About Mel
Mel Ng (she/her) is a writer, artist, educator, reiki practitioner and tarot reader currently residing on the unceded ancestral land and water of the Kanaka Maoli.
I am a costume designer by training, and have spent over a decade in the performance world. My work is all about connection. From building authentic connections with my collaborators in fitting rooms to making connections between the disparate elements of story-telling; between image and text.
My style as a tarot reader is very much informed by this value of connection. I seek to create easeful and warm conditions for our readings in order to allow for a deeper exchange between us. I use my critical and visual skills to find and pull at the threads between the cards, the present moment and your experience of them. I use my intuition and knowledge of the cards in service of translation - I seek to bring my clients the vital messages that live within the tarot.
It is important for me to acknowledge my sources of learning. These are some tarotists and healing practitioners whose work have enriched my practice:
I acknowledge that I am a settler on stolen and US-occupied land. Hawai’i is the rightful home of Kanaka Maoli. This land and water has been a site of healing, nourishment and protection, and it is what enables me to do the work that I do. A portion of my monthly income is directed to Indigenous Landback Movements.
If you wish to know more about the American colonization of Hawai’i, here are some resources to engage with:
Testimonials
Mel's tarot reading was insightful, heartfelt, and beautifully crafted. I left feeling seen, grounded, and inspired. Thanks Mel!
—Tim N.
Mel’s reading style was generous, curious and patient. She framed the encounter as a conversation, and it unfolded in its own time. I appreciated her provocations to connect more deeply with myself, and the context she created for gentle exploration and renewal.
-Sarah L.
Anybody can pull tarot cards, but not everyone can provide knowledgeable, clear, and perceptive insight as well as help you make sense of what is unfolding. Mel is an artist, writer, and storyteller, so understanding meaning and collaging narratives in observant, intelligible, and open ways is her expertise. In a calm setting, she engages you in gentle conversation while actively listening to your needs. Don't hesitate, book a session and enjoy your time with her.
-Jaymee N.
I had the most incredible reading experience with Mel. Her grounded generosity is unlike anyone else I’ve ever encountered. She holds space for you completely, listens deeply, and takes her time. I’m generally a pretty anxious, rushing kind of person, and I felt myself breathing more deeply and slowing down with her. She curates each part of the process so intentionally: hearing your questions, helping you refine those questions and where they might be coming from, sharing what the cards are offering in response, and then addressing any further questions that emerge. She’s gentle and rigorous at the same time - examining what’s in front of her so thoroughly and with such kindness. I came away from our time together feeling clearer about so many things - and feeling more in touch with my own ability to keep finding clarity moving forward. There were no easy answers, no “here’s what you should do with your life,” but that’s not the point. The way she attuned me to my own responses to the cards, as well as the cards themselves, helped me learn so much more than I even anticipated. Carving out intentional time and space to receive her expansive wisdom and enlightening interpretation of the tarot is one of the best things I’ve done for myself this year.
-Jessica K-H.