Tarot and Evening Primrose
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 introducing you to evening primrose — a luminous, moonlit flower that blooms at twilight and reminds us to honor cycles, transitions, and deep intuition. I’ll share how this tender, resilient plant helps us reconnect with our inner creativity and embrace change with grace. You’ll also hear about the tarot archetypes evening primrose aligns with and learn practical, magical ways to work with this gentle ally in your daily life.
What we explore in this episode:
What evening primrose is and its enchanting twilight bloom
Which tarot cards and astrological energies evening primrose resonates with
Practical ways to work with evening primrose in ritual, gardening, and daily life
💐 Meet the Plant Ally: Evening Primrose
Evening primrose is a tall, moon-loving biennial with soft yellow, four-petaled blossoms that open at dusk and perfume the night air. It’s known for its soothing, balancing energy and its ability to thrive in tough, sandy soils, teaching us resilience and the beauty of unfolding in our own time.
Associated with calming inflammation and supporting hormonal balance, evening primrose reminds us to tend to our inner landscapes as tenderly as we do the outer.
🔮 Evening Primrose & Tarot
Evening primrose resonates with tarot archetypes that honor cycles, intuition, and creative rebirth:
The High Priestess — embodying moon magic, deep inner knowing, and the mysteries of the subconscious.
The Moon — guiding us through shadow work, transitions, and trusting the unseen.
The Magician — inspiring creativity and the unlocking of inner potential, especially under moonlit clarity.
Death — supporting transformation, release, and the courage to enter new chapters.
Astrologically, evening primrose is deeply tied to the Moon and lunar goddesses like Diana, inviting us to honor slow unfolding and intuitive guidance.
🌿 Plant Magic & Energetics
Edible & Herbal Uses:
The plant’s oil is known for its skin-loving and hormone-balancing qualities, often used in beauty products or taken as a supplement (always consult a professional before ingesting!). Roots and leaves can be prepared like veggies, though caution and local expertise are encouraged.
Ritual Use:
Work with evening primrose during moon rituals to support emotional healing and creative intentions.
Add the flowers or oil to beauty or self-love rituals to connect with your inner radiance.
Use it on your altar to honor lunar cycles and embrace new phases in life.
Gardening & Offerings:
Evening primrose is self-seeding and hardy, symbolizing resilience and gentle expansion.
Plant it to stabilize soil and attract moths and nocturnal pollinators, inviting moonlit magic to your garden.
Offer thanks when harvesting flowers or seeds, recognizing the plant’s spirit as a living teacher.
Energetic Properties:
Supports emotional balance and calm during transitions.
Enhances intuition and encourages trusting your inner wisdom.
Helps move stagnant energy, inviting in new creative flow and transformation.
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 The Goddess of Love Tarot Deck, I pulled the Six of Swords (upright).
This card represents moving away from pain and turbulence into calmer waters, echoing evening primrose’s soothing, guiding energy. It invites us to rest, find stillness, and navigate change with compassion for ourselves and others.
Reflective prompts on this card:
What old stories or wounds are you ready to leave behind?
Where in your life are you being invited to trust the transition process?
How can you create more softness and ease as you move forward?
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: If you’re Local to the Greater Puget Sound area, check out the 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.
July 10, 7:00 PM | Thresholds Collective, South Tacoma
Join us to celebrate the full moon in sacred community. We’ll gather to connect, reflect, and honor our cycles under the moonlight together.
🏳️🌈 Tacoma Pride Tarot Card Crafting
July 12, 12:00- 6:00 PM | Wright Park, Tacoma
Come say hi during Tacoma Pride! Stop by my table to craft your own tarot card, chat tarot and witchcraft, and grab an Everyday Tarot podcast sticker!
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!
Let’s Talk Tarot Meetup: If you’re Local to the Greater Puget Sound area, check out the 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.
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