Lemonade (dir. Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
Certain Women (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Little Men (dir. Ira Sachs)
Elle (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
13th (dir. Ava Duvernay)
American Honey (dir. Andrea Arnold)
The Fits (dir. Anna Rose Holmer)
Green Room (dir. Jeremy Saulnier)
88:88 (dir. Isiah Medina)
Toni Erdmann (dir. Maren Ade)
20th Century Women (dir. Mike Mills)
Pete’s Dragon (dir. David Lowery)
Personal Shopper (dir. Olivier Assayas)
The Handmaiden (dir. Park Chan-wook)
Paterson (dir. Jim Jarmusch)
Neon Bull (dir. Gabriel Mascaro)
The Invitation (dir. Karyn Kusama)
10 Cloverfield Lane (dir. Dan Trachtenberg)
La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle)
Mountains May Depart (dir. Jia Zhangke)
Wiener-Dog (dir. Todd Solondz)
The Love Witch (dir. Anna Biller)
Everybody Wants Some!! (dir. Richard Linklater)
The Eyes of My Mother (dir. Nicolas Pesce)
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):Arrival (dir. Denis Villeneuve) |Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (dir. Zack Snyder) |A Bigger Splash (dir. Luca Guadagnino) |Don’t Breathe (dir. Fede Alvarez) |Jackie (dir. Pablo Larraín) | Julieta (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)| Krisha (dir. Trey Edward Shults) |Kubo and the Two Strings (dir. Travis Knight) |Louder Than Bombs (dir. Joachim Trier) |Manchester by the Sea (dir. Kenneth Lonergan) | No Home Movie (dir. Chantal Akerman) | Things to Come (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve) |Train to Busan (dir. Yeon Sang-ho) |The Wailing (dir. Na Hong-jin) |The Witch (dir. Robert Eggers)
Films I Missed:Aquarius|Cameraperson|Cosmos|The Edge of Seventeen | Embrace of the Serpent | Fences | Fire at Sea | Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party | Hidden Figures | I Am Not Your Negro | A Monster Calls | Neruda |Nocturama | O.J.: Made in America | The Ornithologist | Right Now, Wrong Then| Shin Godzilla | The Woman Who Left
Affects: insomnia, intense emotions, feeling irritable, strange dreams, waking/tossing through the night, an impulsive need for truth and uncovering things, secrets coming out, becoming exposed, issues relating to sexuality, death (real or metaphorical), inheritances, money, trauma, and healing, issues relating to the reproductive organs and bladder, coming face to face with your demons and the demons of others
What It’s Good For: taking control of yourself by owning up to your secrets and hidden qualities, accepting your darkness, healing from wounds and past traumas, learning to control your emotions, expressing deeper emotions with healthy outlets, isolating yourself for privacy and introspection, enhancing your intuition, spirit work, meditation, and cleansing
Crystals: black obsidian / jet, tiger’s eye, red jasper, smoky quartz, celestite, blue goldstone, rhodochrosite, moonstone
Herbs: sage of any kind, basil, rosemary, clove, thyme, tobacco, ginger
The Tower: Sudden shock, chaos, destruction, questioning beliefs
The Star: Renewal, peace, optimism, boundlessness
The Moon: The shadow self, dreams, confusion, intuition
The Sun: Playfulness, acceptance, personal growth, enthusiasm
Judgement: Transition, maturing, reviewing
The World: Integration, connection, wholeness, completion, options
Hey guys! It’s been a long time but I’m working on some posts for later. I’m probably am going to work on a reversed version of the cards for next time. Thanks for reading!- Samantha