Emma Veritas
Writer & tarot reader for pilgrims of the unconventional life.
Helping you trust yourself, follow your intuition, and create a life of greater freedom and joy.
You're allowed to create an unconventional life.
Maybe you've always felt a little different.
Perhaps you've followed the expected path for years, only to discover it doesn't quite fit anymore. Or maybe you've reached a crossroads where your old way of living no longer feels true.
You're not looking for someone to tell you what to do.
You're learning to trust yourself.
Here, we practice paying attention—to our inner knowing, to beauty, to the quiet voice of intuition, and to the life that's asking to be lived.
One intentional step at a time, we move toward greater self-trust, freedom, and joy.
My work is for you if you’ve always felt a little different, care more about meaning than status, and are learning to trust yourself enough to create a life that feels free, joyful, and true.
How We'll Work Together
There isn't one right way to walk the path of self-trust. Choose the doorway that feels right for you.
Wondrous Liminal Dispatch
A weekly Sunday newsletter exploring self-trust, intuition, creativity, and the beautiful, messy process of creating an unconventional life.
The Wondrous Liminal Reading Room
A slow reading community where we explore books and poetry that invite us to pay attention, ask better questions, and encounter beauty together.
Tarot Readings
When you're standing at a crossroads, tarot offers a space to pause, listen deeply, and discover the next intentional step on your path.
Self-Trust Library (Coming Soon)
A growing collection of audio journeys exploring creativity, relationships, vocation, change, and time—designed to help you trust yourself more deeply in every season of life.
→ Coming Soon
Seasonal Gatherings (Coming Soon)
Throughout the year, I host occasional cacao rituals, workshops, and special gatherings inspired by the seasons and the moments that invite us to pause, reflect, and begin again.
→ Coming Soon
Hi, I'm Emma Veritas.
I'm a writer and tarot reader for pilgrims of the unconventional life—people learning to trust themselves, follow their intuition, and create lives of greater freedom and joy.
For most of my adult life, I've been fascinated by one question:
How do we learn to trust ourselves?
My work didn't begin in certainty. It grew out of years of untangling inherited stories, recovering my own voice, and learning to trust it.
Like many of the people I now work with, I've had to discover that self-trust isn't something you're born with. It's something you practice. One decision at a time. One act of courage at a time. One intentional step at a time.
That question has led me down all sorts of winding paths—life coaching, tarot, mythology, books, meditation, cacao rituals, creativity, and the slow practice of paying attention.
Today, all of those paths come together in my work.
Through my writing and one-on-one tarot sessions, I create spaces where people can pause, reflect, and reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
I don't believe anyone else can tell you what your life should look like.
I do believe that, together, we can learn to hear your own answers more clearly.
A few things you should know about me...
I always have a book in my hands. Reading isn't just a hobby for me—it's one of the ways I make sense of the world. That's why I created the Wondrous Liminal Reading Room, where we read slowly, reflect deeply, and let good books change us.
I'm a writer. Sunday mornings are for the Wondrous Liminal Dispatch, where I share stories from my own pilgrimage toward greater self-trust. And somewhere in the background, I’m almost always thinking about a novel asking to be written.
I drink hot cacao almost every morning. It quietly replaced my tea habit, and I'm completely happy about it.
I'm an American living in Portugal. I fell in love with the tiled streets, the ocean, and the slower rhythm of life. I'm also slowly learning Portuguese. Bom dia! Obrigada!
I'm endlessly curious about the mystical side of life. Tarot, intuition, mythology, ritual, poetry—I follow my curiosity wherever it leads, always asking the same question: Does this help us trust ourselves more deeply?
If that question speaks to something in you, I have a feeling you're one of my people.
Welcome.
Contact Me
Have a question? Write to me at hello@enchantedwriting.com
Testimonials
"Emma creates a cozy, comfortable, connected space for magic to come in. She integrates ancient systems, astrology & shamanic journeys using plant wisdom & oracle cards with the here & now. Emma's guidance has taken me so much farther & deeper into magical practices, allowing me to be who I am & discover my ancient lineage."
—Barbara Gallen
“Do you know the phrase - when the student is ready, the teacher appears? Well that has been a key theme throughout my life. As I’ve sojourned my way through my life, at each stop along the way I’ve found a great mentor, teacher, guide, supporter. Emma has been that for me for several years, more intensely these past three as I’ve been a member of her weekly seasonally themed self exploration community - the Soul Nourishment Circle. Emma is such a wonderful guide - she knows the path and has set a course for us to journey. She creates an incredibly safe space and weaves her own personal love of oracle cards, astrology, plant medicine and so much more into our weekly soul nourishment endeavor. And one of the great things is that she goes on the journey too. It’s a great way to learn, seeing your mentor and teacher do the work herself. Our Soul Nourishment Circle has become a tight knit, incredibly supportive community and that is because of Emma’s intuitive and kind leadership.”
—Kendall Lankford
“I’m always so inspired when I receive my personalized New Moon Oracle readings from Emma. The questions she asks always seem to magically address the subjects I’m currently curious about and the insights drawn from the beautiful decks have helped me live a more authentic and joyful life as a writer. I feel so lucky to have a partner like Emma in my creative corner!”
—Kiersten Schiffer
“I’ve been journeying seasonally with Emma Veritas in her Soul Nourishment Circle since Spring 2024. Emma is a deeply intuitive guide with immense integrity who creates a safe, grounded, and expansive space for mystical exploration and integration. She weaves her connection with the sacred plant medicine cacao into these ten-week intensives, blending it beautifully with her oracle wisdom, love of writing and reflection, and skillful meditation practices. Emma’s clear energetic and psychic boundaries allow participants to fully surrender and explore their inner realms, trusting that a highly skilled facilitator is tending the circle with care and intention. I wholeheartedly recommend Emma Veritas and her transformative offerings.”
—Nicole Lynn
“Emma’s made the healing journey we walk through so much fun. She brings love, light, play, and joy to the process.”
—Kim Hamblin-Hart
"Emma 'sees people' with a fun combination of childlike wonder, laser curiosity, questioning, acceptance, non-judgement, and with the "f" word thrown in.... with sparkles... and humor... and tenacity!!"
—Nicole Croizier