✨ Step into the Forest of Insight

In the quiet hush of a forest clearing, where the wind carries whispers of possibility, your journey begins. Wood is the element of the mind — expansive, reaching, and ever-curious. It is the energy of beginnings, of plans set in motion, and of mental landscapes awakening with purpose.

This book invites you into the realm of clarity and direction, where thoughts take root and decision blooms.

 A New Element for the Swords Suit: Wood

In traditional tarot, the Swords suit is linked to the mind and the element of Air — a realm of logic, communication, and often, conflict.

But in The Elemental Code, Swords take root in something more alive: the Wood Element.

Wood is growth. It’s direction. It’s perception taking form. 

Where Air is intangible, Wood is tangible — it bends, stretches, branches, and breaks. It reflects the way we think, rethink, and realign.

Here, Swords still represent the mind — but through a lens of mental clarity, personal growth, and perceptive transformation.

Each sword in this suit tells a story of thought: not just what you think, but how your thinking shapes your path forward. The sword is not a weapon but a compass — a tool to shape thought, slice through doubt, and forge new mental pathways

  The Wood Element — representing mental intelligence, clarity of vision, and the ability to cut through confusion with inner truth.

🍃 The Elemental Landscape

Wood thrives where wind stirs the mind, among whispering leaves and unseen breezes that awaken thought. This is a landscape of air and change, where mental winds shift and swirl, inviting reflection, choice, and new direction.

It is a place of thinking and rethinking, of decisions forming like buds on branches — some clear, some tangled — all reaching toward clarity.

Paths wind through dense forests of thought, and ideas stretch like vines toward the sun, seeking light, growth, and space to expand.

As you walk this mental terrain, you’re not just reading — you’re reclaiming your sense of personal direction and perceptive clarity.

 🌱 What This Journey Offers

• Rediscover your inner voice when mental chatter takes over

• Unravel patterns of indecision, distraction, and self-doubt 

• Reconnect to vision, growth, and clarity of purpose 

• Explore the Wood Element’s link to mental vitality and self-assertion 

• Work with Elemental Tarot Archetypes designed to reflect your mind’s energy and growth potential

"Drawing from an abundant pool of spiritual practices, gentle wisdom, and symbolic storytelling, The Roots of Renewal - Wood's Journey: Stop Overthinking - Find Mental Calm and Inner Direction by Anni Mitchell is an interactive and eye-opening experience. The narrative invites readers to embark on the Path of Renewal, a metaphysical journey through the Sword suit of tarot cards, along with a series of practices to clarify direction, amplify self-awareness, and tap into universal knowledge. The proffered wisdom is also filtered through the lens of the natural world, specifically wood, providing an extra layer of guidance and comfort that is not normally found in the genre of spiritual self-help, and this text is the first in a series of eco-driven works from Mitchell's inspiring pen. Tarot enthusiasts, open-minded seekers, and anyone desiring greater connection with their inner voice will benefit from the soothing encouragement of this sagely written guide."

Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★ 

🌳 Enter the Roots of Renewal

Your thoughts are shaped by experience — but not fixed by them. 

Your thoughts are not the challenge — they are the beginning of something new.  

With awareness, they become pathways, not hindrances. Step into the forest. Let the wind clear your path. Let your mind meet the sword.

Begin your journey with Book 1 –

The Roots of Renewal.