Summary: It’s Eclipse season, and I have a phenomenal guest on the podcast this week! Joining me today is the amazing and magical Mary Elizabeth Evans, aka Spirit Speak Tarot! Born in Nashville and currently residing in Joshua Tree, Mary Elizabeth Evans is an artist, a teacher, a creator, and a Tarot reader. She is the creator of the Spirit Speak Tarot deck, The Divina Tarot deck, and the Vessel, Iris, and Road to Nowhere Oracle decks. Together, Mary and I discuss her origin story, how she found Tarot, how she began to intersect her spirituality and intuition with art, the birth stories of her many, amazing decks, and working through the Tower, Justice, Hanged Man, Temperance, Nine of Pentacles, and Queen of Pentacles Tarot cards. I’m also offering some energetic medicine on the New Moon Solar Eclipse and how to view its energy as the Tower reversed in the Tarot. Topics discussed in this episode: • Partial New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer July 2018 (0:50) • Mary’s journey growing up in Tennessee and finding the Tarot (17:30) • Learning the Tarot through self-teaching and demystifying the role of the reader (24:25) • Mary’s connection with her artistry, creativity, and spiritual connection (30:00) • Creating the Spirit Speak Tarot Deck (34:45) • Mary’s creative and spiritual process of creating tarot and oracle decks (38:45) • The process of publishing a Tarot deck (41:47) • Creating the Vessel Oracle Deck (44:35) • Creating the Iris Oracle Deck (48:30) • Creating the Divina Tarot Deck (54:13) • Mary’s changing relationship with the Tarot (56:32) • A sneak peek of Mary’s upcoming Tarot deck (58:22) • Mary’s move to Joshua Tree and feeling a call away from the Tarot toward other work (1:01:53) • Working through The Tower card in the Tarot (1:03:57) • The medicine of the Justice card in the Tarot (1:06:01) • The elusive Hanged Man and Temperance Tarot cards (1:09:27) • Loving the Nine of Pentacles and the Queen of Pentacles Tarot cards (1:13:54) • Mary’s clothing, jewelry, and adornments (1:15:50) Find full show notes for this episode: https://wildsoulpodcast.com/blog/mary-evans-spirit-speak-tarot Want to support Tarot for the Wild Soul? Please subscribe, rate and review this podcast on iTunes! Share it with the people you love! Mary’s IG: @spirit.speak Mary’s website: https://www.spirit-speak.com ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by intuitive tarot reader, holistic counselor and teacher, Lindsay Mack, Tarot for the Wild Soul is a weaving of deep conversations with folks who use Tarot in their lives, channeled energetic offerings, intuitive readings on the months ahead, and mini Tarot lessons. ABOUT LINDSAY: Lindsay is an intuitive tarot reader, holistic counselor, teacher and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of Wild Soul Healing and Tarot for the Wild Soul, as well as the host of this podcast. She has been studying and reading Tarot for over 20 years. As a joyful and healthy survivor of childhood abuse & PTSD, Lindsay is passionately dedicated to honoring and helping to bring space, light and healing to those who are experiencing mental, emotional or physical suffering. It is an organic part of her healing work with the Tarot, and she is honored to be sharing these offerings to those who feel called to them. WEBSITE: www.lindsaymack.com INSTAGRAM: @wildsoulhealing MUSIC: www.bensounds.com
