About Northern Lights Tarot

Northern Lights Tarot is the magical homestead of Johanna Hallin—tarot reader, intuitive claircognizant, deck creator, and northern witch at the edge of the Arctic. It is a place where the wild traditions of northern Scandinavia meet modern psychology, lived experience, and a grounded, intuitive tarot practice.

My work stands firmly in two worlds. By day, I am part of one of Europe’s largest research institutes, immersed in logic, rigor, and the secular frameworks that help shape our understanding of society. I value that world deeply. But it has limits—and those limits are where magic begins.

Northern Lights Tarot was born from the space beyond those boundaries: from folklore, hedge witchcraft, ancestral northern magic, and the inner knowing that moves beneath the surface of things. After decades of working across five continents, I’ve returned to the landscapes that shaped me, carrying with me a way of working that blends clarity with intuition, precision with possibility.

My first tarot-adjacent deck, the Northern Lights Strength Deck, brought the character strengths framework into conversation with tarot and northern magic—an oracle that bridges evidence-based psychology and the mythic. I’m now creating my second deck, Runes from the Edge of the Arctic, to be released in 2026, continuing this weaving of tradition, intuition, and contemporary insight.

In my readings, I draw on claircognizance—an inner knowing that arrives clear, quiet, and immediate. I read tarot through both symbolism and intuition, inviting many perspectives: the masculine and the feminine, the scientific and the spiritual, the seen and the unseen. This is a practice for those who want to step into their own power, engage with their own inner landscape, and explore a path that is both grounded and expansive.

Northern Lights Tarot is a meeting place for science and magic, for inquiry and intuition, for structure and wildness. I hope the offerings here help you embrace both.

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