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Empress Card: What is the Feminine about?
Happy Mother’s Day!
The next session of Psychic Sundays on May 11th is a fun way to connect with your mom while learning a fun form of divination: Charm Casting.
Bring a friend or your mom and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for a dual discount!
Free bag of charms if you join in-person!
Sign up for the Charms Class this weekend!
Today, let’s talk about all things Maternal with the Empress Card.
When I was traveling in my late 20’s, a wise woman helped me understand that my feminine self was shadowed by my masculine.
I grew up in a neighborhood full of boys, and I loved being included as one of them. We rode bikes and did trick endo’s by shoving our foot in the front tire.
I came home from ballgames, WWF mockups, skateboarding, and kick the bucket covered in bruises, concrete scrapes, and knowing all the worst insults an elementary kid could dare.
When I started the Thundercats club in a neighbor’s side yard, I insisted that I be Lion-O, and was verbally battled with to accept being Cheetara. She wasn’t the leader though, and I was the one who started the club. Me.
I already saw the feminine as marginalized and lesser, and so I valued my masculine traits more.
Now a young adult woman, I felt inspired to ponder on what it even means to be feminine. This in turn informed my concept of the Empress card in my tarot deck.
First, consider what words come to mind when you think about the essence of feminine energy.
The Empress is inherently about creative power. The female body contains the ultimate resource of creating life. Thus our queen sits in the center of a meadow of wheat and trees with a flowery dress and a spring of water flowing to her feet.
Motherhood in it’s healthiest story is about nurturing life into full bloom. It’s often a story of sacrifice and protection. A mom in the ideal is both strong and compassionate.
What nature do you assign to the ideal maternal?
How did your own mom form this idea, or counter it?
Let’s then consider the Empress card Reversed. What are the shadows of the mother spirit? (You can’t write “Smother” without it.)
What about those of us who choose not to bear children? Where do they hold maternal energy?
I didn’t have kids, but I have managed a home with multiple rooms for 15 years, and it has been a journey into learning how I ‘mom’ my housemates. Sometimes I am restrictive and assert my power to insist that chores are done. Other times I am flexible and forgiving, setting the rules aside as I witness them struggle through a challenge. There’s balance and nuance in my own feminine spirit, it seems.
Working in a female-centric field has taught me a lot about this flavor of being as well. I find that tarot readers are incredibly collaborative and community-focused. People in this traditionally feminine line of work are empathic and curious and service-oriented.
Men can also be more classically feminine. My ex-boyfriend would cry at movies more than me. I love that he allowed himself to express emotions freely, and it actually gave me room to hold him in a maternal way at times.
It’s not like I had to balance his feminine by being more masculine. We both brought our own masculine and feminine at times that suited us. We still do now as friends. We can all hold masculine and feminine energies simultaneously.
Watching beloved transwomen in my life blossom into their own feminine has informed me so much on how this essence expresses herself.
Each of these sisters softened into their open-hearts and became enamored of beauty and more in awe of the glory of nature during their journeys. It has been an honor and a joy to witness.
Who in your life displays the feminine in a way that moves your heart or shifts your beliefs about what this archetype entails?
I could obviously talk endlessly about this. Let’s wrap it up and send love to all the Mom’s in your life who show up with the archetype that serves your heart the best.
I want to thank my mom for being her authentic self and showing me the Empress Card in her own ways. From sweet back scratches with German songs before bed, to cajoling me into icy glacial lake swims, she brings a unique mix of nurturing and empowerment. She may not admit to it, but she’s a true feminist.
Most of all, I want to thank my Mom and Dad for letting me be one of the boys as a kid. It made me into being a better woman.
Learn from feminine experts with this fun series of workshops…
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June:
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here:
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Want to nurture a graduating student in your life? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer both in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and online experiences.
Our team of readers understand how to keep things lighthearted and work with young people in a professional way that brightens them with thoughts of their future potential. Treat your grads to a memorable experience as they set off on a new adventure!
Enliven your own internal high priestess wisdom with an intuition coaching session with me.
Do some self-care in a feminine art with a personal tarot reading.
Care for your friends by listening in on each other’s readings in a Tarot Together session.
Be Your Own Best Mom,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for Beltane & May
Happy Beltane!
I have started leading my online class in the Art of Tarot Reading on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST through May 15th. If you want to join, there are videos from the first week to catch up on and live classes continue next week. You will have access to all videos for 3 months after.
The next session of Psychic Sundays is a fun Mother’s Day opportunity on May 11th with one of the easiest forms of divination, Charm Casting with Lynda.
Bring a friend or your mom and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
Sign up by Monday to get a bag of charms mailed out to each person who is signed up!
Or come in person and get your bag of charms before class!
Sign up for the Charms Class Now . . . Space is limited!
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June:
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here:
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Have a grad party coming up? Hire a tarot or palm reader with Portlandia Fortune Tellers. We offer both in-person entertainment in the Portland and Salem areas and online experiences.
Our team of readers understand how to keep things lighthearted and work with young people in a professional way that brightens them with thoughts of their future potential. Treat your grads to a memorable experience as they set off on a new adventure!
Enliven your own inner knowing with an intuition coaching session with me.
Tap into what your own spirit guides need you to learn with a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session.
Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of May!
Blessed Be,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Free Reading for May
This reading uses one of my favorite decks, the World of Hilda by Reese Marren, curated from the pin-up art of Duane Bryers.
We start with the challenges of the 3 of Pentacles reversed. Some project you’ve been poking at is struggling and needs a savvy plan or a solid team behind it to flourish.
The 2 of Wands asks you to realign with your desire to complete it. Where can you find new motivation to charge forth into task mastering this? Do you need to bring in an accountability buddy or a stronger support team to see this through?
7 of Pentacles reminds us that in order to accomplish this task, it is going to require patience and persistence. It might look like a small project, but it will benefit from some room for growth. Allow it to become what it wants to blossom into, which might take more time than you thought.
You are a part of a vision of creating something you care about. 8 of Pentacles is an apprentice who relishes their own learning as they develop an advanced skill set. Stay dedicated to the process and enjoy watching yourself evolve with it.
With fortitude, this is the month you can make something meaningful happen in one of your goals.
I certainly know what project this is about for me. I would love to hear from you with a message about what project you intend to make these efforts toward this month.
Sign up for a personal tarot reading with me help you assess how to find your path with this goal this month!
The Choice to Stay Connected
I do my best to keep this blog as neutral and lighthearted as possible. Today I feel called to share a personal challenge that I think a lot of you can relate to.
The next edition will return to the usual programming of a free reading for Beltane, so I hope you’ll stay on board.
This week, I joined my parents and their friends in a celebration of my parents 50th anniversary.
With the current political climate and our differences, I was anxious about interfacing with their community. I know many of you can relate, regardless of which side you are on.
My concern was reasonable, as one of the most conservative women and I got into a loud debate on the first day.
A more mellow man inquired about my views with curiosity and a less aggressive style. The difference of approach was palpable and helped me feel heard.
These are intense times for divergent political opinions.
Many of my friends and family have disconnected from people on the other side from them. It’s not easy, and I believe each of us needs to make our own best choice.
I’ve had to take breaks from one of my oldest friends when I couldn’t hold boundaries around expressing my frustrations as the anger was too much.
Despite the challenges, I am currently choosing to stay in connection. I know that I will falter by ranting on occasion, and I will have times that I need to take space.
I pulled cards on this matter, and the reading struck a chord for me.
The Hanged Man card of acceptance of things we cannot change and sacrificing for our spiritual self.
The World card, a reminder that we are connected to all of humanity and our actions interrelate with others.
Finally, the Four of Wands in the future placement, a message of uniting energies together for constructive efforts and perhaps even a celebration.
My Hope is that keeping connections as peacefully alive as I can now will create more potential union in the future.
In the meantime, it helps remind me that we are all still humans with more in common than we are told. This aspect keeps my nervous system fears a bit more regulated.
Some in power want us to presume we are enemies. My rebellion is to not give them my faith in that story.
If you need a distraction from the news, my 9-hour online class in the Art of Tarot Reading will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST starting on next week on April 29th through May 15th. Last chance to sign up!
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
Great Mother’s Day activity that you can do online together from a distance or in-person!
Free mini bag of charms for the class! If you sign up before May 1st, I will mail you one!
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Get your nervous system centered in self-trust with an intuition coaching session with Jenna.
Gain clarity around your path forward with a personal tarot reading.
Deepen your connection with a loved one in a Tarot Together session.
Enliven your community withtarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Enjoy all your relations in your own best way.
In Hope,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Choose Your Energetic Focus
In this information overload era, the world is pulling us into constant distractions in a way that can feel scattered.
Today, let’s take a moment to consider what it means to realign with focus in order to choose where we send our energy.
Allowing the chaos of the world to dissolve away and have a singular attention, even for only a few hours, can help us feel more centered in other areas of life. It helps rewrite the neural pathways in our mind to remain more centered in our daily lives.
Consider when you are the most able to remain totally present with the task in front of you. What does it feel like?
Mental-physical combo practices like Yoga and Qi Gong offer a conscious awareness of energy movement tethered to meditation.
When we draw our attention to arts and crafts, the mind also gets singular focus for a spell and we end up with a gratifying creation afterward.
Learning something new in a guided group course helps the mind to stay wholly curious about one subject.
Tuning into stories in a movie or book can bring our focus into another world completely, but that’s a passive experience and can be more escapist.
One reason I love reading tarot is that it gives me the same sense of being lost in a story, but with an active participation in the art of helping assist someone to direct their own story in the best possible path.
You can combine craft, story, learning, and energy work when we focus together for three weeks on the Art of Reading Tarot Course.
My 9-hour online class in the Art of Tarot Reading will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST starting on April 29th through May 15th. This will likely not be running again for a long time, so now is the time.
See what previous students have to say about learning Tarot with Jenna:
“She made the cards easy to understand, in a way that I am also finding easy to remember. I have had a deck for a couple of years but felt overwhelmed and a bit intimidated by my lack of knowledge. Now I feel quite comfortable jumping in and playing around with them. She is a fun and engaging teacher, as well. I would definitely recommend taking a class from her!”
– Deborah Duvall
“I enrolled in the Art of Tarot 6-course class, Oct 2022. Jenna is a phenomenal teacher and communicator, so even though I had reservations about the course being online, it was extremely engaging. It really changed my view of how impactful virtual readings can be! The amount of information in the course was immense and will continue to fuel my development as a reader for quite some time. My thanks to Present Path Tarot!”
-Sally Mclaughlin
In the months ahead, there are also still a few more upcoming short courses both online and in-person in Portland, Oregon with the program running below with other divination experts.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
Free mini bag of charms for the class! If you sign up before May 1st, I will mail you one!
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Sink into a centering practice that helps you access your core self in an intuition coaching session with Jenna.
Let’s focus together on your own story during a personal tarot reading.
Bring a friend to share clarity in a Tarot Together session.
Enliven your community withtarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Relish focus on what you love this week.
Your Center Knows Best,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Self Care is Community Care
This Sunday, psychic medium Anna Alexander will lead a lesson online and in-person on How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides.
I find experiences like this are a wonderful way to do self-care. It opens you to better hear supportive energies, and aligns you with the inherent magic that we live in everyday.
Another form of self-care magic that I have been learning for years is in owning and holding my own needs dear.
Even in this individualistic Western culture, many of us were taught to put others ahead of ourselves.
At first, this switch felt selfish to me.
Then, I witnessed my loving friends drain their vivacity in over-giving.
I saw how people came to rely on them and slowed their own self-reliance.
I saw the givers become resentful and sometimes shut off the support completely.
The tarot has a lot of cards about balance, and this is an area that often is skewed for many of us.
It’s essential that you show up for others, yes. It’s also imperative that you offer what feels sustainable so there’s energy left over for your own growth.
This week, a friend who is running a large business decided to drive to the coast in silence to get her bearings on the choices ahead. She was surprised by how it helped center her even more than she thought it would.
It can be a long journey to building healthy habits in this practice.
Start by learning to say No to requests unless you are a Superb Yes from your very being.
If this is hard, start with, “Let me get back to you”.
Then, sit with what part of the request feels like a Yes, and what feels like a No. Get back to them with your full answer.
Second, notice where you have a need that is not met.
Can you answer this need yourself?
What can be set aside in your life to make that happen?
Who can you ask for support?
Remember how it feels good to be entrusted as a support, and how you are giving others the chance to show up for you. That is a gift.
You need to be the first line of support though. When we take care of ourselves, we take care of people around us who would show up if we got too bogged down.
Once we are overwhelmed, it can be hard to remember what rejuvenates us.
Today, consider what is meaningful nourishment for you.
Make a list of the things that enrich your soul.
Include essentials like water and protein and sleep. I hope you might also recall sessions that you have had with me and add tarot reading onto your list.
My self-care list includes: music, dancing, comedy, nature walks, reiki, massage, art films, craft making, costume play with friends, quiet baths, reading spiritual books, and, of course, tarot readings with my community.
For a more in-depth exploration into an art of self care, I am leading my online class in the Art of Tarot Reading on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST starting on April 29th through May 15th. This will likely not be running again for a long time! Hope you can join for this round!
In the months ahead, there are still a few more upcoming courses both online and in-person in Portland, Oregon with the program running below.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Get attentive consideration on the decisions you need to make with an intuition coaching session with me.
Tap into what your own spirit guides need you to learn with a personal tarot reading.
Bring a friend to share in a mystical experience with a Tarot Together session.
Enliven your community with tarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Take care of you and tune into where you need nourishment are as often as possible.
Relish Your Needs,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
April’s Magical Opportunities & Free Tarot Reading
This month has lots of fun opportunities to learn!
My friend and colleague Sasa is running a free online retreat that starts this Monday. I will be speaking at it about the truths and misunderstandings around being psychic and how we are all psychic.
On April 13th, psychic medium Anna Alexander will lead a lesson online and in-person on How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides.
After a long hiatus, I am leading my online class in the Art of Tarot Reading on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST starting on April 29th through May 15th. This will likely not be running again for a long time! Hope you can join for this round!
In the months ahead, there are still a few more upcoming courses both online and in-person in Portland, Oregon with the courses running below.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
A few more days to enjoy the discount that Mercury Retrograde offers you with a 10% discount on sessions with Jenna from now until April 8th using the code RETRO2025
Learn more about your own psychic gift with an intuition coaching session with me.
Tap into what your own spirit guides need you to learn with a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session.
Share the joy of magic with tarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Scroll on for a free tarot reading for the month of April!
Spring Forth,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
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Free Reading for April
While the start of the month is still stuck in retrogrades with the Fool reversed, we are about to swing forward into some fabulous productivity again.
That Fool Card reversed reminds us to stay home and use this last week of Mercury retrograde to wrap up some old projects as we decide to focus on one goal.
The Queen of Wands is ready to fire up the engines and get focused on a project that is ready to finally emerge by the end of this month.
Rather than a new project, this feels like an old dream you are finally ready to realize, although aspects of it could feel like new ground in the learning curve.
The 5 of Wands popped out at the same time as the 3 of Pentacles. There is a team of support who you can call in to make this come to fruition. It seems you have had some conflict either with asking for help or with choosing the right people in the past.
This first half of the month, use the wisdom you have gleaned from this Venus Retrograde to know who around you can really show up, and what your own resistance to support might be tethered to.
If you have had conflict with someone, take the practical steps to work out your differences to make some positive steps forward in your collective efforts.
This combo is also a sign that you are ready to put yourself out there in the competition for something you have always wanted to make happen. Take the leap with confidence!
An Ace of Pentacles win is coming from all this effort. If you put your fire into it and ask for support, you are well on your way to accomplish an important goal this month that brings you a physical benefit.
Stay focused on putting your energy toward a primary goal and see great gains this month!
Sitting and Breathing is Epic
People are often uncomfortable with the big M . . . Meditation.
We presume this is a state of total thought-free freedom . . . and you must be doing it wrong if you catch yourself thinking (not true).
We then use words like Mindfulness to soften the concept.
This other M word can lend to the idea that simply being mildly conscious here and there through the day is fully doing the work. I have found that it doesn’t compare in the results though.
This week, I am going to a 3-day silent Vipassana retreat. This is a form of Buddhist meditation offered all over the world through dhamma.org for only donation payments.
You have to do a 10-day silent sit before you can do the 3-day, and I have done three of those and one 8-day Satipatthana Sutta program.
Even with a lot of practice, I still struggle to sit and meditate routinely. Most people have an internal resistance to it, because the ego is not a fan.
That’s why I am delighted to go back to this practice and hopefully re-integrate a fresh habit into my life.
Why though? What is the point of doing a whole lot of nothing?
The more regularly I do this practice daily, the more peace I find in my heart. I am less reactive and more certain of my path forward. I am often able to be more efficient and clear in my priorities, which makes up enormously for the time it costs to sit and breathe. I usually gain a better grip on my anxiety and ADHD challenges.
I have also found more compassion for myself and others.
I love Pema Chödrön, who says that she loves looking out at the audience of meditators, looking so serene, knowing that within each person there is a mess of struggle going on. (Paraphrased here, of course).
She also says that the moment you realize that you are not focusing on your breath is one of the most powerful moments. Without it, no one would successfully return to meditation.
This weekend, I hope you will consider sitting and breathing with acceptance for whatever comes up for you.
Set a timer if you like and aim for whatever you can, from 5 minutes to a hour.
Focus on your breath
Focus on your sensations in your body
When you realize you are not doing those, simply return to doing so.
Listen to the quiet, or listen to the thoughts from a more objective distance.
Feel your body decompressing from the stress of your day,
or notice how you struggle to relax.
That’s it. Keep it simple.
I find it even more magical when you meditate with a friend, so perhaps include someone in a session together this week.
If you want to learn more about simple yet powerful technologies like this, please sign up for this free online retreat in April that I will be teaching a course at.
Then join the upcoming courses both online and in-person in Portland, Oregon with the courses running below.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
I will also be leading an online class in the Art of Tarot Reading on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm PST starting on April 29th through May 15th. Hope you can join!
This month, Mercury Retrograde offers you a 10% discount on sessions with Jenna from now until April 8th using the code RETRO2025
See how sitting and breathing aligns with psychic gift when you sign up for an intuition coaching session.
Find new clarity on how to make the most of the retrograde season with apersonal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session with me.
Welcome a reader to enliven your community withtarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Be Happy,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Unseen Community Connects Us All
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I love the comedian Josh Johnson. This week, he spoke about the importance of community… How the small efforts that strangers and neighbors take to connect often become meaningful moments in our lives.
I’m still grateful for the woman who comforted me on the bus in New York City when my cat died.
My next door neighbor once pulled a burning chair off of my front porch when a roommate’s cigarette cherry smoldered into a fire.
I appreciate the family across the street who welcomed home a baby daughter the same week I moved in. As she grew up, I knew that was how long I had lived in my house. We’re not close, but I know we watch out for each other.
Sometimes it’s important to think about the people outside our first circle who do care about us. They may not be our best friends or our blood relatives, but they are our community.
Then there are those we form a sense of family with, even if each person is not a part of our core support.
This weekend I’m going to the coast with my costume troupe. The regular members know my ups and downs, my worst and best parts. They are my chosen family of weirdos who dress up in odd outfits together. (See photo) The new guest artists get to see me in that authentic self, even if they don’t know me yet.
Then there’s this unseen community that I have learned about through being a tarot reader.
At the start of every reading, I call in our guardians, guides, angels, and ancestors.
This week, unique phrases emerged from me during a reading, and the querent was familiar because her spirit guide speak in similar quips.
While I am aware of my own guides and enjoy their presence, they are still a mystery to me.
That’s why I’m excited to join local medium Anna Alexander in a lesson -online and in-person- on Sunday, April 13th from 4pm to 6pm on how to better listen to our spirit guides.
Join us to open the door to your own community that watches over you.
They’re already with you, and perhaps it’s time to hear their wisdom more clearly.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details:
In-person part will take place in Southeast Portland
This month, Mercury Retrograde offers you a 10% discount on sessions with Jenna from now until April 8th using the code RETRO2025a
Gain support looking inward more this month with an intuition coaching session.
Find new clarity on how to make the most of the retrograde season with a personal tarot reading.
Deepen community when you witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session with me.
Welcome a reader to enliven your community with tarot or palm readings at your next party with Portlandia Fortune Tellers.
Enjoy Connection,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Triple Goddess Symbol Revealed
One of my favorite people and deck creator of the Disassembled Tarot, Jennifer Steidley, invited me to have a chat with her on an instagram live this week about the Triple Goddess symbol.
Here are some highlights to consider the next time you see this symbol on a shirt, a tattoo, jewelry, or hanging from the wall of a New Age shop.
The triple goddess symbol represents the three phases of life through the feminine divine. Maiden is the waxing moon, Mother is the full moon, and Crone is the waning moon.
I prefer to call this Maiden, Mother, Matriarch, because alliteration is pretty and I don’t know many women who want to be called a crone these days.
Maiden begins from menarche, and Matriarch begins at menopause.
The Mother phase may begin when you have a child. I have personally chosen instead to nurture my community and have raised a few roommates into being chore-capable adults. Maternal instincts are still alive and well in those of us who do not bear or adopt formally.
This symbol was first noted by the writer Robert Graves in regards to European mythology. Persephone is the Maiden who brings us Springtime; Diana as the full moon huntress Mother, and Hecate is the underworld Matriarch.
However, the triple goddess goes back as far as Egypt with Isis, Nephthys, and Hathor representing motherhood, death and love.
Hindu Shaktism has the tridevi of Saraswati (Creativity), Lakshmi (Sustainer / Abundance), and Parvati (destroyer of ego) representing the Mahadevi, or mother goddess.
This can be found in many mythos. The Moirai fates were made up of three female dieties. Clothos spun the thread of your life, Lachesis distributed, and Atropos cut the thread of fate.
The Norns of Nordic mythology were feminine deities of past, present, and future.
The Zorya of Slavic myth presented celestial goddesses of dawn, dusk, and midnight.
Often, a single goddess represents all three elements.
The Morrígan is a Celtic War Goddess who acts as war, death and fate.
Hecate often was presented with three bodies or faces.
Freja can be see and love, war, and the afterlife. Friday is named after this goddess and is considered a day to connect with her energy.
To honor the triple goddess today, I welcome you to do a simple and short meditation for as long as you like.
Sit quietly and empty your lungs just until you crave a breath.
As you inhale, welcome in the sense of beginning with the maiden.
Hold the breath, imagine how the oxygen enters and nourishes your body.
Exhale with gratitude for that which has served your life force. Remember you are releasing all the CO2 and old energy you no longer need.
Do this for as little as 3 breaths, or perhaps set a timer and do this for 3 minutes. Allow this break to help you ponder on the cycles of life with acceptance and grace.
If this felt good for you, make it a Friday ritual.
Speaking of rituals, Mercury Retrograde offers you a 10% discount on the following services from now until April 8th using the code RETRO2025
Get support looking inward more this month with an intuition coaching session.
Get clarity on how to make the most of the phase you are in with a personal tarot reading.
Bring in a friend to witness each other on your most powerful paths in a Tarot Together session with me.
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
We had a great time learning about Palmistry with Sacha last Sunday. All future sessions have an online option for those of you outside the Portland area.
Bring a friend and each of you can use the code 2FORCLASS for 10% off each!
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each montht hrough June
Next Up: April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
In-person sessions will take place in Southeast Portland
Blessed Be,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
Thrive in Venus Retrograde
At the start of March, our view of Venus went Retrograde. First in Aries, and then into Pisces.
After April 12th, our view of the morning star will appear to head in it’s normal path again.
What does this mean? How do we make the most of this?
Venus is aligned with relationships, money, creativity, and beauty. During a retrograde, it’s better to not make any grand shifts in these areas of life. No makeovers or big investment ideas or new relationships for a bit. Take a break from dating apps to return with a fresh approach in mid-April.
This time is excellent to reflect on how issues of the past might be arising in our hearts or showing up again. Consider what we have learned and how we are ready to grow further.
As much as we often see retrogrades as trouble town, they have immense benefits. They are a time to notice what’s not working without trying to fix it. Find a level of objectivity and an openness to evolve in a better direction after.
On another positive note, this is a good time to put the final touches on a creative effort of the past that needs some nurturing. I personally hope to return to writing a book I set aside that I want to finish.
You also can reconsider your budget or realign with what you’re looking for in your relationships. It’s hard to do these things when we’re in the direct swing of things, so take the slow down as an opportunity to restructure a bit.
With Venus in Aries until March 27th, we really want to slow our roll with anything that feels urgent. Put conflicts with others on the shelf. This era can bring confusion and misunderstandings. Ask a clarifying question if there is uncertainty and halt reactions as best you can.
Impulsive is not the solution right now. Pause the online shopping.
Observe your passionate fire and give yourself the inner acknowledgement you need without spinning your poi of fierceness into the world. You will be more effective when you take clear action after mid-April.
For the last two weeks of this retrograde, Venus in Pisces is going to quell that passionate swell into heart-centered waters. Welcome compassion and understanding with those who you love enough to accept despite the frustrations they ignite.
Think of this as a time to get introspective about your values and your personal truth. When it’s over, there is often a burst of positive energy forward as you step back into these areas with a sense of renewal.
If you want to keep things light and fun, come and play in the divination arts with my friends on the 2nd Sunday of each month, starting this weekend!
Join us this Sunday in SE Portland for our Palmistry lesson with Sacha!
Psychic 2nd Sundays with Portlandia Fortune Tellers Experts
Join us for a 2-hour workshop from 4pm to 6pm PST on the 2nd Sunday of each month through June
March 9th: Sacha: Palmistry (In-Person Only)
April 13th: Anna: Communicate with Your Spirit Guides (In-Person and Online)
May 11th: Lynda: Charms Divination (In-Person and Online)
June 8th: Heather: 4 Pillars of Astrology (In-Person and Online
Learn more details here
Get support looking inward during the retrogrades this month with an intuition coaching session.
Dive into the values you are reassessing during an enlightening personal tarot reading.
Enjoy a witness to your journey when you bring in a friend for a Tarot Together session with me.
Love with Curiosity,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
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