Meet Aviana Vonnette

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Aviana Vonnette. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Aviana, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

I found my purpose because I had no other choice. After years of dealing with depression, suicidal ideation, panic attacks, anxiety, and low self-worth I knew I had to get myself out of the dark hole. This journey began with me going to therapy. Actually, a school counselor came into my class and said, “If you’re dealing with ANXIETY, DEPRESSION – come see me.” It was like a message from the universe. So, I started my healing journey like most with counselors and therapy. That helped a lot! Then, I stumbled upon tarot and astrology horoscopes on Twitter. It blew my mind how accurate the messages were. I took this a step further and looked up various tarot readings on YouTube. I fell in love. I would watch videos all the time and was simply amazed at how much these general messages related to my personal life. This opened the door to the metaphysical realm for me. I dived further into meditations, affirmations, chakras, crystals, sound bowls – all of it! I paired all of these practices with my therapy and was feeling better than ever before. It was a perfect combo of practical and spiritual healing. Eventually, I would get my own tarot deck and start doing readings for myself and loved ones. Once I felt comfortable, I began a YouTube channel – Aviana’s Tarot. For awhile, I wasn’t taking any of it super seriously. I was just having fun and would post whenever I felt like it. As I continued on my healing journey, I realized how much happier and full of life I was. I genuinely thought I would never be happy which is sad to think about now. I thought I wasn’t meant to enjoy life, just live it. Now that I saw myself changing, I realized how much my metaphysical practices were contributing to this shift. This is when I started taking my YouTube seriously and changed it up. My friend, Macey DeGraw of M.A.D Design, offered to create my logos, business cards, and help me set up a website. This is when I decided to change my business name from Aviana’s Tarot to Aviana’s Ascension. I wanted to include everything, not just tarot, that helped me transform my life. Even though it was one of the hardest things I’ve been through, I’m so grateful for that dark time in my life. Without it, I wouldn’t have had the motivation to look for these healing practices and then turn it into a business. I feel like we often find our purposes through hardship.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

As a tarot reader and alchemy healer, I focus on shadow work. Shadow work is where you bring awareness to the aspects of yourself you try to hide due to guilt, shame, trauma, or external expectation. Through tarot and my soul alchemy ceremonies, I help my clients bring attention to these parts of themselves with love, curiosity, and acceptance. With this awareness, my clients are able to integrate the shadow in a way that works for them. Integration is key because the shadow doesn’t go away. Even when you pretend something didn’t happen, you push it away, or you ignore it the shadow is still there. The shadow tends to come out in moments you feel triggered, good or bad. You may not even understand why you react a certain way, but it’s because of past pain you haven’t dealt with. For my clients participating in a soul alchemy ceremony, we discuss what they want to clear and what they would like to replace that energy with. I then create a ceremony for them that blends body scanning, breath work, chakra healing, crystal healing, affirmations, meditation, frequency healing, and visualization to help them create the life they desire. That’s a big thing for me, I believe we all have the ability to create the life we desire. We all control our reality. Think of it like your algorithm on social media. The things you interact with, like, and comment on show up more. If you don’t like something, you simply swipe away. This is exactly how your reality is too. What you focus on and give energy to, you’ll see more of. That’s why those that have experienced a lot of trauma have a hard time creating a life they truly desire. When you are accustomed to pain and trauma, it’s hard to imagine life any other way. That’s why it’s so important to be intentional about your thoughts, what you say to/about yourself, the things you consume, and how you show up in life. This is a practice. With my services, I remind my clients of their ability to create the life they desire and provide them with the tools and resources they need to reunite with this truth. Because I was able to change my life with these practices, I am very passionate and have faith in my client’s ability to do the same.

I am expanding a lot with my business. I am currently finishing up my yoga teacher training with Yoga Renew so I will be able to add that to the videos and services I offer. In January 2026, I will be back doing in-person classes at The Energy Within (Overland Park, KS). This will include classes about learning to read tarot, guided meditation ceremony (similar to my soul alchemy ceremonies), and chakra yoga. I also sell my own art on my site. I will be adding more services to my site as well (stay tuned)! I do weekly energy update tarot readings on YouTube where I pull cards and discuss various life lessons I’ve noticed coming up personally or socially for that week. I also do full moon/new moon readings! In my newsletter, which you can sign up for on my website, I include a ritual and more content that resonates with the full/new moon. I also send a weekly newsletter that expands on the life lessons I discuss with different resources that can help them handle the weekly energy with grace.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

1. Things happen for you, not to you – having gratitude for all lessons.
We all go through things in life. Some are definitely harder than others, but I believe our soul’s choose to go through everything we experience. Our soul’s do this because they want to learn and grow. That’s a big part of the human experience! A lot of us stay in a victim mindset when it comes to these situations. This is what keeps us stuck and creates shadows. I believe everything happens for a reason. Sometimes we are put through difficult situations because we need to learn life lessons. Even though how we learn these things may be uncomfortable or traumatic, they are invaluable life lessons. I had to learn this in order to move on from my dark time in life. It’s about shifting your perspective and asking yourself, “what did I learn, how did I benefit from this?” It’s easier said than done, that’s why most people don’t do it. When you master this, though, you realize how much of your power you were giving away. How I approach this is being honest with myself. I had to take accountability with how I got in certain situations and what I learned from them.

2. Don’t let your ego limit you
All of us have an ego. The ego is a great thing because it gives us labels like our name or where we’re from. We need those things to move through life as a human. The ego also keeps us safe. This can be useful in times when people from the past try to come back around or when you don’t want to repeat a lesson. The ego has helpful traits, but the ego can be very unhelpful and limiting at times of change. The ego uses the past to decide if you are safe or not. So, when you’re going towards something completely new the ego will freak out! It has no idea how to prepare for this shift or if you’re going to survive it or not. So, the ego will have you self-sabotage or cling to comfort zones that no longer serve you. You can kind of think of the ego as another aspect of the shadow. You have to bring awareness to this fear and discomfort. Instead of giving into it, let the ego know there is nothing to fear. I do this work by journaling, grounding, and meditating. All of these things bring clarity to the situation and help me renew my faith in myself and the universe. It also helps me to recognize humans have come a long way since we started here on Earth. Back in the day, people had to assimilate and follow patterns to stay safe. Back then, it was a lot scarier to try a new berry because you could die. Now, we have resources to tell us what’s poisonous and what’s not and we have medicine to help us if we do eat something we shouldn’t. Times have changed, the ego has not. It’s our job to remind our ego that it is safe to take a risk.

3. Have unwavering faith in your dream
What I do can be considered unconventional. There isn’t a career path that tells me what to do, when, and how long it will take for me to get where I want to be. Nowadays, there are many people starting their own businesses. No matter what your dream is, you need to believe in it 1000%. If you don’t believe in it, no one else will. This goes back to the belief that you create your own reality. If you go around looking for external validation and doubting your ability and worth, you will attract more situations that reflect that truth. The validation has to come from within. There will be obstacles, disappointment, and mistakes. If you have complete faith that you are meant for something, nothing will deter you from it. You have to feel it in your whole body that you’re meant for something. This faith will keep you moving when it feels like everything is working against you. What helped me with this was creating a list of accomplishments I wanted to achieve within my career. I also created a mood board symbolizing what I did for a living and another for how I approached my business. You can also listen to affirmations and guided meditations to help you connect with your purpose and increase your faith in it.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?

These past 12 months I’ve been through a lot of changes. I went through a breakup that showed me how much I was putting my needs on the back burner to be chosen by someone. This had me reflecting on where in other areas of life I was doing that. This led me to take a break from social media and my YouTube channel to recalibrate. Before, I was posting monthly videos for all the zodiac signs, doing full/new moon readings, doing a bonus reading for one zodiac, and making affirmations and guided meditations. This was overwhelming me. I realized I was creating content that I thought people wanted, not creating from an authentic place. During my break, I had to ask myself what my beliefs were and how does my business and content reflect that? This led me to changing my videos from a bunch of monthly readings to doing a weekly collective reading and creating from a more genuine space. This has created a lot more ease in my life. I feel more confident when I post, I am excited when I’m doing my readings, and it feels like I can connect more easily with the people who resonate with my business. We are often raised on the idea that we have to show up how other’s want us to in order to be loved, worthy, and safe. That may have been true at one point, but we’re in adult bodies now. We have the autonomy to do what we want and make changes if it isn’t satisfying. That sense of love, worthiness, and safety comes from within. Once you master that for yourself, you are unstoppable.

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Main Photo – Patrick Bender

Photo with pink/alien – Kathryn Carterez

Logos – Macey DeGraw

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