Nine songs. Nine tarot cards. One woman deciding to rise.
That’s Vol I: Year of the Horse. I didn’t set out to make a concept album. I set out to document a year of my life and noticed, somewhere in the middle, that every song mapped to a card I’d been sitting with. So I leaned into it.
The tarot isn’t magic. It’s a mirror. Each card names something you already know but haven’t said out loud yet. That’s what I wanted this album to do.
Here’s how it breaks down:
| Track | Song | Tarot Card |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rising Phoenix | The World (Death/Rebirth) |
| 2 | Stars Align For Me | The Star |
| 3 | I Choose Me | The Lovers |
| 4 | Na Mi Sef I Get | The Hermit |
| 5 | Leave Me Be | Justice |
| 6 | Chop Life First | Temperance |
| 7 | Red Horse | The Chariot |
| 8 | Call Me Big Boss | The Emperor |
| 9 | In My Season | The World (Completion) |
The World card appears twice. That was on purpose. The album opens with destruction and closes with arrival. Same archetype, completely different feeling.
Rising Phoenix is where it starts. Not “things are about to get good” energy. More like “I have already burned. I am already rising.” The death already happened. That’s the whole point of Track 1.
In My Season is where it ends. By that point, nothing needs to be proven. There’s no hustle in it. Just knowing. That quiet is harder to write than the fire at the beginning.
The middle is where the real work is. The Hermit (Na Mi Sef I Get) is solitude as power, not loneliness. Justice (Leave Me Be) is boundaries, not bitterness. Temperance (Chop Life First) is the part nobody talks about: you can want big things and still enjoy the ordinary day in front of you.
I sequenced the album so the energy builds, breaks, and then settles. The Chariot (Red Horse) hits hardest in the middle. The Emperor (Call Me Big Boss) holds the line. Then In My Season exhales.
Every song on this album is a conversation I had with myself before I was ready to have it publicly. TheMusicAuntie is what happens when I stop having those conversations in private.
If you’ve been sitting with a card, a season, a version of yourself you’re not quite done with yet, this album was built for that.
Start at Track 1. Let it run.