Tóxica Tarot

Carla Corazón

Tóxica Tarot is a show. 22 episodes, one for each archetype in the Major Arcana. We're exploring their shadows and how they get reflected back at us in those we call tóxicas. Twenty-two archetypes. One card a week. Each one is an expired survival strategy gone toxic. You pull the card. You name the shadow. You decide if it hits. This deck is for anyone with a shadow. The fem lens is intentional. Not Saints, Ni Tóxicas.

Episodes

  1. Sep 7 ·  Video

    003 · La Hermana Mami · The Empress

    She remembers the sunscreen. She plans the birthday. She picks up the phone at 2 a.m. She is also exhausted. And she will not, cannot, absolutely refuses to let you help. Meet La Hermana Mami: patron tóxica of smothering, shadow of The Empress, and the reason so many parentified eldest daughters run the group chat and forget to eat lunch. In this Episode of Tóxica Tarot, your host Carla Corazón pulls The Empress card through a Latina shadow work lens. We get into parentification, the "false forklift certification" of childhood competence, why help arrived too late to feel safe, and what happens when carrying becomes an identity. 🎬 Tóxica Cinema: Luisa Madrigal (Encanto) and Nikki Freeman (Obsession). One got a whole song about it. The other got a magic tree wished at her. 🌽 Mythical Tóxica: Selu, the Cherokee corn mother, and the recipe her sons couldn't follow. ⚠️ Yolanda Clause applies: pattern recognition, not absolution. For entertainment purposes only. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00   Welcome to the hotline 0:33   Disclaimer 0:49   Hola, hola, hola 1:14   The Empress 1:41   Meet La Hermana Mami 2:46   The Yolanda Clause 3:59   The shadow: help arrived late 5:00   Tóxica Cinema: Luisa and Nikki 8:28   Mythical Tóxicas: Selu, the corn mother 11:08  Card pull: three questions 11:33  Next week: La Mandona ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Next episode: La Mandona. She's already called twice and has notes. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss a card. 💌 One archetype an episode. 22 archetypes. One very Latina shadow. #ToxicaTarot #EldestDaughter #Parentification #ShadowWork #Latina #TheEmpress #Encanto #LuisaMadrigal #LatinaPodcast #ArchetypeWork Instagram: @toxica_tarot

    003 · La Hermana Mami · The Empress
  2. Aug 9 ·  Video

    00 · La Delulu · The Fool

    Hola, hola, hola! Grab your peppermint tea for soothing clarity and come take a deep breath with me. What does a 500-year-old card know about your situationship? Honestly… way more than the group chat. In this debut episode of Tóxica Tarot, we’re stepping up to the cliff with Card 0: The Fool, aka La Delulu, the patron tóxica of dreaming. We’re talking about what it actually means to believe ahead of the evidence, whether you’re decorating an apartment in a country you’ve never visited, writing a role for someone who doesn't even know they’ve been cast, or using delusional hope as an ancient survival strategy. From Queens to Harvard Law to Ancient Greece, we look at what happens when the dream is certain and reality just hasn't caught up yet. In This Episode: The Card: Card 0, The Fool (La Delulu). Is that dog a loyal companion or a warning alarm?The Inheritance: Why your saved Bali Zillow board is your little secret, and how women like Misty Copeland redefine the dream by keeping their eyes open with follow-through.Tóxica Cinema: Decodes of Betty Suarez (Ugly Betty) and Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)—two pop culture icons who entered rooms that weren't built for them and chose hope over judgment.The Mythical Tóxica: Reclaiming Pandora. Was she really a clumsy villain who let evil into the world, or the brave girl who managed to hold onto hope inside the jar?The Yolanda Clause: Pattern recognition, not absolution.Timestamps: 00:00 – Tóxica Hotline Opening00:48 – Peppermint Tea & Welcome with Carla Corazón01:15 – The Fool / La Delulu Explained02:48 – Inheritance: Hope as a Survival Strategy03:44 – Tóxica Cinema: Ugly Betty & The Version in Her Chest05:32 – Tóxica Cinema: Elle Woods Believing Ahead of the Evidence06:58 – The Mythical Tóxica: Pandora’s Box & The Gift of Hope08:28 – Three Questions for Your Journal & Next Week's TeaseThree Card Questions to Take with You: Where are you decorating an apartment you haven't signed a lease for yet?Where are you over-investing out of love or expectation?Who have you written a role for that doesn't know they've been cast yet?Next Week: Call back when we open the line to La Creída—the prima who walks past the guest list and never gets stopped. Remember: Not saints ni tóxicas. Instagram: @toxica_tarot

    00 · La Delulu · The Fool

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Tóxica Tarot is a show. 22 episodes, one for each archetype in the Major Arcana. We're exploring their shadows and how they get reflected back at us in those we call tóxicas. Twenty-two archetypes. One card a week. Each one is an expired survival strategy gone toxic. You pull the card. You name the shadow. You decide if it hits. This deck is for anyone with a shadow. The fem lens is intentional. Not Saints, Ni Tóxicas.