In this episode we discuss the Page of Pentacles with the brilliant astrologer Diana Damscenaa. Want to find pleasure in speaking your truth? This is the episode for you!

In this episode we discuss Beltane, the sexiest Pagan holiday in the Wheel of the Year. Tune in to learn more about its history, meaning, and how you can celebrate and light some fires of your own. In this episode we cover: - Everything you ever wanted to know about Beltane but were afraid to ask - Whether or not it's okay to work magic during an eclipse - How to recognize a sacred site - Offerings for fairies - Plant lust - and give you a Beltane blessing! Tune in!

Today we have a special treat for you in our conversation with museum professional and scholar Liz Andres. Here we discuss Liminal Beings, those mythical creatures who dwell between the worlds, of life and death, above and below, in the wilds and in the human realms. Often, they appear as hybrid creatures, half human half animal, like the Sirens or Medusa, like the randy adventurous Centaurs of yore. These beings break through binaries - they are disrupters, destabilizing the reality we...

This episode, on the King of Pentacles, is all about taking the risk of honoring and following what is sacred to you. To do that takes courage. When the King of Pentacles appears, you are being asked: What is holy to you? What is sacred? What must be protected, cared for, nurtured and loved for generations to come? Here we discuss: -- Basic Witch meaning of the card -- Symbolism and Correspondences -- King of Pents as a Virgo -- Facing your fears -- Pop culture figures that remind us of the...

In this episode we discuss the Queen of Pentacles, a court card that is here to teach us how to find security, bring lushness to our world, and help us practice the delicious art of not giving a huckleberry about what the haters think. If you’re ready to invoke the power of this card, join us! We discuss: -- Basic Witch meaning of the card -- Symbolism and Correspondences -- Queen of Pents as a Capricorn -- Boundaries -- DGAFing -- mythologies relating to the card -- and so much more!

One of the most common questions for tarot readers is about how people can find ways to make a living doing what they love. In this episode, we talk about how the Knight of Pentacles attempts to answer that question, and get to some ecology and mythology along the way. We discuss the Bee Goddesses of ancient Crete, pollinators, the Great Plains buffalo, astrological correspondences, and where the bulls and the bees meet in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This episode is dedicated to...

Today on Between the Worlds we discuss the transition from the Hierophant year to the Lovers year. What it means for you, and what it means for the world. Tune in to find out how 2021 deepened our understanding of lineages and ancestry in recognition of the more-than-human world; and how the Hierophant called us all to become students and masters. We discuss the concept of the daimon as an intermediary between the human and more-than-human realms, and how that may have impacted us...

Welcome to our first episode on the court cards! The Page of Pentacles teaches us how to find our gifts, and more importantly, how to enjoy them! Court cards are our most requested cards, because they’re so puzzling. Court cards can teach us about the masks that we wear and the personas or roles that we take on. They can indicate personality types. They can also help us understand where we are in our processes of transformation. The Page of Pentacles is the Child of Wisdom. They are...

Find out what happens when Venus, the planet of love and intimacy, stations retrograde in Capricorn, and what it means for you on this holiday week "mini-sode" (that became a full episode. This retrograde will give you an opportunity to close the loop. To heal an old wound or get it right this time. We talk about how Venus retrograde can help you clear out old patterns that get in the way of full intimacy with life, your creativity, and those that you love. We talk ancestral curses, the...

Welcome to Season 5 of Between the Worlds, in this episode we are going deep into Winter Solstice, otherwise known as Yule, the witches’ celebration of the darkness. We’ll be talking about the astrology of the season, the mytho-poetics of the Yule, tarot correspondences, and rituals you can do to make sure your longest night a magical one. Join us! To register for Amanda's Solstice ritual, go to: https://bit.ly/3yxy9gq To find out more about our workshops either scroll down or visit our...

Find out how the story of the suit of pentacles ends in the last episode of the season, where host Amanda Yates Garcia breaks it all down for you with guest, Benebell Wen, author of two books on tarot and the creator of the Spirit Keeper's Tarot deck. In this episode we discuss: How the 10 of Pentacles is a good omen; family matters and ancestral influences; Miranda July; What it means to receive an inheritance; can the tarot predict events or forecast the future? ; how to break unhealthy...

In this episode we talk with Danica Boyce, creator of the Fairfolk Podcast, about paganism, the otherworld, and folk traditions of abundance. Tune in as we discuss the difference between Paganism vs. Neo paganism; explore the meaning of earth-centered spirituality; how there IS a continuity of paganism from pre-Christian times; the radical idea that the earth is inherently good; whether or not the otherworld exists, and if it does, how we get there; what we mean when we say "Spirit"; desire...

Pentacles are about solutions, and this card is all about dealing with the enormity, sensuality, eroticism, ripeness, and the full glory of our presence. So says our special guest today, the grown ass witch, Angela Mary Magick. This card appears when we’re ready to admit wild truths about ourselves, when we need to get big enough to hold the pointy things (and maybe even take PLEASURE in it), and when we’re being called to take up space AND be in community at the same time. We cover: How to...

Today we’re talking about the 8 of Pentacles, all about mastering your craft and makin’ those coins. When the 8 of Pents comes up, you’re being called to know your craft so well, to be so confident in it, that you can innovate. You’re not checking to see what other people are doing or if you’re getting it right. You’re paying attention to the materials and listening to what wants to emerge. Whether that’s in your practice as a witch or a musician, or a podcaster or whatever you’re doing. Your...

Dear Listeners, we’re so excited to dive with you into this episode with one of our favorite and dear guests, Chiron Armand. Chiron is is a shamanic practitioner holding initiations in Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Quimbanda, and is a trained hoodoo root doctor in the Southern Conjure tradition. He’s also the author of Deliverance!: Hoodoo Spells of Uncrossing, Healing, and Protection and Clearing Spaces: Inspirational Techniques to Heal Your Home. AND he holds an MA in Performance Studies from...

When the 7 of Pentacles comes up in a reading it's a sign that we’re worried about all the ways we might fail. But the 7 of Pentacles offers us an opportunity to turn failure into an act of rebellion and … pleasure. In this episode we discuss the relationship between the 7 of Pentacles and the Chariot card; its correspondence to Saturn in Taurus; how 7s usually portend and initiation of some kind; and analyze it all through the lens of Jack Halberstam's glorious book, THE QUEER ART OF...

Many tarotologists say the 6 of Pentacles is one of the most complicated cards in the Minor Arcana. It's a card about exchange, giving and receiving, but as we know all too well, that shizz can bring up a lot for people! In this episode we talk about knowing your value (and how if you're over giving, you probably don't); guilt and being of service; leaky boundaries, how to set clearer ones and defend them; gift societies; obligation; Marcel Mauss; myths and fairytales; how the moon is not a...

Circe is the first witch mentioned in the literature of the classical world. Daughter of the Sun, and the ocean nymph Perse, Circe is the Lady of the Beasts, wielder of wands, knower of plants, both poisonous and medicinal, and is queer AF. She's a goddess of secrets and necromancy (she can communicate with the dead). Her familiar is the hawk, so if you see one, recognize that Circe might be present. In this episode we discuss the beautiful demi-goddess Circe in all her glory with one of...

Speaking on the truth of suffering and fear, Zora Neale Hurston said that, only "half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.” The Five of Pentacles is not a comfortable card. It speaks of pain and privation, the moments that bring us to our knees. But, as Amanda and her guest Dr. Thea Wirsching discuss in this episode, those moments are also invitations from the real and often blood thirsty gods to wrestle with the angels of our history. 5s are ruled by the...

The 4 of Pentacles is about creating stability, economic security, a healthy body, a cozy home, or anything else that nourishes and sustains us. But if security is something that MOST of us long to have, then why does the 4 of Pentacles seem like such a crabby card? When we pull the 4 of Pentacles, Tarot is coming to us like a close friend, putting their hands on our shoulders, looking us in the eye and quietly asking: "Is what you’re doing you right now really getting you what you want?...

On today’s episode we’re talking with Tyson Yunkaporta, author of “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.” Tyson is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne and is a member of the Apalech clan in Queensland, Australia. "Sand Talk" explains how the teachings of aboriginal culture can help us imagine a way to a sustainable future by emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation, and by cultivating respect for the...

The 3 of Pentacles is an invitation and a reminder to create spaces celebrating what you hold sacred in life and attending to the details of maintaining them. When the 3 of Pentacles comes up, we know that we are being directed to get quiet and recognize what is sacred TO US, in our own hearts, and then we are being called to build it in the world, which requires that we find collaborators. The 3 of Pentacles invites you to look for people who share the same values as you, who hold the same...

The 2 of Pentacles is all about being able to handle, and even (gasp!) enjoy complexity. In this episode, Amanda breaks down the card and discusses the history of jugglers, shaman, and court jesters; the infinity symbol; Jupiter in Capricorn; how to make multi-tasking work for you (and if we're anti-capitalist should we even be doing that?)... and then breaks it all down with special guest, Sarah Potter, aka The Color Witch. The Color Witch goes deep on keeping a healthy work-life balance. So...

In this episode, Amanda tells the folktale of Tannhauser, a 13th century knight and writer of erotic poetry. (This episode is steamy!). Though the story takes place in Germany, it was a variation of a tale common throughout Europe over a thousand year period while European culture was transitioning from animist paganism to Christianity. It tells the story of a mortal man seduced by an otherworldly woman, such as a fairy queen or goddess, who lures him to her Underworld paradise. This story...

Between the Worlds returns with Season 4! Today we’re talking about the ACE of Pentacles. The Ace represents the suit in its purest form. Pentacles represents the element of earth. We talk about the history of the suit, deep time, the Orphic Egg, how coins may have made civilization possible (for better or worse), the difference between an amulet and a talisman, why reversed pentagrams are considered "evil", and how to use pentacles of any kind in your magic. Tune in!