She gives examples of how the cards could be related to daily life in “Tarot Card of the Week” posts on her Instagram account. “Tarot is the blueprint, but you are the architect of your own life.” Far from a cultish future-telling medium for a chosen few, Mandybur’s tarot is about taking control of your own path. It’s kind of like self-directed therapy-a chance to slow down, a container in which to go deep, and a safe space in which to show up for yourself,” Mandybur writes. “Tarot is available to everyone, it doesn’t discriminate and you don’t even have to ‘believe in it’ in a traditional divination sense in order to benefit from it. The book begins with a manifesto, outlining Mandybur’s vision for tarot as a tool for self-care.
She’s also a reiki healer and a legally ordained minister.īeyond a simple tarot deck, Neo Tarot comes with a book explaining the meaning of each of the cards. Mandybur wears many hats beyond a self-described “boss witch.” She was the founding editorial director at Girlboss and hosts a podcast called Self Service through Girlboss Radio.