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Did you know that to be gifted in the Tarot, you need to be a historian too?
Spiritual counselor and Tarot master Letao Wang shares how the dual studies of history and the Tarot intersect and how both affected his work and life for the better this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Letao and how to work with him at his Healing Kingdom website at https://www.thehealingkingdom.com/ . Find Letao on social media via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@LetaoTKH and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/letaowang/ .
0:00 Intro
3:03 Letao’s award-winning Tarot card decks.
8:13 “A myth is history and there’s no defined boundary between them.”
15:08 To be a good astrologer, you have to be a good historian too.
25:14 “Life is like a tennis game and astrology's like a weather report.”
27:41 How Letao selected the 36 historical figures who appeared in his latest Oracle deck.
31:31 The story of Yoshiko Yamaguchi ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiko_Yamaguchi ) and the ways it paralleled Letao’s life growing up.
39:46 How should you use Lateo’s Tarot card decks to gain insights into your life?
42:06 Using Lateo’s Tarot card decks in functional and non-traditional ways, like a meditation tool.
56:48 One of Letao’s goals with his newest Tarot card deck: Sharing very influential figures in Asian culture to a Western audience like Chiune Sugihara ( https://www.sugiharahouse.com/en/chiune-sugihara ).
1:08:38 A meditation on sacrifice for the greater good.
1:14:48 “If we are unconscious of the myth living within us, we are unconscious of the choices we’re making.”
1:23:51 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse ( https://now.fordham.edu/arts-and-culture/the-year-of-the-fire-horse-3-things-to-know/ ).
1:34:32 Knowing that Benjamin Netanyahu is a Libra could explain a lot of his current actions as Israel’s Prime Minister.
1:40:25 Some positives to look out for during the remainder of 2026.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Letao Wang and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at https://paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/403-history-isnt-dead-its-the-myth-living-through-you-right-now-with-letao-wang/
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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music