2026 New Year's Card Draw
From The Archetypal Tarot Podcast by Julienne Givot and Cyndera Quackenbush
January 2, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 120
About this episode
Cyndera Quackenbush and Julienne Givot explore the archetype of The Amateur as a reflection for the coming year, emphasizing humility, community, and collective healing.
On New Year’s Day, Cyndera Quackenbush welcomes Julienne (Jules) Givot back to the Archetypal Tarot Podcast to revive a long-standing tradition: a collective archetypal and tarot reflection for the coming year. The episode serves as a contemplative portal blending tarot, archetypal psychology, lived experience, and cultural reflection after a difficult and grief-laden 2025. The core archetype drawn for the year is The Amateur, selected from the Identity Pursuit archetype board game (no longer in print). Rather than framing the future through mastery or expertise, the hosts explore the Amateur as a figure of humility, love, experimentation, and community. Light aspects of the Amateur: Doing something for love rather than reward or compensation Following the heart without needing certainty or expertise Allowing messiness, openness, and shared learning Creating the path by walking it, together Shadow aspects: Undervaluing oneself or one’s work Exaggerating or misrepresenting skill or authority Cultural dangers of “false experts” and influencer culture lacking depth, lineage, or accountability The Amateur becomes a response to collapsing patriarchal systems, toxic productivity, and…
People in this episode
Host: Cyndera Quackenbush
Guest: Julienne Givot
Topics covered
- tarot reflection
- archetypal psychology
- collective healing
- humility
- community
- cultural reflection
Keywords
- New Year's
- tarot
- archetype
- The Amateur
- collective
- humility
- community
- cultural reflection
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Amateur
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