The Ecstatic Way ~ Living Myth: Priestess 2.0 ~ Rooted Rebuild ~Archetypal Tarot ~

The Ecstatic Way ~ Living Myth: Priestess 2.0 ~ Rooted Rebuild ~Archetypal Tarot ~

A person's hand holding small seashells, rocks, and a green leafy branch.

I give you beeswax, red smeared lips, and salt tears flowing.

I reach out my hands offering shells, stones, seeds, and starlit dreams.

May you know the power that comes from regeneration and mystic connection rooted in the land and sea.

Person kneeling on wet sand at the beach.

Learning Paths: Be Truly Mythic

Rebuild after change, live from depth, bring your myth to life, and meet yourself again.

Midlife Seeker & Soulful Creative 

Bravely Become Alive & Free

  • Earth - Rooted Rebuild: Grow from the Ground Up

  • Air - Archetypal Tarot: Follow Your North Star

  • Fire - 1:1 Mentoring + Creative Business Studio

  • Water - The Ecstatic Way: Dance Out of the Depths

  • Spirit - Living Myth: Priestess 2.0

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Blue pomegranate head with a hole in the center, partially outlined.

Rooted Rebuild

Grow from the Ground Up

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I AM Rooted
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Circular labyrinth with white path on a blue background.

Living Myth

Priestess 2.0

Unabashedly fierce, Living Myth: Priestess 2.0 is like nothing you’ve seen before. It’s not a sisterhood, I’m not your typical Priestess (believe me, I’ve tried), and I have a feeling neither are you.

Priestess 2.0 is for those who want to be part of a living myth and are returning the ancient mysteries to the present day. It is deeply rooted in alternative ways of being: mystic, animist, slow, cyclic, and earth-honouring. We may also totally geek out over oracle decks, astrology transits, moon phases & crystals ;)

I’ve led 10-year-long cycles of Priestess training and have devoted most of my life to this path. However, I was disillusioned by the direction I saw Priestessing taking in the larger culture. Now, I am using my voice to do things differently because I care deeply about being part of the positive change I want to see.

This 9-month program is non-dogmatic, queer and trans-inclusive, diverse, and body-positive. We really are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Know Yourself. Speak the Truth.
And so it is.

I AM Mythic
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Blue illustration of a mermaid with long braided hair and a fish tail, facing sideways.

The Ecstatic Way

Dance Out of the Depths

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I AM Ecstatic 
I am walking with you, xo

Archetypal Tarot

Follow Your North Star

I walked into my first mystic bookshop as a teenager, bought the Hanson-Roberts Tarot & Mary Greer’s Tarot for Yourself, and haven’t looked back. I’ve been immersed in tarot for 35 years, ran a 3-year Tarot School, and have been a non-fortune-telling professional reader. Really, tarot is just a way to have a conversation with your soul!

I personally work with cards every day, and weave tarot into almost everything I do. The archetypes speak to me, offer guidance, and help me see things in new ways. I can’t count the times I’ve been stuck, done a reading, and instantly known my next move. It’s pretty amazing.

I work with you to learn this incredible system for yourself through courses, workshops and bespoke lessons.

I’ll even read your cards for you, but be prepared to read them right along with me. Your intuition is just as important as any insight I can provide. Seriously!

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Hands up! I love tarot
  • Testimonial quote about Vanessa from Vix Maxwell on a pink background, featuring a photo of Vanessa with red hair, a pink bandana, denim jacket, and a purple shirt, in a circular frame.
  • Quote about Vanessa, an empowering woman, with a photo of her smiling outdoors, and a colorful background with plants and flowers.
  • Quote about Vanessa embodying the qualities of all four Queens of the Tarot with a photo of Joanna Powell Colbert in a circle on a red background.
  • A quote by Libby Smith about Vanessa's willingness to share her ongoing struggle to develop a new way of being in a broken patriarchal, capitalist system. The quote is on a navy blue background with a small circular photo of a person with short gray hair and a tattoo, smiling, in the top right corner. The left side features a partial mural of a yellow face with green eye and a small green bush below it.
  • A quote by Becca Berggren expressing admiration for Vanessa's passionate commitment to personal truth and power, highlighting her blend of gentleness, courage, compassion, and curiosity, in front of a yellow background with a small profile photo of a smiling woman with curly blonde hair in the top right corner and a blue, weathered wooden door on the left side.
  • A blue quote graphic with a woman's profile and a photo of a woman with gray hair smiling. The quote discusses collaboration, authenticity, and heart-centered life and work, attributed to Lori A. Andrus.
  • A motivational quote over a split background of blue wood paneling and coral-colored section. The quote says, "Feeling good is worth the work! It was such a gift to myself to set aside this time, to allow myself to refocus, and to share space with like-minded people. I learned new things and was able to remind myself that I can trust myself and that feeling good is worth the work." - Beth Blakesley.
  • Quote about Vanessa's workshops by Elizabeth Bell, on a blue background with a textured brown accent on the left side.