72. Embodying Queen of Pentacles with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman

On today’s episode of Tarot for the Wild Soul, we dive deeply into the essence of Queen of Pentacles, The High Priestess and Death with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman. Yaya is a rebirth doula, herbalist, creative director of Active Culture Family, and the co-facilliator of Medicine Mandala: A Green Magic Apprenticeship. Queen of Pentacles is the caretaker. They are the caretaker of the parent, of the caretaker themselves. They hold space for us, and ask us to ground more deeply into this body, this vessel. Queen of Pentacles calls us back to the land, and invites us to allow our relationship with nature to unfold and expand our relationship to ourselves. It gently guides us to nourish, nurture, hold, care, and listen. Through doing so, it transforms our connection to support and healing. Topics in this episode: • Embodying Queen of Pentacles, The High Priestess, and Death • Yaya’s spiralic journey, from growing up on a tree farm, to living in NYC, to coming back to reconnect with the land • What magic means to them • Their journey through auto immune issues, and the unique medicine of illness and injury •Healing and breaking through the trauma of inherited oppression •How food, nourishment, and cooking became a deep source of magic for them •How they began their journey as a Green Witch, and so much more Yaya’s website: http://www.activeculturefamily.com Yaya’s Instagram: @activeculturefamily _________ ABOUT THE PODCAST  Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast explores the cards through an inclusive, trauma informed perspective, rooted in compassion, common sense, and critical thinking. Through a weaving of intuitively channeled downloads, answers to listener questions, and lessons around the cards, Tarot for the Wild Soul offers ways to view the Tarot as helpful, applicable medicine that can provide nourishment and clarity to us in our day to day lives. ABOUT LINDSAY Lindsay Mack is a queer intuitive Tarot teacher, and the host of TFTWS podcast. Lindsay is the creator of Soul Tarot, a reinterpretation and intentional utilization of the Tarot as a non-predictive healing tool, one that is can assist us in differentiating the noise of our mind from the truth of our soul. Through her regularly sold out workshops, retreats and online Tarot courses, Lindsay has had the profound honor of teaching Soul Tarot to thousands of people from all around the world. As a joyful and healthy survivor of childhood abuse, trauma & PTSD, Lindsay is passionately dedicated to honoring and helping to bring space, light and healing to those who are experiencing mental, emotional or physical suffering. It was the healing from a breakdown in 2014 that fully birthed her into this sacred work and onto her soul path. It is an organic part of her healing work with the Tarot, and she is honored to be sharing these offerings to those who feel called to them. Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast is recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe. WEBSITE: www.tarotforthewildsoul.com FOLLOW US ON IG at @wildsoulhealing PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner