Robes of Light

Season 4 | Episode 5: The Broom, The Bucket, & the Anchoress

We've entered the Crucible, the mid-spring threshold of the annual Solar Story where the heat and pressure burn away what no longer serves. In this lunation retrospective, Cassidy and Susan dive into their Dixit storytelling cards: a weary bucket and a bossy broom, a child sailing alone through a storm, an astronaut monkey glimpsing multidimensional reality. Listen in to their conversation about the inner work of this season. In this episode: - The value of slowing down to navigate consciously - The inner masculine/feminine dialogue with six months of tracking the animus through dreams - The paradox of creativity: why we must take play seriously - Real-time synchronicities caught live on recording - The 13th century anchoress tradition, and what it reframes about "public life" 📷 See the Dixit card images in the show notes at RobesofLight.com ✉️ Send us your speech bubbles for the broom and the bucket 🎟️ Spring Show replay now available — 35% off with code MIDSPRING26 Robes of Light is a podcast for the serious spiritual practitioner — tracking the symbolic language of the soul through an annual heroic journey. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm Ⓐ Episode description courtesy of Claude

Season 4 | Episode 4: Questing! Slowly.

Today's conversation finds us in the approach to the inmost cave—the charged midpoint between spring equinox and May 1st where the quest gets real. In this episode we look back on chapter four of our annual heroic journey, unpacking our Dixit storytelling cards and the themes that surfaced along the way. We explore ancestral karma clearing, the integration of suppressed rage, and what it means to be both the seeker and the sought after—the hero climbing the cliffside and the red-eyed monster waiting in the cave. We talk about how surprisingly simple practices—an Altoids tin prayer box, three minutes of breathwork—can become unexpected keys to unlocking inherited patterns that go back generations, or lifetimes. We also zoom out to bigger threads: the archetype of Emergence, the return of the priestess, and how our Lunar Cartomancy praxis helps us attune to the soul's evolutionary intentions, one chapter at a time. Show notes & Dixit card images available on the Tune In page at www.RobesofLight.com Our spring equinox seasonal show is available for purchase and replay on our homepage. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm 📝 Show Notes on the "Tune In" page at www.RobesofLight.com Ⓐ Episode description courtesy of Claude Sonnet

Season 4 | Episode 3: On Exigency, or The Things that Crinkle Your Heart

In this conversation, Susan and Cassidy explore **exigency**—that which you cannot remain silent about—and discover why following your inner compass matters more than any external tool. In this episode: - How Western astrology often reads like you'll be "clobbered" by your chart (and what changes when you've done your psycho-spiritual work) - The difference between fate (cards you're dealt) and destiny (how you play your game) - Cassidy's unexpected open mic poetry performance at Gypsy Coffee House - Susan's Substack writing about "things that crinkle my heart" - Why women speaking from the heart is as revolutionary as political activism - Quest questions emerging: wild medicine, divine romance, and the postmodern priestess - Red balloons, Bodhisattva prayers, and the truth that we're not healed until everyone is healed Core teaching: Don't mistake the tool for the goal. Stay in liminal space long enough for emergence. Recognize when experiences arise to serve—even when they're not what you expected. We're nearing the end of Question season in our Heroic Journey framework. 📣 Announcements: - Spring Equinox approaches with our 3-hour Collective Cartomancy Field Reading (March 20; recording available). - Robes of Light Membership doors are open only for 2 weeks before equinox/solstice. - Free MVP Challenge (120-day spiritual practice) starts April 1 - Find out more at www.RobesofLight.com 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm 📝 Show Notes on the "Tune In" page at www.RobesofLight.com Ⓐ Episode description courtesy of Claude Sonnet

Season 4 | Episode 2: From the Deep Freeze to Creative Emergence

Join us as we transition from winter's stillness into early spring's creative stirrings. We geek out on our Visionary New Year collage breakthroughs, the surprising journey of making a sacred talking stick, and how creative collaboration feels like—or maybe even better than—winning the lottery. We explore how tools like collages and cards train attention toward the sacred, and what happens when the inner voice that will not be silenced finally picks up the pen. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm 📝  Show Notes at www.RobesofLight.com --> "Tune In" 🚪 Spring Equinox registration opens March 6th

Season 4 | Episode 1: “Hi, Shadow!” or, the Art of Incarnation

Happy New Year—or as we say, Happy New Solar Story! We're back kicking off our 4th season! In this episode: - Why we measure success by showing up authentically and consistently - How our Solar Story framework has evolved through years of experimentation - The profound difference between surviving challenges and dancing with them consciously - A toddler's wisdom that might be the best teaching on shadow work we've ever heard - Why rest is actually productive - The sacred art of transitions, endings, and holding space for what's liminal - How your life is literally a work of art—shadows and all We also get into Dixit cards as tools for spiritual initiation, the belly of the whale, and why normalizing conversations about death might be one of the most loving things we can do. Whether you've been with us since Season 1 or you're just finding us now, welcome. Pour yourself something warm, settle in, and join the conversation. This is what spiritual wisdom sounds like between friends. 📝  Show notes with Dixit card visuals: www.RobesofLight.com -> “Tune In” 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm