In each episode of Arcana, Jodie invites Soulstice team members Bea and Audree to unpack a Tarot card and how the archetype can deepen our understanding of what it means to live, grow and change. The conversation is supported by their knowledge from lived experience and psychotherapy training.

The Empress card is our starting point for this episode. Our in-house Tarot specialist, Bea, introduces us to this card of divine femininity and the symbolism within how she is softly represented. This inspires conversation into the positive aspects of creativity, abundance and care as well as the shadow sides; smothering, passivity and over-dependence. Audree highlights the Mother/Father archetypes within Freudian psychology and offers critique to traditional theories of bio-essentialist gender development. Jodie helps us to imagine ...