Rising Stars: Meet Nicole Sweet of Denver

Today we’d like to introduce you to Nicole Sweet.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I was first introduced to Oracle/tarot cards in the mid 2000’s by a coworker at the time. I wasn’t truly on my spiritual journey at that time. After losing that job and moving back home, my brother told me to join Meetup. I needed to meet people and get out more. One of the groups I joined was a tarot and Oracle group. I got my first real exposure to Oracle cards. I was intimidated by tarot at the time, I still am, but Oracle cards seemed easy to work with and had different themes that interested me. A deck about animals, yes please!! During a Yule party I won a gift certificate to an upcoming class about Lenormand. I was curious but wasn’t sure if I wanted to spend the money on something I may not like. I really enjoyed the class and felt a connection to the cards. Imagine a much simpler version of tarot. Single images and less cards. Oh by the way, this was all happening in Kansas, just outside Kansas City. In 2013 I moved to Denver. I went to a metaphysical store to get a new Lenormand deck. I attended a class they hosted and was introduced to more Oracle decks. My Oracle card collection had technically started, although it would another 4 years before I started amassing decks (a little over 30 at this time). In 2018 my spiritual journey really took off. A friend had a metaphysical fair at her house and I read Oracle cards for the first time in a long time. A small group of us went to local fairs and started taking classes with local practitioners. My friend that started this new growth spurt started her own spiritual group on Meetup. Of course I was there from the beginning. The group grew into a spiritual community with members from all over the country and the world. I was able to really practice doing Lenormand and Oracle card readings. I won’t lie, in the beginning I could feel my throat close in when I started to read the messages in the guidebooks. It took time for my voice to come out along with my intuition. In November of 2022, I went to a mini psychic fair to get a reading. Some of my other spiritual friends were there. When I get bored around my spiritual friends I want to give readings. A friend let me borrow some Oracle decks she wasn’t using. Then I saw a box of Cards Against Humanity on the table. I joking thought :I wonder if I can use these like Oracle cards?” The answer was YES!! I shuffled, pulled cards, and the messages came. I realized after some time that it was only the black cards. If I remembered correctly there were white cards. I wondered how those would read. I bought a deck and started experimenting. I was hooked. Using these outrageous cards forced me to really tap into my clairaudience (clear hearing). There is no guidebook to tell me what the cards mean. I created my own spread using CAH and Oracle cards. I can’t do things “normally”. I love the never ending thrill of wondering what crazy cards are going to come out and how I am going to interpret them. I know that there are more gifts to come in the future.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
My path has been stop and go at times. I had to realize that I need those slow periods so I don’t get too overwhelmed. I am an ambivert, but I need a lot of down time. When my momentum really slows, I wonder when it will pick back up. I am still afraid that I will do a reading and it won’t resonate with the client. I was taught to read Lenormand cards as a story line. Choosing the right card to represent the question (signifier card) and flipping cards until one is pulled. What ever cards are after that card provide the guidance. I was always afraid that the signifier card would be the last card. It happened once and I figured there was no guidance for that question, so another one needed to be asked. One of my bigger challenges is that I am afraid to really put myself out there. I know that I need to post videos of card pulls. No one else in the world, that I know of, uses Cards Against Humanity the way I do. I am not great at selling myself either. Even filling out this questionnaire for the feature is a really big deal to me. It feels like a first step to really letting myself be seen.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Well, lets just start by saying my readings are not my career. I work a “normal” 8-5 Monday-Friday job that I tolerate. I am waiting for the opportunities to use my gifts as a profession to present themselves. I know that I will be called to provide other services and would love for that to be a significant source of income. For now, I work my job and enjoy the small opportunities to give readings and hone my gifts. If I am being honest, my ultimate dream is to grow food. I really want to have a huge homestead and feed people. I went from working with animals (I was a zoo keeper, a long time ago) to becoming a burgeoning crazy plant lady. I want to have enough land to have a homestead and space to do spiritual work. Bringing all of my passions together. That is inspiration behind my spiritual business name Seeds From Source. I believe that the messages I give are just a seed. It is up to the person receiving it to water it and let it grow. Plus, plants!!

Who else deserves credit in your story?
The biggest shout out to Ari Hunniford. She is the one that let me read Oracle cards at her house. She joined me on my journey and created the amazing spiritual community Awkwardly Zen. Seeing her grow and come into her gifts is such an inspiration. I am lucky to have an amazing group of friends that have been there from the real start. Being a part of a spiritual community has brought so many more gifted people into my life. People that allow me to be my weird self. I find inspiration in just about every one I meet. I also have to thank my parents for supporting me throughout this journey (especially because my dog goes on vacation to their house when I work an event). I was raised in a religion and felt obligated to make it work. I had to allow myself to find what I believed in. I am lucky that I can talk to my parents about the fairs, the classes, the meditations, my guides, the interstellars, etc.

Pricing:

• $20 for a 10 minute reading
• $30 for a 15 minute reading

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interstellaratheart/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.sweet.967
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-sweet-931b56230/

Image Credits
Ari Hunniford, Dani Dodd