A Tarot Reader Explains Why Intuition is So Tricky

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this year, when the future of Death, Sex & Money was up in the air, Anna Sale consulted Rebecca Auman, a tarot reader and self-described witch based in North Carolina. Anna felt lost, but Rebecca encouraged her to relax and to pay close attention to what her body and mind were telling her about that moment. Afterwards, Anna wondered how Rebecca became so good at reading people–and at helping them to navigate tough situations. When the two of them spoke a second time, Rebecca revealed that her ability to help other people doesn’t always translate to an ability to help herself. In this episode, the two of them talk about how hard it is to trust our own intuition…and to even recognize it in the first place. Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus. And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected]. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Should I light my candle Rebecca? Oh yes I'm so sorry let's light our candles.
0:07.0	That's okay. And it does feel like you're coiled a little tight and so invite your breath into your heart space.
0:17.0	Don't try to push it, just open it up a little.
0:21.0	These are the sounds of a tarot reading I did in early January with Rebecca Aaman, professional witch.
0:30.0	In the months leading up to this, I had been listening to a podcast she hosts called Voices in the River.
0:35.8	Initially, I was drawn to her warmth and her North Carolina accent, and then I realized,
0:42.1	oh, I need this.
0:44.2	I was in this sort of manic life management mode as I tried to sort out the future of this show
0:49.8	and also what my job could look like. And so when I heard around years end that
0:55.3	Rebecca does these year ahead readings for people, I reached out to see if we could
1:00.4	do one together and record it.
1:03.5	Are you a heady person?
1:06.3	Mm-hmm.
1:07.3	Do you focus mostly on your intellect?
1:09.8	Yes.
1:10.9	Your body is really tight.
1:13.0	Yeah, I've been exercising a lot, but I'm like doing a lot of like
1:17.0	strength stuff that like push-ups
1:21.0	aren't like loosening necessarily.
1:25.0	Yeah, you're efforting.
1:26.8	Yeah.
1:28.1	And we're going to consider flow and surrender.
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