Mariana Louis left behind a promising career as a musical theater performer to become one of the leading contemporary tarot scholars and teachers. Today she has a loyal audience on Instagram and her videos have garnered nearly a quarter million views on YouTube, and she is widely recognized as one of the foremost voices in educating tarot enthusiasts on the psycho-spiritual power of the cards. Outside of her own offerings, she is a faculty member of the Jung Archademy, an esteemed online educational platform with a select faculty of Jungian analysts and vetted depth psychology scholars. Mariana’s guidance is so highly valued because it is so unique: drawing from a rich background in depth psychology and Western thought traditions, Mariana teaches tarotists the archetypal patterns hidden within the cards and how to use them as a guide on their journey of individuation.
Her writings and reflection on psycho-spiritual growth have been featured in online magazines such as Thought Catalog, Soul Anatomy, and The Cut, and her prose and poetry have been published in Luna Luna Magazine and Sixfold Magazine and have appeared in the music of acclaimed composer Gary Schall. Her greatest work remains her teaching, where she has guided countless students via her platform Persephone’s Sister in subjects such as witchcraft and Jungian theory, tarot and shadow work, and images of the archetypal Feminine. She is also cohost of Soror Mystica, a podcast elucidating the world’s most mystifying symbols. Mariana is a native New Yorker based in Queens and lives with her husband, two cats, and perpetually expanding book collection.
