About The Harpy

I am Susannah, or you can call me The Harpy.

I’m not here to give you false light or easy answers.
I’m here to offer clarity, context, and care.

I have been reading Tarot for over 15 years. What began as a quiet practice of self-reflection evolved into a powerful tool for transformation, especially when I started to dive deeper into Ancestral and Past Life work. These are not just readings to me. They are lifelines. Pathways to truth. Ways to meet the parts of ourselves we have inherited, forgotten, or buried.

My background might surprise you. I hold a PhD in Sociology and have worked as a lecturer and in professional roles across higher education. My work has always centred on critical thinking, structural insight, and human complexity. Now I bring that same rigour and depth into my spiritual practice, because we deserve spaces that are both mystical and mentally grounded.

My Practice

My readings often integrate shadow work, offering guidance through the parts of yourself that may feel hidden, uncomfortable, or forgotten. While I am not a psychoanalyst or Jungian specialist, I have studied these frameworks deeply and hold space with care, clarity, and respect. You will be met with compassion, not diagnosis.

I am committed to evolving best practice in ethical spaceholding, and I am currently writing a book on this work. It is part memoir and part manual, created for those who want to hold space with clarity, integrity, and care. It draws on everything from trauma studies to mythology, and it is my offering to a world that deeply needs more soulful leadership.

My Approach Is

Neuroinclusive
Trauma-informed
Sex positive
Deeply critical of spiritual bypassing

I do not believe in “love and light” as a blanket solution for the human condition. I believe in holding grief as sacred. In walking with your fear instead of disowning it. In understanding where your pain really comes from, whether that is your childhood, your lineage, or lifetimes past.

My goal is not to “fix” you.
It is to help you see yourself.
To trace the threads that formed you.
To give your ghosts a name, your patterns a language, and your story a wider horizon.

What to Expect in a Session

Sessions with me are intimate, spacious, and grounded.
Whether we are diving into shadow work or ancestral patterns, you will feel held, not hurried. Expect a mix of fierce insight, gentle questioning, and intuitive resonance. I will always ask for your consent before we go deep.

I read intuitively, using both classic and archetypal decks to map what is moving in your life. Depending on the reading, I may draw from multiple layers such as shadow cards, clarifiers, and ancestral overlays, to track recurring energies and buried truths. Every reading is a conversation between you, the cards, and something older than both of us.

Influences and Lineage

My work is informed by a wide constellation of thinkers, mystics, and systems. These include critical theory, feminist sociology, Jungian archetypes, ancestral reverence, and modern trauma research. I do not follow a rigid lineage, but I honour the origins of the tools I use and the histories they carry.

Who This Is For

Whether you are coming to me for ancestral insight, past life clues, or shadow integration, know this:

You do not have to be “spiritual enough” to do this work.
You just have to be curious.
I will meet you where you are, with reverence, respect, and realness.

Because you are not too sensitive.
You are not too much.
You are someone who feels things deeply, because you are carrying more than one lifetime of truth.
And it is time to honour that.

Who This Is Not For

If you are looking for quick fixes, toxic positivity, or predictive fortune-telling, this is probably not the space for you. I do not do fatalism.
I do liberation.

I also do not give legal, financial, or health advice. If these topics arise in a reading, I will always remind you that you are responsible for your own choices, and I will encourage you to seek guidance from qualified professionals. For example, I may suggest that you ask for documentation or clarify a boundary, but I will never tell you how to manage your money, what treatment to pursue, or what legal steps to take.

My role is to offer insight, reflection, and space to explore what is rising in your life. Your safety, agency, and accountability come first.

Why I Call Myself The Harpy

You may be wondering why I call myself The Harpy.
The name is not random. It is chosen, claimed, and deeply meaningful.

It comes from the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, a gothic-political setting where ancient bloodlines and courtly intrigue shape the lives of immortal beings. In this world, the Harpy is not a monster but a feared and respected figure. She is the one who keeps score. She sees the hidden games, tracks debts, remembers who crossed the line, and is never afraid to name what others are too scared to say. The Harpy is both social critic and political force. Sharp, strategic, and impossible to ignore.

I chose this name because it reflects how I move through both the spiritual and material world. I am not here to flatter you or sugarcoat your journey. I am here to offer truth with teeth. I hold receipts. Personal, ancestral, energetic. And I bring them into the light with care and precision.

In Vampire: The Masquerade, my favourite clan is Malkavian. Often misunderstood, Malkavians carry a curse of insight that can look like madness to those who do not want to see clearly. Their minds are oracles. Their voices are often dissonant, but they pierce illusion with eerie precision. I relate to that deeply. As someone who is neurodivergent and emotionally attuned, I often notice what others miss. My readings reflect that. They are layered, intuitive, sometimes unsettling, but always anchored in meaning.

Calling myself The Harpy is my way of claiming that role in the real world.
A watcher. A pattern-seer.
A spaceholder who tells the truth, even when it stings.

In my work, that means helping you name what has gone unspoken. It means holding you through your unraveling without trying to rescue or reshape you. It means witnessing your pain without pathologising it. And it means respecting your power enough to not hide anything from you.

This is not about performance. It is about presence.
And The Harpy is always watching. Not to judge, but to remember what matters.