antifragile tarot

had the privilege of having @peach_punk tattoo The Healer from @tommiekelly 's Forty Servants on me today, with her own twists: adding the Jersey City skyline and a lot of love and care. https://www.instagram.com/p/CULd5kwLRF5/?utm_medium=tumblr

happy Pride darlings! I'm so ready to read for you at @atelier.abene 's Queen's Court at @corgispirits today! Tickets are $25 benefiting @hudsonpridecenter and include a drink and so much entertainment. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTH9lhonPXJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tarot Thursday Reveal! Left: The Emperor. Figure out the intersection between what keeps you down and what you have power over. That's where you have the most leverage to make change. Power structures can be confining, but they're just one perspective. They can be subverted, however small those ways may be. Explore radical solidarity and unusual sovereignty. Middle: 3 of Cups. It's time to foster connections with those who bring you joy. This may not necessarily mean your closest, deepest friendships, but maybe exploring other exciting acquaintances and people who share your interests. I know this is particularly hard in a pandemic, but get creative. Right: Page of Cups. If someone is offering you some love, embrace it, even if it seems naive. As long as you are accepting of reality, this is worth embracing. This may or may not be romantic, so keep yourself open. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTDlmvjnJye/?utm_medium=tumblr

Ignore the glowing purple card, it has no special message for you... or does it? Tarot Thursday today! Pick a card that resonates with you and I'll post up a reveal by the end of the day. May the cards be ever in your favor. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCRUgnHkc2/?utm_medium=tumblr

had a lovely witchy field trip to @themysticalhouse and @cielo_mystic today!!! the first photo is items from The Mystical House and the third is items from Cielo Mystic. sister shops right in Union City off of the Bergenline Light Rail. the vibes are good and they'll even do a little crystal cleansing ritual for you! I'll definitely be back. hat tip to @nefertitirisingapothecary for telling me about this spot! https://www.instagram.com/p/CS-PniUHCfb/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wanted a reading from me? IT IS TIME. Check out my profile (or not on IG, https://linktr.ee/antifragiletarot ) for links to my Etsy for emailed readings, Calendly to schedule video readings or lessons, and my Spotify and Patreon links! https://www.instagram.com/p/CS79EyLnlq6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Happy #Pride darlings! In JC, August is Pride month. Catch me outdoors for a lovely event at @corgispirits this coming Saturday! $25 ticket goes towards @hudsonpridecenter and gets you a signature drink and access to the entertainment, including me! Find me outdoors, offering you tarot readings and celebrating who I am and how far we've come. First event I've done since February 2020 😬 https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4cm_mnrdL/?utm_medium=tumblr

been a while since I did some candle magic. had to dig into some candles I have primarily for shabbat. thanks in advance to the Servants: the Healer and the Protector, and then the Road Opener, the Messenger, the Conductor, and the Gatekeeper. Also thanks in advance to Jerdehl. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSfcSHwHSJk/?utm_medium=tumblr

New podcast interview up today with the lovely @nefertitirisingapothecary !!!! It was an honor and blessing to interview Brittany, and I hope you enjoy our chat. Please go check out her page and her amazing artwork as well as her weekly readings! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCV15gnJKF/?utm_medium=tumblr

You might have wondered what the necklace I wear means, and I feel like talking about it today. It's a Hebrew word, transliterated as "chai," and it means "alive" or "living." It also corresponds to the number 18 in Jewish gematria, so the number 18 is a common base number for donations and such (so if I send you $36, you know why). It's a very common Jewish symbol, and I inherited a chai necklace that belonged in my mom's family but it disappeared one day. I had become so accustomed to wearing it that I searched for a similar one in a silver tone since that's primarily what I wear. I've taken to wearing it over a Magen David/Star of David for a variety of reasons. I occasionally still wear those, and I sometimes wear a hamsa necklace Mr. Antifragile gifted me, but I mostly wear my chai. 1. I love that it's so visible to other Jews. Messianic Jews have appropriated the Magen David, but the chai is usually a pretty reliable barometer. I've definitely played a few rounds of Jewish Geography after it's been spotted. 2. I love the meaning behind it. "We will outlive them" is a protest phrase, and I feel that the chai meshes well with that vibe. That's likely my next tattoo. There's also the concept of living by Judaism, not dying by it, that I find crucial and meaningful to my relationship with Judaism. 3. A less happy reason, but: because it's less visible as a Jewish symbol to non-Jews, I don't get as much active discrimination when wearing it as I do when I wear a Star of David. I used to alternate between wearing a pentacle and wearing a Star of David and I'd unerringly get more nonsense with the Star of David that the damn pentacle. I do still hide it when I do clinic escorting at the ab*rt**n clinic but that's just because the people outside there have made it their mission to spot and preach at Jews, as well as people utilizing the clinic. Anyway, that's my lesson for the day. Do you have any meaningful jewelery you wear frequently? https://www.instagram.com/p/COD_-7SHzRn/?igshid=ldnl6luuoivi

catch me on twitch at 8:45pm Eastern tonight chatting about witchy memes! I'm antifragiletarot over there. I'll also be watching roriekelly at 8pm Eastern for Monday Night Muses, so tune into her if you can! https://www.instagram.com/p/CN2Vu6-nzyI/?igshid=wv5nzfkx9vop

join me TOMORROW on Twitch at 845pm EST for an unboxing of the Tower Takeover Tarot on Twitch! And tune into Monday Night Muses with roriekelly beforehand! I'm antifragiletarot over there. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQhRblHO1e/?igshid=1j1c3pq3yxuh1

poisson d'avril y'all, my last episode was satire (as you would have heard if you listened past 8 minutes of me absolutely sounding like I went off the deep end). april fool's episodes are a cornerstone of the Antifragile Tarot Podcast and you don't fcks with traditions. please respect evidence based practice while navigating the absolutely potentially treacherous waters of healthcare providers who are bigoted, whether their negative attitudes are based in racism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, or any other negative attitude that impacts care because the number one barrier to healthcare access is the attitude of the healthcare provider in question. but seriously, wear your masks, get the covid vaccine if you're eligible, and be smart about who you gather with. don't rely solely on your instincts with medical stuff, but also don't discount them entirely. alternative healthcare options can be useful as adjuncts to more established treatments, but they usually can't replace them for serious ailments and still need to be evaluated: in short, sure, try herbs and such, but if you need a CPAP machine or insulin or chemo, don't reach for essential oils instead and exclusively. you can integrate "alternative" methods often enough, as long as you make sure they don't negatively interact with other stuff (like St. John's Wort is a great antidepressant except it negates hormonal birth control). https://www.instagram.com/p/CNJiDCCn2eV/?igshid=mxk1iu58c1ya

new podcast drop today that's very important and dear to my heart. i hope you'll stay tuned to the very end of this short but punchy episode. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIHEPWnflT/?igshid=bo3be6skq0ao

chag pesach sameach! my seder plate tweaks: a stone egg that belonged to my paternal grandmother, a beet instead of a shank bone, some dill for the second bitter herb, charoset sans honey, Miriam's cup in a cup that belonged to my mom, and an orange on the seder plate (which is a feminist/LGBTQ+ thing in opposition to the idea that "a woman/a lesbian belongs on the bimah/where the Torah is read in a synagogue as much as an orange belongs on the seder plate.") got me some nice kosher for passover Chilean cabernet sauvignon. https://www.instagram.com/p/CM8TVwsH8ov/?igshid=wkhodcwjsizg

hi friends! i know I've been pretty quiet lately. it's my last semester of my bachelor's degree in nursing, and I'll be real: I'm starting to suffer mentally under the weight of the last year. it's been a hard year to be a nurse. I'm also a union delegate and we just negotiated a contract which was the most important group project I've ever done. I've talked a lot about not committing yourself to magic work, especially work involving others, if it's detrimental to your own mental or spiritual health, and I am trying to lead by example. so I've been leaning into doing yoga (finished one 30 day #yogawithadriene program and am doing Breath now, first time I've ever stuck with yoga although I've wanted to for a long time), getting REALLY into nail polish, taking care of my cats (Harry needs some dental work), and still working with #TheFortyServants frequently as the extent of my work lately. being an ER nurse during a pandemic, in my first year as a nurse, took a lot out of me. the emotional toll has been high on me, and I'm lucky: I never got sick, nobody close to me died, I don't have kids, and my husband and I didn't have a reduction in income as he worked remotely before going back to the office. but it's still been hard. i started dating an amazing person just four months before the pandemic hit and I haven't kissed them in over a year and can count on one hand how many times I've seen them in person. worrying about my husband going to work every day while not being vaccinated has been hard, but that's ending soon. I deeply miss all of my friends and all of the things I used to do. and watching my peers burn out and leave the profession or go to other areas of nursing has been bittersweet: I'm happy they've made changes to serve them, but my own unit is suffering, and it's scary becoming one of the more tenured nurses so quickly. i sincerely hope to be back to regular podcasting and reopening my etsy in May or thereabouts, when I graduate. for real, this time. grad school is a LONG way away. but you can't pour from an empty cup, and I would rather give you nothing than give you anything less than my best. how are y'all doing? https://www.instagram.com/p/CMlTYhSnPzQ/?igshid=1f2rmrq2j8w7l

Stealth podcast drop! Fresh off the Audacity presses, I've reviewed the Nightmare Before Christmas officially-licensed tarot deck like a good goth/emo kid. I hope you enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDWy1xHUp2/?igshid=9own488t8qk5