About Me

Hi, I’m Sara Stasi—a collage artist, writer, and practicing mystic living in Santa Cruz, California. I create sacred objects like oracle decks, altars, and rituals to support personal growth and collective healing. I believe in the power of visual storytelling, handmade tools, and spiritual practice to help us find meaning and transformation.

My Story

I was born in 1977 in Southern California and grew up in the Inland Empire. In the late 1990s, I moved north to attend UC Santa Cruz, where I earned a double B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and American Literature. I stayed in Santa Cruz after graduation and spent nearly a decade working in the performing arts at the university before returning to school to pursue a Master’s in Education.

For over ten years, I worked as a special education teacher and administrator. Eventually, I stepped away from teaching in search of more spaciousness, creativity, and peace. I now work as an administrative assistant at our local community college—a job that supports my art practice and spiritual work and gives me time to live slowly and meaningfully.

A Life of Making

I've always been a maker. As a kid, I loved drawing and coloring. My dad and I played doodle games; my mom taught me to cross stitch; my grandmother showed me how to bead and use a loom. One of my earliest creative obsessions was making paper beads out of the glossy pages of the L.A. Times Sunday magazine. In my twenties, I fell in love with scrapbooking, and from there, my passion for visual storytelling and collage truly took root.

In 2007, I opened my Etsy shop, selling handmade scrapbooks, notecards, and other paper goods. Over time, this evolved into creating hand-cut collage oracle decks—each crafted with found materials, vintage ephemera, and intuitive intention. These days, you’ll find my latest deck releases, zines, and creative tools in my Deck Shop.

My Spiritual Path

My spiritual practice deepened in 2013 when I picked up an angel oracle deck during a difficult chapter of life. Pulling a card each morning helped me reflect, stay grounded, and reconnect with myself. By 2018, I began exploring tarot and quickly realized that my background in education and anthropology, combined with my intuitive abilities, made divination feel like home.

Since then, I’ve offered professional tarot and mediumship readings, studied astrology, and continued to explore mysticism with both curiosity and reverence. I often write about these themes on my blog, where I share essays, creative reflections, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into my deck-making and ritual practice.

You can also subscribe to my monthly newsletter for new moon readings, playlists, free card spreads, and updates on current projects.

I consider myself a practicing mystic and art witch—someone who creates beauty with purpose, and who honors the cycles of life, death, and transformation.

My Philosophy

My work lives at the intersection of imagery, intuition, and symbolism. I’m especially interested in how we assign meaning to objects, archetypes, and rituals in our everyday lives—and how those meanings evolve through both personal and cultural lenses.

I believe art can be a form of activism, and that beauty and justice are not mutually exclusive. My creative practice is grounded in values of equity, accessibility, and authenticity. You can learn more about the writers, artists, and teachers who shape my work on my Voices page, which highlights the diverse influences that inform my approach to creativity and community.

I'm also passionate about personal ancestry as a spiritual and healing practice. I share my ongoing research and reflections on my Ancestry page, where I explore family history and ancestral connection through collage, ritual, and story.

If you’re curious about how others have engaged with my work, you can read an interview with Witchy Collective or check out a recent feature in the Constellation Club (members only).

We all have a role to play in our collective liberation. Mine is to create beautiful tools that support individual transformation—so we can grow and change from the inside out.

As above, so below. So mote it be.