• Shadow work can be emotionally taxing, but it doesn't have to be overwhelming. In Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow, queer therapist and host of The Tarot Diagnosis podcast Shannon Knight (MS, Johns Hopkins University) offers a brilliant, gentle roadmap for exploring the deepest corners of your psyche. By seamlessly blending evidence-based psychodynamic psychology with the rich mysticism and symbolism of the tarot, Shannon provides a secular framework for looking into the ultimate mirror.

This unique guide doesn't just ask you to look at the difficult, repressed traits we tend to hide (the dark shadow); it also guides you toward uncovering the hidden strengths, creativity, and positive potential you've kept locked away (the golden shadow). Using the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana as portals to the subconscious, this book bridges the gap between your logical mind and your mystical self. Through structured psychological exercises, deep self-reflection techniques, and tarot spreads, Shannon teaches you how to reduce internal tension, cultivate curiosity, and safely integrate all parts of yourself to build an unbreakable rapport with who you truly are.