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Energy Healing

CONTENTS Cover Image: Matheus Alves

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Business Wounds 05 Healing How energy works for entrepreneurs to Use Oracle Decks for 10 How Spiritual Healing Discover how four powerful rituals can transform your energy and bring deep renewal to your life

Origin of Starman Tarot 17 The An interview with David de Angelis and his partnership and collaboration with David Bowie

Altar Within 21 The How to connect with your authentic self and tackle the world’s challenges with clarity and strength Your Visions 24 Reshape Unveil intuitive skills for inspiration and transformation Overview for 2026 26 Astrological Explore your unique spark and learn what the planets are urging you to embrace in the year ahead 2

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Healing Business Wounds:

HOW ENERGY WORKS FOR ENTREPRENEURS E

very five to seven years, Coventry Creations shapeshifts. It doesn’t matter how stable we think we are, how well we’re doing, or how tightly we’re holding onto the wheel—something cracks open. It’s almost predictable now, the rhythm of change. A whisper becomes a ripple, then a roar, and suddenly everything we thought was working doesn’t anymore. There’s always one surprise I didn’t see coming—some wild card that knocks the breath out of me.

The cycle looks like this: success, momentum, a few victories we want to bottle up and celebrate forever.

Then—bam—a shift. A wound.

Maybe something external like a market change, or internal like burnout, staff changes, or spiritual fatigue. Whatever it is, it always cuts

deeper than I expect. It always feels personal.

This time, it came in the wake of the pandemic. Like so many of you, I found myself reeling, questioning, grieving, and frankly, exhausted.

The world wasn’t just shifting; it was transforming in ways that defy planning. Our normal strategies didn’t work anymore. Forecasting became wishful thinking. Trends stopped trending. Customers evolved overnight. Staff needs have changed. And me? I was holding on by my magical fingernails, trying to make meaning of it all.

For Coventry, the decision came slowly and then suddenly: we needed to get smaller.

We needed to contract to expand again later. We had to step back

About the Author: Jacki Smith is the founder and owner of Coventry Creations, a pioneer in the world of spiritual candles for over 30 years. Her parallel journey in the spiritual and business world allowed Jacki to hone her craft of honoring the Business Soul. From books to podcasts, Jacki shares her experiences with the world. Her coaching clients rave about how she helps them find the soul of their business so they can create their ideal life. You can find Jacki on social media at https://www.facebook.com/jacki.smith.official, https://www.instagram.com/ jacki.smith.official/, https://www.threads.net/@jacki.smith.official

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from growing and get grounded. Not because we failed, but because we had succeeded so long without pause that the soul of the business had gone quiet under the weight of momentum. It was time to listen again. To heal. To root down and remember.

But wow—if I told you that felt empowering and graceful, I’d be lying.

The truth? It felt like a loss. It felt like failure. It felt like mourning. For months, I asked myself: Did I miss the mark? Did I do something wrong?

Did I dream too big?

This is what business wounds feel like. They sneak up on you after years of running the show. And if you’re like me—a little woo, a lot driven, and completely human—you’ve probably been bleeding through one or two yourself.

rarely ask: What does my business need to heal?

THE BUSINESS HAS A SPIRIT, TOO It took me years to understand this truth, but now I live by it: your business has an energy field. A spirit. A soul. It breathes with you. It evolves with you. And just like you, it can get tired. It can hold onto old grief, rejection, betrayal, and heartbreak. It can become brittle from burnout. It can cry out through broken systems and dwindling joy.

And here’s the kicker—most of us never even think to tend to the energy of our business. We strategize.

We troubleshoot. We pivot. But we

The first time I realized this, I was running around trying to “fi x” everything. But it wasn’t a productivity issue. It wasn’t even a staffing one.

It was energetic. Our business had shifted from thriving to surviving.

And just like an aura, it was showing signs of imbalance.

That was the moment I remembered something my inner witch always knew: healing isn’t just for people.

It’s for places. For businesses. For communities. For dreams.

Identifying the Wound You know the signs. You feel them before you can name them.

They start as small cracks. A heavy feeling when you pull into the parking lot. A reluctance to open your email. A kind of homesickness—for

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something you can’t quite put your finger on.

Maybe you feel disconnected from your staff. You’re all in the same building, but the energy is off. You used to laugh together. You knew their favorite tea, their kid’s name, the weird way they organized the shipping shelf. Now it feels like you’re managing strangers. Or worse, resentment.

And deep down, you suspect they feel the same about you.

You think: Why do I have to be the one who cares the most? Why am I always the backup plan, the fixer, the one who stays late, pays the bill, or smooths things over?

That’s the wound: feeling alone in something you built with your whole heart.

And there’s another version—the wound that whispers, “You’re not doing enough.” Doesn’t matter that you hit your goals, stayed late, restocked, and answered 37 emails. Your inner critic shrugs: “Cool. Do more.”

That voice may have gotten you this far. But now? It’s not inspiring—it’s exhausting.

Then there’s the slow-burning wound that doesn’t show up on spreadsheets but shows up in your life. You’ve canceled dinner, missed the game, and ignored the friend who called just to say hi. You keep saying, “Just until the launch. Just until this quarter’s done.”

But “just until” has been five years.

So, if you’re feeling that edge—listen.

Burnout isn’t weakness; it’s a flare in the dark. And it’s the first sign your business needs healing.

Tuning In to What Hurts

ENERGETIC FIRST AID FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Ask your business: Where does it hurt?

There’s no candle for “I want to disappear and not answer emails ever again.” But if there were, I’d have burned through a whole case.

I’ve learned to sit, breathe, and listen. The answers are never what I expect: a memory of a team conflict I ignored, a product line I’m pushing out of fear, not inspiration, and a customer relationship dragging on from obligation.

When your business is bleeding energy, you can’t always fix it with a spreadsheet or a team meeting.

Sometimes, what it needs is stillness, a ritual, a whisper of care. What it really needs… is healing.

And so do you.

I’ve learned this the hard way—burning out and bouncing back more times than I can count. Energy work isn’t extra; it’s survival. It’s CPR for the soul of your business.

First, Treat the Burnout Burnout isn’t just being tired. It’s when your nervous system hits the wall—emotionally, physically, spiritually. It’s when the dream starts to feel like a threat instead of a purpose.

It rewires your thinking, makes small problems feel catastrophic, and real solutions feel invisible. That’s how entrepreneurs end up sabotaging the very thing they love while trying to “push through it.”

I’ve felt this. There were seasons when every email felt like an ambush, when I cried over sales numbers that were actually fine, and when I forgot how to feel joy about the thing I built with my own hands.

It hit me hardest the day my grown daughter said, “Mom, Coventry was kind of like my sibling. You split your heart between us.”

That truth broke me open.

But the biggest one?

I realized we were living all the visions we’d ever had for Coventry—at the same time. And they were in conflict.

We never cleared out the old scripts before writing the new ones, and that energetic clutter was leaking into everything—our team, our decisions, even our customers’ expectations.

So, we did something bold: we gathered up every old vision statement we could find—scribbled in notebooks, buried in agendas—and we released them. One by one. A fire-safe bowl. A little salt. A little smoke.

Each one got a moment. A goodbye.

A blessing.

And now, when I find an old one tucked in a drawer, I pause. I whisper an uncrossing, a thank you, and a gentle release.

Because you can’t write a new story if the old one is still shouting in the background.

Business Energy Hygiene You wouldn’t go a week without showering—so why let your business accumulate so much energetic gunk?

Energy hygiene isn’t cute. It’s crucial. It’s the subtle, daily tending that keeps your business aligned,

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protected, and evolving with grace instead of chaos.

One of our favorite resets? Ringing a bell after a tough meeting. It clears the fog faster than any PowerPoint.

the roles I no longer wanted to play.

Treating the business as a being, not a machine.

It doesn’t have to be dramatic. It just has to be consistent.

And in that shift, I found clarity. Forgiveness. The next right step.

RITUAL IS ROUTINE

WHEN THE BUSINESS FEELS LIKE THE ENEMY

RITUAL AS LEADERSHIP

Every Monday, we light candles for the week. We sweep the space— physically and energetically. We set intentions for orders, communication, and flow. We check the vibe like it’s a team member with a voice.

There’s a moment every entrepreneur hits when your business starts to feel like a trap. When it drains you instead of fueling you.

We clean our spaces, sage our homes, clear our chakras—so why not our work?

What do we need to release? What do we need to welcome?

It doesn’t take long. But it keeps us clear.

Clear the Corners—Physically and Psychically Energy gunk builds up in the strangest places. Sometimes it’s a pile of unused supplies. Sometimes it’s a lingering resentment or old ego-fueled decision.

I once kept a whole shelving unit of materials “just in case.” Every time I passed it, I felt guilt and anxiety. One day I realized: this shelf is holding failure energy.

That’s not failure. That’s the wound.

That’s your soul saying: This isn’t the vision anymore.

Sometimes, the enemy is a version of yourself still running the show— pricing from fear, saying yes out of guilt, dragging old dynamics that no longer work.

What you need in that moment isn’t a rebrand. It’s a soul retrieval.

I’ve sat in meditation and called back the lost parts of Coventry—the ones we abandoned chasing trends or diluted trying to please everyone.

I ask the business: What do you need from me now? What are you trying to become?

And I listen. With candlelight and courage.

We cleared it. Donated it. Blessed the space.

The business felt lighter the next day.

Smudging Isn’t Just for Ceremony We keep Florida Water and lavender spray stocked like office supplies.

Some days I do a full clearing. Other days, it’s a quick spritz and a whispered blessing at the front door.

MAKING PEACE WITH THE PARTS THAT HURT You can’t fight your business into alignment.

What worked? Sitting down with the parts that scared me. Releasing

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Leadership isn’t about being the strongest in the room. It’s about being the most grounded.

Ritual holds me when everything else unravels. When we hit a milestone, we consecrate. When the energy feels off, we clear it. These acts tell the business: We are in a relationship with you, not just managing you.

Your Team Feels Everything. People don’t just follow policy. They follow energy. If you walk in frantically, they’ll match it. If you walk in grounded, they’ll breathe with you.

I don’t need my team to share my path. I need them to show up with care and integrity. I set the tone—intentionally, energetically—and they feel it.

The Business Feels It, Too Your business is alive. It has a soul.

And like any soul, it needs tending.

When I pour a candle, I’m anchoring a frequency. When I call in protection, I’m not just safeguarding product—I’m holding sacred space for my people.

That is leadership through ritual.

That is how you hold a vision when you’re tired.

That is how you lead something sacred—without losing your soul.

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HOW TO USE ORACLE DECKS FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING Four Transformative Rituals for Energetic Renewal

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he ancient art of oracle reading was a way for its querents to connect with the Divine.

For many cultures, reading signs and oracles was the preferred access point to guide someone through their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. In contemporary times, using oracle cards is fast becoming the go to modality for self-revelation and energy healing.

There are many elements to healing

through divination cards like setting your intention to heal, developing the willingness to see yourself and situation in a new light, and recognizing the obstacles to allowing the new flow of energy required to create balance. Below, you’ll find four rituals for using your favorite oracle deck to activate healing on any level. I’ll be using my latest deck collaboration with Yasmeen Westwood, Oracle of the InBetween, to illustrate.

About the Author: Tracee Dunblazier, GC-C, is a Los Angeles-based grief counselor, spiritual empath, shaman, and 65-time international award-winning author and publisher at GTP. As a multi-sensitive, Tracee’s blend of intuitive information combined with different modalities, has provided the opportunity for thousands to achieve deep healing and cultivate the success and peace they seek in their lives. As President of the Coalition of Visionary Resources, the trade organization for the Mind, Body, Spirit Industry—Tracee manages the COVR Visionary Awards program and educational opportunities for MBS businesses, and her latest books and products are Oracle of the InBetween, Transformative Grief: An Ancient Ritual of Healing for Modern Times, and Your Crystal Allies Book and Card Deck series.

Check her out at: www.TraceeDunblazier.com

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ONE CARD FOR PHYSICAL HEALING – POWER Physical healing often begins with awareness — shining a light on what your body truly needs. Sit quietly, deck in hand, and focus your intention on physical well-being.

Shuffle the deck as you ask: “What energy or action does my body need to restore its strength?”

Draw a single card. For example, pulling the Power card may urge you to reclaim your agency, act with intention, and honor your body’s wisdom. Power reminds you that physical healing isn’t passive; it is a process of conscious engagement. Meditate on the card’s imagery: What does Power look like to you? Imagine yourself enveloped in a luminous aura of strength. Ask yourself how you can step into your power in practical terms — perhaps by setting boundaries, nourishing your body, or seeking the help you need.

Record your impressions in a journal. Take this wisdom into your daily life by embodying the card’s message.

Physical healing, through the lens of oracles, becomes an act of reclaiming and activating your body’s inherent intelligence.

TWO CARDS FOR NEW PERSPECTIVE – GATEKEEPER & STRUCTURE When you feel stuck or in need of a shift, a two-card spread offers insight into the path and the obstacle. Before drawing, set the intention: “What do I need to see differently to move forward in healing?”

Draw two cards. Let’s say the cards are Gatekeeper and Structure. The Gatekeeper may represent an opportunity or threshold — an invitation to move beyond the known and step into transformation. Structure, meanwhile, speaks of the patterns, routines, or frameworks that define your life.

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What threshold am I being called to cross?

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Where does my current structure support me, and where does it confine me?

Sometimes, healing requires us to walk through a door courageously (the Gatekeeper), and at other times, it asks us to rearrange our internal or external structures to support new growth. Meditate on what these cards are telling you about change, boundaries, and the systems that scaffold your well-being.

Write about the perspectives that arise and how you might apply them to your healing journey. Even subtle shifts can bring profound transformation.

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ORACLE OF THE INBETWEEN

By Tracee Dunblazier, Illustraded by Yasmeen Westwood Published by Gotracee Publishing ISBN: 978-1960345011 48 Cards + 230 Page Guidebook $24.95

THREE CARDS FOR EMOTIONAL CONNECTION – GRAVITY, UNITY, & TRANSCENDENCE Emotions are the sacred messengers of the soul, and connecting with them is essential for healing on every level. For this ritual, focus your intention on emotional clarity and connection. Ask: “How can I become more attuned to my emotional landscape and foster healing?”

Draw three cards. Suppose you receive Gravity, Unity, and Transcendence. Gravity asks you to ground yourself in the reality of your feelings, to acknowledge what weighs you down without judgment. Unity invites you to witness the interconnectedness of your emotions with those around you — perhaps suggesting the need for forgiveness, compassion, or open communication. Transcendence offers the promise of rising above past wounds, integrating your lessons, and opening to new emotional possibilities.

Work with each card individually:

With Gravity, journal about the emotions you’re carrying now.

Unlock the Hidden Secrets of the InBetween Realm Now! Between you and everything you do lies a space brimming with choices, introspection, acceptance, inspiration, and empowerment. In this profound space, you discover and showcase your true self - where your essence shines. Embark on a transformative journey to the crossroads where science and spirituality connect, imagination meets manifestation, and personal truths become universal truth. All divulged through the daily insights summoned by this distinctive divination system.

The captivating fantastical art of Yasmeen Westwood paired with the unsurpassed wisdom teachings of Tracee Dunblazier, recontextualizes common concepts in extraordinary ways, offering a magical perspective through the lens of the InBetween. This deck will unveil the moments of significance in your life and the transitional realms where all your senses converge to create a fresh and intricate understanding of the deepest layers of your very existence.

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With Unity, reflect on how your emotions intertwine with your relationships. Where do you need to give or receive support?

With Transcendence, meditate on what it would feel like to be free from emotional patterns that no longer serve you.

Lay the cards out and observe the story they tell together.

This spread can be repeated whenever you need to access, process, or release emotions in a safe and structured way.

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Fearless: Where are you being called to act with courage, to confront fears that limit your spiritual growth?

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Honesty: What truths must be spoken or acknowledged, even if they are uncomfortable?

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Visionary: What higher purpose or vision is waiting to emerge if you trust your intuition?

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Ancestors: What wisdom or support is available to you from your lineage, guides, or spiritual traditions?

Reflect on the interplay between these energies. Is there a particular area of your life where fearlessness would allow you to be more honest? Does ancestral support help you fulfill your visionary goals? Allow the cards to prompt meditation, prayer, or a ritual of gratitude for the unseen forces that guide your healing.

Bringing It All Together: Creating Your Own Daily Ritual While these spreads offer structure, the true power of oracle work lies in your relationship with the cards and your willingness to listen deeply. Consider incorporating oracle readings into your daily or weekly routine as a form of spiritual check-in. Here are some ideas to deepen your practice:

FOUR CARDS FOR RECOGNIZING THE SPIRITUAL DYNAMICS AT PLAY – FEARLESS, HONESTY, VISIONARY, & ANCESTORS The spiritual aspect of healing is often the most subtle yet profound. To reveal the deeper spiritual dynamics influencing your current situation, turn to a four-card spread.

Set the intention: “What spiritual energies are present in my healing journey, and how can I align with them?”

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Set Sacred Space: Light a candle, play soft music, or use crystals to create a peaceful environment.

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Ground Yourself: Take a few deep breaths, center your energy, and state your intention clearly before beginning.

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Keep a Healing Journal: Record your readings, impressions, and any shifts you notice.

Over time, patterns and progress will reveal themselves.

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Trust Your Intuition: The meanings in guidebooks are valuable, but your internal guidance is just as important. Notice what images, words, or feelings arise as you work with your deck.

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Honor the Process: Healing unfolds in its own time. Be patient and compassionate with yourself as you learn and grow.

The Oracle as a Mirror for Healing

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Oracle decks, like the Oracle of the InBetween, serve as mirrors for the soul, reflecting the truths, challenges, and gifts that are ready to surface. Whether seeking physical relief, a new perspective, emotional release, or spiritual guidance, these rituals offer a profound way to step into your power and activate healing at every level.

Remember, the cards themselves are not magic — you are. The deck is a tool, a touchstone, a bridge to your own wisdom and the subtle energies that surround you.

When approached with sincerity, openness, and reverence, oracle decks can illuminate your path, help you clear obstacles, and gently guide you toward wholeness.

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THE ORIGIN OF STARMAN TAROT

REMASTERED:

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID DE ANGELIS AND HIS PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH DAVID BOWIE

by Elizabeth Peters

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hen a ten-year-old Davide De Angelis ran into music icon David Bowie at a restaurant in Soho, London, in the 1970s, he never predicted this brief encounter would be the red string of fate tying him to a creative partnership almost two decades later.

Some twenty years later, in the early ’90s, De Angelis, who was heading up an experimental design and media company, received a phone call from Bowie. He had seen some of his work and wanted to partner with De Angelis on a new project.

About the Author: Davide De Angelis is a visionary artist, designer, and creator of sacred objects. He has produced art, designs, and creative campaigns for some of the most innovative companies and leaders in the world, including David Bowie, Apple, Virgin, and Sony. He resides in the UK.

— Elizabeth Peters is a marketing and publicity associate at Schiffer Publishing. She works directly with authors and creators of Tarot and oracle decks and books on wellness and spirituality for the REDFeather Mind | Body | Spirit imprint. Peters also served as the 2024–25 editor in chief of The Slate, Shippensburg University’s student newspaper.

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The project in question turned out to be Bowie’s 1995 album Outside, his twentieth studio album.

providing the first flicker of a concept that would grow to form the David Bowie–inspired Starman Tarot.

“It was a highly experimental project that centered on the theme of ‘outsider art,’” De Angelis said.

In the late ’90s, when De Angelis was working on the art for Bowie’s Earthling album, he felt a strong opportunity to create a card deck based on their conversations and collaborations. He brought up the idea to Bowie.

“Bowie had written a story that was the base material of the album and wanted to bring the diverse and strange array of characters to life in the form of an elaborate graphic presentation book and accompanying artworks,” De Angelis continued.

The project involved a variety of different mediums for design, including a limited-edition enhanced CD with accompanying book, containing artworks and exclusive interviews, an art show, stage sets, video ideas, and the very first interactive touchscreen presentation for a music album. That interactive screen, a collaboration between Virgin Music and Apple, was showcased in select music stores across the USA. After this very involved first project, De Angelis continued to work with Bowie on a variety of designs, including several purely experimental fine-art ideas.

“I really enjoyed working with Bowie and exchanging different ideas on art, culture, philosophy, and many of the great mystery traditions. There was an intimacy and sense of just exploring that gave what we were doing together a unique feel,” De Angelis said.

Every aspect of his work with Bowie carried deep undertones of symbolism and naturally brought up conversations around oracle cards and Tarot, De Angelis said.

De Angelis personally first encountered Tarot as a child, when his aunt gifted him a deck from a Kenyan artist. He dove deeper into the practice in art school in London, investigating other decks and ideas and

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“At first, Bowie and I spoke about creating an oracle-esque deck that brought a range of archetypes to life, and we sketched out some ideas,” De Angelis said.

Over the next several years, De Angelis and Bowie went back and forth with ideas. As talks continued, De Angelis noticed that their designs and thoughts were taking the shape of a Tarot deck, though nothing moved beyond talks and ideas.

Years later, when De Angelis heard unfortunate news of Bowie’s passing in 2016, those talks and the idea of a Tarot deck came back to him.

“The news struck me like a bolt of lightning, and for the next few days I had very vivid dreams of seeing what the Starman Tarot deck was to be,” De Angelis said.

“After that, things moved very quickly, and I understood it was only now the right time to bring [the deck] fully to life. All the work I had done with Bowie and all the other life experiences since had equipped me to make it happen. In many ways it felt like a download rather than me needing to go searching for how to do it,” De Angelis said.

And thus, it was born: Starman Tarot: Remastered, a 78-card Tarot deck inspired by the spirit of David Bowie’s lifelong metamorphosis.

Of the entire deck, De Angelis’s favorite card designs are the Starman, the Queen of Pentacles, and the Chariot.

The Starman card, which showcases an electrifying figure of David Bowie surrounded by sacred geometry and bolts of energy, represents the central theme of the deck, the idea that the creative force of reality is something that is gifted to us, and that it gives us the power to bring things to life, De Angelis said.

“It is also the call for creatives to rise and become fully expressed, to have the capacity to create beauty, transform the world into something astonishing—the Aquarian—the message of wonder, so to speak,” De Angelis said.

The Queen of Pentacles card, representing life and the miraculous quality of nature to create life, features a design of a mythical woman summoning DNA out of and into the wilderness around her.

The Chariot card represents one who steadily moves forward, and is shown in this deck by a grizzled figure riding in a chariot pulled by two large lizards. “He moves steadily forward, never losing the vision of sharing a sense of wonder, a new possibility.

Above all, he never gives up on the possibility of revealing something truly new and amazing—the creative warrior shaman,” De Angelis said.

Apart from the deep connection to the work De Angelis created with Bowie, Starman Tarot: Remastered carries a profound message of creativity, a push for one to connect to the spirit to bring a fresh sense of possibility to life. It serves to inspire and catalyze imagination and artistry through the processes and life behind its creation.

Your Dose of Inspiration

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

– Peter F. Drucker

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THE A LT A R WITHIN H

istory has shown us that freedom isn’t something granted by those who hold power. It’s something that must be taken, demanded, and fought for.

To seek liberation by appealing to the conscience of the oppressor is to misunderstand the nature of oppression itself. Oppressive systems are designed to maintain control, not to be persuaded by the suffering they cause. True liberation requires us to disrupt, to dismantle, to build a new reality on our terms rather than asking for permission to exist freely.

It is a call to find strength within ourselves and our communities, to recognize that we are our own liberators, that the power to change our lives and our world doesn’t lie in anyone’s approval, but in our own hands.

Liberation is the unshackling of both body and Spirit – a state where we

can exist in the fullness of who we are without apology or fear. It’s the freedom to express our truths, honor our ancestral wisdom, and connect deeply to Earth and each other. It’s where our worth isn’t defined by systems, productivity, or external validation, but by our inherent value as human beings.

This book is an act of revolutionary love, a love I needed in my darkest moments. It’s the kind of love I learned to cultivate within, realizing that the healing I sought couldn’t be found outside of myself. When we give ourselves permission to search within, to look into those spaces we’ve been taught to avoid, we begin a journey back to wholeness, back to the parts of ourselves we thought were too broken to mend.

I hope this book becomes a companion on that journey – not in a

surface-level, bandage-the-woundand-move-on kind of way. I’m talking about deep, soulful healing. The kind that asks you to hold each piece of yourself with tenderness, to look at every fragmented part and ask: Does this belong to me, or does it belong to what caused the break?

My hope is that you dive so deeply into your own Spirit that you come out the other side as the person you’ve always known you could be: the person you’ve hidden out of fear, or the one buried beneath circumstances and lack of privilege, watching you live on autopilot while storms rage quietly inside.

This work isn’t easy. There’s no overnight cure, no magic spell to snap everything into place. True transformation requires that you become the alchemist, the one willing to turn pain into power, loss into wisdom,

About the Author: Juliet Diaz is an Indigenous Taino and first-generation Cuban American, as well as an award-winning and internationally bestselling author and activist. Her writing is rooted in liberatory and decolonial themes, empowering others to reclaim their voices, align with their truth, and embrace their innate magic and humanity. As the founder of the Literary Craft Society, she leads a revolutionary writing community dedicated to fostering change, healing, and liberation through the transformative power of words. Her works, including Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within, Plant Witchery, The Altar Within, Seasons of the Witch oracle deck series, and the Earthcraft oracle deck, have inspired thousands across the world to create meaningful change within themselves and their communities. To know more, visit: https://iamjulietdiaz.com

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and wounds into strength. It’s work, yes, but it’s the kind that changes you and transforms your life.

“Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you,” Rumi tells us, and those words hold a fierce truth. Real transformation isn’t gentle or comfortable; it’s a process of burning away what no longer serves us, of surrendering to the flames of change even when we feel like running from the heat. This fire is the pain, the discomfort, the deep unearthing of everything we’ve buried inside ourselves. It asks us to let go of our illusions, our attachments, the narrative we have been taught to believe about ourselves, and to allow ourselves to be reborn.

When we stay in that fire, we learn that true healing is not about escape or avoidance. It’s about courageously facing what rises within us, knowing that the fire is not here to destroy,

but to reveal. It’s here to bring us closer to the truth of who we are, to cook us down to our essence, to make us whole in ways we never imagined.

Somewhere along this journey, I realized healing is not about perfection or arriving at some final destination.

It’s about learning to hold space for all that we are: the beautiful, the broken, the parts that have weathered storms we never asked for, and the dreams that still flicker even in our darkest hours. This work, this return to the self, is for those willing to sit in their truth, to peel back the layers that life, trauma, and survival have built around them.

The Altar Within is an invitation to sit with what’s already here.

To take each piece that you uncover and honor it, not for what it should be, but for what it is. It’s not about

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fi xing; it’s about witnessing, about allowing yourself to be seen by the one person who truly matters – you.

I’m asking you to be gentle with yourself in this process, to remember that every step, every stumble, every moment of resistance is part of the journey. This is about learning to be in your own presence, to hear your own voice, and to trust in your own knowing.

It’s about reclaiming your right to take up space, to be seen, and to hold the power that has always been yours.

This work isn’t about checking boxes or living up to some polished version of wellness that’s been sold to us. I grew up believing that if I followed the rules, stayed in line, and did what was expected of me I’d eventually find fulfillment and happiness. I was taught to climb the ladder and to fit myself into the shape that society deemed acceptable. I tried so hard to meet everyone’s expectations and to silence the parts of me that didn’t fit. But all of that striving, all of that conforming, never brought me closer to feeling whole.

The truth is, the kind of wellness we’re told to seek – the kind that’s packaged and sold to us – is just another trap. It’s designed to keep us chasing the idea of perfection that we’ll never quite reach.

In my own journey, I’ve learned that wellness isn’t something we consume or achieve. It’s a returning – a process of peeling back layers, shedding everything we’ve been told to carry, and coming back to the truth of who we are. Wellness is about liberation; it’s about seeing through the systems that try to define us, that keep us small, that convince us we need to be anything other than exactly who we are.

For so many of us, life can feel like a blur of relentless survival: keeping

the lights on, putting food on the table, pushing through exhaustion because we were taught we had no other choice. I’ve learned, though, that it’s never too late to reclaim what was lost and to rebuild the roots that connect us, not just to each other, but to ourselves. Colonization wasn’t only about taking land or imposing control – it was about severing our truths, stripping away community, and making us believe that we are better off alone.

To do this work of liberation, then, is to repair and reclaim. It’s to mend those fractures within ourselves and between each other, to learn how to return to Earth, to our communities, and to our true selves. This work requires us to unlearn everything we’ve been taught about who we are and how we should exist. It calls us to confront the lies we’ve been fed about our worth, what’s possible, and who gets to decide our value.

When we pour into ourselves and our communities, we create safe spaces to rest, recharge, and dream. In those dreams, those moments of imagining new ways of living, loving, and being, liberation begins to take shape. Healing isn’t only about tending to what’s been broken; it’s also about rebuilding what has been stolen.

Liberation asks us not just to imagine freedom but to live it daily – in how we care for ourselves, how we show up for each other, and how we reject the narratives meant to keep us ignorant.

Today’s self-care narrative often reduces wellness to luxury escapes or surface-level indulgences. But true wellness is an act of resistance, a sacred practice of reclaiming ourselves. It’s nourishment, joy, radical love, rest, and protection, especially for those of us in bodies and identities the world has tried to erase or devalue. Wellness becomes defiant

when we recognize it as essential to our fight for liberation.

In this book, I invite you to join me on this path of rediscovery, unlearning, and reclaiming. Through The Altar Within, you’ll find practices that reconnect you with your own power and help you create sustainable practices rooted in liberation. They are not prescriptions, but invitations to cultivate your own relationship with this sacred space within.

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HOW MAGIC TIES INTO THIS BOOK This book is divided into four offerings, each delving into a vital aspect of our liberation work. These offerings serve as guideposts, leading you through the interconnected paths of inner and collective liberation.

Within each offering are devotionals, thoughtfully crafted to provide lessons and practices that support each aspect of the work. These devotionals include lessons, practices, and restorative writing prompts to inspire deep introspection, spark visioning, and foster healing.

Magic is more than rituals and spells; it is the power that lives within us, the energy we ignite when we align with our truth and clear ourselves of falsities. Our innate magic is amplified when we unlearn the conditioning of oppressive systems and reconnect with our authentic selves.

By shedding layers of colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy, we reclaim the sovereignty of our Spirit.

This magic isn’t separate from us – it is the manifestation of our liberated essence, our ability to imagine, create, and bring forth a world rooted in justice, love, and liberation.

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SHAMANIC ORACLE: CONNECT TO THE MEDICINE OF THE EARTH

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ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW FOR 2026

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ome full circle and reinvest in your groves, circles, affinity groups, and collectives, while still exploring your unique spark.

Don’t give in to the faulty belief that we have to choose between individuality and connection, between our uniqueness and essential collaboration, between activism and safety.

The planets call us to embrace and develop dichotomies in this contradictory, wild year.

Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter all change sign from inward yin water and earth signs into yang actionoriented fire and air signs, creating a real shift on the world stage. This time, filled with both great potential and possible conflagration, intensifies as those planets aspect one another and tag Pluto, which is already in early degrees of Aquarius.

This year brings power struggles and plenty, creative innovation, and redirection, with so many major aspects we can’t parse them apart, but have

to see it like tumblers in a lock opening up a portal. It is up to us to direct the flow.

Our circles can be our saving grace, a soul home, home base for activism, but we also need a place to define our own paradigm. We’ll need a moment alone with our muse, but isolation or insulation will not work.

Let’s break down the components of this wild year: Pluto in Aquarius until 2043 can shake up the world’s power center—decentralize it, or shift it to the small countries or groups, not the specialists, for better or worse.

It could bring mob rule, a colluding central committee, or true power to the people. Pay attention and be prepared to thoughtfully roll with the changes; act, don’t react.

Neptune starts 2026 back in Pisces, but on January 26 enters brash, fiery, individualistic Aries until 2038. The last time Neptune entered Aries was in 1861 as the American Civil War

began, and right before the biggest volcanic explosion in Africa’s history. Neptune in Aries calls for the philosophy of the individual; Pluto calls for transformation through the collective. Balancing these two is the key to these next few years.

On February 3, Uranus—retrograde at the turn of the year—turns direct, and change begins to manifest.

What’s been stable could wobble.

Wobbly things begin to stabilize.

Saturn joins Neptune in Aries on February 13 and conjuncts Neptune on February 20, beginning a new cycle, potentially idealizing a philosophy of action, independence, activism, militarism, and rebellion. It can also give us a tinge of feeling we’re weak for being sensitive or compassionate. It can dissolve boundaries, make us defend them fiercely, or inspire us to be valiant rescuers of the truly vulnerable. It can bring a crisis of faith, but underneath also pare us down to our bedrock philosophy,

About the Author: Heather Roan Robbins is a ceremonialist, spiritual counselor, author, and a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer and palmist with 30+ years’ experience. Her sense of the enormity of soul and breadth of possibilities has been stretched and nourished by the wild bouquet of humankind she’s encountered on this journey, and she brings this expansive perspective to her work.

Heather is the author of the Starcodes Astro Oracle Deck, Moon Wisdom, and Everyday Palmistry. She has also been writing the weekly column Starcodes for 30 years, and is a member of Spiritual Directors International, OPA (Organization for Professional Astrology), NCGR (National Council for Geocosmic Research), and a Druid grade member of OBOD – Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. To learn more, visit: www.roanrobbins.com

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one another—with all but Jupiter opposed to Pluto. While components of this pattern fluctuate on and off thanks to retrograde cycles, it stays activated the rest of the year.

which stands the test of time. It can also underline the intensifying wild weather patterns and fires of climate change, which could finally motivate real change about how we manage our environment.

Innovative Uranus enters Gemini on April 25 and can revolutionize how we move around and how we communicate, either through technology or by finding subversive ways of getting the word out. We can help create new ways to hear what’s really going on, unfiltered by mainstream media, but will need to watch out for crazy unvetted theories working the back channels. Check all facts. Jupiter enters Leo June 29 and amps up our staging, bringing panache and activism to the art world and encouraging interesting street theatre.

All these planets resonate off of one another through a wild summer, with Pluto at 4° Aquarius, Neptune at 4° Aries, Uranus at 4° Gemini, and Jupiter at 4° Leo, instigating a powerful but potentially messy evolutionary cycle. These planets form dynamic and energizing sextiles or trines to

" 2026 brings us full circle, back to an amazing lineup of possibly culture-changing, exciting, enlivening, inspiring aspects, but also some dangerous ones. " Positive aspects like trines and sextiles open doorways and create possibilities, but we have to act to activate them—whereas that challenging Jupiter-Pluto opposition can kick us out the door and into the streets. Jupiter enters Leo June 29 and opposes Pluto to the degree from July 19–23—but we will be feeling reverberations of this transit throughout the summer. Here, it can intensify our ambitions or liberate us from disempowerment. Watch for how power, in all its forms—electrical, interpersonal, political—can become either abused or dynamically utilized. Foster power within and be wary of power over.

Jupiter sextiles Uranus on July 2 and can inspire innovation, technical breakthroughs, and a general wild time at music festivals. Look for cultural inventions. Uranus trines Pluto on July 17, and the influences of this trine will color our world through May 2028. The last time these two danced in trine was the beginning of the jazz age in 1920 and ‘21; it brought economic boom and women’s suffrage to America as a result of years of protest, epidemics, and political activism. This trine brings a chance to be revived after grave difficulties.

Uranus sextiles Neptune on August 15 through the summer of 2027—the last time was the mid-1960s, where it encouraged political, sociological, and cultural changes. Saturn sextiles Pluto as it did from 2010 to 2012, offering strength to the power base, but it may also encourage educational stability.

Neptune sextiles Pluto on July 24 through 2028, as it did in the mid50s, 1976–79, and 1980–86. This is a slow, thoughtful, background transit that paints a picture of optimism with the potential for magical thinking, inspiring our spiritual search, but also a potential power play around religion.

2026 brings us full circle, back to an amazing lineup of possibly culture-changing, exciting, enlivening, inspiring aspects, but also some dangerous ones. They will test us and ask us to redefine power, to operate from compassion and true connection, to step out of privilege and work towards freedom for all. These aspects reinstall artists back to the forefront as subversive revolutionaries. They insist we back away from militancy—even if others ride into battle—and push us to find creative ways to save our world.

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