8th House Healers

'I Am Virgo'Join 8th House Healers for our latest astrological discussion as we unveil the many luminous treasures of mutable earth sign Virgo. Sojourn through the Tarot- from material realm to the continuum of spirit- in the Pentacles cards 8-10, the Knight, and Virgo's corresponding Major card, The Hermit.Hermit wisdom overlaps significantly with deep-diving, service-oriented Virgo as detailed in Evvin Marin’s instant classic, Fortune’s Inkwell: An Interrobang Tarot Guidebook. Virgo/Hermit energy as they tell it speaks to "Truth-seeking, interiority, quiet, observation, contemplation, personal gnosis, immersion, ardent curiosity, spark of holy madness. Scientist, archivist, philosopher, researcher, mystic, lover of wilderness, the highly sensitive person. Take time alone. Take distance from others to learn what you are made of. Enjoy your own company. After deep reflection, return and discourse. After self-discovery, find new connection. ~Evvin Marin (*abridged)*Episode Art: Forager's Daughter Tarot (top), The Fountain Tarot 9 (left), Esmerlize (background), and The Otherkin Tarot (right)Acknowledgements & Mentions: Fortune’s Inkwell: An Interrobang Tarot Guidebook, Evvin Marin; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Guardian of the Night Tarot, MJ Cullinane; Ravyness Drakon Tarot & Dream Raven Tarot, Beth Seilonen; Shadowscapes Tarot, Stephanie Pui-Man Law (Guidebook- Barbara Moore); Tarot of the Witch’s Garden, Sasha Graham (Art by Natasa Ilincic); Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up, Deb Guerdat; & Mr. Rogers' 'I like to take my time and do it right'.8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

‘I Am Leo’, fixed fire sign of the zodiac, ruled by the sun... and the heart. Tarot correspondences are Wands cards 5-7 and the King with themes of courage, faith, and fortitude.Je n’ai pas peur…“I do not fear, for my road is made open to me; I have God, who will know how to clear the route. It was for this that I was born!”~ Joan of Arc*Episode Art: Oriens Tarot, Hush Tarot & The Witch's Garden Tarot*Acknowledgments & Mentions: Black Ink Tarot, Evvin Marin; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Blood Moon Tarot, Sam Guay; Dust II Onyx- A Melanated Tarot, Courtney Alexander; The Crone Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

Bringer of Summer, Cancer is the sign of cardinal water. It is ruled by the moon, its Tarot associations are Cups cards 2-4 and the Queen.Cancer natives are gentle, emotionally accessible, nurturing, intuitive, and highly creative. Nick Bantock writes about ‘The Poet’ archetype in his Archeo Oracle guidebook, which brilliantly portrays this dreamy archetype of the zodiac: The Poet lets imagination run free. They concentrate and distill, making visible the ethereal, bringing focus to beauty, inviting us to pause and consider. An elegant romantic, they merge rich experience with the unexpected, synthesizing the essence of every moment, making the world more vibrant. They help us filter thoughts and feelings to reveal our most noble selves. The Poet is a lyricist and champion of higher ideals. They will never let anything become ordinary, and through their eyes we see the greatest of spiral galaxies set within the smallest of seashells. They are searching for the quiet truths, fiercely hacking away at the tarmac and the weeds, attempting to reveal the peace hidden beneath the city's sidewalks.We require poets and artists to keep from stagnating. Each day we must fight not for power or wealth, but for the words and marks that articulate the sharp taste ofour existence. *Episode Art: White Witch Tarot, Maja D’Aoust; Esmerlize Tarot; Interim Tarot, Linda Benjamin*Afterthought: Eliza realized she should have responded to Sarah’s question, “Why wouldn’t the third decan of Cancer be represented in the 3 of Cups card?” with the reminder that because we remove the Ace, decans 1-3 correspond to Cups cards 2-4. Then, when we are talking about fixed sign decans 1-3 they correspond to cards 5-7, and mutable ones 8-10.Acknowledgments & Mentions: Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Blood Moon Tarot, Sam Guay; Mary-El Tarot, Mary White; Dark Goddess Tarot, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Outlander; Southern Gothic Oracle, Stacy Williams-Ng; Esmerlize Tarot8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

I Am Gemini…The third sign of the zodiac is the perceiver of input, conductor of thought and communication, nimble overseer of networks, systems, and interconnectedness. Known for its versatility, the sign of mutable air is associated with the mind, and along with sibling air signs Libra and Aquarius, corresponds to the Swords suit- undeniably the most difficult in all the Tarot. Gemini rules Swords numbered cards 8-10 and the Knight which deal with themes of paralyzing anxiety, overwhelm, and difficult endings. Perhaps, though, the entrapments of our mental prisons only seem to be restricting us... Perhaps reality is only a projection of our most troubled thoughts... As the Ace of Wings reminds us in The Pholarcos Tarot. "Allow for expansion—the importance is knowing your questions. Life will respond. Synchronicities will smile at the interest shown." - Carmen Sorrenti*Episode Art: The Fountain Tarot (Jonathan Saiz, ils.); The Southern Gothic Oracle (Stacy Williams-Ng); Carnival at the End of the World Tarot (Kahn & Selesnick)Acknowledgments & Mentions: Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Mary-El Tarot, Mary White; Tarot of the Divine, Yoshi Yoshitani; Southern Gothic Oracle, Stacy Williams-Ng; Carnival at the End of the World Tarot; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; https://www.carmensorrenti.com; Fortune’s Inkwell: An Interrobang Tarot Guidebook (Black Ink Tarot), Evvin Marin https://www.evviemarin.com/ (Buy on Amazon Books: https://a.co/d/8fUKvfR); Witch Sister Tarot, Julia Jeffrey; A Course in Miracles, as channeled by Dr. Helen Schucman8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up.. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

Happy Taurus Season & Earth Day (every day) as we welcome the most grounded, embodied, and sensual of the earth signs to grow our pentacles suit discussion. Taurus is fixed Earth, ruled by Venus, and corresponds to Pentacles cards 5-7 and the King. We are so excited to have Evvin Marin’s new book release as a regularly featured resource from which to share. Check out their Fortune’s Inkwell: An Interrobang Tarot Guidebook in the show notes. Remember, too, you can catch their conversation with Eliza from Season 4: Episode 16 which aired on May 11, 2023.Note *Sensorimotor OCD was the form of OCD that Eliza could not recall within the conversation.*Episode Art: The Little Sister Tarot, Ginny Thonson, and Esmerlize DecksAcknowledgments & Mentions: The Little Sister Tarot, Ginny Thonson; Carmen Sorrenti (Pholarcos Tarot) https://www.carmensorrenti.com; Fortune’s Inkwell: An Interrobang Tarot Guidebook (Black Ink Tarot), Evvin Marin https://www.evviemarin.com/ (Buy on Amazon Books: https://a.co/d/8fUKvfR), Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Grief is a Learning Experience, Claudia Christine Wolf, Scientific American, February 27, 2024 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-copes-with-grief/; Jungian Tarot, Robert Wang; Witch Sister Tarot, Julia Jeffrey8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

Happy Spring and welcome to Season 5: Tarot Minors & The Zodiac!Although we parted from the airwaves last December, having completed The Fool’s Journey through the majors, inspiration struck- we’re back to cover the minor arcana and their astrological associations. First up is the sign of Aries, cardinal fire element which corresponds to Wands cards 2-4 and the Queen. We hope you’ll bear with us as the first half of the episode involves much reflecting and reacclimating after our long winter’s absence.Acknowledgements & Mentions: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot, (also see Tarot Correspondences) T. Susan Chang, https://www.tsusanchang.com; Carmen Sorrenti (Pholarcos Tarot) https://www.carmensorrenti.com; The Jungian Tarot, Robert Wang; ‘“Resilient” Isn’t the Compliment You Think It Is’, Simran Jeet Singh; Maria Vaccarino/Concertina Art https://www.instagram.com/concertina.art; Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up, Deb Guerdat 8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop, and her mom Deb Guerdat's memoirs here: Blue Joy: Memoirs of a Dangerous Bang-Up. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). 

I Am The World/DancerThis final episode is dedicated to Madeline Jazz who (like in the Cosmic Dancer song) “danced herself right out the womb”… Happy Birthday (December 10th) 🖤It’s the end of the line for our Fool in this bittersweet finale… Hosts Sarah and Eliza look back on the Tarot archetypes they’ve come to know more intimately, and reflect on all the ways they’ve grown as individuals and as co-creators through their Journey together…’The World represents wholeness and completion. At the culmination of a long journey, everything has come together in a meaningful and fulfilling way. Each element is in balance with its opposite, and synchronicities have all lined up. You have found your place within the world, and have gained a deeper understanding of its influences on you, as well as your effects on it. The result is a sense of belonging and purpose.’ - Jessica Lei Howard, Forager’s Daughter Tarot‘If we are living fully, we will touch and change the world, and it will do the same for us, constantly, in tiny ways, and sometimes in profound and enormous ways. Every time we put ourselves out into the world wholeheartedly we become more. We are more alive and grow less afraid to raise our voices in the great song.’ - Julia Jeffrey, Witch Sister Tarot*Episode cover art features: Pholarcos Tarot, Guardian of the Night Tarot, and Oriens TarotMentions & Acknowledgments:Raven’s Prophecy Tarot, Maggie Stiefvater; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Forager's Daughter Tarot, Jessica Lei Howard; Dark Goddess Tarot, Ellen-Lorenzi-Prince; Shining Tribe Tarot, Rachel Pollack; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; Witch Sister Tarot, Julia Jeffrey; Rememberings, Sinead O’Connor; “Utility of Belief” from Faith, Hope, and Carnage, Nick Cave & Sean O’Hagan, Storms, Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks)*Correction- In grief, it is our assumptive world which shatters rather than our world view.8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, and Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com.Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

There are forces guiding you at this time. Depending on your belief system, this might be your higher self, God, the Universe, or something else. It does not matter how you label it, what matters is heeding the call. While the Fool is a broad opening to possibilities, Judgement is an invitation onto a specific path. If you have been feeling pulled towards certain actions or decisions or ways of being, this card could be a sign that you're moving towards a magnificent purpose. It is time to do what you know you're meant to do. There are many cycles of ushering out old and welcoming in new throughout tarot. Judgment is one of these cards, offering a chance for rebirth. There is a mystical realm that exists alongside the ordinary world. Step into this portal. Absolve yourself of the past and witness what you are becoming. - The Spacious Tarot*Episode cover art features: Mystic Faerie Tarot, Linda Ravenscroft; Tarot of Physics, Dan Horn & Corrine Kenner; Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot, Courtney Alexander; The Crow Tarot, MJ CullinaneAcknowledgments & MentionsGifts Differing: Understanding Personality, Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers; 78 Degrees of Wisdom, Rachel Pollack; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol Bridges; The Spacious Tarot; Linestrider Tarot, Siolo Thompson; The Hush Tarot; Shadowlands Tarot, Monica Bodirsky; The Fountain Tarot; Mystic Fairie Tarot; Tarot of the Crone, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; Wildwood Tarot; Herbcrafter’s Tarot8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, and Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com.Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).

Rise and Shine!!! You Are The SunIn the quest that is your life, you have left behind some capacity for happiness, some simple wholeness that you can call back to you now. After all the good that you have been told you can't have, and can't be, it's time to say you can. After all the suffering in the world, it's time not to add to it one more ounce. When the Sun comes out, it's okay to be happy. More than that - it's a good thing. When the Sun shines, everyone benefits. Seek now for what brings you joy. Act now as if that's all that matters. Joy is the radiance that comes from expressing yourself, from singing your soul, from living with true passion. Give to it with both hands. - Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, Tarot of the Crone*Episode cover art features: Paulina Tarot; The Brady Tarot; Children of Litha Tarot; and Leonora Carrington Arcana (Majors) TarotR.I.P. to the beautiful and radiant Suzanne Somers… 10.17.1946~10.16.2023Acknowledgments & Mentions: Cyndi Lauper; Stephen King’s Fairy Tale; The Wizard of Oz, T. Susan Chang’s Custom Perfumes at Tarotista; The Brady Tarot; Anima Mundi Tarot; The Last Unicorn Tarot; Children of Litha Tarot; Tarot of the Abyss; Tarot of the Crone; Little Sister Tarot; Herbcrafter’s Tarot; Paulina Tarot; Spiritsong Tarot; Spacious Tarot; The Wildwood Tarot; Winged Enchantment Oracle; Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways, Gemma Gary; Medicine Woman Tarot; Tarot of Physics; MBTI; Billy Joel; The Beatles; Earth, Wind & Fire; Bad Company; The Mask*Correction: Tarot of Physics suits are: Energy=Fire/Wands; Space=Water/Cups; Time=Air/Swords; Matter=Earth/Pentacles/Coins8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram, and Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop. We’d love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers’, by Eliza/ Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars’, by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).