It’s the season of the witch. Not just any witch, no. It’s the season of The Good Witch. Maisie Peters released her new album, The Good Witch, last week. Let us be the first to tell you it’s such a magical experience that would give The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina a run for its money. Maisie Peters’ album isn’t spooky per se. It’s chilling in a way that it deeply reflects her inner experiences many of us tend to shy away from, or even more, suppress.
In The Good Witch, you’re taken on a swift emotional journey of heartache, betrayal, a sense of renewal, love for oneself and others, and growth in becoming who you are. It’s not easy being in your early twenties, but The Good Witch herself is letting you know that with the good, the bad, and the ugly, in and out of your personal and professional life, it can be a rush of magic.
Maisie Peters is a clever songwriter with a few of the references she makes in The Good Witch. Perfectly placed references to Greek mythology, Peter Pan, Joan Didion, and more make her sophomore album so enchanting. This must be why Maisie Peters receives such high praise from so many fans and others.
She has the songwriting chops to rival Olivia Rodrigo as Gen Z’s answer to Taylor Swift.
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You know us by now! We love Maisie Peters immensely in our hive. We’ve also enjoyed her promotion for The Good Witch with tarot-themed cards naming the tracks before the release. To keep things in the witchy spirit, we paired up the tracks from The Good Witch with tarot cards that we believe give off the same theme and vibe. Hold on to your broomsticks because we’re about to go on one fun ride!
‘The Good Witch’ = The Fool Card
A song like ‘The Good Witch,’ which is the album title track, is without a doubt The Fool card. The Fool card is all about wanting to take a blind leap of faith toward newness. It encourages that first step to new beginnings. The lyrics, “I light another candle and I chant under my breath, that I will try forgiveness, but I will not forget,” best resembles the step toward new beginnings. Meanwhile, it also gives recklessness in not moving forward.
Hence the enchantment, Maisie Peters desperately wants to show us that she is the fool for trying to start anew while also struggling to let go of the unknown. The unknown of saying goodbye to an ex and taking a step back into vulnerability.
‘Coming of Age’ = Justice Card
As soon as we heard this song we knew immediately that the card for this was the Justice card. The lines, “I know I made you the big star, I let you butcher my big heart,” and the repetitive, “I wish I could’ve seen it, God,” best represent the Justice card.
It’s the cause and effect. Maisie sings of how her heart was out on the line and whoever took advantage of it fully exhausted it. Maisie gave and gave until the scales were heavier on the heartbreaker side indicating her innocence, but at what cost? The Justice card reminds us that justice isn’t pretty. However, life lessons are meant to be learned. It’s not cliché, it’s just the ‘Coming of Age’ and the remembrance of the importance of balancing the scale of give and take in all relationships.
‘Watch’ = The Hermit Card (Reversed)
‘Watch’ gave us major flashbacks to when we’ve told ourselves and others that we are fine and totally over a person. We are, no questions asked, not bitter at all as we look into the mirror to put on the fakest smile known to man. Maisie sings ‘Watch’ like a scorned lover letting out the anger and jealousy of someone who appears to have happily moved on before they actually did. It’s the reality of maybe the relationship didn’t mean the same to them as it did to you.
This makes ‘Watch’ The Hermit in reverse. The Hermit in reverse reflects our deepest worries of loneliness, isolation, paranoia, and sadness. Those themes are heard in lines such as, “‘Cause you broke my heart and my self-esteem. For a girl who’s a remix of me.” To be honest, if someone called us a remix of someone’s ex, we’d cry, so that’s a 10/10 lyric.
Anyway, you will also hear it in the chorus when she sings, “You’re being a superstar and all I got are victim cards.” The Hermit reversed is a perfect example of watching from the inside and letting the pain, anger, and jealousy fester into something bigger. It’s time for this song to be a clue that it’s time to address the feelings locked inside before it takes over you.
‘Body Better’ = The Lovers (Reversed)
When Maisie released this song earlier in the year as the lead single off the album, we thought it was brilliantly done. ‘Body Better’ is the disheartening reckoning of knowing that the person you loved hurt you in a way that everyone dreads: unfaithfulness. The Lovers in reverse is not a fun card to see, ever. It resembles the imbalance in a relationship.
Cue the questioning that occurs about your former partner and the other person involved. It’s the same thing that Maisie does in ‘Body Better.’ The questioning of asking if they aren’t sorry and if her body was “better,” increases jealousy, and raises questions about your placement in their life. Was it superficial or perfect convenience? ‘Body Better’ is the unwanted tale of The Lovers card in reverse: stumbling, falling, and working through disharmony due to someone else’s temptations.
‘Want You Back’ = The Chariot
This song presented itself with a double meaning of recognizing the wave of push and pull when it comes to moving on from someone. The obvious knowledge of all that they did wrong while also being so easily flipped like a switch to be willing to go back into their arms. It’s a dangerous game to play that most of us have had a turn in experiencing. ‘Want You Back’ presents itself as The Chariot. However, this one can be used on the right side up and reversed. The Chariot up-right is about willpower, determination, and success. Similarly in the way that Maisie sings in the bridge.
“I’m not allowed to want you any longer. I must go out with a stranger. I must kiss him to get stronger.”
Meanwhile, The Chariot in reverse represents a lack of control. Maisie would, if tempted by a breeze, go back to that person immediately. Such lack of control is neon in the lines, ”And I bet you’ve thrown away our photographs. The issue is, I know all of this and I still want you back.” The Chariot swings high and it swings low while encouraging you to get buckled up for the ride you’re taking. In both incidents, Maisie Peters is experiencing the rollercoaster ride that is the self-discipline of mind over heart.
‘The Band and I’ = The Sun
This is by far the most cute and heartfelt song on the album. Not that the others aren’t. However, this one is not about the loss of love, but quite the opposite. This song is about being so full of love, happiness, and joy for those in your life who you get to experience amazing things with. Whether it’s playing together, learning together, or traveling together. Maybe it’s watching them fall in love, be adventurous, and enjoy life while you get to be a part of it. It’s the love of friends and the memories.
It’s a very different love that we hold on to so much more tightly. These are the people you turn to when you have celebrations, heartbreaks, need a late-night talk, or are planning to go on adventures with. There’s only one card that represents all of the warmness: The Sun. The Sun card represents happiness, optimism, and success.
The best lyric in ‘The Band and I’ that represents that is the last line of the song. Maisie ends the song with, “Now we’re living the dream and I hope we never wake up.” It best sums up the song and the card that song feels like. You have to listen to the song to get the full experience. You might cry like we did, so grab your tissues!
‘You’re Just A Boy (And I’m Kinda The Man)’ = The Hanged Man
There are quite a few moments in this song that screamed The Hanged Man card, but a few lines from the chorus solidified that. When Maisie sings, “I’m on a one-way trip to take over the world. You could’ve come, babe, I held on my hand,” it shows us her bittersweet and melancholic hope for their relationship to blossom with her life. However, the offer in that line and throughout the song shows Maisie is left empty-handed.
‘You’re Just A Boy (And I’m Kinda The Man)’ is about letting go and Maisie slowing down to reflect. The Hanged Man shows us how we can get out of situations, especially ones that can and will be preventable. It is a moment of contemplation. When seeing the situation you are in, you have the ability to see the other side.
In the song, Maisie is pointing out all the ways that the ex acted like a boy never taking the furthest action to better their relationship. However, Maisie has been moving up in her life and wanted them to experience it with her. She is becoming the man in control, but also this cool rising artist who has the world in front of her. She is the man in her way as Taylor Swift is the man in her way. Maisie is letting go of the boy to become a man in her own right.
‘Lost The Breakup’ – The Hierophant (Reversed)
We love ‘Lost The Breakup.’ It’s a fun vibrant pop take on breakup songs that allows Maisie and the listener the ability to grieve the relationship and turn it into something empowering. Imagine losing the breakup, being the person that the other can not forget as you take yourself further in life. ‘Lost The Breakup’ is a song that shows the listener Maisie’s and hopefully their sense of self-worth. It scoffs at the person who didn’t see your amazing self until it was too late and you’re already gone.
The Hierophant in reverse represents rebellion, freedom, and personal beliefs. ‘Lost The Breakup’ is Maisie’s rebellion in taking back her freedom from letting someone who didn’t love her take over her life. She picks herself up and pushes back which creates her personal beliefs in herself and her boundaries. The lyric from this song that captures The Hierophant in reverse’s theme is,
“I’m the greatest love that you wasted. But, by then, I’ll be far away. And, oh sh*t, you lost the breakup.”
‘Wendy’ = The Tower
This is a gorgeous ballad song that comes with a heavy message. In Peter Pan, Wendy became fascinated by everything in Neverland. However, the common con we hear in music about Peter Pan is the lost boy negative theme. The lost boy who never grows up forever a boy, or forever 20 as Maisie sings. Wendy wants more than Neverland. Maisie wants more than the stagnant never changing, never moving, never growing up, Peter in Neverland.
‘Wendy’ is experiencing the ground shaking before the clarity. ‘Wendy’ is the moment in a turbulent relationship where the girl realizes what about her. There’s a moment that is played out in most love stories where the woman wakes up and realizes how much she has given but has yet to receive. The stomach pit full of crumbling hope for change turns into dust as the woman brushes herself off to ask what about her.
“What about Wendy?”
‘Wendy’ is the Tower card because of this. The Tower card is one of immediate change. It can mean something that needed to be torn down is finally giving in to the cracks in its foundation. It’s a sign of change. The Tower card, just like ‘Wendy,’ is a song about revelation, sudden and intense change, release, and tragedy woven. However, we like to think with ‘Wendy’ that it’s less tragic and more somber. Regardless, the Tower card gives hints that ‘Wendy’ is Maisie’s revelation that she doesn’t want to be trapped in Neverland with Peter Pan. The boy who will never grow up. Maisie says, “Wait until he gets bored and wanders back to the forest.” That’s not someone anyone should want.
‘Run’ = The Moon Card (Reversed)
When you hit play on ‘Run,’ you are taken down an edgy song pointing out all the red flags that come from dating. The quick rush of saying I love you in a week, then you run. If a guy says he wants you forever but his actions don’t match, you better run. “I’ve seen some flags but the reddest one is if a man says that he wants you in his life forever, run.” If you keep feeling sad and heartbroken enough that your friends tell you to go, it’s time to run. Nothing screams ‘Run’ like the Moon card in reverse.
When the card is right side up, it brings fear, anxiety, and even confusion. However, when the card is in reverse, it is about finding the truth, overcoming anxiety, and most importantly gaining the highest clarity.
“I’ve been lied to, I’ve been cut and deleted. I’ve heard some things that I will leave unrepeated.”
The song heeds a clear warning of seeing the truth in a toxic relationship. It’s time to run. We highly recommend watching Maisie Peters’ ‘Run’ music video to get the full effect of the song and the Moon card in reverse.
‘Two Weeks Ago’ = The World (Reversed)
This song tells a story of an incomplete relationship. Maisie is mourning how, in two weeks, so much has changed and she’s coming to terms with it. Relationships, as we all know, can fluctuate up and down through the good and bad. It is about how the relationship deals with it that determines success or failure. ‘Two Weeks Ago’ is acceptance of what we wish we could’ve done and said differently. The relationship from the song sounds like it started and ended very quickly as Maisie was growing in her career and herself. That is an experience that isn’t specific to just Maisie but to many other listeners, too. We’re sure a lot of people can relate.
It’s real, relevant, and more common than we realize. The World in reverse is not a very happy card. In general, the card is positive about integration, travel, and fulfillment. When in reverse, it feels like ‘Two Weeks Ago.’ A deep feeling of incompletion and dissatisfaction.
‘BSC’ = The Devil (Reversed)
This song is so fun! It’s quirky and has an infectious beat. It represents a moment that we think anyone in an unhealthy relationship and post-breakup feels. It’s the phase of telling all that happened. The final and real truth teller comes out to break their silence.
“I kept it in, but it wrecked my organs. So pour the gin and call Graham Norton. I’m gonna throw you down the river.”
However, for the other person, it looks like the person who is finally speaking up is crazy and delusional.
“I am unhinged. I am scaling all these walls, I’ve gone within (Within).”
When you’ve sat quietly for ages, taking in all that someone has done, and when the moment comes, you crack. All are game.
The bridge of the song explicitly gives that theme and the Devil reversed.
“I am both Kathy Bates and Stephen King. I can write you out the way I wrote you in.”
The Devil reversed is a powerful card. It is about freedom, empowerment, and reclaiming your power. In ‘BSC,’ Maisie got her freedom back by using her voice. Maisie Peters leaned into the “crazy” ex rhetoric of telling you, the listener, or anyone willing to hear her, that she is done being silenced.
‘Therapy’ = Temperance
‘Therapy’ is absolutely the Temperance card. The song is a seesaw showing the imbalance between the two sides of the relationship.
“You gave me the world and you gave me your word. It built me like a promise till it broke me like a curse. With your shadow in the door, you were turnin’ in your key. I knew lovin’ you was lettin’ you leave.”
Temperance is about balance. Moderation. Most importantly, it is about finding solutions. As a therapist talks you through finding solutions to your life problems such as family, friends, careers, and teetering romantic relationships. Maisie tells her story of a hot and cold relationship that, instead of being two sides of the same coin, ended up being two completely different currencies trying to be used in the same way.
‘Therapy’ is how Maisie comes to understand what it means to find solutions to feel better even if she doesn’t like having to return to square one.
‘There It Goes’ = Strength
“I feel it changing, I’m young, but I am aging and I need you less than I did,” is a clear moment of what it is like to move on. The second verse opens with that painted picture of the haze between relationships. Remember the past one and see how much it did not benefit you. Meanwhile, being okay with giving a kiss to a new person. A new person who doesn’t make you feel that you are walking on the edge of a cliff. Someone who makes you feel safe.
The Strength card is all about, well, strength. An immense amount of strength, courage, compassion, and influence. As you listen to ‘There It Goes,’ you can see how much strength it is taking Maisie to find the courage to move on and live her life her way. It is a brave thing to be comfortable in yourself and even better when you have people in your life that encourage that. The Strength card and ‘There It Goes’ is a gentle reminder that you can heal and find the good.
“The witchin’ hours of Stockholm that you won’t see. Sunflowers in the kitchen. A heartbreak in remission. The universe is shiftin’ and it’s all for me.”
‘History Of Man’ = Judgement
‘History of Man’ keeps us thinking a lot. It reminds us of late nights being stuck in our heads about how we can think so much and feel so much but someone else can sleep so peacefully. We get lost in what matters to us, as we should, though. And then when trying to explain to someone who won’t give empathy to try to understand, it breaks us again and again.
The sweet promise that it will get better. This a line that we hear many times. It’s the same line our friends are being told and we can see through it for them. However, it’s funny that when it comes to ourselves, we bite into it like Snow White bit into the apple naively. We have seen it repeat for ourselves and our friends. Hopefully one day, it’ll end when we find someone who rewrites the history of man.
“She stays up, he’s sleeping like a lamb. She begs him, hе says he doesn’t understand. Shе loves him more than anyone ever has in the history, the history of man.”
This song is the Judgement card because it’s Maisie’s awakening and reflection. All the Judgement card wants is reflection, awakening, and reckoning. ‘History Of Man’ does that well.
We Are Settling Into Maisie Peters’ Coven
We hope that you enjoyed the tarot card series! It’s a fun way to celebrate this magical release. We can’t think of any better way than to spruce up your witchy talent to be shared with your coven. Who wouldn’t want to share The Good Witch, especially since it has climbed and claimed number one on the UK album charts?
Speaking of sharing things with a coven, we want to know your top 3 favorite songs from The Good Witch! If you’re going to see the good witch herself on her upcoming tour, don’t forget to tell us where you are seeing her! We want all of the details! You can cast a spell and leave us a comment below or meet us on Facebook, Twitter @thehoneypop, and Instagram to give us your spellbinding brew on this album!
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