Present Path Tarot

Free Reading for October

Deck: Dark Mansion Tarot & Horror Oracle

Do you have any friends in life who knew you as a youthful person (6 of Cups), but you’ve lost touch with?

This month, at a time when we honor those who have passed away, we get a a reminder to honor the living who have fallen out of our field of connection.

in this case, the 7 of Pentacles reversed refers to a person who you lost patience with. You may have tried to shift a situation between you and they were not receptive.

In the 6 of Wands reversed, one or both of you didn’t feel seen or heard by the other. There was a dismissive behavior that lacked acknowledgement in a hurtful way. Perhaps jealousy even played a role. It’s time to attempt to heal that between you, for your own sake.

With the Hierophant card, give yourself credit for how you have grown since back then. Using wise tools, you will likely be able to better speak your mind about why you drifted away. Consider looking up videos about assertive or non-violent communication techniques (NVC) to use a system that keeps you centered and grounded.

My therapist also says that it’s best if pass along hard messages in 6 – 8 sentences. So write out what you need to say with a kindness that is as direct and clear as possible.

The Horror Oracle cards say that you have a Friendship worth salvaging that you need to Call to at least get closure with. You likely have some intense shared experiences with this person that draws you back to them. It can also nudge us to check in with mutual friends about what you want to say before reaching out.

American Werewolf in London is a reminder that we are not always our best selves with those we cherish. They often see the worst of us.

The Call from Scream is a message of warning that your friend might not receive the message well. Remember that you are doing this for your own peace of mind and you may not get the results you desire amicably. Do this for your own effort to show who you have become, rather than to push them to meet you where you’re at.

Give me a call as well to get a tarot reading that is curious about your own inner werewolf, and to consider how to approach friends who are worth facing some darkness for.

How to Spot AI

Posted on September 25, 2025 by jennaroberts

This week, I saw the cutest little set of tarot statues advertised to me on Facebook. The algorithm knows me so well.

I clicked on the shop, and something didn’t feel right. I did a google search on whether the business was legit, and it had a very low trust rating. I am not sure if those little statues are even real.

That feeling in regards to AI is called the “Uncanny Valley”. It is a form of unsettling intuition that a human image or mock up is so close to real that it’s creepy. This phrase likely will begin to be used for AI creations overall.

Today, I went and looked for the product again, and it’s on 5 more sites, but none of them have a very high trust score. Hmmmm…

My dad always says, ‘If it’s too good to be true, it likely is”.

Tarot Card images are often stolen and counterfeits are reprinted cheaper on flimsy playing card-sized decks. AI versions of popular books are being created to mimic an original. You can spot a counterfeit deck in person, but if you are buying online, please go to the original artist or publishers page.

As shopping season approaches, my not-so-psychic prediction is that there are going to be a lot of amazing products on the market that are not real. We will giddily order only to receive nothing, or a very different and lame version of it (which has already become a familiar problem).

With how good AI is, we are all going to get fooled at some point.

So my first tip is to trust your intuition. If it doesn’t feel right, do some research to see if it’s real.

Along with this are videos with deep fakes of celebrities now being possible to make of our own family and friends. Corridor Crew is a team of CGI artists who made a 16 minute video about how to spot AI in videos.

Another thing that happened this week is a woman who I was debating with made a comment with bullet points and a summary. I am not sure whether she was a bot or a real person who was cut and copying ChatGPT answers, but I knew it was AI-related answers and called her out.

Her post was too perfect in structure, the writing lacked emotion or personal nuance. The cadence didn’t match typical English.

A huge percentage of comments are now just bots trying to get attention. Reddit users say that it’s 70%. AI says it’s about 37%. It’s hard to know who to trust anymore, but your best advice is to presume the commenter may not be human.

You can spot bots by going to their profile and history:

– generic profile

– usernames often include random numbers or a generic name followed by numbers

– new account

– repetitive and unoriginal content

So don’t let the robots get you riled up with their mean politics.

I hope you can take part in doing the extra steps to make sure the information you read and the images you see are verified before sharing them with others.

You can also get AI tarot readings online. I admit they can be decent interpretations of the traditional meanings of the cards. However, they are unable to tap into psychic gift or empathy and it shows.

I do use AI for some business needs and I even recommend it. I find it useful to brainstorm marketing ideas.

Just be aware that AI can hallucinate, so you need to double-check any facts you are relying on. Like last summer when I told my friend that the lake we were going to had algae bloom because Google AI told me so. It didn’t. Uhhhh, oops.

Be conscious that AI will validate what you say. If you are using it as someone to talk to and get emotional feedback from, it can take you into a place that a human would not.

I personally write my newsletter myself every week. It will likely have flaws, but it also will have my very human voice who hopes to impart a valuable offering to you.

I am also a human who is grateful that you are a human reading this today. I know it’s a strange time, and this subject can be stressful, but remember that we are all learning a new technology together. We will likely get the hang of sussing out how to manage our interfaces with it through time.

I hope you will choose to enjoy the richness of a deeply human experience during a personal tarot reading with me.

Get real with a friend in a Tarot Together session.

Develop one of the most powerful human tools we have during an intuition coaching session.

Engage your community in connection when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers for your upcoming event.

Trust yourself to manage the future.

Beep Bop Boop Bleep,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

The Power of Now-stalgia

Posted on September 16, 2025 by jennaroberts

Being a Cancerian, I love old photographs and books. I enjoy hearing stories of different eras and watching classic black and white films.

Being nearly half a century on this earth, I now can sense the changes we have collectively been through in my own experiences.

There is something so precious about knowing how things used to be before the waves of change that came with first the internet and then smart phones. I might sound old to say it but, “Oh my goodness things are so much faster now!“

Add onto that the nature of aging and experiencing internal shifts with perimenopause or whatever health surprises life has required of each of us . . . and it’s a wonder we sense any consistency at all.

This is the 6 of Cups – a card about days gone by and childhood.

Today, I welcome you to access your own wisdom from the past.

Sit and reflect on your daily routine when you were 10 years old, and then 20, and then 30, and so on.
Sense your pace of life at each age and the apparent pace of those around you.
What technologies were the cutting edge at each decade point?
What hobbies did you enjoy at those times?
What were you learning about yourself and the world?
What did you enjoy most about each of these ages?

To be fair, it’s not all about good in the old days…

Let’s remember the gains we have made since then:

What are some ways that you can see we have collectively evolved in?
What self-improvement can you see from where you are now?
What are some things that you like better about the modern era?

Now let’s use the Temperance card to integrate our younger and current selves.

What is one habit or way of being from your past that you could gain from resuming in your current state?
What advice would your current self tell your younger self?
What advice would your younger self give your current self?
How can you call in the best energies of the past into today?

Maybe this weekend you can choose to watch an older movie and perhaps even show a kid you love a place in time that they have never been.

Go through old photos, read antiquated poetry, or simply do some fun activities that are timeless.

Step into the current moment with a friend in a Tarot Together session.

Go down memory lane to understand the present in a personal tarot readingwith me.

Lean into the ever-knowing self in an intuition coaching session.

Take part in a centuries old art when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers for your upcoming event.

I hope you are able to relish the moments of this week while also being inspired by your memories.

Be Present with Your Past,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Unplug: Your Soul doesn’t Scroll

Posted on September 11, 2025 by jennaroberts

I set an intention to make September about health, and I admit that it’s been a wonky start.

This week, the news feed pulled me in and I might need to log out to gain control over my wide-eyed fascination.

Yes, it is important to know what is happening in the world.

Remember though that there used to be one newspaper per day that people would read, or one news program at night.

We might have discussed details with friends and neighbors face-to-face at some point.

We did not have constant updates and ways to debate the issue with strangers or people we met once at a party in 2013.

Ask yourself: What time(s) of day is ideal for my brain to take in what is happening in the world? Can I limit myself to these hours?

Even if it’s not about news, I find myself hunting on YouTube for videos to add to my watch later collection.

The algorithm figures out what catches my attention and it’s rarely the quality of the philosophical talks that actually fulfill my mind.

I have learned to take the step to mark unhealthy videos as ‘Not Interested’ from the 3 dots on the upper right corner. No more pimple popping fixations please!

Control more of your own Feed: Mark unwanted videos as unwanted. Don’t worry, if you search for it in the future it will return. Then you can rinse and repeat.

If you can be impulsive then it’s all the more important to replace the habit of follow through when you want to grab your phone for answers too quickly.

Take a moment to pause and reflect and take a moment before automatic answers. This will train your brain to do so more naturally in general. Our brains are very good at repeating the habits we create.

Train your Speed: Slow down and consider the urgency of this desire for an immediate answer. Take 3 breaths before opening the website. Teach your brain to wait, and it will become habit more easily.

I realize that a lot of my old hobbies have been replaced with the smart phone options.

I used to draw and journal more often. I forget that I can do a quick doodle as easily as I can distract on my phone. And it’s much healthier for my brain.

One dance song (granted, it might include your phone to play it) is enough to enhance your day. And far more fun and fulfilling than social media doom scrolling.

Find Alternate Dopamine hits: Replace your phone habits with other pleasures. What brings you joy that only takes a few minutes?

Want to have a real life meaningful connection? Bring someone in for shared Tarot Together session.

Craving a deeper experience of how to make September healthy for you? Find out what a personal tarot readingcan offer.

Find your own power over your impulses during an intuition coaching session.

Welcome your community to a non-phone experience when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers.

This weekend, tune into the areas of life that you can enjoy and have real and positive influence over. Let go of the phone for a bit.

You Deserve Sanctuary,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Photo: Ten of Swords from the Modern Witch Tarot Deck by Lisa Sterle

Receiving is as Sacred as Giving

Posted on September 3, 2025 by jennaroberts

Today is about the 6 of Pentacles, the card of healthy giving and receiving. (Lightseers Tarot version in image above)

Many of us want to give and give and give, but then struggle to welcome in the gifts others share.

Imagine you hand someone a present, and they reject it. Even if politely said, it stings a bit.

You may know their refusal is coming from a place of their own guilt or insecurity, but the energy you are emitting out is not being taken in.

That’s why it’s the most kind thing to say thank you and welcome the present or the compliment or the useful offering with a simple, ‘Thank you’.

If you truly do not want what is given, you can naturally deflect it. I have sent out previous posts about the art of saying no. This one is about saying yes to the support that can be welcomed.

An even more powerful subject in this field is the art of asking for support if you desire it.

When you are bold enough to tell your loved ones that you could use their help, it’s a statement of healthy vulnerability and trust.

This very week in 2011, I had a double rollover car accident. Afterward, I felt very alone and was frustrated at the lack of community checking in on me.

Months later, I expressed my hurt to various friends. Each of them were shocked and saddened that they didn’t realize that I needed community at that time.

I didn’t reach out, I didn’t ask. The Facebook post said I was ‘unscathed’, they figured I was fine.

My friends expressed disappointment that I didn’t directly contact them, and I realized that my stoic upbringing led to a missed opportunity.

I hope you won’t make the same mistake when you crave help.

Here are some steps to improving your ability to receive support:

– Consider some help you would like right now. Think about who would be the best fit for this support.

– Ask by checking in first on the timing. Ex: ‘Hey there, I realize that I can use some of your unique assistance in a situation. I am wondering if you might be available anytime in the upcoming weeks to lend me a hand?’

– If they can’t, graciously accept their refusal. Understand that people are busy and this may not be the best time. Move on to the next person who could be a good fit.

– If they can and do help, remember that you only need to say ‘Thank You’ so much. Know that simply feeling the gratitude and giving it sincerely a few times is enough in most cases.

– Try to not unnecessarily apologize. This can put the burden on them in managing your guilt around it. Let them feel good about helping you.

– Do not over offer a quid pro quo (this for that). You can offer it once, and if they say no, move on. The ball is in their court to take you up on your return offer after it has been put out there.

– If they do go above and beyond, see if they welcome a meal or small gesture as a thank you, or send them a thank you card.

If you know someone who could use this message, hit the share button just after this newsletter.

Open someone up to better receiving when you bring them in for a Tarot Together session.

Treat yourself when you reach out for the kind of support that a personal tarot reading can offer.

Get in touch with your own resistance to blessings during an intuition coaching session.

Welcome your community to receive magic at your next party when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers.

This weekend, treat yourself to a ponder on how you can ask and receive better from others this weekend.

Let Goodness In,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Free Reading for September

Posted on August 28, 2025 by jennaroberts

Free Reading for September

Deck: Fantastic Menagerie Tarot

This month starts out with a lovely message of the abundance in your life with the 10 of Pentacles.

You have built up some resources of value in your life that serve to ground and stabilize you.

Enjoy the ways you feel secure in the routines that have enriched this abundance.

Acknowledge how your own strong habits have tethered to your success.

Impart what you have learned about smart practices to your children or younger friends.

The World card restates this sense of congratulations on your accomplishments. Good job! What can you acknowledge about your positive moves forward today?

It’s so easy to breeze over how we have evolved. Take note of what you have achieved. Do not be dismissive of your work!

This is especially important since your wins have also brought in an excess that requires some letting go with the 5 of Cups.

There is a grief in releasing that which does not serve us anymore.

You are allowed to mourn letting go of what does not serve you anymore, even in times of jubilation.

This might be old ways that were fun but did not lead to success. This might be people who hold you back. It could even be items that are ready for the thrift store.

Once you feel the sadness of this ending, it’s time to move on with the 6 of Swords.

Get some mental distance to feel more clear in how you are ready to be free. Recognize the lessons in the work you have done to earn this moment of clarity.

If it’s hard to do this musing at home, take a little trip away to sit with this newfound understanding in a fresh place.

If getting away so fully is hard right now, get more information about the insights you are ready for when you sign up to get a tarot reading with me.

I hope this September brings you many delightful joys in the forms of abundance you have worked hard to earn.

This upcoming weekend after Labor Day, I will teach a course on Tarot through the Cinematic Hero’s Journey at the Northwest Tarot Symposium.

If you’re able to get to Portland, I hope you’ll consider joining. There are free vendors in the Monarch hotel along with some free classes available to the public.

As back to school season is upon us, consider coming in to get your own message from the teachers of the universe with a personal tarot reading.

Become your own best instructor when you sign up for an intuition coaching session with me.

Welcome a friend to play teacher’s assistant during a Tarot Together session.

Having a party this month? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.

Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of September.

Relish the Season You’re in,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Balance Your Inner Critic

Posted on August 21, 2025 by jennaroberts

Lately, I have been thinking about the balance between striving to do things well, and suffering with the critical monster of perfection.

A lot of us are taught to do our best and aim for the top. There are positive attributes to this, but the side effects can be dire.

Many of us are so hard on ourselves when we fall short that we decimate the joy of our accomplishments.

This is despite various successful people who have finished this phrase with the following words:

Perfection is the enemy of . . .

Good (Voltaire)

Completion (Voltaire)

Progress (Winston Churchill)

Creation (John Updike)

Profitability (Mark Cuban)

Greatness (Janelle Monae)

Despite so many brilliant people warning us, many cultures around the world still pressure us to aim for a flawless result.

Consider the Olympics. This upcoming winter, athletes and judges will remind us of that global value system of a perfect score.

Yet, this very organization typically brings horrible human rights violations to whatever city is chosen to host the event.

Somehow, this makes sense. Those who require perfection are overlooking higher morals for the sake of winning.

This week, consider how you can find balance with your various life efforts.

Where does it feel good to aim for quality?

I will edit this article multiple times before I send it because it feels good to show I care about the details.

How do you push yourself too far at times?

I have spent hours on one blog post some days, and that’s excessive and impractical.

What grace can you offer yourself when you find a mistake?

I am still proud that I got this post done, even if it isn’t the best of my best.

Where in your life do you deserve some ease?

I do my best to offer something thoughtful every week, but I accept that they can’t all land with everyone.

I love tarot reading because there is no such thing as a perfect reading. A skilled reader is not going to tell you everything with absolute certainty. Rather, they are going to help you find the tools to navigate the mysteries ahead with more understanding.

A good tarot reading will have some aspects of clear direction and psychic clarity. A great reading will help you align with your own inherent skills to manage what comes your way.

A super solid reading will enhance awareness of what ways you can improve to be more prepared.

I look forward to giving you a quality personal tarot reading that is not perfect.

It’s extra fun to look into the foibles of life with a friend in a Tarot Together session.

If you sign up for an intuition coaching session, we can build the tools of overcoming perfection brain by listening to the higher self more clearly.

Welcome your community to be graced with connection when you hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers. Every reader has their own strengths and challenges, but they are all compassionate and wise in the ways that matter.

I hope you have a lovely weekend of accepting your efforts.

Enjoy Good Enough,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Brave Your Emotions

Posted on August 14, 2025 by jennaroberts

Emotions can be uncomfortable and hard to lean into.

One morning, I woke up angry next to my then partner. It wasn’t even from a recent fight so much as an accumulation of frustrations.

I wanted to gather my things and leave and let myself be angry at him without discussion.

But, then it happened . . . the cat laid on me.

Obviously I now had no choice but to stay there and feel my anger.

While he slept next to me for the next hour, my anger was felt and slowly morphed into sadness.

When he woke up, I expressed my hurt from a place of sadness instead of anger. We had a much better conversation than if I had not spent that time feeling my grunk fully.

A lot of us are taught to “be strong” by dismissing feelings. It’s actually a stronger act to move through the discomfort by actually being present with it.

Take a moment to sit and focus on your heart right now.

What’s stirring in you today?

How can you bring it some tenderness and curiosity?

In Tarot, this is what the cups suit and court is all about. The heart is tethered to both emotions and spirituality.

Here are some ways to manage messy emotions:

Name the feeling without judgement

Give yourself permission to acknowledge what you’re feeling and recognize it as valid.

Notice what story is hidden behind this feeling

Look for the nuance to notice other emotions attached to that story.

Widen the field of experience to include all the parts.

Get curious about the hurt

Talk to that tender part of you with a kindness you deserve.

Ask yourself what this is trying to show you or teach you right now.

Use your body

Close your eyes and feel where in your body this feeling is happening for you right now.

Deeply experience the full sensation of it. Name what the physical feels like in descriptive adjectives.

Shake it Out

See if you can move your body in a way that lets that physical sensation shift.

Maybe put on a song to dance to or shake around or do some stretching. Release that.

Share it with others

Reach out to someone who is sympathetic and perhaps can relate to your messy heart. It can be comforting to know you’re not alone.

There’s a relief in being witnessed. Bring your emotions to your personal tarot reading with me.

I appreciate so much when people are able to let themselves express during a session. It feels healthy and I hope it rejuvenates their spirit.

Spend more time being curious about your somatic body with an intuition coaching session.

Have a friend along to hold your hand and your heart in a Tarot Together session.

Want to add an emotional and spiritual side to your next event? Hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers.

We offer in-person divination in the Portland and Salem areas as well as online experiences. If anything goes awry, we also have a back up reader to ensure your event entertainment.

Have a great weekend, hopefully full of the joy of having such a fabulous emotional expanse within you.

Your Heart is Powerful,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Quality Alone Time

Posted on August 7, 2025 by jennaroberts

I recently had a bout of COVID. It was so light that I was shocked when I tested positive, which was lucky, but I still had to isolate.

At first, I was grumpy. Right at the start of extroverted Leo season, I had to tuck myself away. Blarg.

I cleaned my car and room and my office to feel productive. But I knew that I needed to rest properly.

I decided to tap into the wisdom of the Hermit Card and do one of my favorite things that most people don’t enjoy. I put on the Kanopy app (free movies with your library card!) for some obscure cinema, and I watched slow existential movies.

The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick, Archipelago by Joanna Hogg, La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher, You, the Living by Roy Anderson.

All my selections were weird and sometimes boring, yet thoughtful pieces on the meaning of life. I am not even recommending these unless you are really into very little happening in a plot, or things not making a lot of sense.

But I love this genre. It makes me feel connected to a subtle wisdom. It slows me down. I sense more poetry around me.

I prefer to watch these alone, rather than with someone huffing at the pretentious nature of art films. I am my own best companion for this type of activity. So I made some tea and snuggled in for some high art.

We often talk about getting quality time with those that we love, but then when we are alone we often throw on a reality TV show and zone out.

This week, I hope you will make some of your alone time precious.

– What do you love to do that others rarely appreciate in the same way?
– How do you create a sense of connection with your higher spiritual self?
– What would make your alone time feel more nourishing or sacred?
– What’s something you’ve wanted to do but haven’t made space for?
– What do you need to make your time alone be creative, reflective, restful, or playful?

Feel free to message me what your best alone time looks like and why. I would love to know!

If you crave some quality one-on-one time that’s all about you, sign up for a personal tarot reading or an intuition coaching session.

Make the most of time with a friend in a shared Tarot Together session.

Diving into Leo season with a party? Hire a tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas as well as online experiences. And, if someone gets COVID, we have a back up reader for your event!

Get a 10% discount on a session with me when you sign up with the code RETRO2025 through Monday.

Have a great weekend and relish being with yourself as good company.

Self Care is Community Care,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Free Reading for August

Posted on July 31, 2025 by jennaroberts

I am excited to share that I was welcomed to teach a course on Tarot through the Cinematic Hero’s Journey at the Northwest Tarot Symposium coming up in the first weekend of September.

If you’re able to get to Portland, I hope you’ll consider joining. There is a free vendors area in the Monarch Hotel that weekend that is also open to the public.

I love this topic I am teaching because it combines many of my passions: Movies and Tarot and Storytelling.

We each are living our own unique story, and one of my favorite things about my work is getting to hear all the individual journeys that querents are navigating.

Share your personal story with me and receive in return some unique magical clarity over a personal tarot reading.

Getting ready a summer party? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and with online experiences.

Tune into your own inner narrator during an intuition coaching session with me.

Be a helpful companion on your friends adventures during a Tarot Together session.

Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of August.

Weave Your Story Well,

Jenna Lynne Roberts