The Tarot Podcast with T. Susan Chang

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  Episode 62: Five Questions with Leeza Robertson, Eugene Smith + the Animal Totem Tarot 12.08.2026 34min

  Host T. Susan interviews author Leeza Robertson and artist Eugene Smith, the creators of the finest animal tarot in print today!
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  Episode 61: Interoception—the Body Reads Tarot, with Siddharth Ramakrishnan 05.08.2026 22min

  Neurobiologist Siddharth Ramakrishnan returns to talk about interoception: your awareness of what’s going on inside your own body. When we’re doing a tarot reading, how do the things we’re hearing from our body affect what we see in the cards and what we say to our querents?
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  Episode 60: Intro to Court Cards 29.07.2026 27min

  The Tarot Podcast takes on everyone’s favorite tarot boogeyman (boogeypeople?): court cards! How do we make sense of them?
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  Episode 59: "Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions" at the Morgan Library 22.07.2026 41min

  The Tarot Podcast visits the Morgan Library in New York, where the ”Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” exhibit is turning heads.
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  Episode 58: Tarot Myths with Ethony Dawn 15.07.2026 30min

  Cardfluencer Ethony Dawn and host T. Susan dish the dirt on tarot myths.
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  Episode 57: So You're Getting a Tarot Reading... 08.07.2026 19min

  Getting a tarot reading? Optimize your experience with host T. Susan’s tips and caveats!
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  Episode 56: Tarot Museum Belgium 30.06.2026 22min

  The Tarot Podcast visits...Tarot Museum Belgium!
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  Episode 55: Tarot and the Predictive Brain, with Siddharth Ramakrishnan 24.06.2026 15min

  In today’s show, the Tarot Podcast veers off the beaten path and turns to science! for an explanation of how prediction works. My guest is Siddharth Ramakrishnan, a neuroscientist who also practices tarot. He’s also a terrific explainer of brain biology for those of us without advanced degrees in the sciences. How has evolution shaped our perception of the future? What role does our brain play in decoding what’s to come? Join us for some facts, some educated guesses, and some wild speculation! Siddharth Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist, artist, and educator. He is the Chair of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology at the University of Puget Sound and a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award. His research spans developmental biology, neuroendocrinology and neuroethics. A Fellow of the UCLA Art|Sci center, his collaborations with artists have led to exhibitions and documentaries that blend the worlds of art and science highlighting topics like Hox genes, animal umwelts and biomimicry.  An avid Tarot reader, he has designed and created the NeuroTarot deck based on the major arcana of Tarot and infused with neuroscience. He was the keynote speaker at NWTS 2023, StaarCon 2025, the UCLA Art Sci Center, and a panelist at the Masters of Tarot workshop (2023) with Mary K. Greer at Omega, Rhinebeck NY. In addition he has been featured at various scientific conferences, art museums and tarot workshops. His book "The Neuroscience of Tarot", is out with Llewellyn Worldwide. "The Neuroscience of Magic" will be out in 2026! Instagram/BlueSky/Threads: @siddbits Youtube: @brainmystic Email: neurotarot@gmail.com website: www.brainmystic.com _____________________________________ Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista Sign up for readings and explore books and classes!thetarotpodcast.com Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book and/or The Living Tarot online class (discount for class available if you purchase the book!) 😊 And...don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and share!! 😊
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  Episode 54: The Tarot Readers of Amsterdam 17.06.2026 31min

  For this week’s episode, we present something completely different for the Tarot Podcast! We recently traveled to Amsterdam and decided to do an episode on the tarot scene there. We interviewed three readers: Trippy, Melanie Webb, and Giulia Castagna. Trippy and Melanie are readers at the Embassy of the Free Mind, a Hermetic library in the heart of Amsterdam. Both Trippy and Melanie are Jungian-influenced archetypal tarot readers, and you can visit them on Thursdays and Fridays at the Embassy. Our third interviewee, Giulia Castagna, is an Italian tarot reader and astrologer who is based in Amsterdam. She currently gives readings at Black Moon Botanica, in the charming Spiegelgracht neighborhood. Stick around for the end of show! where Trippi and Melanie do readings for me—and I do one reading in return. ALSO: Be sure to catch this week’s Patreon bonus content, a video short of a terrific collection of tarot decks housed in Fabula Rosa, in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam. The owner, David Schors, kindly permitted  us to look around and examine some very unusual and beautiful decks he’s acquired over the years.   Giulia Castagna Website: https://lunaticanocti.com Upcoming courses (in Italian): https://elenaronzio.socialacademy.com/pages/corsi-di-tarocchi Instagram: @lunaticanocti Melanie WebbMelanie takes her audience into a world that is not usually seen, but deeply felt — a place suspended between dream and reality. Having grown up with Tarot cards, she developed an intuitive and playful connection to visual language from an early age.      During her twelve years at the Academy for Applied Astrology in Amstelveen, she developed a strong interest in the relationship between Jungian psychology and Western astrology. Tarot formed an additional module within this astrological and Jungian curriculum, allowing her to interpret the cards through the archetypal frameworks and psychological theories of Carl Jung.     With her Tarot cards, she not only reads what lies beyond but also unpacks the signs that are present all around you. A reading with Melanie allows you to pause, take a breath, and look again: at yourself, the moment, and everything that moves beneath the surface. In her sessions you can expect imagery, intuition, and silence to come together. A session with Melanie allows you to sink into the moment and gain a truly unique perspective. TrippyTrippy has been reading Tarot for more than thirty years. Her connection with the cards began in childhood, shaped by early mystical experiences that opened her sensitivity to the unseen.     For the past nine years she has read regularly for Thuishaven, where clients often describe her readings as clarifying, grounding, and deeply supportive. Her work blends intuitive insight with years of exploration in esoteric and meditative traditions, including the Tarot study with Kenton Knepper on Meditations on the Tarot, as well as her ongoing Jungian exploration inspired by the works of Marie-Louise von Franz.         Trippy’s style is warm, compassionate, and direct. She aims to help people reconnect with their inner guidance and leave each session with a renewed sense of clarity and empowerment. The Embassy of the Free Mindhttp://embassyofthefreemind.comKeizersgracht 123, 1015 CJ Amsterdam, NetherlandsMuseum: open Wednesday through SundayTarot readings: Thursdays and FridaysEvents & workshops: All year!Hermetic text viewing: by appointment __________________________________ Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista Sign up for readings and explore books and classes!thetarotpodcast.com Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book and/or The Living Tarot online class (discount for class available if you purchase the book!) 😊 And...don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and share!! 😊
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  Episode 53: How Do I Care for My Cards? with Barbara Moore 10.06.2026 24min

  How do you care for tarot cards? Join host T. Susan and veteran tarot author Barbara Moore to explore the upkeep, feeding, and maintenance of your favorite magical object!
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  Episode 52: Jumpers, Stalkers, and Holdouts—Cards with an ATTITUDE! 03.06.2026 22min

  Jumpers! Stalkers! Holdouts! What are these cards with an Attitude TRYING TO TELL YOU?! Host T. Susan gives it her best shot in the Tarot Podcast’s 1-year anniversary episode.
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  Episode 51: Five Questions with M. M. Meleen + the Tabula Mundi Tarot 27.05.2026 44min

  The tarot deck known as the Tabula Mundi is a modern tarot masterpiece, a memory palace, and a love song to esoteric tarot. Its creator, M. M. Meleen, is known for her work producing Thoth-inspired cards, as well as for co-hosting the Fortune’s Wheelhouse esoteric tarot podcast with me. In today’s show, we explore the interlocking astrological intricacies of the Tabula Mundi, and its origin story. And we have a close look at the Tabula Mundi Devil card, in all its muscular blue-skinned glory. As always, there’s a patron reading, using the deck, at the end of the episode. We also have a few more readings, offered as Patreon bonus content for the week.  If you’d like to submit a question for a reading on the Tarot Podcast, sign up as a paid member! You’ll find out when readings are happening on Patreon or Discord and be able to share your question then! M. M. Meleen is the artist and creative force behind four modern esoteric tarot decks: Tabula Mundi Tarot, Rosetta Tarot, Pharos Tarot, and the latest work of talismanic and decan magic, Telos Tarot of 777. She is the author of Book M: Liber Mundi, Book of Seshet, Spectrum Fari, and Scions of 777: Vol. I, Six-and Thirty Decans, and Vol. II, Forty-two Truths. She also co-hosted and co-created the Fortune's Wheelhouse tarot podcast, and co-authored Tarot Deciphered, both with T. Susan Chang. For info on past, present, and future works of love and will visit tabulamundi.com. The decks and the books can be found at www.tarotcart.com.   Links for this episode: tarotcart.com for Mel’s books and decks and to subscribe to her newsletter. tabulamundi.com for Mel’s blog. patreon.com/fortuneswheelhouse for the Fortune’s Wheelhouse podcast Tarot Deciphered: Decoding Esoteric Symbolism in Modern Tarot, by T. Susan Chang and M. M. Meleen ________________________________ Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista Sign up for readings and explore books and classes!thetarotpodcast.com Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book and/or The Living Tarot online class (discount for class available if you purchase the book!)
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  Episode 50: The 10 of Wands in Real Life 20.05.2026 23min

  In this episode, we examine how the mighty exhausting 10 of Wands shows up in the lives of regular people like you and me!
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  Episode 49: How to Read the Tarot de Marseille, with Sherryl Smith 13.05.2026 32min

  In Episode 48, the tarot historian and independent scholar Sherryl Smith gave us an introduction to the classic European deck known as the Tarot de Marseille, or TdM. In this episode, our focus is how to read with these historic cards—which many modern tarot readers find intimidating. Sherryl demystifies the ins and outs of the TdM, explaining why some readers find the deck downright liberating. Be sure to listen through to the end of the episode for a demonstration reading with the TdM! Bonus TdM readings—and full graphics for the episode—can be found on our Patreon website (www.patreon.com/thetarotpodcast). If you’d like to submit a question for a future reading on the Tarot Podcast, sign up as a paid member! (https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast). You’ll find out when readings are happening on Patreon or Discord and be able to share your question in advance. Sherryl Smith’s tarot journey began over 50 years ago when she saw David Palladini’s Aquarian deck in a bookstore and instantly recognized an important turning point in her life. She has been studying the history of tarot and reading with historic decks for 25 years.  Her website Tarot-Heritage.com tells the story of tarot’s 600-year history. The Cartomancy section of the website has everything you need to get started reading with historic decks like the Tarot de Marseille Links for this episode: Sherryl’s website: https://tarot-heritage.com Purchase historic decks at Tarot Arts https://tarotarts.com/collections/tarot-decks-and-kits/realm_historic-decks? Episode 48: What is the Tarot de Marseille? with Sherryl Smith. YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/WxiI8mVQJkM   Sherryl’s TdM Resources: Books Yoav Ben Dov. The Marseille Tarot Revealed: A Complete Guide to Symbolism, Meanings and Methods. (Llewellyn, 2017) https://www.amazon.com/Marseille-Tarot-Revealed-Complete-Symbolism/dp/0738752282 Carrie Spider. Tarot de Marseille: Reading the Cards as They Were Used. Self-published 2026. https://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Marseille-Reading-Cards-They/dp/B0GBT7SYD4 Wayne Limberger. Pips, Courts and Trumps: A Simple Guide to the Tarot de Marseille. Ebook available at Lulu.com. https://www.lulu.com/shop/wayne-limberger/pips-courts-and-trumps-a-short-simple-guide-to-the-tarot-de-marseille/ebook/product-5mm5rp.html   Where to purchase decks in the US US Games: https://www.usgamesinc.com/?target=search&mode=search&substring=marseille&including=all CBD Tarot de Marseille. Produced by Yoav Ben Dov, author of the book listed above. Tarot Arnoux & Amphoux 1801, produced by the French card maker Yves Reynaud listed below. Tarot de Marseille Convos Llewellyn.com:https://www.llewellyn.com/browse_category.php?start=0&sort_by=&product_category_id=232 Universal Tarot de Marseille Tarot de Marseille Tarot de Marseille Mini Artisan Tarot https://artisantarot.com/ Unique and whimsical decks: Marseille Cat Tarot Squid Cake Marseille The Rider-Marseille Tarot Deck Where to purchase decks in Europe https://tarot-de-marseille-heritage.com/Yves Reynaud of Marseille makes facsimiles of historic Tarot de Marseille decks he finds in museums. The production quality and price are designed for the average card reader. https://www.facebook.com/Marco.C.Benedetti.TarotMarco Benedetti of Rome has a Facebook page—no website. Handcrafted decks at reasonable prices. Pierre Madenié 1709 is a favorite. _______________________________ Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista Sign up for readings and explore books and classes!thetarotpodcast.com Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book and/or The Living Tarot online class (discount for class available if you purchase the book!)
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  Episode 48: What is the Tarot de Marseille? with Sherryl Smith 05.05.2026 30min

  Tarot historian Sherryl Smith offers a rousing introductory overview of the classic Tarot de Marseille and its origins!
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  Episode 47: An Artomancy Reading with Laetitia Barbier 29.04.2026 17min

  Can you do a reading using ART as your tarot deck? Laetitia Barbier and host T. Susan think the answer is a resounding YES! We throw caution to the winds and give it a whirl in this week’s show.
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  Episode 46: Priming the Pump (the tarot technique you never knew you needed) 22.04.2026 13min

  Coming up blank in a reading? Vanquish your ＜crickets＞ with this powerful technique!
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  Episode 45: Why are People Afraid of Tarot? with Barbara Moore 15.04.2026 19min

  Why do some people fear the cards? Join host T. Susan and veteran tarot author Barbara Moore to explore the ins and outs of tarotphobia!
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  Episode 44: Five Questions with Kat Black + the Golden Tarot 08.04.2026 31min

  Join host T. Susan and deck creator Kat Black to explore the fan-driven backstory of the Golden Tarot, a tarot community favorite since 2003!
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  Episode 43: The 9 of Wands in Real Life 01.04.2026 18min

  In this episode, we examine how the gritty, resolute 9 of Wands shows up in the lives of ordinary folks like you! and me!