Tarot and Calendula
Welcome to Season 11 of Every Day Tarot! This season, we’re exploring the fascinating connections between Tarot and plant allies.
In today’s episode, I’m inviting you to meet the calendula—a bright, sunny plant ally known for its gentle yet powerful healing, warmth, and protective energy. We’ll explore how calendula can help us embrace optimism, celebrate our creative expression, and tend to ourselves and our communities with love and care.
What we explore in this episode:
What calendula is and its herbal, magical, and energetic qualities
Which tarot cards and archetypes resonate with calendula’s spirit
Practical ways to work with calendula in self-care, ritual, and everyday life
💐 Meet the Plant Ally: Calendula
Calendula (Calendula officinalis), also known as pot marigold, is a hardy, vibrant flower with cheerful orange and yellow blooms. Often one of the first flowers to bloom in spring, calendula is beloved in gardens for its resilience, self-seeding abundance, and sunny energy.
Calendula is a classic skin healer—gentle, soothing, and protective. It supports wound healing, reduces inflammation, and helps clear congested lymph and digestive systems. Energetically, calendula embodies warmth, joy, and supportive care, often described as the “mom friend” of the plant world: always checking in, reminding us to drink water, and making sure we’re okay.
Calendula encourages us to step into our brightness unapologetically and to share our gifts generously.
🔮 Calendula & Tarot
Calendula aligns with tarot archetypes of celebration, gentle transformation, and balance.
Temperance — for its embodiment of balance, gentle healing, and wise self-regulation.
Judgment — supporting us in awakening to our true selves and embracing clarity and consciousness.
Four of Wands — representing community, celebration, joy, and finding belonging.
Calendula teaches us to honor the slow, steady processes of healing and to celebrate ourselves and our communities in small and big ways.
🌿 Plant Magic & Energetics
Edible & Herbal Uses:
Infused oils or salves for skin soothing and wound healing
Gentle hydrosols or face oils (like in daily cleansing routines)
Bath blends, bath bombs, or bath salts for softening and comforting rituals
Ritual Use:
Use dried calendula petals in garlands, altars, or protection talismans
Incorporate in home protection bundles (paired with other herbs and crystals)Celebrate seasonal transitions and solar festivals, like Beltane or midsummer, with calendula offerings
Gardening & Offerings:
Share calendula seeds as a gift of abundance and warmth
Plant near doorways or garden edges to create a joyful, protective energetic barrier
Leave petals as offerings to spirits, ancestors, or deities for gratitude and blessings
Energetic Properties:
Encourages us to step fully into our joy
Holds a protective energy that feels more like a comforting embrace
Remind us of light returning after darkness, helping us rekindle hope and optimism when we feel stuck or dimmed
If you haven't listened to my other seasons yet, go check them out!
Season 1 - Tarot basics
Seasons 2 & 3 - Major Arcana and 4 suits
Season 4 - Tarot in Pop Culture
Season 5 - Tarot Spreads
Season 6 - Suit of Wands
Season 7 - Suit of Pentacles
Season 8 - Suit of Swords
Season 9 - Suit of Cups
Season 10- Tarot and Witchcraft
💭Today's Tarot Pull:
From Anima Mundi Tarot Deck by Megan Wyreweden, I pulled the Two of Wands (reversed).
The reversed Two of Wands invites us to reflect on where we might be hesitating to step forward, feeling disorganized, or holding ourselves back from growth and adventure. Calendula gently reminds us to plan with intention, to prepare our next steps mindfully, and to trust that it’s okay to move at a steady, grounded pace.
Reflective prompts on this card:
Where am I avoiding stepping into something new because of fear or uncertainty?
How can I nurture myself as I plan my next big move or creative endeavor?
What small steps can I take today to prepare for the growth and adventure I crave?
A 12-Week Tarot for Transformation Journey
This summer, I’m inviting you to join me for a 12-week live course based on Tarot for Transformation!
We’ll spend three months together, working through the major arcana as archetypal guides. Each week, we’ll:
Focus on one major arcana card and the life themes it highlights.
Explore journaling prompts and exercises from Dreya Blume’s book.
Share experiences and support each other in a safe, witchy, and affirming space.
Participate in live one-hour calls (with replays available if you can’t join live).
This is not just about learning tarot — it’s about using tarot as a vessel for real, meaningful change in your life.
If you've ever longed for a supportive community to explore big personal shifts, or if you’re ready to commit to discovering your most authentic self, this journey is for you.
You can sign up to receive more information (no FOMO!). We’re planning to begin at the end of August, so there’s plenty of time to get ready.
Upcoming Events:
Let’s Talk Tarot Meetup group. Our next event is July 27th from 1-3pm. We’ll be meeting up at the Old Hangout, a Tiki lounge, at the Elks Lodge McMenamins and talking all things tarot! Bring your tarot cards, your questions, and your tarot obsession.
Ways to Connect & Support:
Thanks so much for those who were able to attend my VIRTUAL tarot card creation event last week. If you signed up but were unable to make it to the live event, you should have the replay of the event recording, the PDF I made with my step-by-step process. Check your emails!
If you weren’t able to attend live and didn’t register in time, you can go ahead and get my full hour long recording with my step by step method, examples of the tarot cards I’ve created, journaling questions, and PDF to walk you through it for just $33. Click here to purchase now!
I’m going to be offering a 12-week Tarot for Transformation Live course this summer where we will be deep diving into the Major Arcana to Discover Our Best Selves and Create a Life Worth Living. If you’re interested, sign up here for more information!
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