eady to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.

This week, Sarah welcomes back writer, educator, death worker, astrologer, and Many Moons 2027 contributor Fariha Róisín to the podcast. Sarah recently took Fariha’s Grief Studies class, and the two go deep on what grief really is, why it’s tied to love, and how it can become a gateway to healing, accountability, and decolonization. From there, the conversation moves into energy work, magic, and Fariha’s devotion to Mary Magdalene, a thread that connects to the 2027 planner and the High Priestess year ahead.

Please take care of yourself! This conversation touches on childhood trauma, family harm, abuse, and the violence of the current moment, including Gaza. Feel free to skip ahead if you need to.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• How Grief Studies was born in 2024 out of collective grief, and why Fariha never planned to teach it more than once
• Why grief isn’t just sadness: its ties to love, trauma, and even the animal kingdom
• Why anger is so often mourning in disguise, and how seeing it that way gives us more room to hold it
• What it means to be the “emotional sponge” in your family system, and how many sensitive kids grow up to become facilitators, therapists, and artists
• How grief can be a bridge to decolonization, and why decolonizing starts with humility
• Why we need real spaces to be vulnerable, and the hidden cost of comfort, avoidance, and outsourcing every hard feeling to a therapist
• How to stay grounded in a spiritual world that can breed bypassing and ego
• How qigong and Reiki taught Fariha that energy is always available, and why she says to use our magic tools for revolution
• Fariha’s introduction to Mary Magdalene, the overlap between Magdalene and Mother Mary, the Black Madonnas, and what it means to become a Magdalene devotee

References:

• You can read Wendell Berry’s poem “Questionnaire” HERE

More on Fariha:

Born in Ontario, Canada, they were raised in Sydney, Australia, and are based in Los Angeles, California. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, they are interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. Their work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed conversation about wellness, contemporary Islam, degrowth and queer identities and has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Vice, Village Voice, and others.

Róisín has published a book of poetry entitled How To Cure A Ghost (Abrams), a journal called Being In Your Body (Abrams), and a novel named Like A Bird (Unnamed Press) which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, Globe and Mail, Harper’s Bazaar, a must-read by Buzzfeed News and received a starred review by the Library Journal. Their first work of non-fiction Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who it Leaves Behind (HarperWave) was released in 2022, and their second book of poetry Survival Takes A Wild Imagination came out Fall of 2023.

Substack "How To Cure A Ghost" and IG @fariha_roisin

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Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the spiritual deep dives on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE.

Feeling stuck? In this solo episode, Sarah explains why the present is the future: everything you repeatedly think, say, do, and react to is already building tomorrow.

Drawing on the 40-day, 30% experiment, a few playful games, and stories from her own life, she shows you how to get unstuck at a pace your nervous system can handle.

Along the way, Sarah offers a few gentle reminders: don’t wait until you’re “healed” to begin, you become by doing, and you can believe in your own dreams just as easily as you believe in everyone else’s.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why “the present is the future,” and how pushing your desires into “later” keeps you stuck
• How repeating the same inputs and reactions creates the hamster wheel feeling, and why your reactions are where unconscious patterning becomes visible
• Why waiting to be “more healed” before you act has it backwards, and how you become the thing by doing different things
• Sarah’s story of going from a shut-in in her 20s to guiding courses with up to 150 people, and why she didn’t wait until she felt ready
• The 40-day, 30% experiment: you can’t change 100% at once, but you can shift 30% of your behavior, posture, breath, and especially your reactions
• How to make change a game, with five easy different choices you can make today, one room to redecorate, or 20 minutes of writing a day
• Why we give so much belief to other people’s dreams but not our own, and how to become your own “possibility model”
• Why a breakdown can become a breakthrough, and the question to ask your future self when you’re ready for hard mode

The future isn’t somewhere you arrive. It’s who you’re becoming right now.

Ready to bring intention and magic into 2027? Love all the Tarot talk on this pod? Pre-order your copy of the 2027 Many Moons Lunar Planner HERE to get the good good.

But wait! 2026 isn't over. If you're interested in recalibrating your energy, refining your vision, and reconnecting with your inner magic before we head into 2027 consider revisiting the Our Year Ahead: Energies & Archetypes Class HERE

In the third and final episode of this series, Sarah shifts from the collective cards of 2026 to your personal card of the year. Using her own card, strength, as the example, she shows how to go beyond simply knowing your card and start working with it. Along the way, Sarah offers a few gentle reminders: don't perform the card, don't obsessively hunt for signs, and let life teach you what the cards mean.

Please take care of yourself! Sarah speaks candidly about a very hard personal season, including illness, heartbreak, and divorce. Feel free to skip ahead if you need to.

In this episode you'll hear:

• How to find your personal card of the year and look back at where its themes have already shown up in your life
• Why alter egos (hello, Sasha Fierce) can help you shift and grow
• Why you don't need to believe in tarot for archetypes to be useful, and how plants, animals, colors, and even a robin at your morning tea can carry archetypal medicine
• Why knowing your card isn't the same as working with it
• How to turn symbolism into behavior
• The minor arcana secret for when you're asking "what do I do?" and how the eights (wands, pentacles, swords, and cups) offer direction when the majors feel overwhelming
• Why the majors are what happens to us and the minors are what happens through us

Resources Mentioned:

• All About the 8 of Swords: Plugging Back In, Collaborating with the Ego, and the Power of Non-Duality

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