Professional readings integrating tarot, oracle & intuitive channelling

Ask Leilia

See your situation clearly. Understand the deeper forces shaping it. Find a more informed way forward.

40+ years of tarot practice · 30 years as a professional journalist and editor · Fourth-generation Matakite (seer) · Founder of The COMPASS Method™

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I bring the cards, oracle insight and intuitive channelling together to read beyond the obvious answer. The aim is clarity you can use, not comfort you’ll outgrow.

Every reading is tailored to you and your situation. No rigid template, no generic spread.

“The reading I received was deeply insightful and provided sound advice on the issue I was facing. The way it was delivered made me feel seen and supported.”

Sasha

What Clients Say

Experiences shared by people who have received an Ask Leilia reading.

The Power of Less

Leilia offered a thoughtful, nuanced, and beautifully presented reading. What impressed me most was how clearly she identified the central themes surrounding my rebrand despite having far less context than she might have received during an in-person session. Her interpretation felt specific to both the question and the imagery of the cards, rather than broad or generic.

She wove together the individual cards, repeated numbers, visual details, and overall structure of the spread into a coherent narrative about discernment, refinement, value, and intentional growth. I especially appreciated that she did not simply predict success or difficulty. She translated the cards into practical guidance I could genuinely apply to my branding, messaging, and use of resources.

Her insight that “the potency lies in the reduction” was particularly resonant and gave me a clear lens through which to evaluate the rebrand. The reading felt grounded, encouraging, and actionable while still leaving room for my own intuition and interpretation. Overall, I felt Leilia did an excellent job of understanding the deeper energy of the project and communicating it with care, intelligence, and clarity.

Hannah Ruhamah

One Question Reading

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A great choice

The reading I received was deeply insightful and provided sound advice on the issue I was facing. The way it was delivered made me feel seen and supported, I really enjoyed the interaction throughout. Ended up following the advice that was given to me in that reading and I don't regret it. Highly recommend 😊

Sasha

One Question Reading

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OMGOSH 💚 Just Perfect

My reading was so in-depth. This wasnt just surface level stuff, it was a deep dive into the divine, the cosmos, and more. I loved how everything was set up to show multiple views of the cards and from different angles. It was simply perfect 🥰

Joyce

In-Depth Reading

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A beautiful interpretation

This was such a beautiful interpretation. It made sense immediately, and I especially appreciated the way Leilia explained how she was reading the cards, not just the conclusion she reached.

Anonymous

One Question Reading

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Clearer than my own perspective

Leilia helped me step back from my own emotional bias and see the situation more clearly. Her interpretation was thoughtful, balanced and genuinely useful, especially because I tend to view my own readings more negatively.

Celia

One Question Reading

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A Reading That Brought Clarity, Stillness and Emotional Insight

For a one question reading, Leilia went above and beyond. Leilia was able to elaborate on things that she didn’t know anything about; she has a true gift. I am very grateful for the time and energy it took her to sit down and complete the reading for me. I would highly recommend anyone to get a reading from her.

I found it fascinating that she got ‘Meditate’ from her Oracle deck. She was spot on when she said, ‘it needs less effort, more space, and permission to simply be’, that, right there is exactly what I needed to hear. I have struggled for several years with wanting to make meditation a regular thing for me but always felt like there were these specific rules to it. I am starting to get out of that mindset.

I have had unhealthy emotional patterns that resurfaced when my relationship with my fiance progressed and got more serious. It has been suggested to me that it goes deeper than only the past decade of my life and that there are roots from when I was a child. I do have very little chance to rest. As a mom of a toddler and preteen that spends most time caring for them solely while my fiance is working, it weighs heavy. My emotional system has definitely become overloaded, everything that was pointed out there is spot on.

I am going to create more stillness for myself by reading and meditating.

Thank you, Leilia, for your much appreciated reading.

Lish

One Question Reading

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Tailored readings, drawing on 40 years’ experience

One Question Reading

For one focused question that needs a clear, complete answer.

  • The spread is chosen to suit your question
  • As many cards as the answer requires
  • Written PDF with a photograph of the spread

In-Depth Reading

For a complex situation, connected questions, or a decision with more than one layer.

  • Explore the wider situation, not only one isolated answer
  • Tailored spreads and as many cards as needed
  • Substantial written PDF with spread photographs

Personal Guidance Reading

Includes Leilia’s signature Waka Spread.

For deep personal guidance when the important questions are larger than what you already know to ask.

  • Includes Leilia’s signature fourteen-card Waka Spread
  • Tarot, channelled insight, and ancestral guidance
  • Written PDF, spread images, and private recorded interpretation

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    The Reader Behind the Reading

    Meet Leilia

    Professional portrait of Leilia, smiling outdoors in a park setting.

    I bring tarot, oracle insight and intuitive channelling together to offer a deeper reading of the question or situation in front of you. Whether you are facing a difficult decision, seeking clarity about a relationship, wondering what comes next, or simply looking for another perspective, every reading is shaped around what you actually need.

    Leilia is the name I use for my professional reading practice. I have been reading tarot since I first carried a deck to school at the age of ten. What began as childhood curiosity gradually became a lifelong practice.

    Over the last four decades, I have read cards through many seasons of life. Alongside that work, I spent more than thirty years as a professional journalist and editor, learning to listen carefully, ask useful questions and look beneath the surface of people’s stories.

    “My approach is less about prediction and more about understanding.”

    I am interested in the patterns beneath experience, the tensions we carry, the choices before us, and the guidance that emerges when we look honestly at what the cards reveal.

    Every Ask Leilia reading is completed personally by me. There are no rigid templates, no generic spreads and no automated interpretations. I spend time with your question, the cards and the wider story surrounding what you are experiencing.

    40+ years of tarot practice · 30 years as a professional journalist and editor · Fourth-generation Matakite (seer) · Founder of The COMPASS Method™

    REAL CLIENT READINGS

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    These real client readings are shared with permission. See the spread, follow how the cards are read in combination, and review the depth of the interpretation before choosing your own reading.

    • Spread photograph for Hannah's reading: Rebranding a Tea Blend: A One-Question Tarot Reading

      Rebranding a Tea Blend: A One-Question Tarot Reading

      Hannah

      A written tarot reading exploring what might slow down Hannah's rebranded tea blend and what will support its launch. The cards point to leaning into a heali…

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    • Spread photograph for Sasha's reading: Choosing Between Two Job Offers: A One-Question Tarot Reading

      Choosing Between Two Job Offers: A One-Question Tarot Reading

      Sasha

      A one-question tarot reading weighing two job offers: which role to accept, or whether to decline both and wait. The reading compares the energy and likely o…

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    • Spread photograph for Shelly's reading: A Twelve-Month Tarot Reading: Finding Light Beyond Workplace Difficulties

      A Twelve-Month Tarot Reading: Finding Light Beyond Workplace Difficulties

      Shelly

      A follow-up twelve-month tarot reading for Shelly during a difficult period at work. Through a lesson card, a foundation, two six-month timelines and clarifi…

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    How It Works

    1. Choose the reading that fits what you need.
    2. Share your question, situation, or concerns.
    3. Complete your booking.
    4. Receive your reading within 48 hours.

    Questions People Bring

    Good readings begin with the right questions. My journalism background taught me to look at a situation from more than one angle, and tarot works the same way. These are the questions people bring when they want clarity that goes beyond a simple prediction.

    Who

    • Who am I becoming through this experience?
    • Who or what is asking for my attention?
    • Who am I when familiar roles no longer fit?

    What

    • What am I being invited to understand?
    • What assumptions am I carrying into this situation?
    • What might I be overlooking?
    • What is trying to emerge here?

    Where

    • Where am I being asked to place my attention?
    • Where have I become disconnected from myself?
    • Where does this path appear to be leading?
    • Where is growth asking something of me?

    When

    • When might this situation begin to shift?
    • When would action be more useful than waiting?
    • When am I likely to have enough information to decide?
    • When does patience become avoidance?

    How

    • How might I work consciously with this transition?
    • How do these cards deepen my understanding?
    • How can I navigate this with greater awareness?
    • How might I respond rather than react?

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