How to Prepare

Let me help you make the most out of our time together!

Before our session, do your best to calm your mind and body, and commit to moving forward with an open mind and heart. Try not to block off any avenues for action and growth without fully exploring it and giving it a chance. Try to make a short-list of priority topics. A tarot reading can offer insight on any area of life, including classics like employment, love, travel, and family; but we can also consult the tarot about community organizing, self-care, self-love, artistic process, and chosen family.

If you’re not sure how to formulate the best questions, I can help you during our session. However, I’d suggest coming prepared with a few open-ended questions (i.e.: not of the yes-or-no variety). Some inspiration: What do I need to know about _ right now? What do I need to keep in mind when addressing _ this week/month/year? What type of attitude and perspective is necessary on my part to achieve a positive and healthy experience in relation to _?

I also ask that, together, we respect the cards, the spirits, and the process of mutual creation and discovery that happens within a tarot reading. The cards may not tell you what you want to hear, and I may not either!

Tarot does not always pad our egos. Tarot can tell us where we fucked up, and what we’ve done well. Whatever I share with you from the cards and the spirits comes from a place of true belief that we can all be better, and that you have the tools you need to understand and change your situation with increased clarity. Cultivating reflexivity and self-understanding is an important part of transformation.

Please take the reading process seriously! Please don’t waste my time, your time, or the time and effort of our spirits and guides. If you’re going to book a reading, please don’t disrespect the process or what emerges as we work together. Tarot does not always tell you exactly what you want to hear! By booking a reading with me, you affirm that you understand this.

Which Deck?

I have a collection of about 30 tarot decks, 10 of which I use for reading with clients. I love reading with classics like the Rider-Waite Smith (and its new contemporary spin-off, the Modern Witch Tarot, which includes all feminine figures of multiple ethnic backgrounds).

I also read with some Marseilles style decks, including both classic Marseilles styles as well as the Spanish 1970s El Gran Tarot Esoterico, as well as the recently released Antique Anatomy Tarot.

I have some explicitly queer and femme-centered decks, such as Thea’s Tarot, The Dark Days Tarot, and The Next World Tarot.

I also read with some more abstract tarot decks that don’t involve representations of people, such as The Wild Unknown, which has simple, sketchy, animal and plant-centric imagery. My gender queer, trans, and nonbinary clients tend to especially love this deck!

If you’d prefer to work with a deck that has a lot of queer and/or POC (persons of colour) representation, I have a bunch of options, some of which are listed here.

During our session, I may show you some options and ask you to intuitively select the deck that you feel drawn to the most. In some cases, a deck will scream out to me that it wants to talk with you! You’ll always get the message you’re meant to receive, just with slightly different delivery.

Ethics

I am a queer identified non binary femme and have experience with living through and healing from various types of trauma, and experience living with disability and chronic illness. All of the work that I do is invigorated by a fierce anti-oppressive ethic and I strive to fight sexism, racism, colonialism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, fatphobia, ableism, white supremacy, and cis supremacy in all that I do.

Your readings with me are strictly confidential; I will not share your details or your business with anyone.

I will never push one solution on you. I will never act as though I know more about your situation than you do. I will not act as though your future is set in stone. Instead, I will work with you to notice the energies (both flowing and blocked) in your life, as shown to us by the cards, and work with you to make a plan to face it all head-on and with renewed sense of self-knowledge, self-affirmation, self-love, and confidence. My practice is focused on noticing the magic within mundane life and sharing that magic with you.

Ready to book a tarot reading with me?

Great! I look forward to sharing space with you. For readings of 1-2 hours, you can book using the buttons below.

If this doesn’t work due to where you live, please use the form above.

For 3+ hour sessions for deep dives for yourself, or group readings, please inquire using the form above or email me directly at sabrinadraws@gmail.com.