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What if your legacy isn’t just what you leave behind - but what you finally choose to stop carrying? Save this for the next time you’re asking, “Is this really mine?”

In this conversation, we explore the Ten of Pentacles, the Ten of Swords, the Hierophant, the Devil, the Tower, and Judgment - not as isolated cards, but as a story about inheritance. We inherit more than family patterns. We inherit institutions, beliefs, built environments, grief, privilege, damage, and ways of seeing the world. Some of it deserves to be preserved. Some of it needs to end with us. The tarot can help us notice the patterns we’re repeating - and, as a Zen teacher once said: once you see a pattern, its days are numbered.

We may not be able to control the whole system. But we can become more conscious of what we’re passing on. Between the angel and the juggler, we find the dance: staying awake while learning how to wobble through an imperfect world. What are you carrying that might not be yours to pass on?

Today's episode is dedicated to Marybeth Roden - generous friend and teacher to so many of us. We miss you, Marybeth.