Hosted by tarotist and musician Mari Aweidah, Into the Woods is a journey into the heart of tarot as a tool for reflection and self-discovery. Through real-life stories, pop culture, and creative spreads, each episode explores the cards from a grounded, non-predictive perspective.
Ep 25. The Four Suits: From Card Game to Divination
This week we're going back to Tarot basics and talking about the four suits and the history of Tarot as a playing card game. Why are there four suits? What do they each represent? Is one suit better than others? I answer all these important questions in this episode. Like in astrology, the four suits are connected to the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth. Each suit also is associated with either archetypal feminine energy or archetypal masculine energy. Adding to this framework, I also like to incorporate Jung's theory of personality types and the four cognitive functions (thinking, feeling, intuiting, and sensing), by attributing one of these to each tarot suit. If you really understand the qualities of each suit and some of the numerology, then there's really no need to memorize all the tarot meanings!
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6 Oct 2026
Ep 24. Finding Your Spiritual Center with the Hierophant
This week's episode is a deep dive into the Hierophant card and how to work with this archetype to find your spiritual center and connection to the divine. I don't know about you, but I'd never seen the word "Hierophant" before using tarot and had no idea what it was! A "hierophant" is a priest in ancient Greece, more specifically the chief priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries (ancient religious rites in honor of Demeter and Persephone). Before the Rider-Waite-Smith deck in 1909, this card was typically entitled "The Pope." In this episode, we talk about the complicated archetype of spiritual leaders and institutions, ways we look for meaning through religion and spirituality, and how the hot priest from Fleabag, The Leftovers, and Hogwarts can help us understand this card. We close with some powerful journal prompts to use when you pull The Hierophant, which can be turned into a spread if desired.
Join the email list here (https://mari-of-the-woods.kit.com/3592ca5560) for pictures of the cards I pull or talk about on the podcast, the spreads I offer, and other fun musings on the tarot!
Check out my workshop and past life regression meditation: Releasing Leo (https://www.mariofthewoods.com/store/releasing-leo-a-past-life-regression-experience)
Book a reading with Mari (https://marigocopy.as.me/schedule/214b6da5)
Website: www.mariofthewoods.com (https://www.mariofthewoods.com/)
Instagram: @mariofthewoods (https://www.instagram.com/mari_of_the_woods/)
TikTok: @mariofthewoods (https://www.tiktok.com/@mari_of_the_woods)
29 Sept 2026
Ep 23. Into the Unconscious: a journey with Freud, Jung, and Tarot
Shadow work, the unconscious...these are terms used a lot in the world of spirituality and in psychology. But what is it, where did this term originate, and why on earth would we want to access it? In this episode, I take us back to Freud and Jung who popularized the ideas of the unconscious mind, the collective unconscious, dream work, and other methods of making the unconscious conscious (aka shadow work!). I share a few recent breakthroughs that I've had in my shadow work journey, and then we close with some simple ways you can start using tarot to work with the unconscious.
Join the email list here (https://mari-of-the-woods.kit.com/3592ca5560) for pictures of the cards I pull or talk about on the podcast, the spreads I offer, and other fun musings on the tarot!
Check out my workshop and past life regression meditation: Releasing Leo (https://www.mariofthewoods.com/store/releasing-leo-a-past-life-regression-experience)
Book a reading with Mari (https://marigocopy.as.me/schedule/214b6da5)
Website: www.mariofthewoods.com (https://www.mariofthewoods.com/)
Instagram: @mariofthewoods (https://www.instagram.com/mari_of_the_woods/)
TikTok: @mariofthewoods (https://www.tiktok.com/@mari_of_the_woods)
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