She explains:<\/strong> \u201cWhen I arrived here I\u2019d never been to Liverpool before, but this area for music and film from my childhood, my teens and early 20s was really important,\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI was about four and living in New York City when The Beatles first came out and I remember there was all this excitement, even for tiny children. When A Hard Day\u2019s Night premiered my father took me to Times Square to see it, that\u2019s one of my earliest memories.<\/p>\n \u201cMy childhood soundtrack would be The Beatles, and as I came into my teens it was all glam rock, then Echo and The Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes, so I had a musical connection to the city.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought I\u2019d just come up, hang out and see what it was like. As soon as I got here, like the song says, I knew \u2018and here I will stay\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Cat\u2019s previous career as an artist had seen her work shown across the US and Europe, an affinity with tarot stretched further back.<\/p>\n She actually got her first tarot cards when she was just 12 years old from an uncle who\u2019d been given them as a promotional gift.<\/p>\n She recalls:<\/strong> \u201cI took mine out of the deck, I shuffled them and I just knew how to do it.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI was a kid and I didn\u2019t really understand what any of it meant, then David Bowie was writing all of these songs with a lot of metaphysical undertones and I was fascinated so I\u2019d go to the library with lyric sheets and look it up.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s how I started to learn. Through my teens and into my 20s I started to study more and it wasn\u2019t difficult because I lived in the next town over from Salem so I was always there, shopping, buying books and talking to people.<\/p>\n \u201cReading tarot is like playing the guitar or painting, it\u2019s a gift, you have the innate talent and you learn the skill. A lot of people think they can just go out, buy a pack, read a book and then they can do it, but it takes years of study and I\u2019m still seeing deeper meaning in each of the cards.\u201d<\/p>\n Cat had always done readings throughout her life, but it wasn\u2019t until post-Covid in Liverpool that she really began to focus on it.<\/p>\n She primarily does tarot and what she calls \u2018core\u2019 readings. \u201cThey basically look at the core situation you should be focusing on, what happened in the past to create or influence this situation. There\u2019s a guide to walk through the situation to get to the best outcome possible, the future and the karmic lesson you\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n \u201cAnother important aspect to everything I do \u2013 even the things I make like candles, soaps and essential oils and the spell workshops I do \u2013 is self-empowerment.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I think a lot of women especially are gravitating towards it and using it to make change. They say, \u2018I want to fix this or do that, and I have the power and ability in my own hands to do this\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Cat says a lot of people come into her shop who are curious, but conflicted because of their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t preach an alternative faith, that\u2019s down to people if they want to know,\u201d she stresses. \u201cThis is a place to find out more or how to make your faith work within this concept because it absolutely can.\u201d<\/p>\n Having built a client base around the city since she opened the shop in 2023, Cat does walk-in readings there lasting 15 or 30 minutes and takes online bookings for hour-long readings.<\/p>\n As for spells, she admits she has been asked to be a spiritual matchmaker, especially around Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you come to me needing self-love or you want the power of attraction you would use something in the Aphrodite line and you could do a complete spell, using the soap, the incense, and oil.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you can\u2019t bend anyone\u2019s will to get them to ask you to marry them. If someone asks that I tell them \u2018no, if it was within his will he\u2019d be knocking on your door!\u201d<\/p>\n Get more interesting stories around Liverpool on our website.<\/a><\/p>\n Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n From the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cat-de-Leon.jpg\")
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