Yaaas Chef! A Tarot Reading for Mama Bear Sydney
spoilers below
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spoilers below 📺
June’s new moon in Cancer fittingly aligned with the release of FX’s The Bear Season 4. If you're a fan of The Bear, then you know this show is all about the FEELS. If you're a fan of astrology, then you know the sign of Cancer is too! Highly climactic, funny, fiery, and tender, The Bear surfs the full spectrum of emotional waves with cinematic beauty.
We used to show more restraint around bingeing our favorites. I wish I could say I savored this season but we ate it up in less than a week. What's your last bingeworthy show?
I've been inspired to create a sample tarot reading summary to acquaint you all with the experience. A reading with me always includes:
📸 photos of your curated altar and tarot card spread
📝 a written summary to reflect on again and again
💖 self care recommendations based upon your personalized messages and elemental correspondence to the cards
🎶 And a music playlist!
In lieu of creating a mock summary for a real person, I thought the creative exercise was better suited for a tv character.
Ayo Edibiri's character Chef Sydney Adamu got read! I love seeing a fellow Black Boston gal shine! Plus, it’s a treat to see my second home Chicago, as the backdrop and the food scene here get it’s flowers.
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Cards
The 7 of Cups presents choices imbued with emotion for you and impactful people in your orbit. You’ve weighed the pros and cons, and every possible outcome you could think of. Now that you’ve made your decision, are you grappling with it? Have you made the “right” choice? Only you will know! 7s relate to The Chariot, emotional navigation and the direction this choice will take you. Reflect on your motivations for affirmation, like a found sense of belonging.
You used to feel like a fish out of water but the 3 of Pentacles evokes dutiful partnership. Your team or work family drive you (a little nuts) to succeed. You’re no longer “going it alone”! Fear of failure is shared. You don’t have to carry the entirety of that weight. You also have a team in spirit sending support and guidance. Dreams played a pivotal role in making this big decision. Performing is a connection that you share with your late mother. Instead of the theatre, the kitchen is the collaborative stage for your imagination to thrive. Play the roles that feel most authentic for you.
The Queen of Wands affirms the passionate and confident leader that you are. Sydney you’re the Mama Bear! You cultivate environments and relationships with warmth, compassion, and creativity. You recognize the talent in others, then contribute to their personal development. You have an insatiability for both communal and culinary balance. You’re fiery and naturally want to move swiftly, so watch where impatience arises. Your fire needs tending in order to offer fuel for others, lest you burnout. Palate cleansers and connecting to your roots will keep you inspired and reminded of your innate power.
Altar
Passion, Creativity & Pride
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Ebony is an iconic Black magazine founded in Chicago in 1945 by the Johnson Publishing Company. Co-founder Eunice W. Johnson directed and produced Ebony Fashion Fair to celebrate Black style and empower Black Americans.
The historic 1997 Million Woman March was a grassroots protest and march founded by Sis. Empress Philé Chionesu. The purpose was to rally and inspire Black women to work together to improve conditions for their lives and families. *Sydney wore a Million Woman March tee.
Flowers & Herbs
Three blooms placed in a cocktail glass for harmonious, earthy collaboration. Lavender for calm and Turmeric for heart health ❤️
Crystals & Trinkets
selenite for clarity, pyrite for abundance, angelite for ancestor connection, shell for the moon, gummy worm for play, vintage bell for healing relationship with time, burning candle for lighting a fire for the next phase.
Recommendations
ALTAR
Create a money and/or abundance altar with fresh flowers and herbs.
COOK
Create a dish that takes time and patience. Make something that’s just for you!
CONSIDER
Consider taking your cousin up on a new braid style. A new look could be supportive for the next phase.
JOURNAL
Keep a dream journal to capture any messages from spirit.
ARTIST DATE
Take yourself on an artist date to do exactly what you feel like doing. Get inspired, fill your cup!
MEDITATION
Visually, the 7 of Emotions and the 3 of Materials mirror one another showing the path chosen is bound to be windy but intertwined with collaborators. Love that the 3 is also nodding to your hairstyle which has been a comfortable constant for you amidst plenty of chaos in areas of your life. The figure in the 7 is unsure, the trio in the 3 are focused, while the Queen is poised. Their eyes are closed and they exude confidence for whatever might be ahead. They’re resourced and connected to the parts of themselves that bring contentment.
❤️ DeYandré
Are you interested in booking a reading? Click here! Questions? Tarot or The Bear ponderings? Please email me at stylephases@deyandre.com. If you enjoyed the reading, subscribe to my newsletter to be the first to receive more musings where pop culture intersects with mysticism. It’s kinda my thing!
Shoutout to my dear friend Depy Zepo for the gorgeous selenite, evil eye pyramid and the sweet teeny floral dish on Sydney’s altar! And to my pal Helenor for the synthrock jam “Bad2” that clinched Syd’s playlist. The cards pictured are The Muse Tarot deck by Chris-Anne. Check them all out 🧿🎶✨🧿🎶✨🧿🎶✨🧿🎶✨ zero regrets!