us in this conversation where we explore how to understand what it feels like to encounter the collective unconscious, and how to stay aware of its vast power, when living our lives day to day. We explore a listener's dream of running from wild animals, in our dream portion (thank you to our dreamer!)ANNOUNCEMENTSMariana's wonderful TAROT AND PSYCHE seminar begins January 14th! Enroll here: https://www.jungarchademy.com/tarotpsycheJoin Cristina for her annual Year Ahead Astrology Forecast this Saturday December 21st: https://www.cristinafarella.com/the-2025-forecast-eventGet on the waitlist for Cristina's upcoming class ASTROLOGY FOR BEGINNERS starting this January: https://awesome-crafter-9275.kit.com/15961c6301

We're back! After a break (and by the way, how fitting that our previous episode was about retrogrades and reversals), we've returned to the pod, to explore the symbol of alchemical marriage. This discussion is inspired by the fact that Cristina got married in late September, with, of course, Mariana as her maid-of-honor :) Together we explore common conceptions around marriage, sexist expectations of women as they approach their "big day," and other contemporary wedding-madnesses. We then turn towards the symbol of marriage as it emerges in myth and alchemy, to find a deeper reframe of something that our patriarchal institution has taken the magic out of. The Witch TriumvirateJoin Cristina in an exciting new three-part class, The Witch Triumvirate, a series of lectures designed to reconnect you with your own ritual practice this fall. With a lecture on astrological magic, astro-herbalism, and spellcrafting, this class will bring you back to your magical center. Check it out here.

What does it mean to be forced to reverse course? How do we contend with the moments in our lives where we cannot push forward, as expected? In this episode, we explore the concept of reversals, retrogrades, and what it means to embrace moments of inversion, or opposition. In Mariana's modality, tarot, reversed cards are often frustrating to querents, and can bring anxiety about thwarted goals, or dreams deferred. In Cristina's modality of astrology, planetary retrograde is often lamented as a time of frustrated action. But we believe that there is great meaning, and great possibility for fertility, in these surprising changes of course. Join us as we contemplate all things retrograde, reversed, and revelatory in this special episode. Mariana's Archetypal Tarot School is now open for enrollment!!!!! Check it out here. Mariana will also be having a live discussion event with fellow tarotist Alyssa Polizzi on Thursday, August 15th at 11am PST. Enroll for this free event here. 

The ocean is our primordial origin, the place from which all life emerges. Symbolically, the ocean represents the waters of the unconscious, which shape and give form to the solid earth on which we live. Join us in this episode where we explore the magic and mythos of the sea! From the stories of the great mother, Tiamat, Oceanus, and the anima mundi, the ocean has much to offer us in terms of explorations of life and death, the vastness of the dark, the depths of the psychic realms, and ways to connect with the unknown. 

"As above so below, as within so without," is one of the most famous maxims of the occult world, a phrase shared and repeated by those who explore the wonders of the mythic and the magical, the symbolic and the unknown. This phrase comes to us from the Emerald Tablet, a Hellenistic text by Hermes Trismegistus. The meaning, though sounding like a riddle, is that what happens in the greater cosmos impacts and is a reflection of what occurs on the mundane, human realm, and that our experiences and potentials as human beings are a reflection of the cosmos. This episode explores the symbolic concept of the macrocosm and microcosm, our innate connection to the divine, and our place in the fabric of life. We define and give historical context from the macro/microcosms, and then turn to an exploration of how it is the sacred thread running through our tarot and astrology practices. Our dreamer this episode shares a dream of being haunted by a past lover. Just one week left to join Cristina's class, The Art of Chart Interpretation! Find al the details here.Special thanks to our ad partner, Sophia Kaur, intuitive consultant. Find her work here.

In this special episode, we had the rare opportunity to be in the same place at the same time! And so we sat on Mariana's couch, and answered questions submitted by our dear listeners. Tune into our thirty-eighth show, where we explore topics both personal and magical, chatting about the story of our friendship, building spiritual businesses, contending with family reactions to interest in witchy topics, favorite and least favorite astrology placements, and more. We love making this podcast, and are so grateful for the wonderful questions from the audience :) Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Sophia Kaur, find her on Instagram @___sophiakaur.Doors are now open for Cristina's signature class, The Art of Chart Interpretation: An Immersion in Astrology and Its Mythic Symbols, which you can learn all about here!Get your free Archetypal Tarot book from Mariana here, and keep an eye out for the announcement for open enrollment for the Archetypal Tarot School! Join our book club! We meet on June 29th to discuss Sophie Strand's amazing book of essays The Flowering Wand. Be sure to leave us a review and rating, it helps our work find other like-minded souls :) 

While it's typical to, after a dream, turn to a dream symbol dictionary to puzzle out the meaning of what we saw while we were asleep, dream experts urge us to connect with the symbols and images of our dreams in a personal, particular manner. But how can we do that, when we feel we have no foundation for understanding the strange images of our dreams? Join us in this special episode, where we immerse ourselves in the practice of learning to interpret your unique dream language. We discuss approaches to the dream, noticing patterns in dreams, the way dreamwork can be life changing, and our favorite dream interpretation practices, like the amplification of dream symbols, seeking correspondences in myths, fairytales, and media, lucid dreaming, and building out our own unique dream vocabulary. Our listener dream explores the scene of a castle, a coffin, and a potential rebirth of self. Special thanks to our ad partner Sophia Kaur, who you can find on Instagram @___sophiakaur.Dream Resources mentioned:Alyssa Polizzi: theartemisian.cominstagram.com/alyssa.polizzialyssapolizzi.comMaria Nazdravan: https://www.instagram.com/beginagain.spaceExplore Mariana's Foundations of the Tarot workshop hereBook an astrology reading with Cristina here

The Star: a beloved major arcana card in the tarot, and a beautiful feature of the natural world. Stars glitter in the dark, reminding us of the vastness of the cosmos, and our smallness within it. But the star is never solitary - it is grouped in clusters of its fellow stars, forming constellations that tell cultural stories, encouraging us to find a sense of place within the wild reaches of the macrocosm. Join us in this episode, as we explore stars in myth, fixed stars in astrology and their unique tales, and of course, the messages of hope, replenishment, and healing, that the Star card of the tarot brings to life. Enroll here in Mariana's upcoming Foundations of the Tarot course, beginning June 9th!Just two days left for the 30% off sale Cristina is holding on her pre-recorded classes on astrology and myth! Use the code SPRING30 at checkout. Join us on Sunday May 21st for our next book club meeting in the Cloister! We're discussing Merlin Stone's classic, When God Was a Woman. Explore here.

As the season of spring unfurls before us, we contemplate the symbol of the garden. Different from the lush vitality of wild nature, the garden tends to be protected by a fortress, guarded by angels, with something sacred and special at its very center. Join us as we explore the meaning of the garden and its occulted fertility, moving through famous gardens like Eden and the Garden of the Hesperides, and how these gardens are a reminder of the sacred space of the womb, the generative creative processes of life, and that which we must protect first, in order for true growth to occur.

This episode offers a conversation a bit more personal, and more candid, about our experiences of working in our fields of tarot and astrology. Both of our disciplines can be considered healing modalities, but what does it really mean to be a healer in the modern age? How can we keep our work grounded and human, yet still invite in a connection with something more numinous? We chat about the ways in which being a healer is really more of offering a sacred mirror to our querents, allowing them to see their complexities with nuance and compassion--that's where we believe the true healing emanates from. For our dream portion of the show, we explore a listener's dream and synchronicity of being struck by lightning.

The egg, or the cosmic egg, is a primal symbol of creation. In honor of spring truly getting underway, episode 33 of Soror Mystica explores the egg in all its procreative glory. Eggs are present in mythologies the world over, often coming up in explanations of the birth of the world, which usually is figured by the bifurcation of an egg which splits into sky and earth. Join us as we explore the mysteries of egg symbolism as it emerges in religious traditions, creation myths, mystery cults, and of course, as a symbol of the potential contained within the feminine. Contemplations of the binary of necessity and potential, the Temperance card, the rebus, the mandorla of the World card, fire and water lend deeper context to this symbol. Eggs, snakes, and ancestors emerge, here, and we hope this episode is nourishing as spring gets underway. At the end of this episode, we interpret a listener's dream of being presented with a dagger. Submit *your* dream symbol to us at our website.ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mariana will be teaching Archetypal Tarot 101, explore hereCristina will be teaching Astrology for Beginners, explore hereOur book club meets April 13th to discuss Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red, join us here!

In honor of the Vernal Equinox, this episode is dedicated to the shimmering, gently unfurling symbol of Spring! With winter behind us, the Sun and his warmth grows wilder and more golden with each passing day. But there is more to this season than the warming of the world. Spring is associated with the themes of resurrection, fertility, and the reclamation of the sovereign path. Our listener symbol this episode is a contemplation of the theme of being chased in our dreams. Calling all astro-curious listeners of this show ~ Cristina is going to be teaching "Astrology for Beginners" this spring! Get all the details and your early-bird discount, here! https://www.cristinafarella.com/astrology-for-beginnersOur BOOK CLUB will be meeting April 13th, to discuss Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red. Join us by joining The Cloister today! 

Oracles and prophetic vision were paramount to life in the ancient world. Along with astrology and haruspicy, consultation of the oracle was recognized as an important way of connecting with the will and vision of the divine. We live in a world that has stripped away the importance of the oracle and her voice, and so in this episode, we explore stories of the Oracle at Delphi, Apollo, Python, and Gaia, Cassandra, and expressions of the feminine oracle, and snake connections in prophecy. We also contemplate the split between the "mantic," uncontrolled oracle (associated with the feminine) and the "prohetes," the interpreter of the divinations, oftentimes associated with the masculine. Sit with us as we ask the question, what does it mean to crack open the boundary between mortal and oracular realms, and how can we connect with the oracular through divination? Can we connect to the personal oracular through nature, through the body? How can we best translate our intuitive knowing into empowering insights? How do we find truth in the oracular?For our listener symbol portion of the show, we examine the synchronistic discovery of four leaf clovers in one of our listener's lives.We loved this episode, and hope you do, too. Links and Announcements!There's just a few days more to enroll in Cristina's new class on Chiron in myth and astrology, starting on March 10th! Learn more here!What We're ReadingMariana: Healers on Healing, Richard CarlsonCristina: Brideshead Revisited (still!), The Greeks and the Irrational, E.R. DoddsThanks to our episode partner Tending the Mysteryhttps://www.tendingthemystery.com@tendingthemystery on Instagram

The ouroboros is one of our most mysterious and powerful symbols, denoting the simultaneity of life, subsequent endings and beginnings, death and rebirth, completion and totality, solar power and bravery, an encircling of the world...  As an alchemical concept the ouroboros represented the circular nature of the alchemist's work, or what Jung interpreted as the integration of shadow, an evocation of man as "prima materia." Join us in this episode where we immerse ourselves in the realm of the world-snake, and explore new ways to understand and work with this symbol, as a reminder of our totality. Special thanks to this episode's' ad partner Capturing Yinz! https://www.capturingyinz.com@capturing_yinzWhat We're ReadingCristina: Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn WaughMariana: The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination, Robert M. PlaceJoin Cristina's new class on Chiron, the wounded healer centaur, in myth and astrology, starting March 10th: Explore here

When it comes to romantic love, the heart is the symbol that most immediately comes to mind. When we're passionate, we move from the heart, and when we're disappointed, our hearts can break. The heart is central, literally, to our functioning, and so in this episode, we explore different ways of understanding and holding the heart, letting it be messy, complex, and expansive. Join us as we explore the heart's Aphrodisian qualities, it's kingly glare, it's connection to devotion and the spiritual, it's sulphuric and solar radiance. May this guide you into Valentine's Season with heart-deepening awareness :) Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Capturing Yinz https://www.capturingyinz.com@capturing_yinz

What does it mean to approach a threshold? Prevalent in myths, fairy tales, sagas, ancient hymns, thresholds represent a point of departure from the profane to the sacred. Thresholds demarcate the space between realms, and our passage through them is transformative. But how do we know when we're at a “threshold moment”? And what do we do when we find ourselves navigating the difficulty of said passage? Tune in to this episode, where we explore the thresholds in myth, dreams, astrology, and tarot, and offer perspective on what it means to find transformation through life's unique threshold moments. Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Capturing Yinz https://www.capturingyinz.com@capturing_yinz on Instagram!Don't miss Cristina's newest class, PROPHETIC ASTEROIDS: ORACLES IN MYTH AND ASTROLOGY, a three week lecture series on seers, prophets, and oracles in mythology, and an exploration of their mythic asteroids. Together we'll build an understanding of where we meet our inner oracles. https://www.cristinafarella.com/prophetic-asteroids

The lion! A symbol of sovereignty, regality, solar power, and bravery, associated with kings of all kinds. These are the primary associations we call up, when asked to contemplate the lion in all his golden glory, but upon a closer look, the lion holds more than meets the eye. At the beginning of a new calendar year, there is as much potential for hope as there is exhaustion. We can connect with the symbol of the lion as a reminder of our innate courage, fortitude, and sovereignty. Join us as we explore the big cat's connection to kings and goddesses, to the Strength card in the tarot and the Leo constellation, green and red lions in alchemy, the lion's appearance in the myths of heroes like Hercules as well as the famous feminine apostle Thecla, to deepen our understanding of what this creature conjures in our imaginations. May we all step into our own brave, leonine selves as we being a new year. LinksEnroll in Mariana's new course, Tarot and ShadowSubscribe to Cristina's new SubstackShare Your Dream Symbol With Us!Advertise With Us!Special thanks to this episode's ad parter: The Jung Archademy

We enter into the depths of December and are immersed in a maelstrom of commercialized holiday ~cheer~. This time of year can be exceptionally stressful, with its emphasis on the weight of our purchases. Looking back in pre-Christian history, the winter solstice was frequently celebrated as a returning of longer days, a re-birth of the “Sun King,” a celebration of hope in the dark and cold of the year. Join us as we explore the importance of the winter solstice, contemplating its astrological meaning, specific winter festivals like Saturnalia and Yule, and the prevalence of themes of death and resurrection, whether we're talking about the rebirth of the earth, the Sun, or Christ. We strive to call the feminine back into a time of year that tends to focus on the birth of the Christian king, contemplating stories of Ishtar and Innana, to re-enchant what otherwise may feel a chaotic time of year. This episode features a contemplation of a listener's synchronistic experience with a wasp sting, Chiron in astrology, and Achilles in myth. Special thanks to this episode's ad partners Tangerine Sage Healing and the Jung Archademy!https://www.tangerinesagehealing.comhttps://www.jungarchademy.com

Angels are most famous as god's messengers, often depicted in flowing white robes, surrounded by choirs of harps, and bewinged. What superficial depictions of angels tends to miss is their terrifying power. To be a messenger of god can mean so many different things--angels can deliver god's decree, they can banish and protect, and they can avenge. Join us in this conversation where we explore the conflation of daemons and angels, the fall of the angel Lucifer, and many other manifestations of angel iconography in the collective. Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Tangerine Sage Healing!WE HAVE SO MANY ANNOUNCEMENTS!

We talk so much about “shadow” in our work as diviners, but what does the shadow really entail? And what is shadow work?! The shadow is an expression of what is yet unintegrated in our personality, that which we don't see about ourselves, which we can strive to bring to awareness over the course of our life. As we work towards individuation in our lifetime, we must go searching for the pieces of our shadow, but how do we accomplish this task? Tune into the latest episode of Soror Mystica, as we explore mythic expressions of the shadow (the underworld, scary beasts), Jungian explorations of the shadow, how to articulate the shadow in our relationships, what happens when we ignore or avoid the shadow, and much more. Special thanks to our ad partners, Tangerine Sage Healing!https://www.tangerinesagehealing.comRegister for Mariana's new class at the Jung Archademy, "Tarot and Shadow: A Guided Workshop of Self-Reckoning with the Cards," starting January 17th. https://www.jungarchademy.com/tarot-and-shadow

The Wheel of Fortune is an ancient symbol, spun by the Roman goddess Fortuna, doling out gifts and twists of fate in equal measure. Many of us are most familiar with the Wheel of Fortune from the tarot (or the famed gameshow, though here at Soror Mystica, we're more Jeopardy girls), as a card that holds the promise of change…But the Wheel of Fortune brings with it an element of chance. Sometimes we're at the top of the wheel, other times we're headed towards the bottom of the tread. Joseph Campbell offers the beautiful wisdom that by finding a way to stay at the center, or the spoke of the wheel, we maintain a sense of centrality in our lives and experiences, and that is just what we explore, this episode.Tune in anywhere you find your pods to follow this exploration of the wheel as a solar symbol spun by a lunar goddess, the wheel as a symbol of chance and fate, and how we can best locate our centers as the wheel spins on. If you enjoy the show, we'd be delighted if you'd share it with fellow seekers, as well as rate/review the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, so that we can keep growing! Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Dawn Hemstreet Jewelry, https://hawkhummingbirdmoon.com

What does it mean for our cultural moment that we are awash in a sea of zombie TV shows and films? Carl Jung said that when we're unsure of what's going on in our unconscious, we may project it outward, and we seem to be focusing on this projection of the zombified expression of human consciousness. What can we learn from this creepy, brain-devouring monster, and what are the deeper roots of this trope?This episode explores all things un-dead, from its origin in Haitian culture, themes of death and loss, grief and ghosts, and larger questions of mass consciousness, or perhaps better put, mass unconsciousness. The symbol of the undead is an expression of our feeling of living a half-life, one in which mindless consumption is prized over the fight for individuation. Special thanks to this episode's ad partners, The Inspirited Word https://www.inspiritedword.com and Dawn Hemstreet Jewelry @dawnhemstreetjewelry.igIf you're a witchy small-business, you can inquire with us about advertising opportunities at our website!

Witches are people who have the power to heal or to harm, the sacred encapsulation of life and death. As a result of this, witches are personified as revolting, terrifying, uncontrollable expressions of the dark feminine, often banished to the edges of society. Just in time for the thinning of the veil, this episode of Soror Mystica explores the symbol of the witch, in all her complex detail. Many of us seek to “reclaim the witch,” but what does this really mean? What is it that we seek to re-integrate, and how can we deepen our understanding of the witch in the process of that reclamation? We chat about the myth of Lilith, the binary of the maiden temptress and the “evil hag,” Circe, Medea, Hekate, projections of the masculine, the shadow of the witch, and so much more. We hope each witch listening finds something inspiring here. Mariana presents a tripartite dream of crabs - a horseshoe crab, a stone crab, and a hermit crab - for our analysis. Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, The Inspirited Word (https://www.inspiritedword.com) and Dawn Hemstreet Jewelry (https://hawkhummingbirdmoon.com or @dawnhemstreet.jewelry on IG)

The pearl! A luminescent, oceanic gemstone, created in the briny deep, the result of an intrusive grain of sand. Pearls are usually associated with the feminine, with Venus-Aphrodite, as a symbol of purity and beauty, or perhaps an expression of lunar consciousness. This episode pushes the understanding of the pearl beyond these expectations, as we explore adjacent stories in which characters are searching for the soul. From the gnostic story of Thomas searching for a pearl at the bottom of the ocean, to Percival and the Grail Myth, the famous Medieval “Pearl” poem about a lost daughter, St. George and the Dragon, we explore whether the search for the pearl is about the redemption of the feminine, or unification with the self. This episode's listener symbol is a dream about a toad!Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, the Inspirited Word podcast: https://www.inspiritedword.comCristina's School of Divine Sympathies: a Foundational Course in Mythic Astrology is open for registration! Learn the art of chart interpretation in this live, nine-week course. Check out registration info here, doors close October 4th. 

What does it mean to be “maiden”? The maiden is most famously known as one-third of the feminine triad, and along with the mother and crone, symbolizes a particular kind of life force in the cyclic flow of life. But what happens when we hold the maiden on her own, what does her form suggest, and how can we better understand this symbol? In this episode, we explore the archetypal details of the maiden, from Kore Persephone to the Vestal Virgin, touching in again and again with the reminder that the maiden is a symbol of completeness, of self-enclosed power and self-knowing, of authenticity, imminence, and potential. Registration for Mariana's Archetypal Tarot School is now open! Don't miss this exciting offering. Learn more here. Registration for Cristina's School of Divine Sympathies: A Foundational Course on Mythic Astrology is also open! Grab your seat here.Special thanks to our ad partner, Tangerine Sage Healinghttps://www.tangerinesagehealing.com@tangerinesagehealing

We live in a magical moment where so many of us are turning away from established religion, and seeking spirituality on our own in nature, in divination, and so many other modalities. But when we step away from the church or the temple, we suddenly realize that we need to create a sacred space of our own, which can be quite daunting!This episode explores what it means to create a space to connect with the divine, no matter where you are, and on your own terms. Making our own sacred space is a crucial step in reclaiming our relationship with spirit, and recentering ourselves, in the process. We chat about the creation of altars, but go beyond simple how-to's and contemplate how to find sacred space no matter where you to in this world. Our listener symbol this episode has us contemplating the synchronistic appearance of horses in dreams and tarot pulls. If you love what you hear, leave us a rating or review so that the show can find new ears and hearts. Registration for Mariana's Archetypal Tarot School is now open! Don't miss this exciting offering. Learn more here. Special thanks to our ad partners, Tangering Sage Healing and Heather Roe, Oregon Realtor. https://www.tangerinesagehealing.com@tangerinesagehealing www.heatherroe.realtor

At first blush, the swan impresses us with its dazzling white feathers and graceful posture, conjuring images of ballerinas or fairytale settings. But what does the swan offer us beyond the image of beauty and grace?Swans appear in myths often as emblems of solar, masculine gods, like Apollo or Zeus. In alchemy, the swan symbolizes  a union of opposites, and can be found in the “albedo,” or the whitening phase of bringing clarity to the soul. And what of the “swan song”? According to the ancient Greeks, the swan was thought to sing a beautiful song of lament, to greet death as it approached us. Join us in this episode as we explore the swan as a symbol of duality, far more complex than meets the eye. Our listener dream symbol asks us to consider the appearance of a trickster-witch. Special thanks to this episode's ad partner Tangerine Sage Healing, and Moon Magic Wellness!https://www.tangerinesagehealing.com@tangerinesagehealinghttps://www.moonmagicwellness.com@moonmagicwellness

Special thanks to this episode's ad partner, Vibes del Alma! https://www.vibesdelalma.comIf you enjoy this episode, please remember to leave us a rating or review on Apple podcasts or Spotify :) Share Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Mythology for AstrologersJoin Cristina in a four week immersion into the symbols and stories of the seven traditional planets and twelve signs of the zodiac. Mythology for Astrologers is a course designed to teach you the exact images, stories, characters, and insights from myth that can help deepen your astrology practice, today. Registration closes July 25th, and you can grab your tickets here.

SHOW NOTESAd PartnerMoon Magic - Distance Healinghttps://www.moonmagicwellness.com/distance-healing@MoonMagicWellnessLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Register for Mythology for Astrologers here!Support us on Patreon here!Find Us On InstagramhereMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!

SHOW NOTESAD PARTNERVibes de Alma@vibesdealma Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support us on Patreon here!Find Us On Instagram hereMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!ART REFERENCEDThe Work of Hilma af KlintWorks by Hildegard von Bingen

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Episode Playlist Linked here!Support us on Patreon here!Find Us On InstagramhereMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!

SHOW NOTES Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Ad PartnerHannah Carey Coachinghttps://www.hannahcareycoaching.com/@rewildtheempressLink to enroll in Mariana's Foundations of the Tarot workshop!Enrollment ends 5/22!Sources Referenced: Richard Tarnas, Cosmos & PsycheJakob Böhme

In our tenth episode, we immerse ourselves in the symbol of the Moon, one of our most ancient, and most important, symbols of fertility, the feminine, and the powers of creation and destruction. Whether we're contemplating the Great Mother goddess, meditating on the Moon card in the tarot, or approaching our own lunar placement in our natal charts, the Moon's expressions are wildly varied—nurturing, protective, feral and untamed, quiet and introverted, oceanic in depth. We hope you love the episode, and thank you for being here for ten Soror Mystica shows !!!!!Texts ReferencedCosmos and Psyche, and The Passion of the Western Mind, both by Richard TarnasEsther Harding, Women's Mysteries, Ancient and ModernSally Nichols, Tarot and the Archetypal Journey Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaSupport the Show on Patreon Share Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Ad PartnerHannah Carey Coaching@rewildtheempresswww.hannahcareycoaching.com

Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Ad Partnercuriotarotschool.comReferenced TextsThe Red Book, CG JungThe White Goddess, Robert GravesThe Tarot Spreads Yearbook, Chelsea Pippin Mizzi & Cara Hudson

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Ad PartnerJung Archademyhttps://www.jungarchademy.com@jungianonlineReferenced MaterialsAll quotes from this episode are pulled from The Quotable Jung, Princeton University PressThese quotes specifically come from Jung's Psychological Types, The Undiscovered Self, "Transformation Symbolism in the Mass," and "Forward to White's God and the Unconscious."

We're all well aware of the archetype of the witch—the mysterious woman, often seen as an outsider who lives alone on the fringes of society, who works in secrecy to perfect her magic spells, lunar rituals, and banquets with the Devil. Though stories and depictions of the witch are wild and variegated, one detail of her life is quite consistent; the witch is always accompanied by her familiar. The familiar is a small creature who lives with the witch, who helps her perform her rites and rituals. Familiars can be cats, dogs, hares, toads, crows—the list is quite endless. Some believed that the witch's familiar was an extension of her, something she shape-shifted into to make mischief. Others believed familiars to be small demons, proof of her connection with the Devil himself. In this episode, we unravel the symbol of the familiar, explore the ways in which a woman's connection to nature via the animal world was “othered” by the Christian world, and reflect on our own experiences with nature, familiars, and animal allies. This episode's dream comes to us from your co-host Cristina, who shares a triple dream of centaurs and horses. If you like tuning in to the show, be sure to give us a rating/review on your favorite podcast platforms. You can support Soror Mystica by joining our Patreon, where you'll receive access to extended versions of each show, plus monthly goodies for tarot and astrology guidance. Many thanks to this episode's ad partner, the Jung Arcademy, for being a part of the show. SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with Us

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here! Ad PartnerCalluna Alchemy https://www.callunaalchemy.com@calluna.alchemyJung Archademy https://www.jungarchademy.com@jungianonlineReferenced MaterialsThe Asteroid Goddesses, Demetra GeorgeGerard Adler (feminine triplicity reference quote)Jung and Tarot: an Archetypal Journey, Sally Nichols

SHOW NOTESSupport Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Advertise with UsWould you like your product or shop to be featured as an ad partner on Soror Mystica? Explore advertising options here!Ad PartnerCalluna Alchemyhttps://www.callunaalchemy.comReferenced MaterialsThe Roman de la RoseThe Flight of the Wild Gander, Joseph CampbellThe Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, Erich Neumann

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Us on PatreonGet Supporter Perks like early episode access, access to the extended version of each episode, and monthly divinatory tools from Mariana and Cristina!Explore HereFind Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Ad PartnerTangerine Sage Healinghttps://www.tangerinesagehealing.comCalluna Alchemy https://www.callunaalchemy.comReferenced MaterialsInfluences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance, by Mary Quinlan-McGrath The Timaeus, by Plato (from the Republic)Hellenistic Astrology, The Study of Fate and Fortune, by Chris Brennan 

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:Support Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Ad PartnersTangerine Sage Healinghttps://www.tangerinesagehealing.comNew Age Boutique MNnewageboutiquemn.etsy.com@whole_hart on Instagram Referenced MaterialsMarie Louise von Franz, Divination & Synchronicity Karen Hamaker-Zondag, Tarot as a Way of Life T. Susan Chang, 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot

SHOW NOTESLinks to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:PatreonSupport Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here.Ad PartnerTangerine Sage Healinghttps://www.tangerinesagehealing.comReferenced MaterialsPodcast “Pathways with Joseph Campbell”Karen Armstrong, A Short History of MythEdward Edinger, The Eternal DramaRollo May, The Cry for Myth

Links to connect with us, share your sacred symbols, or explore materials referenced in this episode:PatreonSupport Soror Mystica and receive supporter perks by joining our Patreon, here.Find Us On InstagramSoror Mystica PodcastMariana LouisCristina FarellaShare Your SymbolsDo you have a symbol that pops up in dreams, in your tarot card pulls, or in your personal experience that puzzles you? If you'd like to hear us talk about your personal symbol on our show, feel free to share your story with us here. Referenced MaterialsRead the “Pearl” poem here.Or, listen to the “Pearl” poem here.More about “The Dream and the Underworld” by James Hillman