When you look at numbers like that, it’s hard not to think about Carl Jung and his concept of synchronicity. We’re not just randomly grabbing onto symbols because social media algorithms fed them to us. I think there’s a collective restlessness happening where the old institutional frameworks just stopped making sense. People are looking for meaning that doesn’t demand blind faith, and divination gives you a mirror instead of a rigid manual. The Tarot’s Wheel of Fortune fits this perfectly—it’s not about predicting some fixed destiny, it’s about recognizing the turning point. We’re in the rotation right now.

That said, I do worry about what happens when these practices go mainstream. I spent years in comparative religion before I traded the lecture hall for an electrician’s license, and I’ve watched way too much of Eastern wisdom get stripped down into five-minute clips with zero context. It’s easy to miss the years of ethical grounding and community accountability that usually accompany these traditions. But I’m not gonna gatekeep. If this stuff is helping people navigate grief, career changes, or just figuring out who they are, that’s completely valid. We just need to be mindful of the roots.

For me, InnerAlchemy isn’t about quick fixes or viral spreads. It’s the slow, often messy work of integrating the shadow and learning to sit with ambiguity. If thirty percent of the country is finally waking up to that, maybe we’re closer to a real cultural shift than we think. How are you guys seeing this play out in your local scenes? Are you noticing more openness at coffee shops and bookstores, or is it still mostly behind closed doors?