The Real World Tarot Podcast https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com A woman sat down across from me at a Renaissance Festival and asked about her writer's block. The cards didn't say a word about her book. They said: go to the doctor. Tomorrow. Whatever is going on in your lower abdomen, deal with it now. She came back a year later with a bouquet of flowers and the book she wrote about surviving stage four ovarian cancer.

That's what tarot actually does when you use it right.

The Real World Tarot Podcast is your weekly guide to the most practical, purposeful, and honest tarot system ever created. The Functional Tarot deck has 84 cards, six more than any traditional deck, including Process, Purpose, Passion, Envy, Adventure, and Meditation cards, plus an entirely new suit: the Suit of Voices, built specifically to help you find and live your full purpose through your work and your lifetime.

Every episode, we go deep on what the cards are actually saying, how to read them with honesty and precision, and how this ancient system can give you the insight, clarity, and direction you've been looking for, not someday, but right now.

If you want fortune-telling, this isn't your show. If you want to know yourself better, act with more purpose, and finally stop waiting to live the life you're meant to live, pull up a chair. The cards are ready.

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:03:00 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality:Spirituality 1440 episodic Izolda Trakhtenberg Izolda Trakhtenberg No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22453887/real_world_tarot_podcast_blue_coverbp8lw.jpg The Real World Tarot Podcast https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com 144 144 The Emperor's Real Success The Emperor's Real Success https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-emperors-real-success/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-emperors-real-success/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/a82f5462-332a-34f1-b575-a9ef185bc332 He sits on a throne built to outlast him, holding a pearl in one hand and an ankh in the other. That's The Emperor. He represents traditional success, authority, and achievement. But this episode isn't just about winning. It's about what you do once you've won.

You'll hear a reading where a business owner deciding who to sell his company to had to weigh growth against the people who'd built it with him. You'll learn why real success, for the Emperor, was never only about the throne, and how to hold ambition and care at the same time instead of trading one for the other.

Want to work with The Emperor yourself to build real, lasting success? Reach out. I'd love to set you up with a deck of your own.

 

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]]> He sits on a throne built to outlast him, holding a pearl in one hand and an ankh in the other. That's The Emperor. He represents traditional success, authority, and achievement. But this episode isn't just about winning. It's about what you do once you've won.

You'll hear a reading where a business owner deciding who to sell his company to had to weigh growth against the people who'd built it with him. You'll learn why real success, for the Emperor, was never only about the throne, and how to hold ambition and care at the same time instead of trading one for the other.

Want to work with The Emperor yourself to build real, lasting success? Reach out. I'd love to set you up with a deck of your own.

 

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]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 502 7 full Bounty Doesn't Arrive by Accident-The Empress Card Bounty Doesn't Arrive by Accident-The Empress Card https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/bounty-doesnt-arrive-by-accident-the-empress-card/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/bounty-doesnt-arrive-by-accident-the-empress-card/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/045c0141-26fd-3e91-901a-2ff3bf681ae0 She sits in a field in full bloom, and it looks effortless. It isn't. That's The Empress: the mothering aspect in all of us, biological or not, asking you to nourish whatever you love: your dreams, your people, or yourself.

In this episode, you'll hear a reading where a woman working through her ability to have children reached for the Empress card on her own, at the exact moment she needed to be reminded that mothering was never only about biology. You'll learn what it actually takes to get from planted seed to luscious fruit, and why the harvest always hides the tending behind it.

 

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]]> She sits in a field in full bloom, and it looks effortless. It isn't. That's The Empress: the mothering aspect in all of us, biological or not, asking you to nourish whatever you love: your dreams, your people, or yourself.

In this episode, you'll hear a reading where a woman working through her ability to have children reached for the Empress card on her own, at the exact moment she needed to be reminded that mothering was never only about biology. You'll learn what it actually takes to get from planted seed to luscious fruit, and why the harvest always hides the tending behind it.

 

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]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 361 6 full The High Priestess's Secret to Getting Unstuck The High Priestess's Secret to Getting Unstuck https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-high-priestesss-secret-to-getting-unstuck/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-high-priestesss-secret-to-getting-unstuck/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/8426680c-2597-37d3-808f-d5838240a0a4 Picture two columns, one black, one white, and a woman between them who isn't in a hurry to tell you what she knows. That's The High Priestess: fiercely independent, sure of herself, and often too self-contained to ask for help when she needs it.

In this episode, you'll hear a real reading where a woman drew this card reversed, and it uncovered a conversation she'd been avoiding with her mother for six years. You'll learn why staying quiet about what we need can quietly cost us the growth we're after, and what it actually takes to break out of the hamster wheel of "safe but stuck."

Want to work with The High Priestess yourself? Reach out. I'd love to set you up with a deck of your own.

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]]> Picture two columns, one black, one white, and a woman between them who isn't in a hurry to tell you what she knows. That's The High Priestess: fiercely independent, sure of herself, and often too self-contained to ask for help when she needs it.

In this episode, you'll hear a real reading where a woman drew this card reversed, and it uncovered a conversation she'd been avoiding with her mother for six years. You'll learn why staying quiet about what we need can quietly cost us the growth we're after, and what it actually takes to break out of the hamster wheel of "safe but stuck."

Want to work with The High Priestess yourself? Reach out. I'd love to set you up with a deck of your own.

Follow the podcast's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realworldtarot/

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]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 677 5 full How to Work with the Magician and Your Card for the Week How to Work with the Magician and Your Card for the Week https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/how-to-work-with-the-magician-and-your-card-for-the-week/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/how-to-work-with-the-magician-and-your-card-for-the-week/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/8171c694-a160-3cb2-8b98-02f98ff82aef This card makes me nervous whenever I choose it but not for the reason you might think. It calls on you to own your sh*t and know your sh*t. Not always simple but always good for you.

]]> This card makes me nervous whenever I choose it but not for the reason you might think. It calls on you to own your sh*t and know your sh*t. Not always simple but always good for you.

]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 716 4 full The Fool: The Leap Before the Beginning The Fool: The Leap Before the Beginning https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-fool-the-leap-before-the-beginning/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-fool-the-leap-before-the-beginning/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/af1f94af-cfa5-33e9-b40d-06755cb266c0 This episode asks the question most of us avoid: can you stay hopeful when the world gives you every reason not to? A young man on an endless beach, saving starfish one at a time, and the TV show Angel have the answer, and it might change how you handle your very next moment of frustration.

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]]> This episode asks the question most of us avoid: can you stay hopeful when the world gives you every reason not to? A young man on an endless beach, saving starfish one at a time, and the TV show Angel have the answer, and it might change how you handle your very next moment of frustration.

Follow the podcast's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realworldtarot/

Book Your Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/izoldat/discovery-call

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]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 543 3 full The Self-Knowledge System Thousands of Readings Built The Self-Knowledge System Thousands of Readings Built https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-self-knowledge-system-thousands-of-readings-built/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/the-self-knowledge-system-thousands-of-readings-built/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:03:00 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/06838c94-76cd-3681-9f3e-da8e7be70a22 What if the answers you already know are waiting behind a system most people have never encountered? The Real World Tarot isn't fortune-telling. it's a 98-card secular self-knowledge framework built for seekers who want clarity, not mysticism. In this episode, Izolda reveals why she expanded traditional tarot beyond 78 cards, introducing six new Major Arcana cards and the original Suit of Voices, plus a true story of a skeptic whose reading led him to finally act on a health warning his doctors had given him for years. You'll walk away with simple, practical exercises for naming stuck feelings, working with envy as a signal, and hearing your own authentic voice. Thousands of readings taught Izolda what this deck can do. Now it's your turn to find out.

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]]> What if the answers you already know are waiting behind a system most people have never encountered? The Real World Tarot isn't fortune-telling. it's a 98-card secular self-knowledge framework built for seekers who want clarity, not mysticism. In this episode, Izolda reveals why she expanded traditional tarot beyond 78 cards, introducing six new Major Arcana cards and the original Suit of Voices, plus a true story of a skeptic whose reading led him to finally act on a health warning his doctors had given him for years. You'll walk away with simple, practical exercises for naming stuck feelings, working with envy as a signal, and hearing your own authentic voice. Thousands of readings taught Izolda what this deck can do. Now it's your turn to find out.

Follow the podcast's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realworldtarot/

Book Your Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/izoldat/discovery-call

This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm.* I love and use brain.fm! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial and 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset. (affiliate link)
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]]> Izolda Trakhtenberg false No 801 2 full Welcome to the Real World Welcome to the Real World https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-the-real-world/ https://RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-the-real-world/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:02:13 -0300 RealWorldTarot.podbean.com/6fb86b8e-0709-3824-99d1-8ff809f1063b In this first episode of The Real World Tarot Podcast, host Izolda Trakhtenberg introduces the show, the Functional Tarot system, and the question that drives everything here: what does tarot actually do when you use it right?

Izolda shares one of her most unforgettable readings: a woman who came to her at a Renaissance Festival asking about writer's block, and left with something far more important than writing advice. It is a story that illustrates exactly what the Functional Tarot's 98-card system is built to do: cut through the noise, reflect what is true, and point toward the action that changes everything.

You'll also get a preview of what's coming next week, a deep dive into the 98 cards themselves, why the Functional Tarot expands the traditional 78-card deck, and why the six additional Major Arcana and the brand-new Suit of Voices might be the most important additions to tarot in the system's entire history.

If you've ever wanted a tool for genuine self-knowledge, clearer decision-making, and a more purposeful life, this is where you start.

The Real World Tarot Podcast is produced for educational and informational purposes only.

]]> In this first episode of The Real World Tarot Podcast, host Izolda Trakhtenberg introduces the show, the Functional Tarot system, and the question that drives everything here: what does tarot actually do when you use it right?

Izolda shares one of her most unforgettable readings: a woman who came to her at a Renaissance Festival asking about writer's block, and left with something far more important than writing advice. It is a story that illustrates exactly what the Functional Tarot's 98-card system is built to do: cut through the noise, reflect what is true, and point toward the action that changes everything.

You'll also get a preview of what's coming next week, a deep dive into the 98 cards themselves, why the Functional Tarot expands the traditional 78-card deck, and why the six additional Major Arcana and the brand-new Suit of Voices might be the most important additions to tarot in the system's entire history.

If you've ever wanted a tool for genuine self-knowledge, clearer decision-making, and a more purposeful life, this is where you start.

The Real World Tarot Podcast is produced for educational and informational purposes only.

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