{"podcast":{"title":"The Archetypal Tarot Podcast","slug":"the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312","podcast_index_feed_id":1077312,"rss_url":"https://archetypaltarot.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://archetypaltarot.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/390346/2015_ATP_Icon_Green_1400px_sm.jpg","author":"Julienne Givot and Cyndera Quackenbush","episode_count":100,"summary":"The Archetypal Tarot Podcast explores the universal archetypal patterns of the Tarot uncovering provocative mythology for the 21st century. We often feature conversations with teachers, authors and creators about how the mythic tarot, and other card traditions and imagery, can be applied to modern life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T18:17:47.380873+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312"},"episode":{"title":"Visionary Woman Tarot","slug":"visionary-woman-tarot","published_at":"2025-12-16T02:48:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312/visionary-woman-tarot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312","url":"https://archetypaltarot.podbean.com/e/visionary-woman-tarot/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9vuadacc9rnehcvm/Visionary_Woman9btzh.mp3","summary":"Host Cyndera Quackenbush sits down with artist and tarot reader, and creator of the Visionary Woman Tarot, Kristine Gorman. What unfolds is an intimate, wide-ranging conversation about intuition, healing, grief, and the courage it takes to live and create outside the norm. To see card images and video of this interview (releasing 12/22/25), head over to https://archetypalstories.substack.com/ Kristine shares the soulful origins of the Visionary Woman Tarot, a deck born not from trends or themes, but from decades of lived experience, channeling, and uncompromising honesty. She introduces her unforgettable metaphor of the “healer equation,” a process of humility, self-work, contribution, and learning how to receive. Within this equation is the “rinse cycle” we all must pass through to dismantle conditioning, trauma, and what Kristine candidly calls the fuckery. Listeners are invited behind the scenes of Kristine’s creative process, where each tarot card begins as a full-scale oil painting on wood, guided by intuition, spirit allies, and personal reckoning. Cyndera and Kristine explore how tarot can be both structure and freedom: a grounding tool for intuitive minds, a language for truth-tellers, and a way to build confidence in one’s own inner voice. The episode also honors lineage and community. Christine reflects on her formative relationship with legendary tarot scholar Rachel Pollack, whom she calls her “tarot midwife,” and discusses the importance of knowing whose shoulders we stand on, while still forging our own path. From real women and animal guides woven into the cards, to collaboration over competition in the tarot world, this conversation celebrates inclusivity, mentorship, and shared magic. Woven throughout is a tender acknowledgment of grief and love, as Kr…","meta_description":"Host Cyndera Quackenbush sits down with artist and tarot reader, and creator of the Visionary Woman Tarot, Kristine Gorman. What unfolds is an intimate, w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4067,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312/episodes/visionary-woman-tarot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archetypal-tarot-podcast-1077312/visionary-woman-tarot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}