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This is a work in progress. I’ll be adding my favorite guides and co-creators here, the ones I trust most, to help you navigate your own spiritual journey. Links coming soon!

Astrology

I’ve heard people complain that astrology is like a cult or is too generic to be true. So here’s a list of serious astrologers who have decades of experience. You won’t find clickbait or woowoo here. You also won’t find sun sign astrology; it just barely scratches the surface of what real astrology is about. Knowing your sun sign is fun, but your birth chart maps tens of thousands of other things that are even more intriguing.

• Soul Navigation
• Molly McCord

Tarot

Tarot readers can definitely be a mixed bunch. Finding someone who resonates with you is challenging, and should be taken quite seriously. Don’t just get hooked on the first person you ever hear doing a tarot reading. Take time to discern whether they are the right reader for you. Listen to several readings and see if their style feels right to you. And I don’t mean their aesthetic. I mean their reading style. Are they serious, or do they make you laugh? Do they jump to conclusions quickly, or let the cards play out? Do they use oracle cards as well? Crystals? Do they offer “pick a card” readings or read for different zodiac signs? Or perhaps they read for their own collective of followers? There are no right and wrong answers, just things to observe.

This is a list of the tarot readers I have come to trust. To me, they feel balanced with just the right amount of intuition mixed with solid readings of the cards themselves. You might find other readers you prefer. These are mine, and I want to give them a shout-out here.

• Magnetize Yourself/Infinity
• 13 Moon Tarot/Andie
• Divinely Canadian Tarot
• Witch and Scythe

Twin Flames

There is a lot of toxic information about twin flames on YouTube and social media. I won’t go into it deeply here, I just wanted to point out some of the really genuine twin flame support channels here to help you with discernment on your journey. If you have identified yourself as a twin flame or as someone who is on a twin flame journey, please don’t just wildly click around seeking information. I promise you’ll find more fiction than fact. Start with my suggestions here. Reach out to me if you want additional help and support on your journey.

• Sacred Soul Rising/Cat Summers — There is no better support system for twin flames. Cat will help you put a stop to the looping, chaotic energy and bring the whole journey back to it’s real purpose, which is internal union.
• Harmonious Hearts/Danielle W — As someone who has been on a twin flame journey herself for many years, she speaks to a collective of people who are going through similar things as they advance along the path to internal union. She’s grounded and gentle, and does not support toxicity or bypassing.
• Magnetize Yourself/Infinity — Her early content was highly focused on twin flames and provides excellent foundational understanding of the journey, especially if you’re new to the idea and trying to see if the shoe actually fits. She does more tarot now, but still sometimes gets intuitive hits about the twin flames in the collective.)
  
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• Akasha Astra — This is next level, honestly. If you’re new to the idea of twin flames, or worse yet still in chaotic, looping energy, this could seriously freak you out. But I’m including Astra because she has been through an extremely intense awakening, and she is willing to get very real about it. She sugar coats nothing and doesn’t shy away from the truth, even if it’s uncomfortable or intimate. Her content helped me understand a lot about my own journey..intense and scary things that happened long before I had any knowledge or support system in place for something so weird. But don’t go here until you’ve got some foundational understanding from the wayshowers above. Take Cat’s detox class or twin flame course. You need to be solidly grounded, long past the bubble-love phase and dark night of the soul, thoroughly detoxed, learning to alchemize and working on inner union. And no, I’m not saying that to get you to click on Astra. I’m serious when I say it will make things worse if you’re not ready. Don’t jump into deep water until you can swim.

If you want to start having more fun with astrology than just understanding your birth chart, start tracking life events so you can look at the planetary transits: that is, what’s happening in the sky at the moment of the event, and how that sky aligns with and activates your personal chart.

• Keep a pocket notebook or use a notes app on your phone.
• Jot down the date, time, and geographical location (home, Joe’s house, street address, etc.)
• Be as exact as possible. If you forget to write it down until hours later, note the time you write the note and then the approximate time of the event (2 hours ago, or around noon yesterday).
• Write down your feelings about the event. How did it impact you? Was it challenging, did it harmonize perfectly, did it change your perspective, did you notice something you’d never noticed before? Your feelings and perceptions might change over time, so noting your initial reaction can be really helpful later.

When you have questions like “What’s the significance of this event happening on November 1st?” or “What was so weird about Tuesday?” your astrologer can help you find the deeper meanings and what lessons might be presented.

As a techie-turned-mystic, I can’t help starting my first blog post with “hello world”. For the uninitiated, this is always the name of the first application you write when learning a new programming language. It’s also the default name of the first demo post in a brand new WordPress website. And this site is built in WordPress, so here we are.

With that, I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Mara and I am something of an accidental mystic.

Years ago, the floor of my Christian worldview — and my entire church community support system — dropped out from under me when I decided to leave my psychologically abusive husband after eighteen long years. I suddenly found myself a single mom of four tweens and teens, navigating spirituality alone in what felt like the vastness of the cosmos. I have been deconstructing my long-held beliefs ever since then.

This exploration led me through many twists and turns, and eventually to the discovery of astrology — specifically modern, evolutionary astrology. I found astrology to be amazingly accurate in identifying patterns of human behavior. It helped me understand myself and others better. As I studied my own chart, I found explanations for why I had struggled with certain patterns, and why some habits were so ingrained in me. I also realized that there were a lot of hidden gems — personal potentials that I hadn’t tapped into. I have studied astrology deeply for three years now, and I love sharing my discoveries with anyone who is curious.

My astrology studies led almost inevitably to tarot. There are many parallels between the two, with the most obvious being the Sun, Moon, and Star cards in the Major Arcana. But beyond that, a whole system exists matching tarot cards to planets and astrological signs based on the archetypes they represent. Tarot readers often incorporate astrology into their readings and vice versa. Tarot readings can provide extra guidance and context when you’re trying to gain perspective on the circumstances of your life and how they might play out.

My overall approach to both astrology and tarot is grounded, curious, and evidence-based. At the same time, as I’ve studied these and other tools for understanding the universe and my own place in it, one of the best outcomes has been a sense of enchantment. Everything in my life seems better in some way now. Hard times aren’t as hard. Good times feel more magical. I have not only healed my inner child, but given her room to come out and play. Magic, wonder, and enchantment are no longer relegated to the realm of childhood or fiction. They are a real and genuine part of my life. And as a result, I’ve felt a desire to share that magic with others. I am excited that you’re here reading this. I imagine you might be looking for re-enchantment, too, and I invite you to join me on the journey.