The Tarot Apothecary: Shifting Personal Energies Using Tarot, Aromatherapy, and Simple Everyday Rituals

by Ailynn Halvorson

Create meaningful change and live the life you've always wanted with Ailynn Halvorson's unique tarot apothecary approach. By combining the wisdom of tarot, aromatherapy, meditation, and everyday ritual, you can build a magical practice in alignment with your soul.

Ailynn shows you how to use numerology to discover which cards reflect your true identity and what challenges to expect in the coming year. She also helps you embrace powerful tarot archetypes with plant allies, crystals, and altar decorations that support your goals and allow you to grow. With Ailynn's guidance, you can make customized mantras, essential oil blends, and teas to nurture a desired shift in your personal energy. This book teaches you how to honor your own magic, take control of your life, and achieve the transformation you've been seeking.

Genres: Tarot, Spirituality

320 pages, Paperback

Published November 8, 2022

Reviews

[Paola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you need another book on Tarot? If you read tarot, the chances are that you’re addicted to reading about it - and the choice of titles on the subject is huge. But this is no ordinary Tarot book: if you’re looking for a kind of ‘quick and easy Tarot’ manual to spoon feed you keywords to make sense of a Celtic Cross, look elsewhere. This is an Apothecary, a compendium, a grimoire, a chest full of magical tools to enrich your Tarot practice and expand your knowledge into a myriad of directions.

Published by Llewellyn, one of the biggest publishers in the esoteric field, The Tarot Apothecary is the first work by Ailynn Halvorson, a professional Tarot reader, aromatherapist and herbalist expert with years of experience practising and teaching everything magical. This book reflects Ailynn’s multifaceted perspective on the subject, with chapters on archetypes, numerology, essential oils and rituals. Like one of Ailynn’s famous teas, every section is turn jam-packed with detail, bringing in elements, crystals, herbs and numerology information for every Major Arcana. Did I mention that this is no ordinary book on Tarot?

The Tarot Apothecary is great to read from cover to cover, but it will really shine as a ‘go-to’ reference book for all tarot students and practitioners, as the kind of book that will make your readings ‘pop’ and transcend. If you are looking to elevate your Tarot practice, this book will certainly propel you to the next level.

[Bonnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Tarot Apocathecary is a 305-page book that acts as a guide for working with Tarot archetypes, meditation, numerology, essential oils, crystals, mantras, and magical teas. I really appreciate the subtitle that Halvorson used for her book – especially using the term “shifting personal energies”. This is a conscious shifting, an expansion of how the reader sees themselves and the energy around them. In her introduction, Halvorson makes it very clear that it is up to each individual to decide how they want to work with different energies.

The book is divided into three parts: Part 1 – Discovering Self and the Energies That Surround You, addresses The Tarot Apocathery Approach, the Tarot Archetypes, The Power of Numerology, and Elemental Energies and the Archetypes. Part 2 – Pulling It All Together, addresses An Introduction To Essential Oils, Blending Essential Oils, Adding Crystals and Gemstones, Mantras, and Creating Simple Everyday Ritual. Part 3 – What’s Next, addresses Expanding The Tarot Apocathery Approach and Introducing The Apothecary Approach to Others.

Some of the wisdom in this book includes simple rituals with the Queens, messages from each card (as well as the card meaning (including the downside)), the energy of each card, and how to include essential oils, elemental energy, and working with your community.

The Appendix includes a guide to essential oils that includes their Element, Plant Part, Blending Note, Scent Group, Plant Family, Extraction Method, and Precautions.

At the end of the book is a listing of resources.

This book is an amazing tool for personal growth for any individual, using numerous avenues to expand individual awareness and knowledge.

[LittleRead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being an aromatherapist who reads tarot and has an interest in herbs, teas and crystals, this book is a great one for me. I like bringing all together. While it’s not an encyclopedia of all things, it’s a great introduction for combining these and extending your skills as you transform. I would recommend this for a great introduction to the topics for anyone interested.

[JadersCorner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This tarot books takes a more modern take on tarot, following the very popular spirituality trend. It has a lot of valuable knowledge. Again if this aligns with your values and tarot systems. It’s well written.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was a interesting read and keep in my shelves.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! It’s so caring and thoughtfully written. Full of wonderful insights, the author gives you hands-on tools and knowledge that you can begin applying to your own life right away, no matter what your background knowledge is on any of the topics she covers.

There’s something in the Tarot Apothecary for everyone, from beginner to advanced tarot readers. The author weaves layers and layers of information together and connects multiple divinatory and spiritual disciplines, from tarot and tarot archetypes to numerology to crystals to herbology to astrology, and wraps them all up with the soothing and healing rituals of aromatherapy.

I will be keeping this close by and referring to it regularly in my daily self-care and spiritual practices. Highly recommend!