Meet your tarot reader
Because I just can't NOT do an introduction post ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Meet the face behind the cards and get to know a little bit about what all will be going on around here!
I have been feeling a pull to create a separate publication1 and to focus on tarot readings, writing about tarot, and other of my more “woo”2 interests… such as sigils and channeling… and I have now finally gotten the inner go-ahead to follow that pull.
So here we are. Let me introduce you to…
(I created that little saturnish Saturn with the “ish” in the middle btw. I am quite proud of it!!😁)
It’s what I named my Etsy shop and the tarot business that I had going a few years ago.
In December of 2023, I moved from Maine to Florida and decided to put the whole business thing on hold. I deactivated all of my tarot readings listings and physical deck products on Etsy, leaving only my extremely low-maintenance digital downloads still active.
But I do love that name and have my logos just hanging out in my pen drive… so it just felt natural to have this newsletter be called Saturnish.
Alright, I do hear you ask, though…
Why Saturnish?
I've been asked more than once why I chose this sort of strange name.
Well, if you’ve read Surrendering to Gravity at all, you probably know that I’m all about the shadow work and all that sort of stuff…
If you also know about astrology, then you know that Saturn is all about learning the hard lessons. I do feel like it gets a bad rep as a heartless and heavy taskmaster, and don’t see it quite that way.
I have actually always felt a deep draw to the planet Saturn… long before I was ever into astrology… ever since I was child… it was and has always been my favorite planet.
However, due to the heavy nature of how most people see it… and also due to the fact that it does bring this serious aspect that can truly be heavy and punishing if you don’t embrace it… I wanted to inject a bit of lightness…
Because, well, that’s also my style… I face the heavy stuff, but I stay in touch with the humor, lightness, and underlying OK-ness of life.
Oh yeah, I’m also very much a Capricorn (which is ruled by Saturn)… and lordy lordy don’t I have a shit-ton of Cappy in my chart.
So it’s like I embody that Saturn energy… but in my own way.
Saturn… but ish.
Saturnish
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I’m excited for this. I’m actually making it happen.
Yay!
I will be upfront and let you know that I am not going to try to follow a posting schedule or to have a posting day.
The readings will come through as they come through; I DO NOT want to force anything.
I would like to think that I will do at the very least one monthly reading that you can count on receiving, but… let me be honest… I promise nothing. (For those who know Human Design: I have a completely open will center and am fully embracing that I am not designed to have consistent will power or the ability make these sorts of will-power related promises. And let me tell you… it is SO freeing to let go of that kind of conditioning!!)
If all goes well and this begins to grow in a way that sustains and supports my energy, I may consider creating some sort of paid subscription… probably with special readings and access to more personalized readings with me… something like that… we shall see what happens and how this evolves.
Oh, right…
Meet… Me!
Hi! I’m Natalie and I read tarot. I started reading… uhhhmmm… well, 13 years ago at this point (at the time I write this intro). Wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long!! 2012. Crazy that 2012 was 13 years ago… feels like just the other day it was 2001 and I was graduating high school. And now I’m 42. Time has been doing funny things. But oh. I digress…
Yeah… yeah. Tarot. Been reading since 2012. Right, that was the track I was on…
I learned to read using the Thoth Tarot. Something I have seen others saying one should not do… lol… I do have a way of naturally doing things others say one should not do 😅 (That’s my heretical 5th line showing. Human Design stuff, if you know you know.)
Not a psychic.
Ever seen The Good Place?! Think of Janet and how she would always say, “Not a girl.” or “Not a robot.” And say the above heading in that way and in her voice, k?! Because that is what I hear as I’m writing it 🤣
I do not consider myself to be a psychic. I have icky baggage around that word. Think shady snake-oil scammers that use psychological tricks to extort money from their unsuspecting victims *ahem* clients.
I know, I know. Many reputable readers and mediums do use that word to describe themselves, and I don’t have a problem with them using it for themselves. If it floats their boats, good for them. This is a me with myself sort of thing.
But also…
My readings do not predict what will happen; they help you understand where you are and how to move forward to create the best possible outcome. They help you orient yourself in the present so that you can create the future.
It’s all about the shadow work with me.
What do you need to face?
What are you not seeing right now?
How can you get out of your own way?
That sort of thing.
You will get no fortune telling here.
And, again. I have absolutely nothing against it or the principle of it. If that’s what someone sees when they read the cards, I actually think it’s pretty cool. It’s just not my skill set.
I see the depths of your present and yes, sometimes the potential INNER future that might unfold if you do the work in the present (or not!)
If you come and ask me, “Will he/she/they come back to me?” I’m not even going to get an inkling of that. I will see, oh, why you are so hung on him/her/them, what you REALLY want underneath that desire, the ways in which you contributed to creating your current situation, and what you might do to face the shadows that keep you stuck feeling miserable about him/her/them. Annnnnnnd the work you need to do to be able to hold space for the love you desire and deserve. But I most likely cannot tell you if HE/SHE/THEY will be that love.
Make sense?
Good 😁
Okies. Well that’s a bit about me, my reading style, and Saturnish.
I sort of feel like I’m ending this a bit abruptly while also forgetting to mention Things I Should Mention right now, but, well, I have forgotten whether there is anything or not… so I suppose this is a going to have to be a good place to leave it for now. 😅
I will be back.
Stay tuned. The first reading will be out in the near future 🙌
BTW… I would really love to get to know you too!
Comment and tell me a bit about yourself… Have you gotten many readings? Or maybe you’re like me and you enjoy YouTube readings- do you have a favorite reader? Or perhaps you read tarot yourself? Also… how do you feel about predictive readings? Or share anything you feel called to share.
Don’t be shy… tell me about you!
My first/original publication is Surrendering to Gravity. If you aren’t already a subscriber there, I sure hope you will go check it out, too! :)
LOL… I suppose the degree or woo-ness is subjective. I’m sure there are those who would think Human Design is quite woo itself and that the distinction I am making is rather arbitrary. But, to me, there is a definite distinction on the amount of woo going on here. It’s probably only important to me, anyway haha.
I stumbled across a page that felt like a slow-burning ember—full of mystic energy, deep desire, and raw potential. But I can tell the loudest critic in the room is you.
Let me just say this: You got this. For real.
This space isn’t here to judge—it’s the practice ground, the forge, the altar. You don’t owe perfect. You don’t owe polished. Just show up. Show your fire.
And maybe think about this Fire Card: “I will no longer give my power away. What I burn through, I rise from.”
Use that. Practice here. Let it all out. You don’t have to prove a damn thing to anyone. We’re all just strangers with stories. And yours is worth telling.
https://open.substack.com/pub/coreycallison/p/the-fire-card?r=5g748g&utm_medium=ios