Exploring Tarot, Past Life Readings, and Archetypes with Nicki Ojeda: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Empowerment

Join Rachel Garrett and Nicki Ojeda as they explore tarot, past life readings, and archetypes on a journey toward self-discovery and empowerment. This episode offers valuable insights for healing practitioners and seekers focused on awakening, spiritual growth, and soul healing practices. Discover how spiritual mentorship, inner light work, and aligning with your soul purpose can deepen your understanding and personal transformation.

Get ready to journey into the mystical realm with Nicki Ojeda (Tatiara), an intuitive force with 35 years of tarot and a past-life reader. With unique insights and wisdom, she's not only shaped lives but also unveiled connections that transcend lifetimes, such as revealing an autistic child's past life ties to his father.

Nicki's creation of personalized essential oil blends and flower essences—tailored to energies picked up from readings—adds another dimension to her energy work.

But wait, there's more to Nicki than meets the eye - she also designs archetypal embodiment workshops, stirring an alchemical mix of readings and healing practices for individual growth!

As we delve deeper, Nicki unfolds the intriguing tapestry of archetypes, soul retrieval, and shadow work. She unveils how these mystic elements can be a catalyst for our self-understanding and expression transformation.

With her, we learn to honor change, cultivate flexibility, and understand the profound wisdom of the 'down going before the upcoming'. Listen and equip yourself with tools to navigate through challenging emotions, accepting them without judgment.

This conversation is a spiritual treasure trove, bound to enrich your journey toward self-discovery and empowerment.

Connect with Nicki Ojeda (Tatiara) or 

https://linktr.ee/tarotwithtatiara

Transcript

Tarot and Past Life Readings Insights

Speaker 1 0:02

Hello everyone , welcome to our spiritual spotlight series . Today , I am joined by Nikki Ojeda , otherwise known as Tartillera . Am I saying that correctly again ? Okay , perfect , she did coach me before we got started , so I'm making sure that I say it correctly . She has been a tarot in past life , reading for 35 years , which is amazing . She creates custom essential oil blends and flower essences based on the energies of the reading , which is also amazing . She facilitates archetypal embodiment workshops , both online and in person , which helps people to have a better relationship to the inner realms , their unique energy and their special magic . Thank you so much , nikki , for being here today . I'm really happy to talk with you .

Speaker 2 0:46

Thank you so much for having me , Rachel .

Speaker 1 0:49

I love it . So , with 35 years of experience as a tarot and past life reader , you've undoubtedly encountered a wide range of stories and energies . Could you share maybe a particular memorable experience , or maybe experiences where your insights and guidance through tarot and past life readings made a profound impact on someone's spiritual journey of self discovery ? Let's see , there's so many I know she's like 35 years is a lot to unpack here , rachel .

Speaker 2 1:18

I'm just going to go with the first one that came to mind , which is what I tend to do , and it was where there was this man who had an autistic son and I was able to tune into the fact that his son was his father in another life . And they literally came here . Well , the father was still in Ireland . He came here to work on the railroad and he was distraught because he just wanted to take care of his father . That was his goal . I just wanted to take care of my father . I just want to provide for him and provide the place to provide ease in his life . And I'm getting goosebumps because of how profound it was , because his wife was sitting there too and they were all in the same family . And now he's taking care of that same person , and he told me that it provided a whole new dimension about the sole contract that he had taken on and caring for this person . So that's the one that came to my mind .

Speaker 1 2:18

Oh , wow , that is so interesting , but let me ask you this before I go into my other questions so for doing this for 35 years , have you always been intuitive , since a young child up until like , kind of moving into this okay , I know I want to read tarot and I want to work with essential oils and I want to do past lives which is all amazing skills Like have you always been intuitive ?

Speaker 2 2:42

I've always been intuitive . I've always been psychic . I had my own past life memories . At the age of five had a collective past life memory with a group of friends and that was about 25 or six or something . I came from a very strict religious background , so there was a time when that was tamped down and I really tried hard to follow the path you know , but it didn't . It wasn't taking , partially because of the toxic realm of it and it wasn't presented in the best way . I mean you know , guidance or inspiration . It was more like you're bad , no matter what . So I really started owning it when I was like , let's say , well , 15 is when I started learning about . I worked in an herb shop , I found my mentors , I started doing this .

Speaker 1 3:29

Yeah .

Speaker 2 3:30

But there were . There came a time later in my life where it started to feel dormant and it took me longer to really own the past lives , because that required that I own the archetype of the mystic and there's not a lot of support for that in our society . But it has been opening and changing and you know I've had to overcome my fear of sticking my head up because you know I have had my head cut off before . Yeah , I go there , but as you should . Yes , and so there's always another layer of owning that self with a capital S that you know . It's really always latent within us and we have to do what's required to manifest that . You know we're creating a certain spiritual order out of the natural chaos that you know that we come in with and that we're challenged by , and the mountains we have to climb to become who we are , and it's really beautiful . So I'm always hopeful of uncovering yet another layer of what I'm here for .

Speaker 1 4:29

I think that that's beautiful . So your unique approach involves creating custom essential oil blends and flower essences based on the energies of readings . Can you elaborate on the connection between these natural elements and the insights gained from tarot and past life readings ?

Speaker 2 4:47

Sure , and now that is an optional service that not everyone works , wants to work with those , but they facilitate the energy work that ideally a person will do once they get the insight from the reading , whether it's tarot or past life , and so the energy checks and balances , or deficiencies , as it were .

Speaker 2 5:07

I see what . I've been working with the central oils for so long and I learned about it all at the same time . So it's woven together for me and you could say that it is symbolic , it's archetypal , it's energetic . You know there are sometimes there's elements and planets and the astrology that play into it all , but mostly I just I feel , hey , lavender will help this , you know , and I create like the holographic . It becomes holistic , you know , like the whole reading , I see it holographically and then I see , okay , these things will benefit the energy work required to , you know , to affect this person's trajectory that we're on for a terror reading , or this person's patterns that have been carried in and they can't quite discern why it can all be . You know tended to and I like to tap into the unconscious in as many ways possible . So I also offer personalized archetypal embodiment workshops based on the reading you know ?

Speaker 1 6:07

Oh , that is amazing , and can you tell ? Me how do they work together to support an individual and their healing and their growth ?

Speaker 2 6:14

So ideally the person is made the decision to be dedicated to their growth and their becoming . But I try to . I let them know . You know , it really isn't always about something needs to be fixed . It's almost always about something needs to be uncovered so that your just true light will shine , because everything has been so shame based . You know fixing and you know and all this and that , but yes , we do want to make adjustments where you know it's beneficial to do so . So I kind of forgot your question .

Speaker 1 6:51

No , that's okay , because I mean , you even experienced this as a young child . You know , like you said , you were brought up in a very religious , you know home and then you know , I would imagine that part of your experience , you know , there may have been shamed involved of . Hey , I'm experiencing these things that we don't quite talk about and I respect the fact that you're able to kind of all right , well , let's walk you through it , and it may not be something that has to be fixed , is something that maybe we need to shift our perspective .

Speaker 2 7:21

Exactly and own it . You know , because lots of times there's these hidden , there's hidden gifts and hidden strengths that we've covered over by things that we repress . Well , this is basically , you know , the shadow work aspect of the spiritual path that cannot be put into the side unless you want to just keep going over the same loop and spiritual bypassing and escapism which I have done that to . You know it's . It's like it's honoring yourself where you're at . It's like maybe I'm not ready to look at that yet , that's okay too . It's like little millimeters of unfolding your true light is like just part of someone's path . It's not like , oh , I should be here by now . But being able to realize that integrating all those parts of our cell gives us strength , you know , it makes us more ourselves and more whole , more holistic .

Speaker 1 8:12

And it's true , I would imagine . I mean , you've been doing this for 35 years and maybe during you know that period of time , like your , your own self , and you know , maybe you didn't want to look at the shadow side right then and there maybe you weren't ready , you know . I do feel like you said , it's a journey that we're constantly we're trying to move forward on and there are some things that we shouldn't bypass it . We may need to look at it , but there's some things we can . We can hold off like it's okay , we can , we can come back to this at a later date , and we can't go back to that time Right , because you know it's , we have to be willing to refill some things .

Speaker 2 8:47

we don't have to know what the stories are behind them . It's all about just like letting those raw energetics pass through . And there's archetypal embodiment techniques where we do that and you know it's requires a certain type of bravery and courage , yes , but it also it's just going to be divine timing , because before I went through my Saturn return , let's say , well , in my 20s , mid 20s , I was really before it was a thing I was kind of a good vibes only . Right , and yes , that's great . Good vibes only for the party tonight , but not good vibes only when other things need to be addressed . You know , always remember your light during shadow work , yes , but there are times when you have to be real with what's going on and I had that mountain of rage within from my childhood and I thought I could just go get it all away and , yes , that helped so much . But in the end you just kind of have to go to the underworld or be dragged there kicking and screaming like Persephone .

Speaker 1 9:48

One way or the other , you're going to have to look at it .

Speaker 2 9:52

Yes .

Speaker 1 9:53

So let's talk about the archetypal embodiment workshops . So they're a fascinating aspect of your work , aiming to help individuals forge deeper connections with the inner realms and unique energy . Can you provide an example of how one of these workshops has led to a participant to having a breakthrough and understanding their personal magic and energy .

Speaker 2 10:15

I'll say probably the recent most intense workshop that I gave .

Speaker 2 10:20

it was reconciling Athena and Medusa and so this one not all of them , but this one was pretty much geared to like that , yeah , this was pretty much geared toward women , or those who identify as women and have that very intense knowledge of , of course , these patriarchal influences , but how it has affected women , sort of doing that to other women mothers , two daughters , that sort of thing and it got to be really beautiful because there , well , a woman was in tears the whole time , which often happens , and she was saying that she realized she was doing that , she was wanting to dim other women's light sometimes and she wasn't quite conscious of how she was , let's just say , enabling these oppressive ways of thinking about oh , who are you to shine Right when , when really it's all about ? She was not quite comfortable shining and the these people were a reminder of her , you know , going along with something that wasn't aligned with her soul . So it's all about getting back into soul alignment

Unraveling Archetypes and Reclaiming Soul Fragments

Speaker 2 11:30

. But , yeah , that is the most recent example where someone told me that they it really changed their perspective in an embodied way , because we get our perspectives changed intellectually , but these embodiments they get in there in a way that's beyond the mind , where it starts to re Program .

Speaker 2 11:49

And you know , I use all these somatic practices and biggest nerve and we get in there really because I've had to become trauma informed because of my own and I feel like that can help certain people in a certain way because I show and share my wounds . I'm not some perfect Goodbye , good vibes only life coach . You know I Can sit in the dark , I can be real , and authenticity is the only thing that you know will actually help you to shine that light and just own , without judgment , like radical self-acceptance . You know we'll get you there , even if it's . I don't need to make it sound easy , but it doesn't sound easy .

Speaker 1 12:28

This is deep and heavy work and one of the things that you've mentioned a couple times that these are really unconscious patterns that we have embedded into our psyche and into our soul . So you're it sounds like you're unraveling , you know these archetype , you know which ? For me , it almost sounds like personas . Yes , I had to take on the role of the mystic . You know and accept that , and I . It's very interesting , like you said , it's , it's not easy work . No , you're holding space for you know , whomever is attending these workshops to really be able to dig in and uncover and say , okay , this is what's going on and , and I would imagine , when you're doing these workshops and I just I'm going back to Athena , medusa , what ?

Speaker 1 13:17

the heavens different really intense , very intense , like energies , like wow , that's Fascinating . I'm trying to , as you can , rachel's trying to wrap her mind around that and there's so much so much I could say , just like how these Archetypes are their clusters of me right .

Speaker 2 13:35

So we were seeing how Athena Is not in her bright-eyed wisdom aspect when she's influenced by Patriarchy . And putting that on Medusa , she Gets the shackles off her eyes and becomes the bright I want . Offers the olive branch to Medusa oh , look at those pumps , it's not always that heavy .

Speaker 2 13:59

Like I did another one that was embody your artist archetype and that was up into everyone , specifically creatives and people who wanted to tap into Inspiration , and we tapped into . I love just working with archetypes , so we tapped into , like Hephaestus and Apollo and the muses , and it was all about Hephaestus using his , you know , he was maimed . That's his vulnerability , his story , and with Apollo's help , they shot that To up to the stars and the muses rain down . And it's really when it takes place , almost like a moving , meditational , shamanic journey , and you have to really be able to put your mind over here . It's like , yeah , we'll interpret that later , but right now , just we're going to go somewhere else . Yeah , and it really gets in there more than just reading a book .

Speaker 1 14:48

Absolutely . How long are these embodiment workshops Like ? Are they a week in long ? Are they a day long ? Like how long are they ?

Speaker 2 14:56

So far because of you know , it's still kind of a new thing . I really only do them to be like less than two hours long and sometimes I'll work with someone and we do it a half an hour at a time , that way they can integrate . You know , the impersonal ones . We'll do a half hour reading , counseling moment , half hour getting in , you know , and that's you I like that there's shorter amounts of time , because I agree with you .

Speaker 1 15:22

I think the longer periods of time would be almost so much going on to your body , like your energetic system , it'd probably be overwhelming .

Speaker 2 15:31

Yeah , and I definitely I say , you know , make sure that you're doing grounding techniques , afterwards Eat some food , take care of yourself and like honor yourself with whatever comes up , like don't be judging these negative emotions , because it doesn't help things , you know , and that's what I always did , because I wasn't taught . You know , it was always like you should be happy , you're supposed to be happy or something's wrong with you . But that's not really how it is . Like it's not reality .

Speaker 1 15:55

No , it's not . We can feel anger and sadness , and you know , but we need the tools , like you're saying , to work through it .

Speaker 2 16:02

Yeah , and that reminds me of a good point , because you said the word anger . And so , with the Athena and Medusa thing , another thing we were able to do is to honor the anger without that having to be the inspiring fuel , because that will drain your vital forces after a time , no matter how righteous , so she can carry the venom of the wronged one , you know , and it just puts these parts of self in place , because there's elements of Athena and Medusa within us , but they're outside of us . It's not like we're becoming them , they're just helping us upgrade our energy , in a sense that like we have energies that have all these different expressions to them . For example , if I weren't claiming the mystic , it would have to come out in some distorted way , like the addict , most likely .

Speaker 1 16:49

Right , right , it's like there's a ying to the yang .

Speaker 2 16:51

Yeah , so they help us upgrade the expression .

Speaker 1 16:54

Oh , this is so fascinating and it almost sounds like because you said it's like a shamanic journey it's almost like also reclaiming soul fragments , because I would imagine that some of these wounds were encountered in past life , so you're pulling them forward while they're going through this journey .

Speaker 2 17:11

Absolutely . It is totally soul retrieval shadow work . Sometimes it's collective Everything yeah and sometimes it's more personal . It's really just all about getting in and shifting the energy that we don't even want to visit sometimes , but sometimes just the fact of being conscious of it makes it move . Yeah absolutely , absolutely . It's a path , though it really is . It requires , like a willingness and a curiosity in the like , the beginner's mind . That will get you the furthest with .

Speaker 1 17:41

Almost curiosity , Like okay , I'm seeing these things that are repeating in my life . Well , let me dig into it and see why .

Speaker 2 17:48

Yes .

Speaker 1 17:48

Yeah , oh , that's fascinating .

Speaker 2 17:50

Yes .

Speaker 1 17:51

So over the years you've assisted many people in developing a better relationship with their inner selves and unique energies . Maybe what are some common challenges or misconceptions that you often come across during your workshops or readings ? Do you have like repeating themes ? I know when I'm doing readings or healings I find it's in clusters that I'll have like okay , okay .

Speaker 2 18:13

I mean , the biggest thing is just I'm just gonna put it in layman's terms People care too much about what other people think and not so much about what their soul is telling them .

Speaker 1 18:23

So true , and also do you find like this is something that I've been like people don't really care as much as you think they do ?

Speaker 2 18:33

right .

Speaker 1 18:35

They're not , they're not peeking in , like People are kind of selfish , like yeah , they're not , they're not really um , they're not really time in end . So let me ask you this how do you guide individuals and overcoming , you know , these challenges of maybe thinking like it's . It's like people , like you said , people they care too much about what other people think . How do you ?

Speaker 2 18:58

write people to overcome those challenges and embracing , like you said , what's very important is being authentic in their yes well , it depends on who they care about , because you know , if it's just like the gossip at work , that's a little bit easier to realize . You know they're just doing that and it really isn't about me . In their opinion can't possibly really matter . Yeah , it's much more challenging when it's your mother , when it's .

Speaker 2 19:21

Someone matters to you , yeah , and so it just kind of like I just sort of I Do offer up my own experiences , you know , and it's in the end , there's no reward for shutting off your soul light there , there isn't . And sometimes people will come around and respect you more and other times you just have to love them from afar and whatever that that means to you . You know , because it's Our individual spark is really needed for the collective . It really is . We're not supposed to all be the same . That's a disservice to this gift of life and being and the consciousness . You know there's something and it doesn't have always , it's not always set what it is , but you'll know when you're getting a yes about what you're doing . And the more you follow that yes and well , I'll get back to what's a real yes in one second , oh yeah the more you'll just see your path unfold like magically , not effortlessly , but it's . It's more like you feel More congruent .

Speaker 2 20:21

Yeah , you know with your now . How do you know what a real yes is when you have all these voices inside ? Well , that's another thing that comes up . A lot is Determining what is what one someone called and I love it , I use it . Your inner bell , now that's a lot different from a fear reaction or Betty's voice that you've forgotten it came from her , or societal pressures . That inner bell is something that you know . Meditation does help you start to discern that I . I'm at the point where I meditate an hour a day . I often skip a day . I don't usually skip two days , though . Yeah , it's just . It facilitates whatever . It's almost required that I go there just to Almost like I'm getting off some layers or something like a miasma of energy and I that helps me tune into that . I don't know .

Speaker 1 21:16

Stream of divine consciousness . Yes , gotta shed away that inner , that that gunk .

Speaker 2 21:22

Yeah , and that gun gets inside as well , because that's a good point . There is , yes , higher self , true north , yes , and to bring that high , like spirit , right into the authentic , deep soul , self and unite , that is it . That's it . That's individuation , that's integration , self-actualization , you know . But I do it with the magic touch because , yeah , where we're meaning making machines , you know we're not supposed to have a meaningless life . So I even work with people who they're atheists but they understand symbolism and that , that meaning , that mindset , is something that it's like ancient but yet we're updating it for the continually evolving Consciousness that we're all in , you know . So it's like the best of ancient stuff , without the superstition . I , I don't like the fear of superstition , you know it's Does a lot of a disservice and it's still everywhere , you know it really , is it really ?

Speaker 2 22:26

is .

Speaker 1 22:27

So the realms of tarot , past life readings , essential oils and archetypal embodiment are interconnected in your offerings .

Speaker 2 22:35

How do these various modalities compliment each other and providing a holistic approach to spiritual growth and self-awareness well , it's all about being able to go deep and If you really want to get anywhere , if you want like you know , I make no bones about the fact that I'm a witch if you want your spells and your magic to work , you got to get in there and get what's out of the way but to also Let your inner knowing , your inner wisdom and some say it's the wisdom of the ancestors , you know , it's like the space below your belly button there , the dong pin and certain martial arts traditions . It's all about tapping into what you already know on some level . And then depth psychology was something that I started reading Carl Jung really early and I like the neo-Yungian stuff because you know , everything gets outdated after a while . So I like to take the good nuggets of what he had and the people who went onward with that , because he did become a mystic .

Speaker 2 23:37

And I'm reading this wonderful book . It's called Carl Jung and the Alchemical Imagination . I'm like this is it ? It's a form of alchemy and you know it's all about transforming and transmuting so that our real consciousness can be at the fore . And the ego is like you know , we don't make the ego bad , but it's like you know you're not really supposed to be the one driving this chariot here . So let that self with a capitalist , you know , spirit aligned with soul , ideally aligned with divine guides that works best for me . Then that will make the chariot through life be a much more authentic journey and you can help others and like even future generations , where you might not get to see the rewards of you being you . But trust me , it's needed .

Speaker 1 24:24

Yeah , yeah . So , nikki , if anyone is interested in maybe booking a terror reading , a past life , reading a workshop , I'm sure , essential oil blend , maybe a spell like everything . I love that . I love that you also are a witch . I think that's amazing . What is the best way to reach you ? Is it through your link tree ?

Speaker 2 24:46

Yeah , the link tree has the board . You can just go ahead and schedule any of the appointments that I offer , and then I have all my podcasts and little in my blog , if you want to be like . Okay , so what more is she on about ? Right ? Yeah , as far as doing that , it's all on my link tree , so I'll make sure to link that in with this podcast episode .

Speaker 1 25:06

So I do have one more question .

Speaker 2 25:07

Sure .

Speaker 1 25:08

If somebody maybe is you know , I'm sure right now you feel the energy of the planet and a lot of people are I mean , I know you've been doing this a long time or there's a lot of people right now they're kind of awakening to their spiritual path and having this overwhelming , crippling feeling inside of them of , oh cool . Maybe what's one piece of advice you can give to somebody who's experiencing this unsettled energy feeling right now ?

Speaker 2 25:36

Well , it may not be comforting , okay , but there's the tower card and the tarot . Sometimes that's when these old bones just got a blast because they don't work anymore , but there's this beautiful new thing that's coming in . Yeah , it's so many different things , but it is related to the age of Aquarius , like

Embracing Change and Spiritual Growth

Speaker 2 25:57

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Speaker 2 25:57

I have the north I have the north node , Aquarius . So I'm here to kind of be a pioneer and way shower and I'll be weird for you , but I can only do it so much . You're gonna have to do it yourself . It's gonna require that you're just a little bit more of yourself happening here , and then that'll make those tower feelings start to be a little more meaningful and you'll start to see these synchronicities . You know , and that's a cycle that happens over and over and over . We're not always comfortable with the tower part of the cycle , but it's the more we own that and try to cultivate a almost like a flexibility or adaptability and consciousness through it . Not to say it's easy , it's not , it's not supposed to be , just know that it's like my husband always calls it . It's the down going before the upcoming . I'm like I love that , I'm stealing it .

Speaker 1 26:44

I do like that Going for the upcoming . That is . Thank you , mr . I love that . Well , nikki , I wanna say thank you so much for coming on the spiritual spotlight series . You are a wealth of knowledge and I wanna say thank you , thank you , thank you so much again .

Speaker 2 27:00

And thank you for offering me the opportunity to talk about these things . I love so gratitude Anytime .