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I wanted to make sharing TFP as easy and simple as possible for you, so I already did all the leg work!
This page is to make sure you have everything you need to share TFP with your community, and if you want, you can just copy and paste what elements you want to use/share. You’ll find hashtags, links, photos, copy text, and image descriptions all here in one convenient place for easy sharing with your friends and followers, but of course, feel free to use your own words or images if you’d like. THANK YOU! Your time an energy are deeply appreciated and necessary.
Hashtag to use when sharing #TarotForPregnancy
If you would like to organize a giveaway to your audience (of an eBook, audio book, or physical copy of the book, please email me to set that up!
Handles to tag in your posts:
@BrittanyTheBirthWitch (me 😁)
@PoetaGoddess (illustrator)
@RowHousePub (publisher)
If you don’t have a physical copy of the book just yet, digital copies of the book are offered via email request.
Order links to use when you’re sharing:
Author Bio Option 1:
Brittany Carmona-Holt aka The Birth Witch (she/her) is a full spectrum doula, midwife's assistant to a community based midwife, class facilitator in a community based doula training program, reproductive justice advocate, Tarot reader, photographer, self-identified MILF, amateur herbalist, and author of Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks which is being published by new revolutionary publisher, Row House Publishing on June 7th 2022. Her purpose is to help reignite the cellular wisdom in pregnant, birthing, and postpartum folks so they may reconnect with their innate power so that they may have the most safe and expansive experiences on the path to and in parenthood and is passionate about speaking on everything taboo topics. She lives in Grand Rapids, MI with her partner Alex, magical toddler Kahlo, and coven of cats.
Author Bio Option 2:
Brittany Carmona-Holt aka "The Birth Witch," (she/her) is a bisexual, mother, partner, poet, Tarot reader, full spectrum doula, photographer, birth assistant to a community midwife, facillitator for a community based doula training program, and reproductive justice advocate with ADHD. She is the author of Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical, Magical Birthing Folks.
Illustrator Bio:
Kimberly Rodriguez is a first-generation Xicana Indigena artist and the eldest daughter of two undocumented parents who occupies so-called Oakland, CA, land to the Ohlone peoples. Kimberly's art, inclusive of different body types, is rooted in her culture and her decolonizing journey.
About the Book (long):
Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks is for parents-to-be who want to tap into internal and ancestral wisdom on the journey to and through parenthood. Filled with incredible artwork by Kimberly Rodriguez (IG: Poetagoddess), Tarot for Pregnancy is the perfect book for any soon-to-be (or already) parent—and a sure-to-be staple at every baby shower in the future! Written for both the amateur tarot fan and the initiated birth activist, Tarot for Pregnancy offers a rare tour-de-force, opening up the tarot as both a guide to the future and a handbook for the important activism that modern birthing requires. Carmona-Holt's book offers tactical guidance and rituals to guide the reader's birthing experience, empowering them to connect to their ancestral truths in order greet their baby on their own terms. Grounded by two critical essays, History [Mystery] of the Tarot by Sanyu Estelle Nagenda, “The Word Witch,” and The History of Birth in the United States by Dr. Stephanie Mitchell, “Doctor Midwife,” Tarot for Pregnancy guides readers to better understand the history, mystery, and ritual of both Tarot and pregnancy. Throughout the book, Carmona-Holt helps reader to better understand, experience, and advocate for their soon-to-be baby by utilizing the magic of the tarot to guide and empower them. Filled with illustrated pearls of wisdom, Tarot for Pregnancy offers a trauma-informed, antiracist, and evidence-based spiritual resource for folks wanting to make intuition-led decisions about their care during pregnancy and birth. Tarot for Pregnancy aims to inspire and ignite those who wish to utilize their journeys to birth as a means of activism, personal empowerment, and magical parenting.
Shorter snippets to share about the book:
1. Tarot for Pregnancy will be the first tarot guide that is entirely bespoke to the experiences that new parents go through on the reproductive continuum, and is already gaining attention and comments about how necessary this particular lens of looking at reproductive health is.
2. It features entirely original art by artist Kimberly Rodriguez who’s art is not only beautiful and ancestral, but depicts body types, identities, and families that are rarely, if ever, seen in pregnancy books, in an effort to not just include and validate all pregnant people, but enhance all reader’s experiences of pregnancy through the simple act of seeing themselves represented in this light, facilitating a sense of belonging to welcome folks to the parenthood club.
3. Tarot for Pregnancy is not just tarot card meanings bespoke to the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences, but also a companion offering continual support throughout the entire experience from conception to postpartum. Herbal recipes, journal prompts, helpful lists, and exercises for community building all round out the book to make it an actual supportive tool, rather that simply educational.
4. Tarot for Pregnancy is a culmination of author, Brittany Carmona-Holt’s, years of experience as a thoughtful, poetic, and culturally critical writer, her budding career as a full spectrum doula, and her natural talent and inclination for reading the cards in a truly supportive, trauma-informed, and life-enriching way.
5. Tarot for Pregnancy offers a rare opportunity for readers to receive unique advice on pregnancy and birth specific to their personal current experience, instead of reading a whole pregnancy book cover to cover and assuming it’s all relevant to every pregnant person.
6. The book features a thorough and necessary history lesson on the inception of cartomancy and tarot by Sanyu Estelle Nagenda, “The Word Witch.”
7. A chapter titled “The History of Birth in the US” succinctly, but thoroughly written by Dr. Stephanie Mitchell CNM, CPM, “Doctor Midwife,” informs readers of the cultural and political landscape upon which experiences and outcomes along the reproductive continuum are built today.
8. Tarot for Pregnancy was written with the intent of any reader being able to use their own tarot deck they already own for accessibility, but a Tarot for Pregnancy Deck is in creation currently which will offer readers another angle to read into these energies to support their pregnancy journeys and even more of Kimberly Rodriguez’s detailed and soul-igniting imagery in the card illustrations.
9. Tarot for Pregnancy takes its place in an already rich landscape of reproductive justice works, always citing and honoring the important Birthworkers fighting for reproductive justice, never claiming to stand alone in referential pregnancy texts, but filling a spiritual void nonetheless in the landscape of supportive pregnancy texts.
10. Given the universal truth that we were all gestated and birthed - this particular angle on understanding reproductive health from both the parent and child’s perspectives is relevant to all audiences. An enjoyable read whether you’re currently pregnant or not, Tarot for Pregnancy is at home on the shelves of all parents and mystics alike, and anyone who is seeking deeper understanding of the impact how we were gestated and birthed has on our personalities and ability to show up in our full humanity as adults.
Shareable Social Media Images/Videos
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[Image Description: A photo by @brittanythebirthwitch of her book Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing folks propped up on a black backdrop among four important plant allies that are talked about extensively in the book - red raspberry leaf, motherwort, plantain leaf, and peony. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering. There is white text overlayed over the photo that reads "Tarot for Pregnancy out now! A Bestselling, Radically Inclusive, Social Justice-Centered, and Spiritually-informed pregnancy and/or Tarot Companion Book from Row House Publishing, written by Brittany Carmona-Holt and illustrated by Kimberly Rodriguez Pre-order today!"]
[Video description: a compilation video by @SculptedFilms with background photography by @BrittanyTheBirthWitch of snippets from Tarot for Pregnancy’s Launch Week IG Lives with Rebekah Boroucki, Asha Frost, Myisha Hill, and Kimberly Rodriguez in conversation with Brittany Carmona-Holt.]
[Image Description: A photo by @brittanythebirthwitch of her book Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing folks propped up on a black backdrop among four important plant allies that are talked about extensively in the book - red raspberry leaf, motherwort, plantain leaf, and peony. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering.]
[Image Description: A photo by @brittanythebirthwitch of her book Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing folks propped up on a black backdrop among four important plant allies that are talked about extensively in the book - red raspberry leaf, motherwort, plantain leaf, and peony. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering.]
[Image Description: A photo by @brittanythebirthwitch of her book Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing folks propped up on a black backdrop among four important plant allies that are talked about extensively in the book - red raspberry leaf, motherwort, plantain leaf, and peony. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering.]
[Image Description: Brittany Carmona-Holt, a white woman with freckles and long dark brown hair, the author of Tarot for Pregnancy is smiling and standing in front of a floral tapestry and wearing a tan shirt that reads “Birth Work if my Resistance.” Shirt by @seedandcerasee. Photo by @brittanythebirthwitch]
[Image Description: A photo by Chantal Pasag of @Pasagraphy of Brittany Carmona-Holt, author of Tarot for Pregnancy, her partner Alex, and kiddo Kahlo Sol sitting on their front steps next to potted plants.]
[Image Description: Brittany Carmona-Holt, author of Tarot for Pregnancy, is sitting in her living room on her computer, next to a stack of pregnancy books and tarot decks, wearing a pink shirt by @tinyandbrave that reads “Dope Families Need Dope Doulas.” Photo by @brittanythebirthwitch]
[image description: Brittany Carmona-Holt, author of Tarot for Pregnancy, is sitting cross-legged at the base of a tree, 7 months pregnant with her kiddo Kahlo in 2017. She is wearing along sleeved crop top that shows her belly, and flower blue pants, and it sitting among spring flowers on the forest floor with one hand on her belly. Photo by @brittanythebirthwitch]
[image description: Brittany Carmona-Holt, a white woman with freckles and long dark brown hair covered in a floral bandana, the author of Tarot for Pregnancy, is standing in the golden hour sunset holding a dandelion puff. She’s wearing an embroidered sweater with a blue and white striped skirt and has one hand on her belly while the wispy dandelion seeds float around her. Photo by @BrittanyTheBirthWitch]
[image description: Brittany Carmona-Holt, author of Tarot for Pregnancy, a white woman with freckles and long dark brown hair styled curly is wearing a mustard yellow sweater with ruffly sleeves and green underwear sitting among tapered candles, crystals, plants, and tarot decks, crowned by an arched wicker bookshelf. Photo by @BrittanyTheBirthWitch.]
[image description: A stack of Tarot for Pregnancy books on a black backdrop that shows both the front and back of the book. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline “A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks” tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering. Photo by @BrittanyTheBirthWitch]
[Image Description: A photo of the cover of Tarot for Pregnancy as a book and on a phone for audio book listening on top of a green backdrop with white sunburst decoration. The texts reads “OrangeSkyAudio.com Audiobook pre-order now available.” with logos with audible, apple books, and nook at the bottom. The book cover by @poetagoddess features a pregnant person with their hands folded across their chest, their hair extending down into tree roots, the book's tagline “A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks” tattooed on their pregnant belly, a blue hummingbird, and several illustrations of the plant friends referenced in the book, with gold foil lettering.]
If you want to do an audiobook giveaway to your audience, please email me and we can set that up!
Pre-Order Gift Images:
Tarot for Pregnancy’s official birth date is June 7, 2022, and anyone who pre-orders TFP by June 14th receives three free gifts:
The Official Tarot for Pregnancy Recipe Companion Book as a printable download featuring 13 original recipes Brittany uses herself and with her own clients, some of which only appear in this recipe book, and not in TFP (like Brittany’s famous Lavender Lemonade Birth Popsicle Recipe.)
A Coloring Book for Radical Magical Birthing Folks - a printable download of 22 images hand drawn by Brittany that correlate with each 22 cards of the major arcana, featuring a birth affirmation for each, as well as an educational excerpt for each birth affirmation on the back. Use these to meditate on, learn from, and decorate your birth space!
The Tarot for Pregnancy Birth Story Processing Workbook - a printable download of in-depth and targeted journal prompts to begin the process of birth story education, processing, and integration guided by The Sun, The Moon, and Judgement card archetypes of the tarot.
Please feel free to also share about these pre-order gifts so that your communities can know about these helpful. free, and accessible resources!
Folks must input their order number on the form on www.tarotforpregnancy.com or www.thebirthwitch.com home pages in order to be emailed their free gifts.
[Image Description: Three pages fanned out from the Tarot for Pregnancy Official Recipe Companion Book featuring drawings from the book by @poetagoddess. The Examples show the cover page, the Lactation Cookie recipe page, and the Lavender Lemonade Birth popsicle page all on a black backdrop of key dried ingredients for pregnancy and postpartum nourishment: oat straw, chamomile, alfalfa, lavender, nettles, calendula, ginger, Chinese red dates, anise, goji berries, and a jar of Brittany’s surgical birth recovery balm (the recipe for which can be found in this printable book.) Photo and design by @brittanythebirthwitch]
[Image Description: A stock image of colorful colored pencils and four sample pages from “A Coloring Book for Radical Magical Birthing Folks: with words and drawings by Brittany Carmona-Holt.” From left to right, the sample pages read “I am fucking amazing” with a drawing of an in-utero fetus and flowers blooming alongside them, “Nothing is forever” with a drawing of a waning moon and a snake in the dark side of the moon that has drawings inside of it that represent the seasons of growth, the cover page, and lastly “I listen to my intuition” with a pregnant woman surrounded by reverberating triangles, closed eyes, but an open third eye on her forehead, and her hands hovering over her pregnant belly like a crystal ball. Image design and coloring book artwork by @BrittanyThe BirthWitch.]
[Image Description: Two sample pages from the “Tarot for Pregnancy Birth Story Processing Journaling Prompts” layered over a stock photo of a bring and colorful desk top. Art on the pages in by @poetagoddess, and graphic design is @BrittanyTheBirthWitch.]
Don’t forget to hashtag #TarotForPregnancy, and tag me so I can see your posts! 💓
This endeavor has proven to be a community effort from start to finish, and I’m so grateful for all the love and support TFP has been receiving. THANK YOU!