Ep. 247: The Diviner's Path with JoAnna Farrer

<p>Today on the Plant Cunning Podcast, witch, seer, musician and host of Coffee &amp; Divination Joanna Farrer returns to discuss her book The Diviner’s Path. She shares why she wrote it, to map the shared “grammar” across divination systems so readers can learn new tools more easily and practice more skillfully. She explains divination as an active, interpretive process, emphasizes humility and preparation, and offers guidance on asking better questions using a “bowl” metaphor for balancing overly broad vs overly narrow inquiries. Farrer surveys tools she uses—pendulums, runes, Greek alphabet divination, cartomancy/tarot, dreams, omens/augury, and trance work as a priestess of Apollo—highlighting the blend of technique and intuition. The conversation covers spiritual hygiene, boundaries, cleansing methods like a “factory reset” of tarot, the structure and risks of omen walks, working with land spirits in farm decisions, consequences of ignoring signs, and avoiding overreliance on divination.</p><p>00:00 Meet Joanna Farrer</p><p>01:14 Why Write This Book</p><p>03:26 Shared Divination Principles</p><p>07:02 Asking Better Questions</p><p>09:55 Choosing Divination Tools</p><p>14:53 Barn Pendulum Story</p><p>17:19 Who Answers Divination</p><p>22:57 Spiritual Hygiene Basics</p><p>30:59 Cleansing Decks and Tools</p><p>32:08 Resetting Your Deck</p><p>33:16 Omens Versus Tools</p><p>34:10 Building Symbolic Lexicon</p><p>37:48 How to Do Omen Walks</p><p>42:11 Discernment and Saying No</p><p>46:28 Attention and Gorilla Test</p><p>49:35 Travel Mode Awareness</p><p>51:46 Meeting Local Land Spirits</p><p>57:19 Divination on the Farm</p><p>01:02:15 Sacred Chickens and Augury</p><p>01:04:24 Sacred Chickens Warning</p><p>01:06:06 Humility in Divination</p><p>01:06:52 Tarot Second Guessing</p><p>01:07:40 Designing With Land Spirits</p><p>01:09:20 When Systems Disagree</p><p>01:12:15 Pond Siting Case Study</p><p>01:15:33 Beavers Join the Project</p><p>01:18:10 Overusing Divination Signs</p><p>01:23:34 Agency and Future Readings</p><p>01:27:30 Where to Find Joanna</p><p>01:29:38 Why Everyone Needs Divination</p><p>01:31:16 Final Thanks and Wrap</p>