Meet Tova
I’m a born-creative wolf soul hailing from the forests of Northern Minnesota.
Technical prowess meets intuitive decoding in my special readings that are designed to tackle the tough questions.
Uncompromising freedom, true joy, curiosity over fear, and unshakable serenity are the core tenets of my practice and my spiritual business.
My Story
I was born in Virginia, Minnesota: a tiny town in a part of the world known for its iron ore exports and beautiful campgrounds with crystal clear lakes. In these ancient forests, and, namely, those nestled along the shores of the port city of Duluth, I grew up with a powerful connection to universal consciousness that gave me an early and unique perspective on life and nature. I was always very creative: drawing, painting, writing lots of poetry, and eventually creating elaborate fantasy equine photo manipulations in a community of tight-knit text-based role players. I also learned through the role play community how to code, and enjoyed creating custom designed forums for worlds I would build to role play in. My family life growing up was tumultuous and at many times very traumatizing. My parents divorced when I was young and we moved across the country three times before I entered middle school. My mother’s alcoholism was very damaging to me throughout my childhood, teens, and into my college years until I went no contact in 2014 and never looked back. I am a very strong advocate to this day for going no contact with family members who harm you. Always choose freedom.
I am a wolf therian. From an early age, I was clearly not normal. Barking, howling, running around on all fours—you name the weird canine therian thing, I’ve probably done it. Being a therian, in simple terms, means that I identify with the idea that my soul is an animal soul. The most important therian experience I had growing up was the creation of a “wolf pack” in my teens called The Omega Tribe. Myself and a small group of friends spent many days on the Chester Park Trail in Duluth calling each other by our wolf names, howling to pinpoint each others’ locations, and assigning ranks and duties to each member. Days spent galloping up and down those hilly trails with my handmade walking stick were some of the most joyful of my life. The picture featured to the left shows a recent return to the Omega Tribe territory: a powerful reclamation of myself and a reunion with the land that shaped me into the spiritual practitioner I am today. I am known as Tova in therian communities online, and was quite active in the community from early 2016 until sometime in 2019.
My spiritual awakening saved my life. I had my spiritual awakening in early 2019, triggered by reading books from renowned spiritual teachers like Eckhart Tolle and Wayne Dyer. Up until then, I had been struggling for years with my “mental health”—Coerced by certain people in my life (who meant well but did not understand what I needed) to be in and out of therapist’s offices and psychiatrist’s offices for years, being diagnosed incorrectly by supposed experts, and led down paths of further suffering by being placed on medication that only made me feel worse and caused me medical harm. It was during this time of lazy drug experimentation being done on me by the mental health industrial complex in 2018 that I heard the news that the rapper XXXTENTACION had been murdered. After his death, I became very curious about his spiritual philosophy and resonated deeply with his music. Being an X fan led me to the book The Master Key System, which was the first spiritual book I read. It also led me to creating my own music under the name IIIMPERATRICE which you can find on my Soundcloud.
I began doing New Moon and Full Moon rituals in the spring of 2019. I created my own Book of Shadows, bought my first tarot deck (The Crow Tarot), and discovered that I had three distinct animal guardians who were watching over me (the wolf, the crow, and the loon). One witchcraft expert online who influenced me was Azura Dragonfaether. Watching her videos taught me a lot about how to do basic witchcraft and I credit her with a lot of important knowledge that I was able to immediately put into practice with very few tools. I did eventually self-taper off those poisonous mental health drugs and began using my spiritual practice as a grounding force of safety and personal growth in my life. I credit this choice in actually saving my life from constant cycles of suffering and allowing me to return to my inherent power instead of relying on a system that exploits and harms millions of people. (Disclaimer: Coming off medication was a choice that was right for me, but I recognize it does not work for everyone. This is NOT medical advice.) Over the months of dedicated lunar cycle ritual practice and spell work (primarily jar spells and protection spells), I became very confident in my abilities and greatly enjoyed my practice. I finally had something in my life that gave me energy, reconnected me with a sense of wonder, and helped me process my emotional waves (1/3 Emotional Projector here!) with a system that I designed, not one that was pushed on me by people who didn’t understand me or have my best interests in mind.
I developed my own unique tarot spread that I still use today. During my lunar rituals in 2019 and into 2020, I tried many different spreads and ultimately invented my own that I use in client readings. It is the only spread I use. I call it “The Tova Protocol.” Book a reading with me and you’ll see why I don’t use any other spread. I did not leave the grounds of my apartment complex for nearly six months in 2020, and during this time, tarot and astrology were my guiding lights. I honed my craft and listened to the wisdom of the astrological transits which helped me to ultimately come out of hiding and reject the fear narrative pushed by many nefarious institutions during that time period. In early 2021 I finally got my first full time job as a graphic designer, something that I thought was the right path for me having gone to college for that purpose. That job ended up not being the right fit for me, which unfortunately is all I can say because I was forced to sign a ridiculous non disclosure agreement so I can’t talk about anything negative that happened over the course of the five years I was at that place. As someone with Chiron in the 10th house, finding work where I felt appreciated and like I truly enjoyed what I was doing has always been a struggle for me. My Chiron journey has been one of learning that my true path is actually self-employment focused around guiding others on their journeys in my own unique, creative way. I decided that it was time to finally take the leap into the unknown, and I finally quit my traditional, in-office, full time job that was not good for me in the middle of 2026. Then, at long last, Guidance by Tova was free to run wild like I always wished it could.
Guidance by Tova was born. I created Guidance by Tova with support from many wonderful people in the local Nashville metaphysical community, namely the great folks who frequent Aroma G’s Botanica. Shout out to the Divination Share family! During 2026, a time of freedom and discovery, I had the wonderful opportunity to create witchcraft supply products to go along with my tarot and astrology readings, allowing me to utilize the skill I honed in my own witchcraft practice to help other practitioners. Guidance by Tova is a business built firmly on the desire to help and support my community, both local and online. In the early fall 2026, Guidance by Tova appeared in its very first craft fairs! And the rest of the story is still being written . . .
What’s next for Guidance by Tova? In the spring of 2027, my goal is to integrate my therian identity into my spiritual business by creating educational resources like my upcoming book Wolf-Person: Living as the Wolf You Are to build a long-overdue bridge between spirituality and therianthropy. I am also wanting to begin offering Wolf Pack Walks: a special blend of therian pack dynamics and forest bathing with a focus on spiritual, animistic consciousness ecology. I want to bring back the tangible anchor of custom walking sticks for pack members, reviving the joy I felt leading The Omega Tribe in my youth but for a whole new generation of people who, therian or not, wish to connect more deeply with nature and with their innate spiritual power.
Stay tuned for more information as Guidance by Tova continues to grow! Thank you all so much for your support and love.
Tova’s Unique Approach
to Divination
My unique approach combines the intuitive practice of reading the tarot with the wild power of my wolf therian identity. I believe in maintaining fierce loyalty to one's true self and the unyielding determination it takes to walk your own path. Whether we are navigating the stars or the forest floor, my goal is to provide the clarity you need to move forward with purpose. I’m not here to offer easy answers, but to help you sharpen your own instincts. Together, we’ll clear the brush so you can see the trail that was always meant for you. It’s time to reclaim your own wild power. I will guide you to remember how to trust your own howl in a world full of noise.
Wolf Philosophy
The philosophy and power of the spirit of the wolf is the heart of Guidance by Tova. The wolf represents intuition, loyalty to the pack, and finding your own path through the wilderness. I literally dress the part because, as a lifelong wolf therian, I aim to show that I am living that mission.
The Deepest Readings
I created a unique spread for divination readings that was honed in an incubator of personal discovery over many years. Your reading is an comprehensive, deep journey into what is going on and why, and, most importantly, what actions you can take right now to move forward.