Greetings!

I’m Mallory (she/they).

I’m a therapist, intuitive tarot reader, and art witch based in Seoul.

I was raised in Michigan by a wildly creative single mother with a love of books and gardens. Growing up, I inevitably fell in love with the trees and lakes around me. In fifth grade, I started a women’s circle called Girl Talk— my first foray into communal ritual. Like many of my clients, I am a seeker and storyteller. I studied Creative Writing before earning my Master’s in Social Work in 2010 and entering the child welfare field in Chicago. Burnt out and longing for change, I moved to Korea in 2015.

Over the past 18 years, I’ve worked as a psychotherapist, intuitive tarot reader, clinical case manager, domestic violence counselor, support group facilitator, educator, and artist. My work draws on my clinical training and years of study in astrology and tarot, herbalism, mythology, somatic work, and earth-based spiritual practice.

I am in devotional relationship with the planets, eros, the goddesses, and the elements of air, fire, water, earth, and spirit. When my maternal grandmother died in 2018, I felt a deep longing to connect with her and began cultivating a spiritual practice rooted in presence and connection. In February 2025, I lost a dear friend to suicide. I am now in the process of unraveling and exploring my relationship to grief and love.

My journey has involved reweaving a sense of belonging and selfhood while navigating ADHD, complex trauma, and loss. My faith and belief in the unseen is the foundation of trust I feel for the unfolding of my own path, that of guiding and walking with fellow grievers, mystics, and lovers of the world. I am deeply interested in imagination, community care, creativity, queerness, mythmaking, and redefining intimacy—in community with one another and in relationship with the non-human and spirit worlds.

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 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 specialize in working with neurodivergent, highly sensitive, and queer clients and folks re-awakening to spiritual paths and callings. I blend divination with practical guidance to support clients in taking steps towards living a purposeful, joyful, and values-driven life.

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 sessions 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.

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.

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. This means that I cannot and will not diagnose you and my services cannot be covered by health insurance.

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.