Greetings!

I’m Mallory.

I’m a professional intuitive tarot reader, artist, teacher, storyteller, witch, and clinical therapist. I hold a Master's degree in Social Work and a BA in Creative Writing. I have been holding space for over 15 years in varying roles as a clinical case manager, domestic violence advocate, support group facilitator, teacher, tarot reader, and therapist. I've been studying tarot for about 8 years and reading professionally since 2019.

As an artist, I aim to enchant and awaken, casting spells with my words and urgently embodying the gifts of creativity, imagination, and play. As a reader and guide, I hold warm and compassionate space in which to embrace the energies and invitations that linger on the edges of awareness, desire, and change. I collaborate with my clients, Spirit, and guides to connect with inner wisdom and self-expression, peer into the crones’ cave, and unearth treasures from the depths of our messy, miraculous lives.

Podcast Appearances

I have been interviewed on the following podcasts:

Healing the Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes, & Artmaking hosted by Jonathan Koe:
- Love Notes to Capricorn with Mallory Dowd

Moon to Moon hosted by Britten LaRue:
- Living the F**k Out of Your Chart: Capricorn Edition with Mallory Dowd
- Water, Earth, & the Rainbow Connection to Our Magic

Background & Style

Although I hold space with folks around the world, many of my clients are people in my local community seeking guidance and support in times of transition and change. I work with artists and creatives, expats and immigrants, queer people, polyamorists, folks living with anxiety and depression, and people like me who have been walking paths of healing and self-expression.

I am a white settler from the so-called United States. I grew up in Michigan. I am queer and I work within a social justice lens. Holding safe and compassionate space and acknowledging the intersectionality of my clients is of utmost priority to me. I strive to bring to my sessions: unconditional and radical acceptance, a safe space in which to unravel and regather, and an imaginative language with which to communicate with Spirit - source of imagination, connection, and regeneration.

Intuitive sessions are rooted in the present moment, honoring the cycle or cycles you are moving through and identifying areas of life in which you have agency. I work collaboratively with you to unlock your own intuition, move through resistance, and discover and express core truths within a curious, honest, and imaginative space.

As an artist, I work with tarot as a psycho-spiritual tool. I have experienced how the language of the tarot and its archetypal imagery help us access and express deeper layers of ourselves. Tarot can be a powerful portal into awareness, discovery, and transformation. It is a mystical and poetic art form and it is also divinatory. I conduct readings with the understanding that I am serving as a channel for wisdom that comes not only from our conversant “Oracle Minds” but also from Spirit and our guides.

Tarot is a symbolic language that helps us access inner knowings that are ready to emerge when we invite them into creative and curious space. My goal is to listen, ask important questions, and draw up the inner wisdom that exists at the edge of your awareness.

Though sessions may involve predictions, I strive to hold space for deep listening and reflection. I aim to witness you, as you are, here and now and to help you imagine and navigate new potentialities. More and more I’m understanding the value of seeking readings to inquire about what is to come. There is a long tradition of this in the tarot and, especially for marginalized folks, there is power in information that can help us be better prepared. And so, I’m opening and deepening my connection to this part of the lineage of my craft. However, please know that I do not give advice or guidance about legal, medical, or financial matters and I do not solicit information about the feelings or motivations of others.

Sessions with me tend to run deep and sometimes touch on core wounds. Many querents come seeking support in moments of pain and discomfort. Though we hold powerful space for witnessing and moving through change, I have chosen not to become a licensed therapist. If you wish to work with me as a therapist, please reach out to me here.

My style is influenced by my background in the arts, my training and experience in clinical social work, and the work and teachings of Lindsay Mack, Mary K. Greer, Joanna Macy, adrienne maree brown, Sharon Blackie, and Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I am deeply influenced by my work with the moon and their rhythms, my practice within the Reclaiming tradition of witchcraft, and ongoing studies with my teachers Britten LaRue and Jonathan Koe. Under their stewardship, I participated in The Magician’s Table, a Workshop Circle for Emerging Readers (2021, 2024), Charting Your Course, a 7-month astrology mentorship program (2021-2022), and their year-long learning container, Astrology as Praxis (2022-2023). I am slowly, over many years, learning plant medicine with the CommonWealth Center for Holistic Herbalism and Alexis J. Cunningfolk's Lunar Apothecary.