Tarot To-Go // October 30 – November 5

Guest post written by Victoria

Astrologically speaking, there’s a lot happening; with Halloween tomorrow, a lot of aspects and planetary shifts are converging into one L.A. style gridlock of energies. Mercury, the planet of communication, is headed out of transformation and destruction loving Scorpio and into truth seeking Sagittarius. Change is often the product of the revelation of great honesty, so Sag’s blunt nature means a lot of us could have some grand, sweeping changes come crashing through the skylight of our lives. The challenge is to channel our inner Teddy Roosevelt to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” This is a time to not only share stories but to listen to the other stories around us. Really listen – – and learn. Just because two people see things from two different perspectives doesn’t mean either of those perspectives are invalid. Your experience of the world is just that – – yours. Nobody is going to have the same one.

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Tarot To-Go // April 3 – April 9

Guest post written by Victoria

With this past weekend being both Easter and the start of Passover, it’s a good time to think about new beginnings here on Tarot To-Go. You know. Because bunnies and eggs symbolize rebirth and both Christianity and Judaism schedule these holidays around the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox, aka that first day of Spring, herald of new growth and a great time to get started on that garden in many places! Not Florida, though. I’m heading into my Bizzarro Winter, known to the rest of North America as Summer, where the asphalt seas boil hot enough to cook eggs and year round residents hole up inside their air conditioned safety zones doing hurricane preventing rain dances until October returns and it’s once again safe to be outdoors. Also, mosquitoes.

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International Women’s Day

Guest post written by Victoria

Did y’all know that web searches for the phrase “how to be a strong woman” reached an all time high this past December? I’ll admit it — I was one of those folks asking Google that very question one week when I was feeling particularly down about myself. I had been letting the opinions of others cloud my judgement — particularly those of a certain flame who was projecting his own insecurities onto me. Turned out that, like Dorothy Gale, I’d been wearing those magical shoes the entire time.

I am a strong woman — always have been. I’ve got the women who came before me to thank for that.

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Nomad Mermaid — Upgrades

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My original Nomad Mermaid Mobile was put together on a really tight budget and all of my materials came from The Dollar Tree by the apartment I was ditching in order to live in my car. The windows got blocked out with windshield solar screens I cut to fit, my sleeping pad was four inches of foam I’d sewn together, and this was what I had to cook on:

My tuna can spirit burner cost me a total of $3 and a near brush with death when the blade I was using to cut the vent notches slipped and sliced my wrist too close for comfort to a vein. I decided to set a smaller can inside a bigger one to create a wind shield and it did the job well enough to boil water in the camp pot I got from my grandfather.

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Tarot To-Go // The New Year

Guest post written by Victoria

Welcome to 2018! We have a fresh year ahead of us — let’s take a look at what’s in the cards.

This spread comes from The Hood Witch, who pointed out that some other readers pull a sixth card to help round out a theme for the reading while she finds it unnecessary (and so do I). I did this for The Collective, meaning all of us, and you’ll have to take these messages and integrate them into your own life.

Along with this Full Supermoon in Cancer, we are being called to cleanse our lives — once again — of all we don’t need. Declutter your life! Donate what you don’t use or recycle and repurpose. Cut toxic friendships, kick harmful habits. Use this time to literally cleanse your tools and crystals or to take time luxuriating in a bath as you wash away the old year and welcome in the new!

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Ode To A Box On Four Wheels; How The Nomadic Mermaid Got Her Fins

Guest post written by Victoria

Way back in March of 2017, I totaled my sweet little Kia Soul — Aretha Franklin. At just over fifty-thousand miles, she was only halfway through her warranty, one of two major deciding factors in her purchase. The other, and biggest, push to buy was found in the pages of the brochure — a glossy image of a young guy camping out of the back of his car. The trunk was open and he was curled up with blankets, seats folded flat, looking out with a soft smile at a crisp, cerulean ocean view. For the briefest of nanoseconds my heart stopped. This is where I want to be.

Three days later I was the proud owner of a brand new black 2013 Kia Soul — the three miles on her were put there by my test drive. And for almost five years, we learned how to nomad together as she saw me through one of my deepest transformation periods yet!

And then she gave her life to save mine.

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Tarot To-Go // Full Moon in Taurus

Guest post written by Victoria

It’s a Full Moon in Taurus and it was recently Halloween and All Saints Day so there’s a LOT of energy in the air focused around relationships with others and ourselves as well as art, beauty, love, and the material world. Remember — the Bull has horns. Feel it?! Traditionally, now is the time where humans buckle down for Winter and this spread is a good one to get ourselves ready for the months ahead.

On November 1st, I was giving away readings and found some beautiful messages for others and myself. Today, I’m sharing with you my own personal spread.

The CURRENT SITUATION is NEW BEGINNINGS. I recently started the National Novel Writing Month Challenge to write 50,000 words in a month. WHAT’S AT THE ROOT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION is my HEART CHAKRA because this project is close to it and is what I love the most. THE CHALLENGE is to REJOICE IN CELEBRATION because this project is supposed to be fun, as it’s so closely tied to my heart and soul’s purpose. I pulled one ADVICE card, which is the reminder to reach out and rely on my PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES when I need to.

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Tarot To-Go // October 23 – October 29

Guest post written by Victoria

Hurricane Irma did a number on my home state of Florida and set me back a few weeks here on Oddball Era. Luckily, most of us have returned to a state of normal and it’s officially time to get that tarot ball rolling again.

Whenever I start to doubt my magic, all I need to do is grab a deck and I’m reminded of just how much power we humans are capable of possessing.


Monday is the day named for our beautiful Luna — Lunes in Spanish, Lunedi in Italian — so pulling this card for this day was a great reminder of source connection. It’s appearance in our spread for the week means Monday (Moon-Day!) is ripe for a lot of self love and introspection. According to Tarot.com, “The MOON card represents the ultimate test of a soul’s integrity, where the membrane between the self and the unknown is removed, and the drop of individuality re-enters the ocean of being. What transpires next is between a soul and its maker.”

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Tarot To-Go // August 7 – August 13

Guest post written by Victoria

Tomorrow, August 7th, we have a Full Moon — and in some parts of the world, a lunar eclipse — in the fixed air sign of Aquarius at 11:11AM PST. There have been a lot of powerful energies buzzing around lately and a lot of us probably felt really on edge because of it. Fear not — everything is coming together.

Let’s see what the cards say.

As I’ve mentioned before, tarot is an intuitive art and the techniques and methods will vary from reader to reader. Whenever two cards are pulled simultaneously, I read them as one card. This happened a couple of times for this week’s spread!

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