Jill Dawson

In the latest installment of Tarot DMs, we let a giant Rider-Waite-Smith deck steer a fascinating conversation with award-winning novelist and certified Jungian tarot reader, Jill Dawson, about her newest book, Pixie. Reclaiming the often-misunderstood life of Pamela Colman Smith, the visionary artist behind tarot's most iconic imagery, Jill uses the cards to explore her own creative process. The reading certainly didn't hold back, serving up The Tower to discuss the psychology of catastrophe in her storytelling, the Knight of Wands to reveal how travel sparks her writing synchronicities, and the Seven of Wands to highlight her fierce drive to defend sidelined historical figures with her pen. Packed with brilliant insights from her forty years of working with the cards, and ending with a delightfully nonchalant Page of Cups passed on as a gift for our next guest, this is a chat you won't want to miss.

Head over to the full post on Tarot DMs to read the conversation, and be sure to check out Pixie and jilldawson.co.uk for more of her incredible work.