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Work with Sarah at Hawthorn Mountain

  • Tarot Sessions

    1:1 sessions, group readings, and celebrations.

  • Creativity Coaching

    Personal self-actualization in the supportive space of the Witch’s Studio.

  • Classes & Events

    Classes, salons, and pop-ups at community events and gatherings.

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Sarah Arantza Amador (she/her; ella) of Hawthorn Mountain Tarot is an award-winning author, tarotist, and creativity coach living on the Monterey Bay of Northern California. A former university professor with a background in literary analysis, nonviolent communication, psychoanalysis, and critical theory and philosophy, Sarah works with the tarot and other magical modalities to ignite curiosity and explore inter and intrapersonal connection and understanding.

Listen to Sarah’s conversation with Maria Minnis about tarot & friendship on the In Search of Tarot Podcast.

Read Sarah’s personal essay on the Chariot and 7 of Wands, “Firebird, Mountain Forged,” in The Rebis: The Chariot. Purchase your copy here!

Endorsements

Sam + Poughkeepsie, NY

“I recommend Sarah with a full and enthusiastic heart.”

  • Karina + Santa Cruz, California

    “Tarot with Sarah has become an important part of navigating important transitions over my last few years, and I began her transformative coaching program earlier this year. I cannot overemphasize what a master communicator and strategist Sarah is; she makes everyone she meets feel like the most cherished person in the world no matter how long the interaction.”

  • Sarah + Providence, Rhode Island

    “Sarah's tarot readings are not only thoughtful and personalized, they are also always brilliantly insightful and fun! I find meaning and direction from them, and they bring together head and heart in a way that is rare in other forms of support and guidance in our lives. I love watching my year unfold alongside the cards she has read for me, and looking backward to make further meaning in retrospect. Thank you, Sarah!”

  • Clo + Pompano Beach, Florida

    “Every December, I indulge in a session with Sarah on my birthday. Her intuitive abilities and explanations of the cards are worth the experience. Her insights are thought-provoking, and her online sessions are globally welcoming — our sessions are bilingual and sometimes totally in Spanish! I admire how she sends me a picture of the cards on the desk, which I can see on my phone during our Zoom call. Sarah’s tarot interpretations are uniquely magical, artistic, realistic, and immensely accurate. I thoroughly recommend Sarah and this incredible experience to anyone who seeks a deeply personal and immersive session.”

  • Tiffany + Ben Lomond, California

    “For the last three years I’ve been getting my Year Ahead reading done with Sarah. I love these yearly check ins with her. She has wise insight to share with me every time and I always leave feeling inspired for what’s to come!”

  • Sam + Poughkeepsie, New York

    “Sarah brings a grounded and light energy to her reading. I especially appreciated how she guided my reflections, kept things flowing and shared her insights without being imposing… Our session really threaded together so many of the things I’ve been struggling with. I felt both comforted and stretched by her insights. Having a framework for reflection provided some of the traction I’ve been craving.”

  • Rachel + Winter Park, Florida

    “Both of the readings I’ve had with you were so on point and helpful. I gained new insights and deepened my trust in my own intuition. The readings were insightful and empowering.”

  • Magalí + Berlin, Germany

    “I did my first reading with Sarah on impulse, in early 2021, at the start of some major shifts in my life; it was a fun experience that got me thinking about the importance of taking more time to reflect and think through things in my life. Readings with Sarah have since become something I return to every six months or so, as I navigate these changes. Sarah has a beautiful, luminous energy, and approaches every reading with real care, compassion, and interest in what the cards might mean for *you, rather than what the cards mean or suggest in general. For me, this has been a really important difference, and is the reason I keep coming back!”

  • Car + San Jose, California

    “My tarot sessions really made me feel connected to myself, nature, to you, and to a bigger community of badass women witches everywhere. I felt safe. And like I had room for all of my emotions. I could reflect on sadness but also laugh and enjoy what was coming up, too… You are intelligent and have such an in-depth knowledge of the cards, but that intelligence also includes your flexibility to apply the meaning to context. You allowed me space to relate to the reading and process meaning.”

  • Charlotte + Brooklyn, New York

    “Our session validated, challenged (compassionately!), and dug deeper into questions and patterns that had been difficult to address on my own. I've been returning often to our conversation and the cards you pulled for strength and guidance. Your insights take on new depth and shape the longer I sit with them.”

  • Caren + Santa Cruz, California

    “Sarah is compassionate, insightful, and down to earth… I’m amazed how healing a session can be! Makes me want to have readings more often.”

  • Stacey + Brooklyn, New York

    “Calming, warm, insightful. I love how you guided the session but not in a heavy-handed way. Your questions and prompts gave me room to think and to feel and to focus my energy on what I was seeking. I also appreciate that we spoke a bit between each card and that you gave me the option to expand on my question and go in different directions. I felt supported, seen, and heard.”

  • Angela + Ben Lomond, California

    “[Our tarot session] was so relaxing and I felt like I was talking with a friend vs. a complete stranger even though this was my first reading with you. I also really enjoyed the outdoors energy of the reading (despite Zoom)… I just got such a positive, joyful energy from you and I feel like you could deliver even difficult readings in a way that would still make me feel at ease.”

  • Nonna + San Francisco, California

    “Amazing! Very intuitive and I love how you connect the cards to each other in a geometric, time, and path to self discovery way. It’s a very multidimensional card analysis… I think what this session reminded me of is to trust and believe in myself more.”

  • Allison + Angel Camp, California

    “Thank you so much for your time and insight today. That reading was exactly what I needed for affirmation, for strength, for release and healing to move forward and give the world my best work in these coming months. As a newcomer to tarot, and a new reader myself, I appreciate how you blended your reading of the cards by asking me questions about what I thought they meant to me. It was insightful for me to recognize that I already had a sense of them before you added your input and your feelings about them. Your approach helped me claim ownership of the messages I needed to hear and own. Thank you for your compassion and empathy throughout, this is better than therapy!”

  • CGT + Brooklyn, New York

    “I was so grateful to have my first tarot reading with you - even though we had never met or spoken before, I immediately felt safe and comfortable. You really met me where I was, in terms of tarot knowledge and the personal questions I was exploring, which meant so much.”

  • Amelia + Lincoln, Nebraska

    “My reading with Sarah was such a grounding, heartfelt experience. I asked a question about my season ahead, and she pulled cards that spoke to exactly how I was feeling. She also offered guidance for softening into the situation and sitting with some shadows that were coming to the surface. I know I'll be thinking about this reading for weeks or months to come. I highly recommend working with Sarah!”

  • Kelsey + Carmel, California

    “Thank you thank you thank you for such a fun afternoon! I've been reflecting on how special it was to watch you in your craft outside my own session––your intuition, wisdom, zest, and unconditional positive regard for each person was really beautiful to witness. I'm grateful to be in your orbit and to receive your gift!”

From Peers & Collaborators

  • “Sarah, thank you for your overflowing heart.”

    Angela Mary Magick

  • “If you’re looking for someone with knowledge that is as deep as their wisdom, Sarah’s the perfect reader for you. Her approach is gentle while straightforward. Inspiring while reassuring. She’s a true teacher, someone who will profoundly empower you to craft your most ideal, creative, intuitive, and enjoyable life!”

    Maria Minnis

  • “Sarah is the most incredible tarot reader and brought so much mystic healing to Eothen Circle - thank you, Hawthorn Mountain Tarot!”

    Katie Chirgotis, owner of Eothen Circle & creator of the Depths Tarot

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