Threshold: 9 Days of Reflection
A Community-Led Series to Find One’s Center in the New Year
Day 06
A Synthesis Card Spread with Lisa K
 
About Threshold: From 12/27 - 01/04  you will receive a daily piece of writing, art or a practice from a trusted esoteric practitioner. Our intention is to help reflect on the year you have had, and plant seeds of intention in 2025. Each of these practitioners is someone who I respect and admire, and is also part of the guest faculty for Emanate: Business School for Mystics.
 
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Dear Threshold Magician,
 
Welcome to the first day of 2025, and Day 06 of Threshold!
 
How are you feeling on Day 01 of 2025? Today I am excited to share the work of Lisa K, another neighbor, friend, and collaborator. Lisa's tarot readings are some of the best I have ever received. I always feel so held by her combination of Aquarius, and Cancer energy. Lisa's magic is profound, and her work has helped me stabilize during times when my desire to grow both excites and scares me.
 
Lisa has such a direct connection to the multidimensional world, and yet, always meets people where they are. I hope her piece for Threshold helps you Synthesize your experiences during this many-layered moment in time. Enjoy.
 
 

 
SYNTHESIS TAROT CARD SPREAD WITH LISA K
Hello Dear Threshold Friends,
 
When I tune into the energy around our transition from 2024 to 2025, the word that comes forward is synthesis. I love this word - and I especially love this word for this moment, as we take a breath at the end of a year that felt overwhelming for so many of us.
 
Needless to say, 2024 has been a lot. As our collective Strength / Justice year in Tarot numerology, 2024 has asked us to show up for ourselves and each other in powerful ways, big and small. It has been a year that has required us to witness, hold, and engage with so much - from heartbreaking grief, unfathomable destruction, and head-spinning contradiction, to profound beauty, deep connection, and awe-inspiring compassion. It has been a year that has asked us to explore our capacity to stay grounded and attuned to our own humanity as we hold and consider multiple truths. 
 
The Cambridge Dictionary defines synthesis as “the act of combining different ideas or things to make a whole that is new and different from the items considered separately” or “the production of chemical compounds by reaction from simpler materials.”  When we synthesize, we transform separate elements that may not be doing us much good on their own into a more complex singular energy that can contribute to our growth and evolution in more effective ways.  Maybe it’s possible to synthesize some of our grief and fear into an expanded capacity for change. Maybe frustration, fatigue, and isolation can be synthesized into a deeper connection with others. 
 
As we head into 2025, our collective Hermit year in the Tarot, I invite you to explore the concept of synthesis. What disparate elements that have been with you in 2024 are ready to be synthesized into a new, more generative energy that you can take with you into the new year? I’m sharing a special synthesis-inspired card spread below to help inspire your synthesis experience.
 
I also recommend listening to your favorite synthesizer-heavy songs in the coming weeks to get things moving. Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” is a great place to start!
 
With love,
Lisa K // Middle Sister Tarot
 

 
THE SYNTHESIS: A TAROT / ORACLE CARD SPREAD FOR SHIFTING ENERGY
 
What You Will Need:
You will need a Tarot or Oracle card deck of your choice, a journal, and a pen.
 
How to Prepare:
To begin, clear, ground, and settle into yourself and your space. Take a few minutes to sit quietly bringing your attention inward and arriving in the present moment. Consider setting an intention and/or calling in your guides for assistance.
 
Pull your cards. 
 
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Cards 1-3: THE ELEMENTS
What elements in me are ready to be synthesized as we come to the end of 2024, our collective Strength year?
 
Cards 4-5: THE SYNTHESIS
What energies are needed to synthesize these elements into something new for me to take into 2025?
 
Card 6: THE RESULT
What new energy will result from this synthesis? This is an energy/archetype you might consider continuing to work with alongside the Hermit in 2025.
 
Take some time to journal around each line of this spread (The Elements, The Synthesis, The Result). Remember that synthesis is a process that can take time. Be gentle and patient with yourself and let the reading unfold over the coming weeks. You can do this spread for yourself, a relationship, a business, or any other entity that might benefit from a process of synthesis.
 
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I love what Lisa created for Threshold, and I hope you do, too. Lisa's books open from time-to-time, and I highly recommend getting on her email list, or checking out her readings.
 
One of the biggest themes of 2025 is a move into the multidimensional knowing of the heart space. Lisa will be facilitating a workshop for Emanate on The Heart as a Compass, and how we can connect with our intuition. 
 
Here is a bit about Lisa K and her work. 
 
Lisa K // Middle Sister Tarot is an intuitive Tarot reader, channeler, teacher, and facilitator dedicated to helping people remember and reconnect to their own inner wisdom and guidance, nature, and the cosmos. She offers spiritual development workshops, channeled messages for the collective, small group experiences, and one-on-one readings. She is an Aquarius with a Leo Moon and Cancer Rising, and her Tarot soul card is The Lovers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
 
 
Here is the first reveal of Lisa's workshop in Emanate.
The Heart As A Compass
In this introductory workshop, participants will learn methods to tap into their inner knowing, heart, and intuition to cultivate self-trust and create their work in the world with intention. Lisa will share tried and true tools from her intuitive work to connect to and explore our psychic space, tune into guides, our higher self, wise ancestors, and any energies that help us align with our vision.
 
Registration to Emanate: Business School for Mystics is officially open.
Use code MYTHICAL150 for $150 off the course through January 8th. 
 
Love, 
Xenia
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